December 29, 2010 at 12:22Motorola Milestone owners try to hack bootloader
One of the ugliest stories with updating the version of Google Android is happening in Europe with Motorola Milestone. Its American version of Droid was updated to 2.2 back in August, and the Milestone update has not yet been launched (although it is almost identical in hardware), and the deadlines have already been postponed twice (now in the first quarter of 2011). And this despite the fact that the launch of the smartphone a year ago was accompanied by the approval of “flash ready” (and it will receive flash support only with this update).
Another story is with Russia, where Motorola stops working since the New Year: since each update is tested with operators before launch, and in Russia there is no one to do it now, it is unclear whether Russian phones will be updated at all. I tried on facebook.com/motorolaeurope (where a typical comment now looks like “I'll never buy Motorola phone again”) to get an answer to this question from Motorola, from the second or third attempt I received a comment from her “Evgeny hi there, let me check on that one. I'll come back as quickly as I can ”, followed by a dull silence (at the moment it has been going on for a week).
At the same time, Motorola also blocked the bootloader for everyone so that they did not install third-party firmware - and they would partially solve the problem. As a result, the MilestoneRSA project appeared.cracking bootloader protection with distributed brute force. As the creators of the project honestly admit, the chances of success are low, but they decided it was worth a try - so if you have Milestone (or you just sympathize with those who have it) and a powerful computer, you can connect to the project.
Another story is with Russia, where Motorola stops working since the New Year: since each update is tested with operators before launch, and in Russia there is no one to do it now, it is unclear whether Russian phones will be updated at all. I tried on facebook.com/motorolaeurope (where a typical comment now looks like “I'll never buy Motorola phone again”) to get an answer to this question from Motorola, from the second or third attempt I received a comment from her “Evgeny hi there, let me check on that one. I'll come back as quickly as I can ”, followed by a dull silence (at the moment it has been going on for a week).
At the same time, Motorola also blocked the bootloader for everyone so that they did not install third-party firmware - and they would partially solve the problem. As a result, the MilestoneRSA project appeared.cracking bootloader protection with distributed brute force. As the creators of the project honestly admit, the chances of success are low, but they decided it was worth a try - so if you have Milestone (or you just sympathize with those who have it) and a powerful computer, you can connect to the project.