Motorola still locking bootloader

For quite some time now, Motorola has been locking bootloaders of their Android phones. What this means is that there is no possible way (at the moment) to put any custom ROMs onto your Moto phone. The newer phones such as the Motorola Atrix 4G is also locked. This is confirmed through a reply posted by Motorola on one of their Youtube video about the Atrix docks here. The reply was a very feisty and rude one too (which was actually then removed by video moderator due to its inappropriateness but on the internet, once something is seen, it cannot be unseen).

@tdcrooks  if you want to do custom roms, then buy elsewhere, we’ll continue with our strategy that is working thanks.

Motorola

To put it in the words of a favourite Malaysian meme, Motorola said:

Motorola ini lock bootloader, you tak suka, you keluar dari Motorola.

So, what Motorola is trying to tell you is, if you don’t like what they are doing with their bootloader,  you can take your money and go elsewhere. The Atrix 4G is actually quite a cool piece of hardware, able to run a custom version of Linux when placed into its dock. If only those who bought the phone were given more freedom to do whatever they liked with the phone they purchased.