HTC officially dissolves locked bootloader policy

The homebrew community may mourn HTC’s Thunderbolt , Incredible S , Sensation and EVO 3D , but the company’s controversial policy of locking bootloaders is no more. Following a tease yesterday , HTC CEO Peter Chou has decreed from on high — namely, HTC’s Facebook page — that future devices will be open. There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I want you to know that we’ve listened. Today, I’m confirming we will no longer be locking the bootloaders on our devices. Thanks for your passion, support and patience. We’re holding out hope that this policy will also be retroactive , but this is very welcome news regardless. Ball’s in your court, Motorola . HTC officially dissolves locked bootloader policy originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 21:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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