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Locked bootloader?

Hello! I'm currently switching phones, and i wanted to ask you if the droid 3 had a locked bootloader? That could b e a complete drawback for me, as i like to tweak my phones very heavily. I looked up online, and i saw that an unlock tool has been planned to be released, but i can't find if it has.
Thanks for your answers, and if it is unlocked, see you soon on that forum!
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Yessir it does have a locked bl, however we do have a large number of roms
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Ok... sorry for that, but then i won't get that phone... good luck with your devices!
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Moto has talked about releasing an unlock tool but are failing to live up to their promise. As mentioned above there are probably about a half a dozen or so roms available, however no custom kernels. We also have overclocking and voltage control available. Some people have managed up to 1.3GHz. We also have ICS in alpha stage, nearly at beta.
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Rate of Development?

I have the $150 promo code and am thinking of getting a MOTO X as a secondary phone. However, am I under the impression the DEV community is not jumping all over this phone based on the amount of threads/posts?
I also own a Nexus 5 which of course has tons of ongoing developmen but it has its quirks and issues, despite its low price point now being matched by MOTO X.
I would hate to buy the MOTO X as I notice very little development going on for a phone which has now been out for @ 3 months. I don't want VZW as I already have a primary VZW Dev Edition Galaxy S4 (whose development is now starting to thin thanks to Sammie locking it up for those not owning a dev edition).
Was thinking the GSM unlocked version was the way to go since I have a Straight Talk SIM.
Now that the MOTO X is more affordable with perhaps more owners, will dev pick up? Comments?

Custom roms that are cm based lose the Motorola fun stuff like active notification and touch less control. Also, most are finding you can customize almost anything cm like with xposed. Also we can't make custom kernels yet.... So there is not much need or demand for custom roms.
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kj2112 said:
Custom roms that are cm based lose the Motorola fun stuff like active notification and touch less control. Also, most are finding you can customize almost anything cm like with xposed. Also we can't make custom kernels yet.... So there is not much need or demand for custom roms.
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Thanks for the info! Not really a CM guy..more AOSP. But I do like exposed framework when needed. So it sounds like this phone is worth it right out of the box, i.e., fun factor. I would probably appreciate the option of not spending hours flashing, etc like I do on my N5/GS4.

I have a couple nandroid backups.... And mess around with xposed. Can do a lot with it. If there were a bunch of roms, I don't think I'd be flashing them anyway. Don't see the need. I think that's a common feeling.... So demand is very low for them.
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down the road when we stop getting official Android updates.... That's when the custom roms will come in handy.
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markwebb said:
Now that the MOTO X is more affordable with perhaps more owners, will dev pick up? Comments?
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Devs will fix things, but right now, there's not much to fix, software-wise. If Motorola/Verizon stop updating the phone (I guess we don't have 4.2.2 yet, but sounds like it will be coming soon), then maybe it will pick up. I have the Vz Dev so I unlocked the bootloader (because it wipes everything on the phone, so I wanted to get that out of the way) and if I didn't need AdAway, WiFi tethering, and TiBu (I was shocked how many apps the non-root backup apps such as Helium can't do), I'd still be unrooted.

The stock android is great. Motorola just added a couple of useful apps the rest is AOSP. Xposed works great. This phone is a daily driver not a secondary phone trust me you won't regret it Android at its best.

Bit the bullet.. Ordered it and in process. Airjacket case was 50% off as well and I got $10 Google play credit and another 50gb of Google drive storage.
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Does that come with every Moto X purchase? I have the Today show coupon for 150 off
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TBayTom said:
Does that come with every Moto X purchase? I have the Today show coupon for 150 off
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That is the code i used... you enter the code and it deducts the discounts for phone and accessories and upon process of the order and confirmation'a splash page appears with the Google credit and drive offer... Keep your eyes open as I almost missed it and closed the web page. you also get a confirmation email.
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markwebb said:
That is the code i used... you enter the code and it deducts the discounts for phone and accessories and upon process of the order and confirmation'a splash page appears with the Google credit and drive offer... Keep your eyes open as I almost missed it and closed the web page. you also get a confirmation email.
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Very nice, I'm just not sure if it's worth switching from the gs4 to Moto X.. Although I hate touchwiz
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TBayTom said:
Very nice, I'm just not sure if it's worth switching from the gs4 to Moto X.. Although I hate touchwiz
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Probably isn't. Two different phones. Good for a second/third or gift though.
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Got Moto X for Verizon unlocked working with T-Mobile... HELP! ISSUES!

II have some weird issues.. i tried factory restoring and it doesnt help.. the radio switches from LTE to 3G and i get weird issues during the transition and im not even able to disable LTE (that i know of) so I can just keep a steady 3g connection. Plus I get an error trying to send text via hangouts on LTE ONLY, and for some odd reason i cant upload photos on facebook. I have a feeling that the verizon stock rom deosnt work well with tmobile network. Im not rooted or anything just plain stock. Is there any rom or flashing I can do to basically transform my verizon moto x to work like a real tmobile phone? or some similar procedure to make things work more fluent?
If i cant do anything like this, ill probably just sign up for verizon prepaid but id like to stay with tmobile if possible.. thanks!

There's a thread in the Droid Ultra general section that should help you out.
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Thanks man you are a life saver! Seriously
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question about roms

I have a Tab 7 (gt-p1000r , rogers 3g) that I cannot for the life of find a stock firmware to go back to, so I am wondering if anyone can tell me is there any roms that I can use that won't brick my device? (I am rooted and superuser is on)
I don't even care if I loose 3g functionality, as this is just a luxury, I only use at home

A at&t rom might work. Both are on the gsm network. I think you can rake a at&t phone into canada and it will work. This might work. Just look into it. The model for a at&t is sgh-i987.
Happy hunting.
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Deep Nox said:
A at&t rom might work. Both are on the gsm network. I think you can rake a at&t phone into canada and it will work. This might work. Just look into it. The model for a at&t is sgh-i987.
Happy hunting.
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Thank you kindly, I will look into it, as mentioned I don't even care if I keep the radio portion of it(texting via sim, I have a nexus 4 so I am ok)

The CM 10 version has full functionality, i've heard. CM 11 still has a few bugs, no mobile data. I'm not sure about kang roms, AOKP, they are similar to CM.
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(VZW) VS980 Kitkat thread (ota captured and successfully installed)

The guide for manual install is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699123
Big v thanks to @xdabbeb
Ok kitkat was pulled off the servers and xdabbeb was able to install. It successfully.
Kitkat hasn't come yet to the verizon model but the kitkat thread is too cluttered and confusing. A couple guys agreed with me that a new thread just for verizon users would be easier to follow so we don't get all the other info mixed in. So discuss expected release dates, what you think verizon will change, how much more boat they'll add (I'm being kinda negative About this) etc. And once it officially out then we can see if anything is different than the other versions since they tend to change it a little than other carriers. Maybe we'll get something nice that other carriers didn't. Who knows.
And If there's any verizon employees that's like to drop a hint for us. PLEASE DO we won't tell
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I heard March 20 form a best buy employee who owns a g2. Don't really trust the accuracy but thought I'd throw it out there.
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Thanks for taking the initiative on this. Sounds like it's not too dev friendly for the immediate future though. I wonder if 2nd init or kexec might be the direction to go.
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OP thank you for starting this thread lmao finally a place for vs980 it's obviously his month but we will all have to look out for leaks x_x and testing stuff x) I'm prolly guessing that the march 20th date sounds about right or maybe after :0 just my thoughts

Great job for starting this thread? wish someone would start a sprint only thread it's very confusing since there seems to be so many varieties of the lg-g2
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maybe if XDA actually listened to it's members, we'd have had the G2 forums broken up into each variant as a separate board MONTHS ago....

abdel12345 said:
Kitkat hasn't come yet to the verizon model but the kitkat thread is too cluttered and confusing. A couple guys agreed with me that a new thread just for verizon users would be easier to follow so we don't get all the other info mixed in. So discuss expected release dates, what you think verizon will change, how much more boat they'll add (I'm being kinda negative About this) etc. And once it officially out then we can see if anything is different than the other versions since they tend to change it a little than other carriers. Maybe we'll get something nice that other carriers didn't. Who knows.
And If there's any verizon employees that's like to drop a hint for us. PLEASE DO we won't tell
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Thanks for starting this thread. I agree was hard finding info for VS980 on other thread.

I have a feeling verizon will keep the ugly blue icons. I would even settle for jb blue rather than the ugly ics colored ones ha ha
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ricecake2000 said:
I have a feeling verizon will keep the ugly blue icons. I would even settle for jb blue rather than the ugly ics colored ones ha ha
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I think Google is requiring the white icons as a standard now but you never know with verizon lol. They seem to break all the rules especially with how different they made the g2.
The 20th date sounds reasonable. I hope they can get it by then because I hear lots of people estimating April but I hope they're just exaggerating Verizon's slowness
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I would love the white icons. It's grown on me. The blue seams kinda childish
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Agh. You got me so excited when I read the first few words of this forum title
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abdel12345 said:
I think Google is requiring the white icons as a standard now but you never know with verizon lol. They seem to break all the rules especially with how different they made the g2.
The 20th date sounds reasonable. I hope they can get it by then because I hear lots of people estimating April but I hope they're just exaggerating Verizon's slowness
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The droid line kept the blue icons. Lol
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ricecake2000 said:
The droid line kept the blue icons. Lol
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Oh ok. But was that verizon that did it or Motorola? Because lg switched to white. Hopefully they'll keep them. I like the white color or at least a blue on black status bar. The gray one sucks
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Mattecko99 said:
Agh. You got me so excited when I read the first few words of this forum title
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Lol sorry. I made sure to put that "not released yet at the end" because of this I would put it arty the beginning but than the rest of the title won't show. Sorry about that
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I can't wait to get kitkat, but sometime in the future I'm going to end up modding this phone and kitkat breaks the Loki exploit. :/ I really don't want to go back to a safestrap sort of boot like with my razr. Hopefully the devs can find a way around these stupid "fixes" by lg.
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Thanks OP. I just joined Verizon and the g2.
I hope kit Kat has the white icons, but if not, isn't full root and a custom recovery available for the g2?
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Rippley05 said:
Thanks OP. I just joined Verizon and the g2.
I hope kit Kat has the white icons, but if not, isn't full root and a custom recovery available for the g2?
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From what I've read elsewhere it seems the KK update borks the Loki implementation used by most of the root exploits.
I can't imagine it won't be bypassed but at least initially it won't be the same as it has been for JB.
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ooddiittyy said:
From what I've read elsewhere it seems the KK update borks the Loki implementation used by most of the root exploits.
I can't imagine it won't be bypassed but at least initially it won't be the same as it has been for JB.
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Supposedly if you are rooted prior to taking the OTA update, you'll retain root in 4.4. Although if you manually flash the stock 4.4 rom using the LG Flasher tool, it'll wipe and remove root. I'm not sure if they were able to actually root 4.4 yet either (needs verifying).
Still even with root, they haven't been able to get a custom recovery on it yet because of the Loki patch. The G2 is a popular device, so I'm sure it won't be long.

Thanks guys. I'm still researching everything I've missed the last few months
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jayochs said:
maybe if XDA actually listened to it's members, we'd have had the G2 forums broken up into each variant as a separate board MONTHS ago....
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+1
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