Motorola Atrix Bootloader About To Be Unlocked
xda-developers.com/android/motorola-atrix-4g-...Posted Apr 24, 2011, 6:04 AM UTC
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Is the Atrix bootloader similar to the Droid 2's at all? Should I get my hopes up that the exploit to crack the former might help crack the latter?
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Don't get your hopes up. Never get your hopes up. For anything. This hasn't even been confirmed yet.
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I'm in the same boat as you. The hoax a couple months ago was really depressing.
If this is actually something and it allows them greater system access, the results might be passed on to the active Droid bootloader-cracking community that is actively looking for ways to break it. From there, they might find something.
This assumes the following:
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This is real and not another hoax. It's smaller on scale so it seems a bit more plausible.
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The bootloaders are similar enough to previous Motorola models that the contents may be relevant.
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Data gained through this will allow access to previous Droid models in the same way it would for this one.
It could be a major piece of news or nothing at all. Hopefully this is something or at the very least the trend continues of Motorola leaving bits and pieces laying around that give access. Who knows, by the time the Droid 3 or 4 comes out we might have enough understanding of their bootloaders that we can get into them. Of course, if we do that, they may just change it up and start the cycle all over again.
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I doubt it.
~ jilted DX user
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The Atrix's bootloader is different from D2/DX D2/DX use an Encrypted Bootloader with the EFuse system that threatened to brick the phone if you tried to mess with the recovery Atrix uses a Signed Bootloader (Similar to the newer HTC Phones), while it isn't nearly as bad its still not easy to crack
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really, this time?
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No
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Yeah, if you actually read the thread, or even the end of the first post it seems very unlikely. More importantly, it's not because Motorola is unlocking it (which is how I interpreted the title).