Evo 4g/Evo 3D

**BlackDynamite** · #1 (**permalink**) 04-28-2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by gTen

Its a big concern actually..from what the people who rooted the Thuderbolt said..the new HTC devices are locked like Motorola devices and not to be fooled by how quickly they unlocked it...and rumor is its going to get worse...on the other hand motorola is promising unlocked boot loaders lol

Even cyanogen is reconsidering HTC:

Twitter

ATM, HTC and Motorola are the hardest manufacturers to root...

I'm not concerned. I think Verizon likes their phones locked down and that's why the Thunderbolt was like that. And even then, it was rooted before it was released. Sprint is more relaxed and HTC doesn't seem to mind.

Has there ever been an HTC device that didn't get rooted? I would not worry about it until there is actually a reason to worry.

**gTen** · #2 (**permalink**) 04-28-2011, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackDynamite

I'm not concerned. I think Verizon likes their phones locked down and that's why the Thunderbolt was like that. And even then, it was rooted before it was released. Sprint is more relaxed and HTC doesn't seem to mind.

The team that unlocked it said it was not a Verizon only thing...and the reason why the unlock was fast was due to info gathered from the G2.

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Has there ever been an HTC device that didn't get rooted? I would not worry about it until there is actually a reason to worry.

Well has there ever been any phone that wasn't rootable? The problem usually lies in custom roms via locked bootloader.