From 9b758079b28163ae20223963d09ca17253c878fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: melontini <104443436+melontini@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:28:21 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] Rephrase the Moto page as a comment has hurt my feelings. --- brands/motorola/README.md | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/brands/motorola/README.md b/brands/motorola/README.md index d7ac2b6..e884151 100644 --- a/brands/motorola/README.md +++ b/brands/motorola/README.md @@ -2,18 +2,21 @@ - Verdict: **⛔ Avoid!** -To start off, to unlock your bootloader you have to submit a request on their website, which is pretty bad on its own (*wink* [Huawei](/brands/huawei/README.md)). But how do you know if your device is unlockable? Well... +To start off, to unlock your bootloader you have to submit a request on their website, which is pretty bad on its own (*wink* [Huawei](/brands/huawei/README.md)). + +In addition, [this forum post][Old devices ineligible] says that once a device passes a certain age (the age not being specified), the device becomes ineligible. + +Motorola also requires the phone to have a stable internet connection for at least a week for the bootloader to be unlocked, this is not mentioned anywhere on the unlock website but has been confirmed by [posts on the Motorola development forum][Connection Required]. + +So how do you know if your device is unlockable? Well... * [This page][Most Devices] says that "Most of our latest devices support our bootloader unlock program." * [This page][Some Devices] says only "Photon Q 4G LTE, DROID RAZR M(Developer Edition), DROID RAZR HD(Developer Edition CDMA-LTE), MOTOROLA RAZR HD (Rest of World -UMTS/LTE), MOTOROLA RAZR HD (Rogers Canada - UMTS/LTE) and MOTOROLA RAZR i are supported by the Bootloader Unlock site." * [And from this conversation][turistu's post] [turistu](https://github.com/turistu) had with their support: "most of our E devices doesn't support bootloader unlock program. Please see below a list of devices that support the bootloader unlock program : g100, g51 , g71 , g200 , g52 , g82 , g42 , g62 , g32" -* [This forum post][Old devices ineligible] says that once a device passes a certain age (the age not being specified), the device becomes ineligible. * There's also an unofficial way with CID to check if your device can be unlocked, check here: [xdaforums.com][CID check] > Moto used confusion! It seems pretty effective... -Motorola also requires the phone to have a stable internet connection for at least a week for the bootloader to be unlocked, this is not mentioned anywhere on the unlock website but has been confirmed by [posts on the Motorola development forum][Connection Required]. - *** Additional info provided by [Ivy / Lost-Entrepreneur439](https://github.com/Lost-Entrepreneur439).
CID info provided by [FPSensor](https://github.com/FPSensor).