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How To: SIM Unlock the HTC Vivid

06/14/2012 By Leave a Comment
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I recently purchased a HTC Vivid on Craigslist while on vacation in California (my home state I might add). There was a plethora of these phones available in the area I was visiting and I figure when I am done using this solid Android smartphone I'll still be able to sell it for the same amount I paid if not more using Craigslist or some similar outlet on the web, maybe Swappa.   I purchased the Vivid fully knowing the phone is sold to operate with AT&T service, but I knew the good guys … [Read more...]

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Joining Forces to Bring Readers the Most HTC News

02/24/2012 By 1 Comment
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I have a big announcement for those of you who visit this site on occasion. HTCfanatic.com is combining with the folks at HTCSource.com with the intent to consolidate resources and offer a single location for fanatics to find the latest HTC news. It has been tough to keep up with all the bits of news streaming from all over the web in daily or even weekly articles from HTCfanatic so joining the HTCSource team will make it easier to focus on the content and other projects I have in mind and … [Read more...]

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Wireless Vulnerability on Some HTC Smartphones; A Fix is in the Works

02/09/2012 By Leave a Comment
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Earlier this month, HTC officially announced that they are aware of a wireless vulnerabiltiy on some HTC handsets running Android. The vulnerability comes with any application that requests access to "ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" and allows others to see the passwords used by the user to connect to wireless access points at home or while on the go. Fortunately, this weakness was discovered by a couple of researchers who then reported the issue to HTC. A detailed report of the exploit including a … [Read more...]

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More HTC Phones get Bootloader Unlocking Privileges

01/16/2012 By Leave a Comment
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That is right folks, it seemed like last month's news of all phones released after September of last year were all of the phones previously released that were going to see the ability to be unlocked via the HTCDev website. Turns out that was an incorrect assumption as AndroidCentral reports after visiting the HTCDev site tonight to find an updated list with several phones released over a year ago. The list of newly unlockable smartphones includes: G2 Aria Droid Incredible Desire … [Read more...]

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Rumor: HTC Ville Headed to T-Mobile

01/14/2012 By Leave a Comment
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Since the announcement of Ice Cream Sandwich, Google's latest version of the Android operating system, users have been eager to see what manufacturers are preparing to serve us in the near future. Unlike several other mobile hardware creators HTC did not have a lot to show off this week at the Consumer Electronics Show except the monster Windows Phone the HTC Titan II. Is HTC holding out until Mobile World Congress in February or is a specific release party in the works at some large city before … [Read more...]

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