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Motorola Atrix HD Developer Edition on the way

By Eric Abent
on 6 Nov, 2012

Lately, we've been seeing Motorola offering Developer Editions of its various handsets. The DROID RAZR M, RAZR HD, and Photon Q came first, and now it's time for the Atrix HD's moment in the spotlight. The Atrix HD Developer Edition has popped up on Motorola's website, which means that it shouldn't be too much longer before it'll be available for purchase.

Global RAZR HD and RAZR i now supported in Motorola’s bootloader unlock program

By Eric Abent
on 5 Oct, 2012

Motorola announced today that it has added the international versions of the DROID RAZR HD and the RAZR i to its list of devices that are supported in its bootloader unlock program. Of course, the list wasn't really much a list to begin with, featuring only the PHOTON Q 4G LTE and the developer editions of the RAZR HD and the RAZR M. We're seeing Motorola take a step in the right direction with these additions to the program though, and that can't be understated.

Verizon Galaxy S III developer edition now for sale

By Craig Lloyd
on 21 Sep, 2012

Samsung's flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S III, has been a huge hit. It's sold more than 20 million units so far and it's only expected to grow with the holiday season coming up. Now it looks like Samsung will be selling the developer edition of the Verizon version to anyone who wants to pony up full price for it.

Motorola has no plans to unlock older devices

By Cory Gunther
on 22 Aug, 2012

Sadly I'm not really surprised with the news that just landed in our tip box this afternoon. Motorola has just released an informal statement over on Twitter regarding the bootloader unlock process they've recently released. Today they've confirmed that older devices will not get their bootloaders unlocked.

Motorola “Unlock My Device” Website goes live – finally can unlock bootloaders

By Cory Gunther
on 17 Aug, 2012

It's about time! Today Motorola has finally launched their initiative to allow Android users the option to unlock the bootloader on their smartphones. We've been waiting for this to come for well over a year, and today they've finally started the process. Motorola has just launched their Unlock My Device website although there's currently no supported devices.

Verizon Galaxy S III bootloader unlock app hits Play Store

By Cory Gunther
on 17 Aug, 2012

When Samsung dropped their popular Galaxy S III smartphone the first thing many enthusiasts in the Android world did was root it, unlock the bootloader, and start developer custom ROM's followed by Jelly Bean ports. In their usual fashion Verizon made Samsung lock down the bootloader on their version. So while every other phone was having fun, Verizon's wasn't. Today we have an app to solve that.

Motorola finally unlocking bootloaders – for real this time

By Cory Gunther
on 26 Jul, 2012

Great news! And yes it's actually true although we've heard Motorola sing this tune before. Today they've announced that starting with their new Motorola PHOTON Q they'll be unlocking bootloaders. On a very brief Blog post Motorola outlines that they'll also offer this to other devices in the future too -- but who knows how long that will take. We can probably all thank Google for this too.

Motorola promises unlocked bootloaders coming soon

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Jul, 2012

Motorola has recently announced a few new Android smartphones headed to market soon. One in particular is their new Motorola Atrix HD. Which will be a 4G LTE device for AT&T. Just like every other Motorola phone as of late, it will feature a signed and locked bootloader where users and developers can't control a thing. Motorola confirmed this on Twitter, as well as something else we've heard before.

Verizon Galaxy S III stock firmware image released

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Jul, 2012

Verizon's version of the new flagship Galaxy S III smartphone is starting to slowly reach the hands of consumers this past week, with pre-order shipments finally arriving for a lucky few. Today we have some good news in the form of a stock firmware image of Verizon's model. This means all you hackers can go to town and feel safe knowing you can easily get back to stock.

AT&T HTC One X gets its bootloader unlocked

By Cory Gunther
on 24 May, 2012

If you're the type that enjoys tweaking your Android smartphone (who doesn't) and have recently purchased the HTC One X we have good news today. After we reported on AT&T's efforts to lock down the bootloader it appears that they've failed because the trusty XDA developers have already got a solution. You can now safely and easily unlock the AT&T HTC One X bootloader using the method below.