Motorola is disabling Android phones purchased through unauthorized sellers in Mexico
In Mexico, Motorola is has been disabling smartphones sold through unauthorized retailers, effectively killing a customer's new phone.
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First sale doctrine should forbid this behavior entirely. Once you sold it it's not yours to disable.
The article doesn't say they are offering a refund or replacement phone approved for mexico frequencies... so this is a massive dick move.
Do the phones start to work again if operated outside of Mexico?
Bricking phones by geolocation is massively evil and we should do everything we can to discourage it.
Custom bootloaders, recovery and ROMs are more quickly going from a nerdy gimmick to a necessity.
All the more surprising that Google of all brands makes it so easy to do on their devices
Most of google doesnt care about ongoing hardware sales, so the software teams can do cool things.
Samsungs Fold devices lose their camera functionality if you custom root 😂
Extreme bummer. I am actually dreaming of getting a Fold. Maybe as custom ROMs develop, I am sure it's just they have not yet understood how to properly implement it.
Samsung has deliberately fucked the user.
i have heard of custom Roms and even TWRP, but custom Bootloaders?!