Dude, Imclaurin had it right. I'm venting about how I feel about my phone, not yours. That's good that you like your phone, but that's not what this thread is about. There's a bunch of threads of people who love their phone, and probably even some that don't understand why other people don't, however that's not my problem, neither is the fact that you love your bionic.
It's true that it is a public forum, however replying to a thread that states that I'm not happy about my phone, by coming and replying how much you love yours shows how petty you are, more so than me posting this thread. Whatever makes you happy though, go for it, but I have nothing to say to a person that says I'm wrong because I don't like my phone. Like you said, it's a public forum. You don't like that people complain? Tough, that's how the world is, everyone complains about something whether it's me complaining about my phone, or you complaining that we shouldn't complain.
If you're happy with what you got, than why even come here? Do you stalk these boards looking to find a post like mine just so you can say I'm wrong? What, are you bored? Get over yourself.
To Wildman - I understand that Big Red has made the Razr/Maxx their new flagship phone, but does that mean that they should just forget about the Bionic? Maybe that's a little harsh the way I'm viewing the situation, but this thread is all about my personal preference.
As for Moto's stance on unlocked bootloaders, than why is the UK "Developer Edition" of the Razr unlocked? Seems inconsistent if you ask me. Why even make a developer edition if they're going to stand by their locked bootloader policy?
Of course the average user doesn't care about an unlocked bootloader, but what about the ones who do? HTC and Samsung embrace the modding community because, and this is my opinion of course, they see how useful they can be and can maybe even help with certain problems a phone may have that they didn't catch. I know for a fact that Samsung actually brought on board a Mod Guru(Steve Kondik) from the community to help them.
Yes, (deleted content to comply with VZW ToS) your phone voids the warranty, but that's a risk people are going to take regardless, so why restrict my phone because of issues they have with people voiding their warranties? If the bootloader is unlocked, a voided warranty doesn't matter because of backups we can make. There are workarounds even now, but it would just be a simpler process if the bootloader was unlocked.
The reason I want my bootloader unlocked is personal preference.
When I had my OG Droid, I modded that thing like it was going out of style. I overclocked the processor, I changed the way the framework looked, I put the most recent OS on there before it was officially released by Big Red(main reason for that is because the modding community is awesome to say the least and really know how to unlock a phones true potential that Moto seems to want to lock down now)
The reason I want ICS is because it's the latest OS. I'm able to remove bloatware without having (deleted content to comply with VZW ToS) my phone in anyway whatsoever. And for people saying that it's not a big deal, it doesn't use that much resources, ect. It's the fact that it uses resources to begin with. I don't want it on my phone, but I can't remove it either. And just because "nearly all phones have it" Doesn't make it right.
All in all, people are going to (deleted content to comply with VZW ToS their phones anyway, so just let them. The (deleted content to comply with VZW ToS) community is not going away, and they're smart, smart enough to find workarounds for locked bootloaders and other locked down software. By restricting the phones that these people, myself included, paid good money for is ridiculous, and because of this, I won't buy another moto phone even if it's just on principle. I won't leave Verizon and never claimed I would, only that I won't buy Moto again. It's not a threat, just a statement of my opinion on the company.
Imclaurin, I just want to say thank you dude.
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I would also like to know why I'm being moderated? I noticed that this long post was actually taken down and now it's back up? Just curious.
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