What to know before unlocking the HTC One
As we draw closer to the arrival of the HTC One we are guessing a bunch of you that are already heavily immersed in the Android ecosystem are ready to unwrap the packing and unlock the bootloader, but this heads up from ModoCow founder, Paul O’Brian suggests you might want to hold off for a little while.
After unlocking the bootloader on his new HTC One, Paul found that several baseline applications like the Calculator, Flashlight, Ringtone Trimmer, and Sound Recorder were no longer installed. It appears that HTC put these apps in a folder outside of the main system files leaving them vulnerable during the unlocking process that wipes the data partition. Another side effect of unlocking the HTC One bootloader is that the phone will not be able to receive any OTA updates from the carrier. To remedy that situation, users will have to run the ROM Update Utility when one becomes available.
If losing the features mentioned above does not bother you, feel free to head over to HTCDev.com after you get your HTC One to use the manufacturer method for unlocking the bootloader.
HTC is committed to listening to users and delivering customer satisfaction. We have heard your voice and starting now, we will allow our bootloader to be unlocked… -HTCDev portal
Paul has informed HTC of this hiccup and they are looking into a solution.
Source: MoDaCo
About Andy Medders
With over a decade of IT experience working in and for the US Army, Andy has helped implement pilot programs using Android devices at work and helps others learn how to turn a smartphone into a tool for getting things done. He started a blog about HTC as an outlet to share HTC news without spamming his friends on common social networks, but decided to combine forces with HTCSource to have more of an impact on the HTC community. Andy has had an HTC in his pocket since the days of the T-Mobile MDA.
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Why can’t HTC, and others, use the clean android base and simply install the extra bits via play or a custom app?
So new android comes out. You get it the moment it’s out, then HTC pump out the HTC parts like sense as an app via a specific HTC link only that device can see? (maybe some sort of IEMI lock)
Come on HTC!
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This does not affect only HTC One but HTC One X+ as well. I wrote about it bit earlier here:
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com/2013/03/negative-effects-of-unlocked-bootloader.html
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I found this product the coolest of all the HTC’s model. Design and resolution looks awesome and I think people will definitely like this gadget.
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I’ll worry about that when it comes out. But they need to hurry the FFFF up and release this damn phone already. I’m so close to just say fit and buy a OneX+. I mean it’s just crazy almost 2 months later and still no release date. I love HTC but they have no love for us it seems.
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