Motorola deals blow to the Android modding community
Android and Me Jul 13 10
Just like the Motorola Milestone, it appears the upcoming Droid X and Droid 2 will have a digitally signed bootloader that will prevent users from flashing custom ROMs.
The original Motorola Droid had an unlocked bootloaded and that device became one of the most popular among the Android open source community, but it comes as no surprise that Motorola wants to lock their devices down.
Motorola explained their position in a blog post during the Milestone controversy:
“Securing the software on our handsets, thereby preventing a non-Motorola ROM image from being loaded, has been our common practice for many years. Full story...
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