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Mar

29

2011

Sony Ericsson Allowing The Bootloader To Be Unlocked On Xperia Lineup

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by Axl Logan
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Looks like Sony Ericsson is going a route that other manufacturers tend to avoid and occasionally flat out deny access to.  The folks over at SE have announced that they will provide users a legal and secure way to gain full access to the bootloader on all up and coming Xperia devices like the Arc, Pro, Play [...]

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Mar

21

2011

Motorola’s locked bootloader keys found and posted on twitter

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by Jesse Bauer
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many have been toiling over the ability/inability to keep their Motorola devices unlocked via bootloaders, especially after the Xoom came out this year. Now, some of the keys necessary to unlock Motorola devices have made their way online via Twitter. With these, its said that developers will now be able to create completely custom signed .sbf files, [...]

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Mar

16

2011

Win 1 of 20 unlock codes for your GSM Motorola phone from Unique Phones Ltd

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by Dustin Karnes
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Well, well well, it looks like it’s contest time again! This time around, the guys from Unique Phones, Ltd. are giving away 20 unlock codes for your Motorola phone on a GSM network. What does this do? Simple, really: it will allow you to use your Motorola phone on any GSM network. Here’s how to [...]

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Mar

7

2011

Unlock your Samsung Galaxy S 4G

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by Jesse Bauer
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If you got yourself a Samsung Galaxy S 4G, you no doubt are loving the 4G speeds. But what if you’re curious on what the other networks are like with that Galaxy S of yours? You’re in luck as XDA Member sanfranx415 has found the unlock code buried deep within the Galaxy S 4G. After [...]

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Feb

22

2011

Motorola to Make Bootloader Unlockable to Give Devs Access

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by Michael Murphy
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As we reported yesterday, the Atrix 4G from Motorola has a mostly-locked bootloader, meaning that dev access to the system partition is pretty restricted, and a lot of the things that devs try to accomplish — like rooting and custom ROMs — may be very, very difficult to achieve.  Well, the Xoom will be available [...]

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Feb

8

2011

Telus will sell devices unlocked starting Feb 15th

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by Jesse Bauer
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As of February 15th, Telus will begin selling its’ devices with the ability to unlock the SIMs on most handsets they carry. This is a great way to retain customers, because to take advantage of the offer, you need to have a good account standing with Telus for a minimum of 90 days. The unlock [...]

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Nov

30

2010

XDA-Developers member Scotty2 further hacks the G2, unlocks carrier and kernel

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by Michael Murphy
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When T-Mobile announced the G2, there were a lot of mixed feelings. On the one hand, the G1 has been heralded as the trendsetting Android device, given that it has been kept “pure” as a device, and has served as the standard by which other phones were measured. Due to being developed by Google themselves, [...]

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Jul

30

2010

Froyo coming out to unlocked European HTC Desire handests

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by Dustin Karnes
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Who isn’t getting Froyo? Well, it looks like unlocked HTC Desire’s in Europe are no longer in the ignore list, as there is now an official press release that states that they will be getting the long awaited 2.2 update. The upgrade is set to include: 720P Video Recording HTC Sense Updates App Share Improved [...]

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