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I know that's what's been the story, with Motorola passing the buck to Verizon... but what about Motorola phones on other carriers? Not only that, but phones from other manufacturers have Verizon phones with unlockable bootloaders (such as the Rezound, Galaxy Nexus, and maybe even the Galaxy SIII?). While they don't always come unlocked by default, the manufacturers have provided tools to unlock them.

Is it because of a contract Moto signed with Verizon or something? Or is Moto really just that unfriendly to developers? If the latter, it's a shame because I find that Moto's phone hardware is the best... it's just kinda held back by software (and sometimes PenTile screens... which really aren't THAT bad...).
I think you may be right, I remember reading a while back where Motorola was stating they would unlock bootloaders and be mod friendly. Well it seems to not be the case.

I know that with my htc amaze that we could unlock the bootloader, but this did not allow access to protected partition such as boot, even though there was a back door to flash kernels. Now, due to some fine hackers we have s-off and access to protected partitions.

I don't blame the mfg for limiting access, but htc did it right, if you unlock your bootloader they have the right to refuse warranty repairs.
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Well I just bought a Razr Maxx, should be here Thursday. I will continue to support the page with ICS updates and such.

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Using the updated Droid 4 Utility, I successfully went from the .206 leak, to the latest .213 leak, and even kept all my data. For those on the fence, the updated Droid 4 utility is a good way to stay on the 'upgrade path'.

All the small issues i had with .206 seem to be resolved (backlight keyboard issues, and some strange radio issues with 3G/4G) From my perspective, .213 is darn stable, and probably going to turn into the official OTA.

Has anyone found anything with .213 that is a bug?


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I created a bug thread in the general forum. Check there, I was able to locate some bugs, and have found another one yesterday.

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is there a video showing how to do this. i am currently on aokp nightly build 7/4 and i want to flash the leak so i can flash the aokp ics leak because i'm having horrible data issues on just the nightly. but it says i'm on android 4.0.4. lol i'm a newb and sooo confused. lol. i don't think i'm on the leak. this is what my about phone section looks like. my goal is to flash the ics leak and then flash the aokp leak. so if someone could give me a step to step or a video that shows how to do that that would be awesome!!!!!!!!!
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is there a video showing how to do this. i am currently on aokp nightly build 7/4 and i want to flash the leak so i can flash the aokp ics leak because i'm having horrible data issues on just the nightly. but it says i'm on android 4.0.4. lol i'm a newb and sooo confused. lol. i don't think i'm on the leak. this is what my about phone section looks like. my goal is to flash the ics leak and then flash the aokp leak. so if someone could give me a step to step or a video that shows how to do that that would be awesome!!!!!!!!!
Read this guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1701313
You are running the rom over the GB kernel 2.6, ICS Kernel is 3.0. You are going to have to restore your phone back to GB 6.13.219. Even if you uninstall safestrap the update will fail because of the changes to the stock system. The ICS leaks are patching the GB system and checks to ensure it's unmodified. The only mod that I think will allow it to install still is root.
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Read this guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1701313
You are running the rom over the GB kernel 2.6, ICS Kernel is 3.0. You are going to have to restore your phone back to GB 6.13.219. Even if you uninstall safestrap the update will fail because of the changes to the stock system. The ICS leaks are patching the GB system and checks to ensure it's unmodified. The only mod that I think will allow it to install still is root.
thank you sooo much. i got the leak on there and aokp leak on it too! and its awesome. i'm not having a issue with the data like i was on just the nightlies. thank you sooo much!
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when flashing the aokp nightlies what do i need to wipe?
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Looks like .214 is up on cheesecake. Having difficulties getting it 100% (100% then fails verifying download and deletes).

Trying again.
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I'm curious. .213 is giving me BT problems. Other than that no issues. Hope it's fixed in .214.
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