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New DROID Bionic 5.5.893 Fastboot Files Released

Kellen December 30, 2011 56

A huge "thanks" again goes out to daywalker04 who has released another set of fastboot files that a ton of DL community members will benefit from. Just yesterday we saw files for the RAZR, but this time it's the DROID Bionic that gets the love. These are not...

HTC: All Devices Launched After September 2011 Have Unlockable Bootloaders

Kellen December 28, 2011 70

Ater finding out that the bootloader of the HTC Rezound could be unlocked using HTCDev's bootloader unlock tool, our initial reaction was to think that this was a mistake and that it would be fixed shortly. Boy was that reaction wrong, and in a good way. HTC...

HTC Rezound Bootloader Unlocked at HTCDev Even Though It Isn’t Listed as a Supported Device

Kellen December 28, 2011 81

HTC Rezound owners, get your butts over to HTCDev.com immediately before this gets shut down. According to a variety of forums, the Rezound's bootloader can be unlocked using the tools provided at HTCDev. You are left with S-ON afterwards, but to my knowledge,...

Download: New EK06 and EK04 Radios and Bootloader for the Galaxy Nexus

Kellen December 21, 2011 263

New LTE and 3G radios have been leaked within the last few hours along with a new bootloader for the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon. It'll be tough to tell with Big Red's 4G network having issues across the country, but these should help to improve your signal...

How to: Unroot the Galaxy Nexus, Re-lock the Bootloader and Return to a Factory State

Kellen December 16, 2011 156

Unlocking the bootloader and rooting your Galaxy Nexus is really only half the battle. There may come a time when you need need to lock everything back up, including that bootloader. Thanks to the Android team, we have the factory images that can not only fix...

Video: How to Unlock the Bootloader on the Galaxy Nexus [Verizon]

Kellen December 15, 2011 194

If your Galaxy Nexus future includes custom ROMs and kernels, you should stop what you are doing and unlock the bootloader of the device first. With an unlocked bootloader, your phone is opened up for you to essentially do as you please. Not only that, but you...

How to: Unlock the Galaxy Nexus Bootloader

Kellen December 5, 2011 537

We may be just days away from the release of the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon, and I'm sure that many are starting to think about this whole bootloader unlocking process. As a Nexus device, the bootloader does not have to be bypassed or hacked like you have...

About that Verizon and Bootloaders and FCC Violation Story That is Floating Around

Kellen October 25, 2011 120

Our inbox certainly shows that you all read XDA from time to time, since it has been flooded over the last two days with this story about how Verizon is "illegally" locking the bootloaders of its phones. This report claims that Big Red is violating an open...