I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. While we sit here tapping our fingers in anticipation of an official Transformer Prime bootloader statement ...

Have an LG smartphone and want to unlock the bootloader so you can install a custom recovery, custom ROM, or other firmware? Now you can do that… maybe. LG’s last few flagship phones have shipped with ...

After rolling out their Bootloader Unlock Tool for their HTC Sensation to European users, HTC has now rolled out a new Evo 3D Bootloader Unlock Tool to the US. The new bootloader unlock tool update ...

How can you not love Asus? And when I say that, try to envision me staring directly at Verizon’s person in charge of network security. If you weren’t aware, the Transformer Pad Infinity (TF700T) ships ...

A couple of weeks ago, HTC announced that they would be releasing their bootloader unlock tool for a number of HTC devices this month. True to their word, HTC has now released the bootloader unlock ...

LG’s bootloader unlock tool now supports the U.S. version of the G5, though it’s important to note that this is just in relation to the unlocked model of the U.S. version, and not the carrier-branded ...

It’s only been a few days since HTC got its bootloader unlock tool up and running, but unfortunately it was only made available to owners of the European/international version of the HTC Sensation.

It's a little bit exasperating for the more tech-savvy smartphone tinkerers who own an LG V20 to learn that some smartphones under LG do not support unlocking the bootloader. Android phone ...

Microsoft and Nokia have done a great job of making Lumia smartphones difficult to break into at a low-level, but software hacker Heathcliff has just proven that it's not impossible. He's just ...