Tag archive for "unlocking"

HTC Thunderbolt gets the HTCDev unlock treatment

4 Comments 30 December 2011 by

HTC has been busy adding devices and support for their bootloader unlocking program and just yesterday announced that all devices released after September 2011 are fully unlockable. While this is great news I know there are still thousands of HTC Thunderbolt owners waiting for the real thing too. Today it appears they’ve updated just that [...]

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More trouble for Android, Apple granted Slide to Unlock patent

41 Comments 25 October 2011 by

Today we have more news regarding some of those Apple patents. This morning after being filed way back in December of 2005, The US Patent & Trademark Office issued a patent grant to Apple regarding their familiar Slide to Unlock gesture. This has actually been officially granted to Apple, no longer is this pending, the [...]

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HTC Flyer bootloader unlocking gets official from HTC

0 Comments 14 September 2011 by

Just like a few other HTC devices in the recent past the HTC Flyer tablet has been added to the list of supported devices from HTC that is allowed freedom. We all know the HTC bootloader situation plenty well so I wont go into that, but it’s now appearing over at HTCdev.com/bootloader in pretty much [...]

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HTC Sense 3.0 Style Unlock Ring App Perfected in Agile Lock

0 Comments 22 August 2011 by

So you’re all about that unlock screen you saw on the HTC Sensation 4G, right? You saw how awesome it was to bounce around a ring that’s able to open either the whole of the phone or a single app at your command, and you’re pumped up about having access to such a lockscreen asap! [...]

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NTT Docomo to allow unlocking phones via SIM

2 Comments 14 March 2011 by

One great thing about third tier companies is that often they use out of the box thinking to not only gain market share, but to challenge the conventional wisdom of their industry which is usually holding the market back. Such is the case with Japanese wireless company NCC Docomo, which today announced that after April [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S 4G unlocked at XDA

1 Comment 07 March 2011 by

With the results of JD Power’s customer satisfaction survey being most unkind for T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy S 4G fans may want to try and bring their phone elsewhere. Thanks to XDA developer SanFranX415, users can. All they need is root access, a hex editor, and plenty of patience to find the unlock code buried deep [...]

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Samsung Galaxy S unlock hack is easiest to date

8 Comments 23 August 2010 by

Samsung’s Galaxy S series may be relatively special in the US for being a smartphone launched – in various identikit forms – across multiple carriers at the same time, but what if you want to use your AT&T Captivate on T-Mobile USA’s network?  Happily Samsung seem to almost be conspiring against their carrier partners by [...]

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HTC Magic phone dressed up in Black and going on sale in Taiwan for $640 USD

0 Comments 12 May 2009 by

Folks across the pond will have the luxury to purchase the hot new HTC Magic on May 15th for $640 USD without a contract.  This black version going on sale in Taiwan is almost identical to the one available for Vodafone customers.  The left and right hand side is covered in a darker shade of [...]

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Google Developer G1 loses paid-app access

0 Comments 26 February 2009 by

Google has blocked access to paid Android applications to the very people who most likely would have vested interest in accessing them: developers using the officially-sanctioned unlocked G1.  Google released the Developer version of the G1 back in December 2008, priced at $399, making it available to anybody willing to pay the $25 developers’ registration [...]

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Google gives employees “Dream Phones” for holiday bonuses

7 Comments 23 December 2008 by

When one thinks about a holiday bonus they usually think about a large paycheck helping families in need during an expensive time of the year, but what happens when the holiday season comes rolling around and you get a gift rather than cash? Employees over at Google didn’t experience a swell in their paycheck, but [...]

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