HTC is on his official website Facebook announced that a policy of denying access to boot the operating system Android (bootloader) will be reviewed. The company acknowledged that smartphone users may be able to freely change the software on your phone. Issue is addressed and policy will be changed, but what about changes that followed, representatives of the HTC notified later.
Initially, the Taiwanese company has been one of the most loyal customers of manufacturers, allowing them almost free to modify the software of their devices. But starting in March of this year, with the release of the smartphone Incredible S, free access to the software was substantially closed, and the ability to upload unofficial firmware disappeared. It is worth noting that the warranty on smartphones with unofficial firmware does not apply, even if the company HTC opens full access to boot the operating system, the user will act at their own risk.
Currently, policy of free access to all software-based smartphones running Android adheres only by Google. In late March, about lifting the ban on access to the bootloader in their handsets announced by Sony Ericsson. Even earlier, Motorola representatives said that by the end of the year will be removed glad restrictions. Whether these steps are Sony Ericsson, Motorola and HTC with a growing level of dissatisfaction of users or conducted under pressure from Google, which embodies the principle of open source is unknown.