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Notably, on more affordable devices with the same SoC, such as the Moto G31, bootloader unlocking was officially available. | Notably, on more affordable devices with the same SoC, such as the Moto G31, bootloader unlocking was officially available. | ||
For a long time, customers submitted requests on Motorola's official forum, asking for the ability to obtain an unlock key or an alternative method. <ref>https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/moto-g13/Motorola-Moto-G13-G23-bootloader/m-p/5342278</ref><ref>https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/MOTOROLA-Android-Developer-Community/How-to-unlock-bootloader-on-Motorola-moto-G23/m-p/5277660</ref><ref>https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/MOTOROLA-Android-Developer-Community/Moto-G23-Bootloader-unlock-request/m-p/5319977</ref><ref>https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/moto-g23/Moto-G23-%E2%80%93-Request-to-include-SID-Keys-in-next-OTA-Update/m-p/5344909</ref> | For a long time, customers submitted requests on Motorola's official forum, asking for the ability to obtain an unlock key or an alternative method.<ref>https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/moto-g13/Motorola-Moto-G13-G23-bootloader/m-p/5342278</ref><ref>https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/MOTOROLA-Android-Developer-Community/How-to-unlock-bootloader-on-Motorola-moto-G23/m-p/5277660</ref><ref>https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/MOTOROLA-Android-Developer-Community/Moto-G23-Bootloader-unlock-request/m-p/5319977</ref><ref>https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/moto-g23/Moto-G23-%E2%80%93-Request-to-include-SID-Keys-in-next-OTA-Update/m-p/5344909</ref> | ||
However, Motorola Agents either ignored these messages or responded with: ''"- This phone does not support bootloader unlocking"''. | However, Motorola Agents either ignored these messages or responded with: ''"- This phone does not support bootloader unlocking"''. | ||
Later, after numerous inquiries, Motorola issued a formal response: ''"- We will forward this information to the developers."'' However, no further action was taken. | Later, after numerous inquiries, Motorola issued a formal response: ''"- We will forward this information to the developers."'' However, no further action was taken. | ||
Over time, a community of enthusiasts successfully unlocked the bootloader on Moto G13/G23 by decompiling the lk (Little Kernel, bootloader) partition, studying the key generation algorithm, and creating a key generator (keygen). <ref>https://penangf.fuckyoumoto.xyz/docs/dev/bootloader/#bootloader-unlock</ref><ref>https://penangf.fuckyoumoto.xyz/docs/dev/oem-key-algorithm</ref><ref>https://github.com/moto-penangf/fuckyoumoto/blob/main/oem_keygen.py</ref> | Over time, a community of enthusiasts successfully unlocked the bootloader on Moto G13/G23 by decompiling the lk (Little Kernel, bootloader) partition, studying the key generation algorithm, and creating a key generator (keygen).<ref>https://penangf.fuckyoumoto.xyz/docs/dev/bootloader/#bootloader-unlock</ref><ref>https://penangf.fuckyoumoto.xyz/docs/dev/oem-key-algorithm</ref><ref>https://github.com/moto-penangf/fuckyoumoto/blob/main/oem_keygen.py</ref> | ||
This proves that bootloader unlocking was originally intended to be possible, '''but Motorola deliberately concealed it from customers by refusing to provide the necessary keys.''' | This proves that bootloader unlocking was originally intended to be possible, '''but Motorola deliberately concealed it from customers by refusing to provide the necessary keys.''' | ||