Liliputing

Google Nexus 5: How to root, unlock the bootloader, install custom recovery (video)

Google’s Nexus 5 smartphone is the first to ship with Android 4.4 KitKat, and the stock software is pretty nice. But if you think you might want to install a custom ROM or custom recovery, it’s a good ...
Android

Android L's Stock Recovery Now Features "Reboot To Bootloader" And other New Commands

One part of our phone that most of us probably haven’t seen for a while, is the stock recovery. Usually we have a custom recovery on our devices, if we use it at all. The reason being is that the ...
电子工程专辑

Bootloader科普（1）：认识Bootloader作用与实现原理

回想起刚入门单片机，在学校使用单片机参加各种电子竞赛。 代码跑起来的流程可简单了。 只需要拷贝一份demo工程（比如Demo工程只实现GPIO点亮几颗LED）。 然后在工程上面加应用功能逻辑、编译，烧录，最后断开仿真器，代码就能直接跑起来了。 简单来说 ...
Liliputing

HTC One bootloader unlocked, custom recovery loaded

The HTC One smartphone features a speedy Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, a high resolution 4.7 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, 2GB of RAM, and an all-metal case. But some folks might be wary of ...
Engadget

Motorola responds to Droid X bootloader controversy, says eFuse isn't there to break the phone

There's been a lot of chatter going around the interwebs in the past 24 hours about the Droid X's exceptionally well-locked bootloader — a situation that is going to make running custom ROMs ...