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I got bored and emailed Motorola about the locked bootloader on the Droid x. This is what they said
"We are currently looking at bootloader solutions that will meet the needs of both our developers and protect our end users. I'm so sorry for that inconvenience. We hope that you find this information useful."
This doesn't help at all. Well there might be some hope that future Motorola android phones might have unlockable bootloaders. Anyone else think Motorola will be more lenient in their bootloaders in the future?
They will be lest they lose customers, and by extension, money...
the MOTO Xoom was unlocked with minimal effort.. So it looks like they are coming to their senses. Hopefully they will give us the key some day.
I wish they would give us the key. Hopefully before I get fed up with Motorola and go to HTC. The thunderbolt is looking good.
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Yea, I will be moving on to HTC in a few months if the future of moto remains apple like. Too bad because I really like their hardware and have used them for years.
what email did you send it to? i feel if we could send them lots of emails and really show them how many people its effecting maybe they'll come to their senses
i bet that would work, if they get inundated with emails saying we want our devices back or we're going to a different manufacturer, they are bound to listen. Especially if the amount of email they get drops their server or something like that. Going from an OG droid to the droid x they seem to be getting worse. But like it was stated, the zoom is pretty much unlocked, so maybe they are coming to their senses.
@snwboard333.
I went to the Motorola website and went to contact us. You have to make an account before you can contact them. Then find contact by email.
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http://investor.google.com/releases/2011/0815.html
Now we are talking! Let's see how Apple and Microsoft deals with Google holding most of the mobile technology patents now. Sue me and I'll destroy you hahahahaha
Awaiting "Pure Google" experience with Milestone 2....Yes!!!!
It will be interesting, guess Motorola can finally go through with their promise of no more Blur. Also be interesting to see what happens with the new Nexus rumours that have been circulating.
I'm hoping for improvements on the software side, but not expecting it (google may own them but they are still Moto).
Unfortunately, while I wish it was the case.. I highly doubt Google's first point of call would be to see improvements to existing Motorola handsets in the very near future
Still awesome news however!
Shellite said:
Unfortunately, while I wish it was the case.. I highly doubt Google's first point of call would be to see improvements to existing Motorola handsets in the very near future
Still awesome news however!
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perhaps no great improvements, but just a small tool calling "ulock_mot_ms2.exe"
i'm just too optimistic....
I don't think Google/Moto will create AOSP roms for old motorola devices, but we can reasonabily hope that they will indeed unlock all bootloaders.
This is really an incredible week for milestone2 users... Gingerbread, CM port, and the promise of a future unlock...
I too am hopeful this might get something finally coming our way from Motorola.
But it is early days...fingers crossed however!
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philhgw said:
perhaps no great improvements, but just a small tool calling "ulock_mot_ms2.exe"
i'm just too optimistic....
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Haha, you made my day
Yes, let's wait, hope and see!
So apparently Google plans to up it patent portfolio by purchasing Motorola Mobility. What do you think this will mean for our handset and the future of Motorola handsets?
Good or Bad?
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Good. Google may actually listen to us instead of ignoring us all the way (we may get updates quicker as well)
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Good, this is really good news. If not right now for current Motorola users, then for sure for the future of Android. I believe this will make new standards for android. For example Stock Gingerbread, Specs, etc. We will be seeing more phones on the quality of the Nexus 1 and Nexus S, but made by Motorola.
This also includes better OS updates because they will come straight from Google, and I hope that they will support Motorola's current rather than just their future devices. I wonder whether Google will just have Motorola make stock gingerbread phones in the future, or improve the Motorola Applications Platform...
This was more of a move to buy patents. However this helps Android as a whole, because it helps to cut down the legal BS with Apple.
As for Motorola, hopefully this will finally be the end of Motoblur forever!...
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There may be growing pains and hickups but in the grand scheme of things I think it's very promising!!!!!!
The official google post here.
It's bloody good news that is what it is
Excellent News!!!! Yippy
matthew5025 said:
The official google post here.
It's bloody good news that is what it is
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Don't have the link handy, but Engaget is covering it too. The responses are very active.
Also Engaget announced a Motorola Defy+ today for all the Googlorola fans our there...
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Why start another thread for discussing this when one was already started only a couple of hours before?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1219090
This is good if you plan on staying with motorola phones. It can actually hurt the other manufacturers.
http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/29/5358620/lenovo-reportedly-buying-motorola-mobility-from-google
Verge reporting Lenevo planning to buy Moto. This will SUCK big time.
Edit : is now official
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/lenovo-to-acquire-motorola-mobility.html?m=1
Not what I wanted to hear having just ordered an X. Tbh I might return if this turns out to be true.
I feel sick.
Yeah this sucks. Guess no more updates past 4.4.2.
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Damm noo
Feel like throwing my Moto X
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Take a look at the verge link within op's link. The comments are great!
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****. I feel like an asshole for recommending Motorola phones to friends, assuming they'd get updates faster because of their proximity to Google.
But......But I just got a walnut back 32gb X. Really don't want to rma, but if this is true, not sure that I want to keep it.
I'm still sticking with my VZW Dev Edition for now because I can tether my unlimited data and it's way way way faster than my Galaxy Nexus... but FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
My initial reaction was shock and dismay, specifically because I really thought Google was helping to turn around Motorola. But the truth is that Lenovo does turn out quality products too. My past three laptops have all been Thinkpads and my latest one, a 2013 T430, is a tank that takes a licking but keeps on ticking. One can only hope that Lenovo will let Motorola continue its trend for quality phones like the X.
Idk but that would suck!
Note 2 N3BULIZED!
This is what happens when the bean counters are in charge instead of the engineers.
Google stock up 2.7% in afterhours.
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My initial reaction was shock and dismay, specifically because I really thought Google was helping to turn around Motorola. But the truth is that Lenovo does turn out quality products too. My past three laptops have all been Thinkpads and my latest one, a 2013 T430, is a tank that takes a licking but keeps on ticking. One can only hope that Lenovo will let Motorola continue its trend for quality phones like the X.
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But they will push their crappie skin instead of stock.
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Why wouldn't lenovo continue to update their software?
seems like you guys might be over reacting a bit.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/lenovo-to-acquire-motorola-mobility.html
Well that sucks, now you don't only have to worry about the U.S. government spying but now the Chinese government as well, I own a lenovo tablet and all we got is 1 frigging update
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How bad can this really be? Is everyone over reacting? Or should I just buy a Nexus 5 now so I can return the Moto X ASAP. They extended my return grace period until the 31st.
Looks like it's finally official, sold to Lenovo for $2.91B.
all of these massive price reductions make sense now.
I really don't know what my next phone will be. I am not a fan of anything out there right now.
News reports today state that Lenovo is buying Motorola Mobility from Google for about $3B. Any thoughts on this?
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Sad
Another great American firm gets broken apart and sold to a foreign company.
Very concerned about what the future holds for the firm, and all the recently-hired guys in the US...
My initial reaction is not positive. I've been a fan of moto for a long time, and have owned many moto devices.
They're selling it at a huge loss, but they are retaining the patents, and licensing them to Lenovo, so its WORTH a whole lot less too.
I have been admiring the Moto X, but my HD Maxx is good enough that I can't justify replacing it. So I've been somewhat planning on picking up whatever its successor would be. We'll see now.
Lenovo to Acquire Motorola Mobility from Google
I think, as a Motorola phone owner, that our upgrade propspects not being a part of Google anymore have been vastly reduced, sadly. :crying: Here´s the pertinent part of the announcement press release:
Lenovo to Acquire Motorola Mobility from Google
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and Mountain View, California – January 29, 2014: Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today have entered into a definitive agreement under which Lenovo plans to acquire the Motorola Mobility smartphone business. With a strong PC business and a fast-growing smartphone business, this agreement will significantly strengthen Lenovo’s position in the smartphone market. In addition, Lenovo will gain a strong market presence in North America and Latin America, as well as a foothold in Western Europe, to complement its strong, fast-growing smartphone business in emerging markets around the world.
The purchase price is approximately US$2.91 billion (subject to certain adjustments), including US$1.41 billion paid at close, comprised of US$660 million in cash and US$750 million in Lenovo ordinary shares (subject to a share cap/floor). The remaining US$1.5 billion will be paid in the form of a three-year promissory note.
Lenovo, which in 2005 acquired IBM’s PC business and its legendary PC brand, will now acquire world-renowned Motorola Mobility, including the MOTOROLA brand and Motorola Mobility's portfolio of innovative smartphones like the Moto X and Moto G and the DROID™ Ultra series. In addition to current products, Lenovo will take ownership of the future Motorola Mobility product roadmap.
Google will maintain ownership of the vast majority of the Motorola Mobility patent portfolio, including current patent applications and invention disclosures. As part of its ongoing relationship with Google, Lenovo will receive a license to this rich portfolio of patents and other intellectual property. Additionally Lenovo will receive over 2,000 patent assets, as well as the Motorola Mobility brand and trademark portfolio.
Motorola Mobility enjoys outstanding brand awareness around the world, and is currently the #3 Android smartphone manufacturer in the U.S. and #3 manufacturer overall in Latin America.
“The acquisition of such an iconic brand, innovative product portfolio and incredibly talented global team will immediately make Lenovo a strong global competitor in smartphones. We will immediately have the opportunity to become a strong global player in the fast-growing mobile space,” said Yang Yuanqing, chairman and CEO of Lenovo. “We are confident that we can bring together the best of both companies to deliver products customers will love and a strong, growing business. Lenovo has a proven track record of successfully embracing and strengthening great brands – as we did with IBM’s Think brand – and smoothly and efficiently integrating companies around-the-world. I am confident we will be successful with this process, and that our companies will not only maintain our current momentum in the market, but also build a strong foundation for the future.”
“Lenovo has the expertise and track record to scale Motorola Mobility into a major player within the Android ecosystem. This move will enable Google to devote our energy to driving innovation across the Android ecosystem, for the benefit of smartphone users everywhere,” said Larry Page, CEO, Google.
“As part of Lenovo, Motorola Mobility will have a rapid path to achieving our goal of reaching the next 100 million people with the mobile Internet. With the recent launches of Moto X and Moto G, we have tremendous momentum right now and Lenovo’s hardware expertise and global reach will only help to accelerate this,” said Dennis Woodside, CEO, Motorola Mobility.
The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of regulatory requirements, customary closing conditions and any other needed approvals.
Moto fan here. Audio quality. I try out an Htc or Samy and the sound is lacking.
Now they will all be alike.
I guess it'll be Nexus for me, from here on out.
I welcome this. Look at google motorola marriage, just 2 disabled childs. Moto X and Moto G. Nothing more. With the global reach of lenovo, motorola can find place in its old markets and create a demand for new various models if they do it right.
Semseddin said:
I welcome this. Look at google motorola marriage, just 2 disabled childs. Moto X and Moto G. Nothing more. With the global reach of lenovo, motorola can find place in its old markets and create a demand for new various models if they do it right.
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I am thinking it is better to have less devices on market, and more software upgrades for them, than many various models with lack of support.
PS: I'm sorry for my English.
uze said:
I am thinking it is better to have less devices on market, and more software upgrades for them, than many various models with lack of support.
PS: I'm sorry for my English.
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It was Google's excuse for not being able to release many devices. Samsung releases tons of devices for every segment and they keep them updated, maybe not lightning fast updates but fast enough for everyone. I personally waited for a quadcore FHD screen beast from motorola, all they could offer was Moto X. Funny part was that they tried to sell it within the same price range with quads, full hd phones.
My greatest concern about this sale is that with the Moto X and Moto G coming out and source being released for it, we'd (RAZR HD) eventually see a 3.4 kernel and native 4.4 support based on this source and maybe I'm being naive but that seems further and further away now with this news.
Motorola Canada page says my phone is getting KK officially but I haven't seen anything so far nor found any source.
Semseddin said:
It was Google's excuse for not being able to release many devices. Samsung releases tons of devices for every segment and they keep them updated, maybe not lightning fast updates but fast enough for everyone. I personally waited for a quadcore FHD screen beast from motorola, all they could offer was Moto X. Funny part was that they tried to sell it within the same price range with quads, full hd phones.
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You clearly have never used a Moto X. Its smoother than some quad core phones out there. In fact, I'm going to go as far as saying that Motorola proved specs aren't everything in an Android phone, as long as you can optimize the software right. I'm not going to argue about screen size because for me I don't notice a difference in resolution unless its a tablet or something, but the screen on the X (and my Maxx HD, for that matter) is better quality than my girl's S4. So while you let hype build up inside you and let you down hard when they released the X, people who knew to take leaks with a grain of salt were ecstatic the phone performed the way it did and had the ability to customize colors and software options as well.
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You clearly have never used a Moto X. Its smoother than some quad core phones out there. In fact, I'm going to go as far as saying that Motorola proved specs aren't everything in an Android phone, as long as you can optimize the software right. I'm not going to argue about screen size because for me I don't notice a difference in resolution unless its a tablet or something, but the screen on the X (and my Maxx HD, for that matter) is better quality than my girl's S4. So while you let hype build up inside you and let you down hard when they released the X, people who knew to take leaks with a grain of salt were ecstatic the phone performed the way it did and had the ability to customize colors and software options as well.
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Don't need an argument over this. Just chill down, it's just a phone. You don't need to defend just because you got one. Everybody have their own opinion. So, you can be happy with your Moto X. I never thought of buying one because it was overpriced compared to other brand flagships being a dualcore/hd device. Moto X is a great phone it does what it does but it's just not in the same league with other Quad / FHD solutions with its mediocre dual/hd setup. No matter how good it was optimised by google, it never has to carry the weight of Full HD pixels with its weaker dualcore cpu. I got my first dualcore from motorola back in 2011 Atrix 4G(a true milestone device), then XT910 which was also dualcore. So i just kept waiting for a quadcore from new motorola-google. And yet they didn't release a phone which is better or faster than competing companies. It's 2014 and i hope Lenovo will bring motorola to a new competing athmosphere to catch up with the tech race.
and if we are to consume as consumers,i want to consume the best and Moto X wasn't the best :good:
i hope some we see Motorola same before
i ♥ motorola forever
Hello Moto
cmajpwc said:
You clearly have never used a Moto X. Its smoother than some quad core phones out there. In fact, I'm going to go as far as saying that Motorola proved specs aren't everything in an Android phone, as long as you can optimize the software right. I'm not going to argue about screen size because for me I don't notice a difference in resolution unless its a tablet or something, but the screen on the X (and my Maxx HD, for that matter) is better quality than my girl's S4. So while you let hype build up inside you and let you down hard when they released the X, people who knew to take leaks with a grain of salt were ecstatic the phone performed the way it did and had the ability to customize colors and software options as well.
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Agree. X phones are a great sucess! But why the iphonish no SD card(btw)?
HTC & SAMMY great computers, poor phones.
This might be unreasonable due to fear, but do you think this will impede RAZR HD/M/Maxx owners' incoming 4.4 update?
No I think we will still see our update. The changes imposed by lenovo will take a while yet to be seen.
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Semseddin said:
I welcome this. Look at google motorola marriage, just 2 disabled childs. Moto X and Moto G. Nothing more. With the global reach of lenovo, motorola can find place in its old markets and create a demand for new various models if they do it right.
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Please list how they are disabled?
No sd card is really debatable with the advent of usb-otg.
Lenovo bought Motorola is a good sign for great marketing than the tricky Google. We should see sdcard,quadcore (no more dualcore krait),FullHD screen,great camera software in a Motorola phone soon. My friend has just bought a Lenovo P780. It's a great device with great build quality,vivid screen and a monster battery (4000 mah).
Punit Soni
Works at Motorola Mobility (Google) (SW VP)
- 30/1/2014
"Loads of changes...
My team is committed to delighting Moto users and working hard on the next slew of updates/features that need to roll out."
His google+ profile
as long as they dump a kernel for 4.4.2 on the xt926 dev, well see better custom ROMs.
we just need to wait for qualcomm to update the drivers/binaries/blobs of the MSM8960; its not just the RAZR's but the SGS3, Xperia T/V too that use this chipset, and qualcomm is slow to update, competition is good!
huatz84 said:
Lenovo bought Motorola is a good sign for great marketing than the tricky Google. We should see sdcard,quadcore (no more dualcore krait),FullHD screen,great camera software in a Motorola phone soon. My friend has just bought a Lenovo P780. It's a great device with great build quality,vivid screen and a monster battery (4000 mah).
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Finally someone with the positive view!! I'm supporting your statement 100%!!! Cheers!!!
Lenovo will make Motorola what it should have been. Obviously the Chinese appreciate Motorola name and tradition more than the Americans..
Go Moto!!!