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HTC On A Slippery Slope

  • 24-03-2011 1:37pm
    #1
    Otacon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,721 ✭✭✭


    I recently bought an Incredible S. I am absolutely delighted with it. It performs brilliantly, sits comfortably in the hand and, as a HTC, I am looking forward to some stellar ROMs.

    However, HTC have made the decision of signing the IS bootloader and recovery [Source: AndroidPolice]. Are HTC going to be doing this in future? What will it mean for customisations and ROMs? Are Samsung and LG the only phone makers left who do not signed theirs?


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  • #2
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,571 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Balls... that's not a good development.

    The modding community are a pretty resourceful bunch though.... it'll just take some work to get around it with an exploit of some sort (like jailbreaking an iphone)


  • #3
    heebusjeebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭heebusjeebus


    It would be a shame if this was to become the norm by the hardware manufacturers. The Nexus line of phones would be the only viable option then.


  • #4
    Ste-
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,751 ✭✭✭Ste-


    Motorola does this aswell don't they ?
    And they still haven't been hacked, altho I'd say the HTC has a bigger following than motorola.


  • #5
    seanybiker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,898 ✭✭✭✭seanybiker


    I don't like that. There's bound to be some chap that will sort it out at some stage


  • #6
    Walkman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭Walkman


    What ye all on about? :-/


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  • #7
    god's toy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,241 ✭✭✭god's toy


    Walkman wrote: »
    What ye all on about? :-/


    "That basically means no custom ROMs for you (at least until a viable workaround is discovered)."


  • #8
    heebusjeebus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,783 ✭✭✭heebusjeebus


    And now, no Cyanogenmod 8 for my Desire anytime soon :rolleyes:

    http://gizmodo.com/#!5785466/googles-witholding-android-honeycomb-from-the-public-over-user-experience-concerns
    Yes, you can buy a Motorla Xoom with Android Honeycomb on it. But according to BusinessWeek, Google isn't releasing the tablet variant of Android to developers publicly because they're worried people will try and shoehorn it into phones


  • #9
    Atomic Pineapple
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,272 ✭✭✭✭Atomic Pineapple


    Ste- wrote: »
    Motorola does this aswell don't they ?
    And they still haven't been hacked, altho I'd say the HTC has a bigger following than motorola.

    Have a Motorola Milestone here that rooted no problem, I haven't tried to put a custom ROM on it though.


  • #10
    woop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 809 ✭✭✭woop


    draffodx wrote: »
    Have a Motorola Milestone here that rooted no problem, I haven't tried to put a custom ROM on it though.

    dont think it was the milestone but there was one handset that basically bricked when you tried to put a ROM on it. There was a legal/consumer rights decision against this in the US though I believe. HTC were always a hacker friendly bunch, but no more than pirating people will find a way around this


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