HTC has listened, says no more locked bootloaders

[dave9851]

Possible to unlock the incredible 2 now or is it too late?

http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-announced-new-bootloader-policy

 

[bik2101]

hopefully htc will release some means of unlocking the phone from their end.

 

[Dark Wizard Matoya]

HTC could very well release some official method for unlocking the Dinc2, and I hope they do. One of the things I love about my OG Dinc is that it's been blown wide open and there are lots of great ROM's available for it. I would love to see the same thing happen for the Dinc2.

 

[chassum]

My guess is that an unlocked bootloader will be sent OTA in a maintenance release shortly before 2.3 is sent out.

 

[thebizz]

I hope so because I want this bad boy unlocked their is to much power hidden away that isn't being tapped into and I want it

 

[valorian]

Just read this on Phandroid.

Verizon Support: An HTC Device With an Unlocked Bootloader Cannot Be Activated on Our Network

 

[Dark Wizard Matoya]

Just read this on Phandroid.

Verizon Support: An HTC Device With an Unlocked Bootloader Cannot Be Activated on Our Network

Well, if I was on the fence about switching carriers when the next Nexus phone is released that settles it. Hello Sprint, you're about to gain another customer in a few months.

 

[LowFire]

That statement means nothing since:

In any case, it’s always important to discern between locked, encrypted bootloaders, and locked bootloaders with encrypted keys

So, don't read too far into that just yet Even the N1 had a locked bootloader from the retailer

 

[Suntan]

That statement means nothing since:



So, don't read too far into that just yet Even the N1 had a locked bootloader from the retailer

I would agree. One comment from one low level CSR, does not an official corporate policy make.

In any case, if VZW have an impending switch to capped data plans coming out, perhaps they don't care so much about hucksters rooting their phones anymore.

-Suntan

 

[valorian]

ok, so what Verizon originally said and unlocked bootloaders was incorrect.

All Clear: Verizon WILL Allow Unlocked Bootloaders on Their Network

 

[Dark Wizard Matoya]

ok, so what Verizon originally said and unlocked bootloaders was incorrect.

All Clear: Verizon WILL Allow Unlocked Bootloaders on Their Network

Props to Big Red, then. I'm glad that got cleared up.

 

[AliceBToklas]

Glad that's out of the way.

Here's to hoping we get something soon from HTC on existing devices (esp. Inc2, of course). Then, an update that backs it up.

 

[dave9851]

Everyone email HTC saying we want an update to unlock bootloader on our inc 2