Motorola stops voiding developer device warranties when owners request unlock codes, reinstates old warranties
Thursday, 21 November 2013
Motorola today announced two big changes to its Developer Edition Program after receiving feedback from customers who purchased the special edition devices. In short, users want more flexibility to tinker with the operating system, whether that’s creating and flashing a custom build of Android or porting one from an enthusiast community.
Here is what the Google-owned company is promising:
- Requesting an unlock code will no longer void the device’s warranty.
- It will start posting return-to-factory software images.
Up until today, when customers requested a bootloader unlock code, Motorola would automatically void the warranty for that Developer Edition device. The company also didn’t offer software images in case something went wrong.
More to follow.
