One-click root for the HTC One X (unofficial bootloader unlock on the way)

HTC One X rooted

The HTC One X is one of the hottest smartphones around. It has a large 4.7 inch, 1280 x 720 pixel display, a fast processor, and a high capacity battery. It also uses the latest version of HTC’s Sense software, which blends in with Google Android 4.0′s default look and feel much better than earlier versions of Sense. Unfortunately while HTC offers official tools that… Read more »

AT&T HTC One X bootloader remains locked

HTC bootloader unlock

HTC offers tools that let users unlock the bootloaders on many of its phones. This makes it possible to install custom recovery tools or custom ROMs or make other changes. Unlocking the bootloader will void your warranty, but if you’re cool with that, HTC is cool with letting you do it on about 45 handsets. Unfortunately the AT&T version of the HTC One X smartphone… Read more »

HTC Sense 4 debuts with the HTC One phones

HTC Sense 4

HTC’s next generation of phones are on the way, and the early reviews of the HTC One X and HTC One S look pretty good. While the hardware is nice, these will also be the first devices to feature the latest version of HTC’s Sense software. It looks like HTC has tweaked its skin for Android devices to get out of the way and let… Read more »

HTCSense shuts down, backup your backups by April 30th

HTC Sense.com

Phone and tablet maker HTC is turning off the lights at its HTCSense.com. The year-and-a-half old portal allowed users to backup data from their devices, locate a missing phone, or manage security remotely. This week HTC announced it would be shutting down the service. Users have until April 30th, 2012 to download contacts, messages, call history or other data in a ZIP file. For now,… Read more »

HTC to start rolling out Android 4.0 updates in March

Ice Cream Sandwich

HTC has unveiled some more details about its plans to launch Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich for some of the company’s most recent smartphones. In March, the HTC Sensation 4G, HTC Sensation XE, and HTC Sensation XL should get software updates. Later this year we’ll also see updates for these phones: Amaze 4G Desire HD Desire S EVO 3D EVO 4G Incredible S Rezound Vivid… Read more »

First look at HTC Sense 4.0 with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

HTC Ville

HTC Sense is a custom user interface designed to run on HTC’s Android phones. The company is preparing a new version of Sense designed to work with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and it’s reportedly called HTC Sense 4.0. Last week the folks at PocketNow described some of the new features we can expect to see in Sense 4.0, but at the time no pictures… Read more »

webOS goes open source soon, hacker already porting it to Android hardware

HTC Evo with webOS

HP has announced plans to release webOS as an open source project soon, but while the source code isn’t available yet some folks have already started working to port webOS to run on hardware originally designed to run designed for different operating systems. WebOS-Internals member Ryan Hope posted a few pictures today of an HTC Evo 3D running a buggy build of webOS 3.0 today…. Read more »

HTC Sense 4.0 skin to run on top of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

HTC Vile

Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will be the first version of the Android operating system designed to work on both phones and tablets. It features a new user interface that doesn’t rely on physical buttons at all, and support for a wide range of screen sizes and resolutions. But none of that is going to stop smartphone makers from releasing custom skins to tweak… Read more »

8 current HTC phones to get Ice Cream Sandwich next year

Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

HTC has announced that it will offer software updates for eight of its latest high-end smartphones early next year. In 2012 you should be able to install Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on the following handsets: HTC Vivid HTC Sensation HTC Sensation XL HTC Sensation XE HTC Rezound HTC Evo 3D HCT Evo Design 4G HTC Amaze 4G That covers most of the company’s… Read more »

Now you can (officially) unlock bootloaders on the HTC Evo 3D and Sensation

HTC bootloader unlock

HTC has followed through on its promise to let users unlock the bootloaders of its most recent Android smartphones. Earlier this month the company launched a web-based tool that you could use to unlock the Evo 3D bootloader as well as the European version of the HTC Sensation. Now we can add the Sensation 4G on T-Mobile in the US as well as Turkish, Arabic,… Read more »


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