I had a buddy who was working on a Linux base for Motorola phones back around 2004/2005. I mentioned this to a EE I worked with back then, who had spent a long

I had a buddy who was working on a Linux base for Motorola phones back around 2004/2005. I mentioned this to a EE I worked with back then, who had spent a long time working for Motorola, and he said the carriers "would never allow it." Having the baseband firmware cordoned off was inevitable