[Q] Locked Bootloader and Custom Roms

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I've been looking around the web for a while and can't find an answer.

Does the locked-bootloader on the RAZR make it impossible to install a custom ROM on the phone?

I really want to get this phone but only if there is a chance I'll be able to put a custom ROM on it.

Originally Posted by neurostu

I've been looking around the web for a while and can't find an answer.

Does the locked-bootloader on the RAZR make it impossible to install a custom ROM on the phone?

I really want to get this phone but only if there is a chance I'll be able to put a custom ROM on it.

Here is a quote from a user on Rootzwiki about the locked bootloader (user Soapinmouth posted this, not me)

I disagree i think the razr is going to be the hottest selling Droid since the og. You have to remember the people that even know what a bootloader is are an extremely small % of buyers, and then there's those that do and still buy it like me.

In all honesty the locked bl is way overblown, id say a good 75% of the community has no idea what the locked bl even prevents.

It
DOES NOT prevent custom roms
DOES NOT prevent overclocking
DOES NOT prevent rooting

It
Does prevent custom kernals

Well that's a relief, so a chance MIUI would be on this bad boy?

Originally Posted by ImAustinJacobM

Well that's a relief, so a chance MIUI would be on this bad boy?

Miui and cm7 would need custom kernels, so no.

Sent from my skinny mopho o/c and all.

Originally Posted by bricky23

Miui and cm7 would need custom kernels, so no.

Sent from my skinny mopho o/c and all.

Although they did find a way to unlock the bootloader of the bionic so there is a chance they could find a way to unlock the RAZR too.....one can always hope!

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Originally Posted by bricky23

Miui and cm7 would need custom kernels, so no.

Sent from my skinny mopho o/c and all.

The Droid x has both w/o custom kernels thru the magic of 2nd init.

Sent from my DROID RAZR using xda premium

I cannot WAIT for overclock. Push this thing to 1.8GHz+ and I'll keep it the full two years. With proper memory management (custom user values and/or 4.0) this phone is as future proof as you're gonna find in the next 6-12 months. Who wants Samsung plastics and no Gorilla Glass?

Isn't overclocking going to be out of the question without a custom kernel?

Originally Posted by sovrce

I cannot WAIT for overclock. Push this thing to 1.8GHz+ and I'll keep it the full two years. With proper memory management (custom user values and/or 4.0) this phone is as future proof as you're gonna find in the next 6-12 months. Who wants Samsung plastics and no Gorilla Glass?

Lol why would you want to OC that high? Only benefit you'd get are higher bench scores and maybe a few more fps in some games. Also imagine the heat as this phone alreayd runs fairly hot. I doubt there is anything in Android that requires even more than a 1ghz DC. Pretty much all the performance issues we see now are due to poor coding. Also the software doesn't atm doesn't have proper hardware acceleration I believe? iPhone 5 with a 800mhz DC, hell even a single core has a smoother UI than most Android phones. Not an apple fan or anything, just stating what I have seen and facts. Good example is the HTC Rezound is 300 mhz "faster" than the RAZR and the RAZR performs quite better. Hardware is nice yes, but it's nothing without the proper software optimizations. If we do get to overlock I'd probably just pump it to 1.4 - 1.5 , since I think atm that's the point before you get diminishing returns.

Edit: Speaking of temps battery/cpu are at like 103-104 while watching Netflix with full screen brightness. I wonder how high the clock speeds can go without bumping voltage.

Originally Posted by bricky23

Miui and cm7 would need custom kernels, so no.

Sent from my skinny mopho o/c and all.

disagree.. i had MIUI (official) and CM7 (unofficial port) on my Milestone 1 which had locked bootloader as well. and RAZR will get unlocked eventually, Motorola said that.