Method Found To Unlock Qualcomm Based Motorola Phones

FlatEric521 writes "In a blog post over at Azimuth Security, Dan Rosenberg explains how certain models of Motorola Android phones based on the Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset (including the Atrix HD, Razr HD, and Razr M) can be permanently unlocked. He writes, 'I will present my findings, which include details of how to exploit a vulnerability in the Motorola TrustZone kernel to permanently unlock the bootloaders on these phones.'" It's a long read, but interesting.

Re:Interesting, could influence my next phone purc

[jonwil]

Its a bootloader unlock to let you run custom kernels and stuff.

Re:Cool exploit

[Anonymous Coward]

Moto allows you to unlock the bootloader *on their consumer devices*. You just need to officially void the warranty at their site (which makes sense since it is so common to brick your device, unintentionally).

The only case where consumer devices cannot be unlocked is *when the carrier specifically requests this from Moto*. (I.e. the Droid branded versions that Verizon uses).

This exploit is technically interesting, but not necessary for most Moto devices.