HTC have continued to show their customers that their opinions are valued, as they reverse their policy on locking boot-loaders on their smartphones… Locked boot-loaders are a means of mobile phones manufacturers stopping third parties from interfering with the way in which the devices work. They stop hackers tinkering with the workings, which enable them to install custom roms, run apps that would otherwise not be accessible on that device and stop prevent the removal of various manufacturer or network [...]