Motorola Bootloader Unlock Petition

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Alright everyone, so Motorola has started locking the bootloaders on their mobile devices such as the Motorola Milestone, Droid X, and in the future, most likely the Droid 2 and any other upcoming phones. Motorola mobile phones are usually extremely high powered, such as the Droid X with its TI OMAP 3630 Processor clocking in at 1 Ghz and the dedicated graphics chip, the PowerVR SGX 530. Us, as the Android community, have been greatly let down due to the locking/signing of the bootloader, restricting our access to install custom, homemade ROM's for the devices that take use out of the high quality hardware and software. We understand what they are trying to protect by locking the bootloader, but the the Android community is almost fully based off of ROM's, hacks, etc. Sign this petition if you would like Motorola to either unlock the bootloader for us or give us the key to unlock it manually.

1765 Signatures

  • Matt D
  • brian d
  • Taabish Q
  • Danny C
  • Jeremy l
  • Tim C
    • Comments
    • I love my Droid, but will not buy the next one when its bootloader is locked!
  • Mike D
  • Brad R
  • Edward M
    • Comments
    • Please let me free the phone!
  • Barry F
  • wang c
  • dailton r
  • dailton r
  • Timothy H
    • Comments
    • As smartphones become more like personal computers, the consumer should have full control of what OS they want to install. Including, but not limited to, official updates from the device manufacturer.
  • Patrick M
  • Billy W
    • Comments
    • I still own the D1, I'll switch to the DX once this is cleared up!
  • Jesse P
  • stephen g
  • Carlos
    • Comments
    • Unleash the beast
  • Jason E
  • Ryan F
    • Comments
    • The 1st Droid is so great because it's an unlocked bootloader! Make sure you do it for the 2nd!
  • Robert K
  • calum
    • Comments
    • loading custom roms has become an integral and important part of the android experience to me. i would love to enjoy it on a 4.3" screen.
  • Andrew
    • Comments
    • Open Source for the Android Community
  • joe r
  • Alex
  • Tristan G
  • Ben D
    • Comments
    • I would sacrifice my warantee for the ability to use my device as I see fit.
  • Jacob H
  • Jonathan D
  • Charles B
    • Comments
    • Most users will not do anything concerning the bootloader, but those who wish to, should be able to.
  • Ric C
  • Martin
    • Comments
    • The locked bootloader pushes people to other companies' phones.
  • David I
    • Comments
    • Look at the community modifying these devices has created! Don't send us all to Samsung/HTC, I just got over 10 years of thinking your phones were bad after selling them at Radioshack in the early 2000's.
  • John A
  • Jason M
    • Comments
    • I love my Droid1, but if the Motorola bootloader is not unlocked by the time I make my next purchase I can guarantee that I will look at another company for my next phone.
  • Shane R
  • Marc F
    • Comments
    • I want the freedom to Root!
  • Noel J
  • John K
  • Michael C
    • Comments
    • Please remember that we buy the phones, we don't rent them from you. Therefore we should be able to do whatever we want with them.
  • david w
  • Bob
  • Kayvon K
  • jeff s
  • Bryce H
  • Christian r
  • Sevin W
  • Matthew S
    • Comments
    • Unlock it.
  • Mark J
    • Comments
    • I was going to buy a droid X, but i'll be waiting for htc's next verizon phone with an unlocked bootloader.