Managed to pick up a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 from Verizon only to find you are now stuck with a locked bootloader? The good news is that Adam Outler has now revealed how to unlock your Note 2 via XDA TV.

Recently Verizon has become very aggressive about locking up bootloaders with smartphones featured through their wireless service. The Note 2 was in particular known for being locked down tight, but Adam Outler further proves if there is a will, there is a way.

While the root method for the Verizon Galaxy Note 2 has been around for a bit now, a fully unlocked experience was previously believed near-impossible. Now you too can do custom recoveries and install your own ROMs with the same ease as any other Note 2 owner.

So what’s needed to get the job done? Heading to XDA is a good place to start, as is watching Outler’s XDA TV video. You will also need a special tool apparently, affectionately named “Suck it Verizon Odin Package”.

Where you avoiding Verizon’s version of the Note 2 do to the lack of an unlocked bootloader? Does this news change your mind?

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The HTC Droid DNA represents a big change in the smartphone world. It is the first 1080p smartphone and has tons of power under the hood, making it one of the hottest smartphones around. Unfortunately, it also is an exclusive to only one network – Verizon – and is locked down thanks to its bootloader. Or is it?

The good news is that the folks behind the popular Android site “Android Police” and the talents at RootzWiki have now found a way to open things up a bit more. The idea is that you have to modify the device so it appears as an unbranded phone, and thus will allow it to work just fine with HTC’s official bootloader unlocking tool.

This is excellent news since it now makes an already attractive smartphone even better. Now that you can in fact unlock the HTC Droid DNA, are you tempted to pick up this 5-inch smartphone from Verizon?

For a guide on getting the Droid DNA unlocked, check out the source link.

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