WOOHOO Thank you HTC!

[Charles Lambton]

HTC delivers source code for the One and Droid DNA

And people were worried about software....

 

[Blaalad12]

Havent read the article, but in a nutshell.... what does this mean?

 

[Charles Lambton]

It means that they just made it a hell of a lot easier for people to make custom roms and remove/add whatever they like. So the community will be able to take this great piece of hardware and do some fantastic software updates and changes to suit whatever your needs are.

 

[jbarborka]

It means that devs can now start cooking Jelly Bean ROMs, including CM 10 builds.

 

[sclRanger]

It means XDA devs now has all the info they need to make changes to the software, roms, etc.

 

[Blaalad12]

Awesome

 

[JoshieMSU]

Doesn't matter for the ATT customers with a locked bootloader, though, right? I'm not huge into the dev community, but I would like to get there. I've been spending a little more time on XDA absorbing knowledge and information.

 

[Charles Lambton]

Doesn't matter for the ATT customers with a locked bootloader, though, right? I'm not huge into the dev community, but I would like to get there. I've been spending a little more time on XDA absorbing knowledge and information.

I thought there was a boot loader unlocker already out there from HTC?

 

[Suda]

Doesn't matter for the ATT customers with a locked bootloader, though, right? I'm not huge into the dev community, but I would like to get there. I've been spending a little more time on XDA absorbing knowledge and information.

That's correct, bootloaders have to be unlocked first. Apparently the word on the AT&T version is that it isn't unlockable. I find that hard to believe and maybe someone more advanced than that person could unlock it, either way it looks like AT&T customers will be waiting the longest. T-Mobile's version is said to have a very unlockable bootloader by the same person who tried to unlock AT&T's, no word on Sprint yet. The Dev editions will able to use the codes right out of the box since they come with an unlocked bootloader.

 

[JoshieMSU]

I thought there was a boot loader unlocker already out there from HTC?

Is there? I was browsing XDA a lot this morning, and didn't see a thread on it.

That's correct, bootloaders have to be unlocked first. Apparently the word on the AT&T version is that it isn't unlockable. I find that hard to believe and maybe someone more advanced than that person could unlock it, either way it looks like AT&T customers will be waiting the longest. T-Mobile's version is said to have a very unlockable bootloader by the same person who tried to unlock AT&T's, no word on Sprint yet. The Dev editions will able to use the codes right out of the box since they come with an unlocked bootloader.

I wish I had had the funds to dump on a dev version. Ah well, no worries. Just ready for my phone.

 

[Charles Lambton]

Is there? I was browsing XDA a lot this morning, and didn't see a thread on it.



I wish I had had the funds to dump on a dev version. Ah well, no worries. Just ready for my phone.

How to Unlock HTC One Bootloader

 

[JoshieMSU]

How to Unlock HTC One Bootloader

Interesting. Does this apply to all HTC Ones, regardless of carrier?

 

[Charles Lambton]

Interesting. Does this apply to all HTC Ones, regardless of carrier?

I have absolutely no clue.

 

[Russ Smith]

This is like jailbreaking right and voids warrenty?

Sent from my HTC One

 

[Charles Lambton]

This is like jailbreaking right and voids warrenty?

Sent from my HTC One

Yea, I'm going to wait until a bootloader unlock is released that doesn't permanently delete some of the stock apps and void your warranty. That, or I'll wait till the warranty is over.

 

[JoshieMSU]

I have absolutely no clue.

Fair enough. Regardless, thanks for the link!

 

[adriandb]

Yea, I'm going to wait until a bootloader unlock is released that doesn't permanently delete some of the stock apps and void your warranty. That, or I'll wait till the warranty is over.

How does this apply to the unlocked DE? Will loading a custom ROM void the warranty? Isn't that expected behavior with a DE? Can I reload the factory ROM and erase all traces of a custom ROM if I do need warranty service?

 

[Charles Lambton]

How does this apply to the unlocked DE? Will loading a custom ROM void the warranty? Isn't that expected behavior with a DE? Can I reload the factory ROM and erase all traces of a custom ROM if I do need warranty service?

I'm pretty sure the warranty will not be void on the DE if you flash a custom rom, actually I think that's the whole point of it.

 

[Suda]

How to Unlock HTC One Bootloader

I've seen this before, I don't think it's legitimate. More than likely just fishing for clicks seeing as this was put up a month and three days ago, 9 days before the One was confirmed delayed. Over on the HTC Dev site you'll notice that they have unlocked bootloaders that require HBOOT for some phones of specific carriers, but none recent (One X, One S, Droid DNA, etc.). Also, the AT&T version was tried recently and confirmed yesterday to be "unlockable" by the person performing it. In other words, I wouldn't trust that link.

You're going to have to wait for someone over at XDA or a site like it to unlock it if you want to be assured it's going to work.

 

[Suda]

How does this apply to the unlocked DE? Will loading a custom ROM void the warranty? Isn't that expected behavior with a DE? Can I reload the factory ROM and erase all traces of a custom ROM if I do need warranty service?

You don't have anything to worry about, yours is totally unlocked out of the box. It's only when you unlock the bootloader on your own you run the risk of voiding the warranty. But for those that want to unlock it and are worried about warranty, you can always re-lock a bootloader.