One of of the best Droid developers in the game, Stephen Bird, recently had a chance to dig into the Droid X system dump and confirmed what many of us had feared. Yes, that’s right, the Droid X is locked down Motorola Milestone style, locked bootloader and all. In fact, it is the same encryption that is locking the Droid X bootloader that is locking the Motorola Milestone bootloader.
So, what exactly does this mean? Well, basically there is a good chance that developers will get root access, but custom ROMs will be damn near impossible. Milestone developers have been hacking the encryption for over 6 months now and have come up with very little. Custom ROMs probably will not happen I am sorry to say.
As depressing news as this is, are you still going to buy the Droid X? Would you buy a phone you couldn’t root?
Source: Android Police
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Nope… Motorola has lost me as a continued customer if they continue this practice. I’m not ready to drop my Droid just yet – so I’ll see if they manage to pull their head out of their ass by the time I’m ready to upgrade. If not… maybe Samsung? (Sorry… but I don’t trust HTC’s shotty workmanship and obviously lacking driver support…)
- AdamZ
[SG]
I may still get it, considering getting root access is still most likely possible. I really enjoy CM on my droid, but more so on my HTC devices. It's not really well developed for the droid, there are a few lingering things that annoy the shit out of me with CM. Like one hell of a laggy phone interface. Call log is bjorked sometimes. I really don't care for any other modded rom out there.
I like what I've seen so far, so if I can only install my wireless tether eventually, I'm good to go.
That is just for running a custom update that will run a custom recovery. G.O.T.’s own version of OpenRecovery uses it. There is not practical way around the locked bootloader yet.
mantapsss
Thank G-d I got an EVO
Crap; another negative strike for the Droid X- and a big one for me. I think I will stick with my Droid 'classic' for a while longer (running CyanogenMod)
I guess it is a good thing that they didn't do pre-orders on Verizon as now I don't need to cancel…
I would not buy a droid X because of motorola’s attitude about modding it. Even if i do not root or load a custom rom on my handset i refuse to support a company that has such an anti private developer stance. I see no advantage to the droid X over the droid incredible. Combine that with motorola’s complete lack of quality control over the last couple of years and i would take motorola’s advice and buy a HTC handset.
I will still buy the Droid X. This phone comes loaded with the great camera, HD video, and Swype software. Add to that it is on the Verizon network and this phone appears to be a home run. Can't wait to get it on the 15th..
I was planning on buying the DX but there's no way in hell I'll be getting it now, I've gotten waaay to used to trying out different roms 2-3 times a week just for fun.
It's half the enjoyment of android as far as I'm concerned…
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I sold my Droid Incredible and went back to my Droid just to get the Droid X. After switching I started getting into the custom roms and overclocking. Although there won't be custom roms at first, I'm assuming with root we can still overclock? I think I'll still be getting it but whether I'll be keeping it is another question. I always have my Droid sitting here ready to go if I just don't like it after a couple of weeks.
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As an unrooted Moto Droid user i will be making an upgrade to the Droid X. For the simple fact that once it gets Froyo it will be faster than it already is. It’s either that or someone will break the encryption.
I had thought that they figured it out? Isn't there a custom recovery available for the milestone that allows you to load up custom ROMs?
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Boo, hiss.. I was so amped to get through the waiting list! Yes, this kills it for me.
Save me Samsung.
amen brother/sister
Why is anyone shocked? Moto already said we are not for Modding. This is there choice. They can lock it down as they like specially since they even said go to HTC we wont allow Modding. This is the same company that switched out Google products in China for Bing, and Yahoo. Moto uses Android not for its open source but to have a entry into the smart phone game without having to create its own OS.
Hmm?!..well since I don’t know what rooting is I will still be buying the X. A lot of the things people complain about on these phones I have no idea what they are therefore I assume I don’t use it.