Comments on: Motorola Clarifies Stance on Bootloaders, Looks to Partner With Developers?

By: Sokobanja

Sokobanja — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:32:00 +0000

I fully agree with Timoh

By: dude

dude — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:52:00 +0000

We are talking about smart phones. We are the average user. We have the power to hurt moto’s sales. They have proven in the past that they can accomplish this on their own anyway. If they were smart they would unlock it, before the lose relevance…………again.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:48:00 +0000

Yes and no, Motorola doesn’t care if you break you phone. In fact, its to their benefit if you break your phone and are out of warranty. What manufacturers want to avoid is in warranty claims.

Myself and like minded folks, who are modifying our phones are accepting the risk. If I brick my phone I will assume full liability and purchase a replacement, not try to file a fraudulent warranty request.

It’s those weasels that file fraudulent claims and have the phones replaced that have created the necessity for the locked bootloader.

Because I accept the risk, I choose to buy from a brand that will give me that freedom.

In short, weasels should buy Motorola. XD

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 21:12:00 +0000

I was about to automatically get a Thunderbolt, but if Motorola is serious about this, I may hold off and get a Bionic instead

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:52:00 +0000

Same, I’m going DINC to TB.

By: Catalin

Catalin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 20:51:00 +0000

In Europe tons of people bought the Milestone without a contract, thinking it’s an *open* Android phone, without knowing that the bootloader would be locked and the updates from Motorola be delayed forever. The Droid and the Milestone are extremely similar devices, so how comes the Droid gets an unlocked bootloader, the Milestone a locked one? The reason is definitely not “protecting users’ interests”, that’s *complete bullshit*! Did any Droid user complain about the bootloader not being locked up?

By: Scruggie

Scruggie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:55:00 +0000

thats my bad i just found it..smh

By: Scruggie

Scruggie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:53:00 +0000

not a fan of having my post erased..thought we could be honest on this forum

By: BlackSeriousEagle

BlackSeriousEagle — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:58:00 +0000

“to use our devices as a development platform” sounds to me like: “you can develop apps for our devices, using and buying our devices, subscribing to our services, gathering money for us with your profile-data, but our protection of users’ Interests – the interest of a user to buy a new Motorola-device, because we canceled support for the 6-month-old-motorola-phone you are using right now – means: If you want any sort of custom-roms, go buy a phone somewhere else…”

This is my interpretation! With this strategy the Motorola Milestone 2 is my first and will be my last Motorola-Device!

By: DBK

DBK — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:42:00 +0000

Now THAT is good idea.

*sigh* So you know what that means……

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:59:00 +0000

New radios may have their benefits, but radio flashes gone wrong are the easiest way to permanently brick an Android phone, which is what Motorola/phone manufacturers likely want to avoid.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:58:00 +0000

I would not be happy with that, as newer radios introduce better performance, battery life, and signal quality. Let’s go with option A) if you want to ROM your phone, go elsewhere. Boo Moto, Boo.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:54:00 +0000

I couldn’t agree more.

By: takeshi

takeshi — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:11:00 +0000

Except that you’re assuming that the majority of consumers are like the enthusiasts that frequent Droid-Life. That’s a common mistake not only here but on all forum sites. We represent a tiny fraction of the overall consumer market. Don’t forget that.

By: Charles D. Gallagher

Charles D. Gallagher — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:46:00 +0000

Maybe this will end up being the Nexus Bionic…..