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> This page does not cover MOTOTRBO or APX, which are manufactured by Motorola Solutions—a company completely separate from Motorola Mobility. Currently, no information is available on unlocking Solutions devices.

     

       
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It is recommended to request and download the source code as soon as possible after the device is released to the market, as Motorola may ignore requests for older models over time. 

     

       
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- [MTK devices](https://github.com/MotorolaMobilityLLC/kernel-mtk)

     

       
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- [Snapdragon devices](https://github.com/MotorolaMobilityLLC/kernel-msm)

     

       
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- [Unisoc devices](https://github.com/MotorolaMobilityLLC/kernel-sprd)

     

       
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To unlock your bootloader, you have to submit a request on [this][Unlock Code Website] website, which is pretty bad on its own (*wink* [Huawei](../huawei/README.md)). Unisoc devices will never be unlockable, this is *not* Motorola's fault, Unisoc does not allow unlocking.

     

       
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In addition, [this forum post][Old devices ineligible] says that once a device passes a certain age (the age not being specified), the device becomes ineligible.

     
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* [And from this conversation][turistu's post] [turistu](https://github.com/turistu) had with their support: "most of our E devices doesn't support bootloader unlock program. Please see below a list of devices that support the bootloader unlock program : g100, g51 , g71 , g200 , g52 , g82 , g42 , g62 , g32"

     

       
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* There's also an unofficial way with CID to check if your device can be unlocked, check here: [xdaforums.com][CID check]

     

       
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### Certain G series devices