It was only last week that HTC announced the new HTC One (M8) with immediate availability in Verizon stores. However, like any other Verizon device, the One (M8) also comes with a locked down bootloader that makes find a rooting process for the device a very challenging task.
Nevertheless, thanks to the hard work of Jon and beaups, owners of the brand new One (M8) from Verizon can now gain root access on their handset via WeakSauce.
As promised, AT&T is now in the process of pushing out the much-anticipated KitKat update to all its carrier-branded One Mini variants currently located in the United States. In terms of functionality, the upgrade will bring the latest build of Android 4.4.2 and Sense 5.5 to the handset, in addition to the usual deluge of bug fixes and stability improvements.
The new HTC One (M8) was also announced in a Google Play Edition variant yesterday carrying a price tag of $700. And to accommodate for the new entry, Google has decided to slash prices of the Google Play Edition HTC One from last year.
America’s fourth largest carrier T-Mobile has officially announced the availability of the new HTC One. The premier HTC flagship will be available for online and in-store purchase from the carrier starting from April 11.
LTE-Advanced networks are slowly making their way to the U.S. courtesy of AT&T, which recently kicked off the service in Chicago using carrier aggregation. But lack of proper hardware was believed to be one of the issues holding back adoption. However that could change as the newly launched HTC One (M8) is revealed to feature support for carrier aggregation.
