by Brendan Lynch, 1 month ago

The AT&T HTC One slipped out of some AT&T locations this weekend, a full week before its official launch date. Less than 24 hours later, the bootloader has been unlocked and the device has been successfully rooted…

by Tanay Sood, 1 month ago

Never say never. According to a blog post yesterday by DirtyDroidX, Dan Rosenberg (a.k.a. @djrbliss) has successfully managed to do what many before him have tried to do but failed — and that is unlock…

by Dan Evans, 3 months ago

The Sprint LG Optimus G LG-LS970 is finally free. The hardworking developers of the XDA Developers forum have come up with ways to root the phone, unlock its bootloader, and even install custom recovery. Through…

by Carl Parker, 3 months ago

Unlocking your phone’s bootloader is one of the first few steps to flashing custom ROMs. Some phones’ bootloaders are almost impenetrable, while others are very easy to unlock. Whatever the case, software development can only…

by Carl Parker, 3 months ago

Once in a while, we feel adventurous enough to unlock our phones’ bootloaders and flash custom everything. Later on, however, we realize that we actually liked our phones a lot better when they were still…

by Carl Parker, 4 months ago

The Android community will never run out of beautiful phones. From Samsung to HTC, Android phones have delighted many users and developers in how much they can push their devices to perform faster. One way…

by Carl Parker, 4 months ago

One of the most challenging steps in customizing your phone is rooting it and unlocking its bootloader. If you’re a newbie user, the words “rooting” and “bootloader unlock” sound like a warranty nightmare and you’d…

by Robert Triggs, 5 months ago

It never takes those guys over at XDA Developers long to break into anything it seems, and the Verizson’s Galaxy Note 2 is their latest success. With the bootloader unlocked the Note 2 is now…

by Chris Smith, 5 months ago

Verizon has recently started to sell its own Galaxy Note 2 version, complete with that annoying Verizon-branded Home button that’s likely responsible for the phablet’s launch. With that in mind, we’re not really surprised to…

by Ken East, 5 months ago

Android veterans are no doubt used to rooting, unlocking bootloaders, and flashing custom ROMs on the Android devices that fall into their hands. But, for those who have just received their first Android device, these…

by Ken East, 5 months ago

A guide for flashing a custom recovery here, a guide for unlocking bootloader there, and another guide for rooting your phone here. For an Android newbie, all this information could be overwhelming, not to mention…

by Carl Parker, 5 months ago

The Google Nexus 10 is one of the top Android tablets that Google has released. It runs on Android 4.2, the upgraded version of Jelly Bean. One of the benefits of having a Nexus 10…

by Bams Sadewo, 5 months ago

The fact that the HTC Droid DNA comes with a locked bootloader may have deterred some from going to the stores to pick up the 5-inch super phone, but those who stuck by HTC’s side…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 5 months ago

Rooting and tweaking are usually among a mobile enthusiast’s reasons for going for Android rather than iOS (although I must admit that I’ve also done my share of iOS hacking). The ability to root smartphones…

by Wenceslaus Muenyi, 6 months ago

Google built the Nexus line of devices to simplify our lives and, to please the hacking community, they made rooting/unlocking procedures quite simple—this goes for the Nexus 10 as well. The guys at Android Central…