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- Verdict: **⛔ Avoid!**

     

       
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- Verdict: **🍅 Terrible!** (Unisoc)

     
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### Motorola Solutions (radios)

     

       
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tldr, Motorola split into two companies in 2011. Motorola Mobility, which made the phones and DVRs and is now owned by Lenovo, and Motorola Solutions, who makes everything else. Solutions has recently started making radios which run Android. Not much is known about these devices, Motorola doesn't even reveal which SoC they use, so nothing is really known about these devices. This [datasheet] for the MOTOTRBO ION mentions "Root Detection: Standard", which in Moto-speak, means "this device always ships with root detection.", indicating that the bootloader is probably not unlockable on these devices. Via [this spreadsheet] from Google, you can see the MOTOTRBO ION's codename -- mkz_sdm660_64, which indicates that possibly it uses a Snapdragon 660 SoC, but the MOTOTRBO ION runs Android 13, which seems weirdly new for a 2017 SoC, no it might just be gibberish or something unrelated.

     

       
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### MTKClient + BROM

     

       
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Most MTK-based Motorola devices **released before 2022 are susceptible to [mtkclient](https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient) bypass**, and full unlock may require [ChouChou](https://github.com/R0rt1z2/chouchou) / [Kaeru](https://github.com/R0rt1z2/kaeru) patches to disable automatic bootloader lock.

     

       
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However, on devices **released after 2022, this method is ineffective** as the preloader vulnerability has been patched and the BROM is blocked via eFuse, and attempting to crash the preloader results in a bootloop in the preloader.

     

       
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Lenovo usually does not use the Motorola name on their tablets and gaming-oriented phones, and these are typically branded as Lenovo or NEC. While similar to Motorola's unlock process, these have to be unlocked on the [ZUI website], which requires your IMEI, serial number, and email, and they'll send you an unlock-bootloader.img which you flash to the unlock partition in Fastboot to unlock. However, similar to Xiaomi, Lenovo has a quota, which if you surpass, you cannot unlock your bootloader, @MlgmXyysd has created an [unofficial unlock portal] which may work on recent tablets like Legion Y700 4th Gen. Some Motorola tablets, such as the G62, also use the ZUI website to unlock instead of Motorola's unlock portal.

     

       
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The Lenovo Z5s (and potentially other Lenovo devices) do **not** verify the unlock-bootloader.img, and therefore you can flash the unlock-bootloader.img [from any Z5s]:[Z5s unlock] to unlock a Z5s.

     

       
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> Moto used confusion! It seems pretty effective...

     

       
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CID info provided by [FPSensor](https://github.com/FPSensor).<br/>

     

       
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Unofficial ways to unlock "Moto G13/G23/G24/G24 Power" bootloader provided by [DiabloSat](https://github.com/progzone122) & [Shomy](https://github.com/shomykohai).<br/>

     

       
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Legal agreement info provided by [FaridZelli](https://github.com/FaridZelli).<br/>

     

       
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Lenovo branded and NEC unlock information provided by [CakesTwix](https://github.com/CakesTwix) and [Calyx Hikari](https://github.com/HikariCalyx).<br/>

     

       
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Authored by [melontini](https://github.com/melontini).

     

       
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[Bootloader Unlocking Legal Agreement]:https://en-us.support.motorola.com/ci/fattach/get/741421/1385047216/redirect/1/filename/Boot_revised.pdf

     
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[Old devices ineligible]:https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/MOTOROLA-Android-Developer-Community/Your-device-does-not-qualify-for-bootloader-unlocking/m-p/5234690?page=3#6297769

     

       
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[datasheet]:https://www.motorolasolutions.com/content/dam/msi/docs/products/two-way-radios/mototrbo/portable-radios/mototrbo-ion-radio/MOTOTRBO_Ion_DataSheet_NAM.pdf

     

       
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[this spreadsheet]:https://storage.googleapis.com/play_public/supported_devices.html

     

       
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[ZUI website]:https://www.zui.com/iunlock

     

       
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[unofficial unlock portal]:https://lenovobl.neko.ink/

     

       
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[Z5s unlock]:https://cakestwix.github.io/ViteLenovoZ5s/guides/unlock.html