[PSA]Bootloader, recovery, and kernel lockdown? Overturned! [UPDATE 5/26]

[user7618]

Boo, HTC, just boo.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05...l-locked-down/

Thanks to jayhuffdaddy and BlackDynomite for the contact info.

Express your feelings by contacting HTC.

Mark_Baker@htc.com
Senior Director Enterprise Business Unit Americas

Cher_Wang@htc.com Chairman

John_Wang@htc.com
Chief Marketing Officer, HTC Corporation

Keith_Nowak@htc.com Senior Public Relations Manager at HTC 425-679-5328

Fred_Liu@htc.com
COO of HTC

HT_Cho@htc.com
Board Member of HTC

Peter_Chou@htc.com
CEO

Lotus_Chan@htc.com
VP HTC

Horace_Luke@htc.com Chief Innovation Officer

Brent Groome, Chief Executive-Customer Operations, at 843-369-8393 or brent.groome@htcinc.net

www.facebook.com/HTC

http://twitter.com/#!/htc

And the petition at:

http://www.groubal.com/htc-bootloaders-and-nand/

UPDATE:

Apparently, HTC heard us and are reviewing their policy. Thanks KarlE and draghn for the heads up.

http://www.facebook.com/notes/htc/up...50305151453084

Thanks to antjones21 and mikey1234 for the best news this week. HTC HAS RECONSIDERED, HOORAY!!!!

https://www.facebook.com/HTC/posts/10150307320018084

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Ginger-on-Hero action here!

[hidaya]

hmmm not sure if this is a deal breaker for me or not, as ive recently rooted my evo and am loving trying out diff roms.

[robysch22]

Please correct me if am wrong…..so that would mean until further notice EVO 3D can’t be rooted…..or just at this point no custom rom??

[guitardoc64]

Originally Posted by robysch22

Please correct me if am wrong…..so that would mean until further notice EVO 3D can’t be rooted…..or just at this point no custom rom??

Yep. You can flash all ya want, but it won't boot without the stock ROM.
I'm hoping that a workaround will come out based on my faith in all the hackers out there.

[head honch]

there's always a way around...

[brownhornet]

Originally Posted by head honch

there's always a way around...

Tell the Droid X users that... they're still limited even though it was rooted in what they can and cant actually flash. And with them I dont even think the recovery and the kernel were signed it was just the bootloader. With this they signed ALL THREE.

[portopotti]

Excuse my ignorance but by not being able to root, would that also mean no wifi-tethering?

[jayhuffdaddy]

Originally Posted by portopotti

Excuse my ignorance but by not being able to root, would that also mean no wifi-tethering?

Yup. There are some threads even stating that the free programs would not work.

[robysch22]

Wouldn’t that also mean that we would not be able to uninstall any bloatware…?

[uofajac]

It's a deal breaker for me fellas. I'm a flash a holic, no doubt. I don't care how cool your phone is at the moment. Give it a month and we'll all be jonesin for another ROM. I'm not going a whole year without the ability to upgrade and customize. Screw that. That Nexus S 4G is looking pretty good right now. That or I'm just gonna stick with my OG Evo.