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tsouza

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Hello all,

At motorola support forum there was a thread started by someone asking for motorola to just "leak" the keys... suddenly a hex code sequence appeared at the forum and the thread was blocked (requires authorized access). Now, there is a really HIGH probability (like 99.99999999%) that this is just a joke... but who knows... here what was posted:

Code: 
Almost forgot about this thread! So anyway, here is that key you asked for:

4772656574696E67732C2066656C6C6F77732E2057
65206B6E6F77207468617420796F752061726520
6479696E6720666F722074686520756E6C6F636B
656420626F6F746C6F616465722E204D6F746F20
6973206E6F7420746865206F6E6C792022706C61
7965722220746861742068617320616E20696E66
6C75656E6365206F766572206465636973696F6E
202D206361727269657273206861766520746865
69722073617920696E20697420746F6F2C20736F
20646F6E2774206A75737420626C616D65207573
202D20636F6E7461637420746865206361727269
65727320746F6F2E20417320612066656C6C6F77
20656E67696E656572202D206D7920706572736F
6E616C206F70696E696F6E20697320746F206E6F
74206C696D6974206B6E6F776C6564676561626C
65207573657273206279206C6F636B656420626F
6F746C6F616465722E20427574204920616C736F
207468696E6B2074686174206D6F6464696E6720
6F66207468652073797374656D20737720766F69
6473207468652077617272616E7479202D20776F
756C6420796F752062652077696C6C696E672074
6F20766F696420612077617272616E7479206279
20756E6C6F636B696E6720616E64206D6F646469
6E67207468652070686F6E653F2020416E797761
792C2074686973206973206D65616E7420617320
6120746F6E6775652D696E2D636865656B206C69
74746C65206A6F6B652C206E6F7420736F6D6574
68696E6720746F2062652074616B656E20736572
696F75736C79206F7220746F206861766520636F
6E636C7573696F6E7320647261776E2066726F6D
2069742C206E6F7220697320697420696E20616E
7977617920726570726573656E74617469766520
6F6620616E206F6666696369616C20636F6D7061
6E7920766965772E20486176652066756E21

Update:
Ok, it is a joke, it's an encoded string, here is the text:
Code: 
Greetings, fellows. We know that you are dying for the unlocked bootloader. Moto is not the only "player" that has an influence over decision - carriers have their say in it too, so don't just blame us - contact the carriers too. As a fellow engineer - my personal opinion is to not limit knowledgeable users by locked bootloader. But I also? think that modding of the system sw voids the warranty - would you be willing to void a warranty by unlocking and modding the phone?  Anyway, this is meant as a tongue-in-cheek little joke, not something to be taken seriously or to have conclusions drawn from it, nor is it in anyway representative of an official company view. Have fun!

Cheers
 
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Text translation:

Greetings, fellows. We know that you are dying for the unlocked bootloader. Moto is not the only "player" that has an influence over decision - carriers have their say in it too, so don't just blame us - contact the carriers too. As a fellow engineer - my personal opinion is to not limit knowledgeable users by locked bootloader. But I also think that modding of the system sw voids the warranty - would you be willing to void a warranty by unlocking and modding the phone? Anyway, this is meant as a tongue-in-cheek little joke, not something to be taken seriously or to have conclusions drawn from it, nor is it in anyway representative of an official company view. Have fun!
 
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phobos512

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Eionai said:
Text translation:

Greetings, fellows. We know that you are dying for the unlocked bootloader. Moto is not the only "player" that has an influence over decision - carriers have their say in it too, so don't just blame us - contact the carriers too. As a fellow engineer - my personal opinion is to not limit knowledgeable users by locked bootloader. But I also think that modding of the system sw voids the warranty - would you be willing to void a warranty by unlocking and modding the phone? Anyway, this is meant as a tongue-in-cheek little joke, not something to be taken seriously or to have conclusions drawn from it, nor is it in anyway representative of an official company view. Have fun!
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To clarify for those who don't quite understand, this is what you get if you put the "key" in the OP into a Hex:Ascii converter. In the words of Eddie Murphy, "Ha ha ha, VERY FUNNY."
 
blindguyinanorgy

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The answer is yes I'd be willing to void my warenty. That benifits motor too.

The FCC (I may be remembering the wrong one) said rooting is legal but it can still be a point to void warranty.

Sent from the bowels of hell...
 
Moonshield

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Here is my answer to the Moto dev:
Yes I dont give a crap to the warrenty, since i live in Israel and using a AT&T device I dont have any warrenty anyhow. I prefer an open device that gives me the freedom to mod it as much as I want, and to take it on my own risk. That's what happens with all the other users that buy their devices in different country, so why the fu@k I can't? If I was gonna buy a phone and the warrenty would be an issue I would have bought it in my country, from a carrier.
So please stop playing with our balls and say it's the wind! :mad:
 
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eval-

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tsouza said:
Hello all,

At motorola support forum there was a thread started by someone asking for motorola to just "leak" the keys... suddenly a hex code sequence appeared at the forum and the thread was blocked (requires authorized access). Now, there is a really HIGH probability (like 99.99999999%) that this is just a joke...
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If we trust the poster, the "us" in the string is telling. Who posted it? What browser do you use, can you grep through the cache for the original? I would copy all your cache files so they don't get overwritten (if they aren't already)
 
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aver2one said:
Here's something ive been thinking about...Motorola says it is not only them but the carrier holding back the bootloader from being unlocked... this is the part I dont understand. HTC announced they will be unlocking all bootloaders https://www.facebook.com/HTC/posts/10150307320018084 .. doesn't ATT sell HTC phones too? Did HTC say it's a carrier decision?? No!

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Motorola and HTC = different companies which = different contracts between them and AT&T. Don't assume just because they manufacture like products that the business relationship and contractual requirements are the same.
 
aver2one

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Right, I understand that every manufacturer/ carrier has their own agreements, but it is ultimately the manufacturers decision to agree on the contract or not.. do you think ATT said ok all of our products can have an unlocked bootloader except Motorola? It sounds pretty unlikely. Motorola has been locking their bootloaders long before the Atrix ( not only on ATT)
CaelanT said:
Motorola and HTC = different companies which = different contracts between them and AT&T. Don't assume just because they manufacture like products that the business relationship and contractual requirements are the same.
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aver2one said:
Right, I understand that every manufacturer/ carrier has their own agreements, but it is ultimately the manufacturers decision to agree on the contract or not.. do you think ATT said ok all of our products can have an unlocked bootloader except Motorola? It sounds pretty unlikely. Motorola has been locking their bootloaders long before the Atrix ( not only on ATT)



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i do agree with you on the last part. its funny. this sounds like something samsung would do but they are doing the opposite now. now its motorola going downhill. samsung learned a bit...
 
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aver2one said:
Here's something ive been thinking about...Motorola says it is not only them but the carrier holding back the bootloader from being unlocked... this is the part I dont understand. HTC announced they will be unlocking all bootloaders https://www.facebook.com/HTC/posts/10150307320018084 .. doesn't ATT sell HTC phones too? Did HTC say it's a carrier decision?? No!

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Different companies have different contracts with the carriers. Or maybe HTC will refuse to release a phone to specific carriers if it's not bootloader unlocked? The point is, you don't know.
 
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    tsouza
    tsouza
    Hello all,

    At motorola support forum there was a thread started by someone asking for motorola to just "leak" the keys... suddenly a hex code sequence appeared at the forum and the thread was blocked (requires authorized access). Now, there is a really HIGH probability (like 99.99999999%) that this is just a joke... but who knows... here what was posted:

    Code: 
    Almost forgot about this thread! So anyway, here is that key you asked for:

4772656574696E67732C2066656C6C6F77732E2057
65206B6E6F77207468617420796F752061726520
6479696E6720666F722074686520756E6C6F636B
656420626F6F746C6F616465722E204D6F746F20
6973206E6F7420746865206F6E6C792022706C61
7965722220746861742068617320616E20696E66
6C75656E6365206F766572206465636973696F6E
202D206361727269657273206861766520746865
69722073617920696E20697420746F6F2C20736F
20646F6E2774206A75737420626C616D65207573
202D20636F6E7461637420746865206361727269
65727320746F6F2E20417320612066656C6C6F77
20656E67696E656572202D206D7920706572736F
6E616C206F70696E696F6E20697320746F206E6F
74206C696D6974206B6E6F776C6564676561626C
65207573657273206279206C6F636B656420626F
6F746C6F616465722E20427574204920616C736F
207468696E6B2074686174206D6F6464696E6720
6F66207468652073797374656D20737720766F69
6473207468652077617272616E7479202D20776F
756C6420796F752062652077696C6C696E672074
6F20766F696420612077617272616E7479206279
20756E6C6F636B696E6720616E64206D6F646469
6E67207468652070686F6E653F2020416E797761
792C2074686973206973206D65616E7420617320
6120746F6E6775652D696E2D636865656B206C69
74746C65206A6F6B652C206E6F7420736F6D6574
68696E6720746F2062652074616B656E20736572
696F75736C79206F7220746F206861766520636F
6E636C7573696F6E7320647261776E2066726F6D
2069742C206E6F7220697320697420696E20616E
7977617920726570726573656E74617469766520
6F6620616E206F6666696369616C20636F6D7061
6E7920766965772E20486176652066756E21

    Update:
    Ok, it is a joke, it's an encoded string, here is the text:
    Code: 
    Greetings, fellows. We know that you are dying for the unlocked bootloader. Moto is not the only "player" that has an influence over decision - carriers have their say in it too, so don't just blame us - contact the carriers too. As a fellow engineer - my personal opinion is to not limit knowledgeable users by locked bootloader. But I also? think that modding of the system sw voids the warranty - would you be willing to void a warranty by unlocking and modding the phone?  Anyway, this is meant as a tongue-in-cheek little joke, not something to be taken seriously or to have conclusions drawn from it, nor is it in anyway representative of an official company view. Have fun!

    Cheers
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    G-Man.
    G-Man.
    most likely a hoax... :(
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    aver2one
    aver2one
    Right, I understand that every manufacturer/ carrier has their own agreements, but it is ultimately the manufacturers decision to agree on the contract or not.. do you think ATT said ok all of our products can have an unlocked bootloader except Motorola? It sounds pretty unlikely. Motorola has been locking their bootloaders long before the Atrix ( not only on ATT)
    CaelanT said:
    Motorola and HTC = different companies which = different contracts between them and AT&T. Don't assume just because they manufacture like products that the business relationship and contractual requirements are the same.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse



    Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
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