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Originally Posted by gTen
I thought Evo was locked bootloader + signed images..you sure the bootloader itself was signed?
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Well I'm not the one who rooted it so I can't say for 100% certainty, but I read on xda that the Evo had a signed boot loader exactly like the G2 and Thunderbolt, and all were rooted using the same method- a leaked image.
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Originally Posted by gTen
Shipped-Roms was owned by Conflipper, now it belongs to ppcgeeks >.> lol
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And yet ppcgeeks had never had any problems from htc. So that leads me to believe that if shipped roms had trouble from htc, it wasn't related to them hacking htc software or devices.
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Originally Posted by gTen
I disagree with HTC being the most developer friendly..for one HTC and Motorola devices are hardest to root out of them all and they dont follow the GPL..aka release source code on time....the only reason we used HTC was because it literally was our only option :/
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HTC devices may be hard to root, but they are still extremely friendly to developers. They "leak" the images needed to root the devices, and every ROM and even updates to ROMs get leaked well ahead of release (like the Evo gingerbread ROM for example).
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Originally Posted by gTen
They havent yet..but they are changing over the years..not saying that they will...
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I don't think they're changing. They lock the devices at the carriers' request, then they "leak" the key to the lock to the community. Until some HTC device is unrootable, or uses an e-fuse (like motorola) then there is no reason to worry.
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Originally Posted by gTen
um..FYI those root methods were not perma root..they were temporary roots..but if you want to count time..then some Android phones were rooted 1 year before they came out..why? because all the other phones root using the exact same method...except the HTC phones..and I think Motorola...
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The method it gets rooted is not relevant. The bottom line is it still gets rooted, and often before the device is even released. It may be a few more steps to root it, but it still gets rooted.
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Originally Posted by gTen
There is a room for concern because it gets harder every single time...
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It does not get harder every single time, lol. The Evo used the same method as the Thunderbolt.