We now have answers as to why HTC Rezound users were able to unlock their device using the instruction from HTCdev.com. It appears any device launched after September 2011 is now unlockable and HTCdev will be updating the site accordingly. This is excellent news for the future of HTC and its customers.
HTCdev.com, the official site for unlocking your HTC bootloader, has inadvertently given HTC Rezound owners instructions on how to unlock their bootloaders. The HTC Rezound has yet to be officially listed on HTCdev.com but according to a few sources, the instructions for unlocking your bootloader also apply to the Rezound and will work if followed correctly. You will be left with S-On and will have to perform a factory reset at the end (so do a backup if needed).
You may remember us talking about the HTCdev site which helps HTC owners unlock their device’s bootloader. That site while “official,” takes quite some time to update its list of unlockable devices. That is why xda-developer forum user frigid decided to go ahead an create his own utility to speed things up. Picture the HTCdev unlockable list on steroids and that’s what you get with the unofficial HTC Super Tool.
One of the more gimmicky features in Android 4.0 is that of face unlock. While it’s cool and makes for a great party trick, it’s really not the most secure (can be unlocked with a photo). When Nexus S owners were treated to Android 4.0, Face Unlock was omitted due to insufficient hardware but that didn’t stop the Android community from getting it anyways. Apparently the “insufficient hardware” was nothing more than the VGA quality of the front facing camera on the Nexus S. It is fully capable of performing Face Unlock but perhaps Google was worried about its accuracy with the low res camera. Either way, it’s now available thanks to a custom ROM that can be flashed by any rooted soul.
Samsung’s decision to leave the Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S out of the Ice Cream Sandwich update pool alienated a large number of Samsung customers — and they were not happy. Not only were they upset over Samsung’s unwillingness to update their device, but they were also unhappy with Samsung’s excuse. According to Samsung, they were not going to be updating the Galaxy Tab and the Galaxy S due to their limited memory (which TouchWiz needs). With the Galaxy S and the Nexus S having similar specs, and the Nexus S set to receive Android 4.0, it appeared the only thing keeping the Galaxy S from getting ICS was Touchwiz. While the majority of Galxy S users are all for being updated to the latest version of Android at the expense of TouchWiz, Samsung was not. That was until today.
