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Posted Mar 1, 2016 12:45 UTC (Tue) by Del- (guest, #72641)
In reply to: BSD by Cyberax
Parent article: Winning the copyleft fight

> Unlocked (i.e. not sold through carriers) HTC phones can be rooted with fastboot.

No it can not. You probably mean to say that HTC has re-introduced their unlock tool, but some carriers still lock them down. Indeed, so it seems (I was unaware):
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader
I am very happy to see that, and I hope more manufacturers will follow. Not holding my breath though.

> But don't let that dissuade you from ranting...

Now that is beneath you. If you have a case, just state it. I know you enjoy a good discussion just as much as I do.

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Posted Mar 1, 2016 18:21 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link] (2 responses)

> No it can not.
Yes, you can. I have an HTC phone bought at a retail store, it's lying on my desktop right now. I simply unlocked it with fastboot.

> You probably mean to say that HTC has re-introduced their unlock tool, but some carriers still lock them down.
Nope. Fastboot is the standard tool in Android-world for bootloader manipulation.

Carriers definitely can lock it down if you lease your phone, not buy it.

> Now that is beneath you. If you have a case, just state it. I know you enjoy a good discussion just as much as I do.
Sure, a little bit of trolling is good for health.

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Posted Mar 1, 2016 23:11 UTC (Tue) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

As little(?) as 14 months ago, a Moto X from Verizon was not unlockable. Motorola would not gives the codes for Verizon phones. Now, they might have changed thos since, but last I heard the line was being neglected for updates. Guess I made the right choice in waiting for the new Nexus line to come out (stuck on Verizon; every other carrier has shit coverage where I need it).

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Posted Mar 1, 2016 23:29 UTC (Tue) by dlang (guest, #313) [Link]

14 months can be a long time in this business.