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All (maybe most?) Motorola devices have locked bootloaders, meaning that even though you are rootable you can not install a custom ROM on them since the hardwar
by jc4p 15y ago
All (maybe most?) Motorola devices have locked bootloaders, meaning that even though you are rootable you can not install a custom ROM on them since the hardware does signature verifications. There's currently a close to $1000 bounty for whoever unlocks the Droid X2 bootloader but the only way to do that is to find a hash intersection with the key Motorola uses to sign their own builds.
- there 15y agojust a minor nit: all phones have locked bootloaders. it's a critical feature for securing the contents of the phone and it increases the security for the end-user by not allowing anyone that steals the phone to read its contents or flash a fake rom. what you're talking about is the ability to unlock and relock the bootloader at will. my nexus s came with a locked bootloader, but i was able to easily unlock it, flash my own rom, and then relock it. if the phone is stolen, someone can easily unlock the bootloader but the phone's data will be erased in the process.
- jshen 15y agoThanks for the info. At this point I'm fairly certain I won't be getting another Android phone. It's very frustrating that I have no idea if Motorola intends to update the X2 to ICS and that I have no easy way of doing it myself.