In this tutorial, we will show you the steps to unlock the bootloader on your HTC device. During the initial days, HTC was at the pinnacle of the mobile phone industry. Well, what better way to describe this OEM than by the fact that it introduced the world’s first Android smartphone? It then keeps on climbing the ladders of success. With some exceptional devices, both on the hardware and software front, it was truly among the best smartphone manufacturers then. Well, its partnership with Google for a short period also helped this brand a lot. However, from that point onwards, it went all downhill.
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Although even now HTC releases a few Android smartphones, it is nothing compared to the good old glory days. But no matter which HTC device you have, there’s a lot of custom development still going on. For example, you could try tons of custom ROMs, root your device, try Magisk Modules, Xposed Frameworks, and other related things. However, for all these things, there is an important prerequisite that your HTC device has to qualify, and that is an unlocked bootloader. Therefore, this guide will show you how to unlock your device’s bootloader. This is a universal guide, valid for all the HTC devices released to date. So with that in mind, here are the required instructions.
What is a Bootloader?
Before you go ahead with the installation instructions, first we should be aware of what is bootloader unlocking. A bootloader is a software program that tells your device what programs it has to load at boot time. Add to this, it is also used to boot your device to recovery mode. Most smartphone manufacturers ship their devices with a locked bootloader. The reason on their part stands pretty simple- they only want to run the authorized Android OS that they ship with the device.
This completely makes sense from the security point of view. However, here’s the thing. You, the user, are then left with no choice but to accept whatever your OEM has to offer. Although you get to try out custom launchers or icon packs, that is it. There aren’t any system-level drastic modifications possible, i.e. until you unlock your device’s bootloader. Although this might sound pretty interesting on paper, it has a few caveats with them. So we will only do justice if we make you aware of the associated risks of an unlocked bootloader, apart from the goodies that you are getting.
this was really helpful. I followed every step (it wasn’t easy) and I did it