[Motorola Droid RAZR] dtrail1:
However, I still don't know what kind of benefits an unlocked bootloader should give to us. Kexec allows us to boot custom kernels - and all issues on kexec are NOT related to the bootloader thing. What differences are related to this? Well, an unlocked bootloader would allow us to flash the custom kernel directly to the boot partition and replace the stock kernel - but the issues would be the same - as long as they're not getting fixed by the developers (Yes, I know, I'm one of them.. :) But me I'm not a "master dev" and I still have to learn a lot about this stuff). What else? We could modify the baseband - if we had sources for it (what we don't have, baseband is closed source :( ) - but this means in fact we could edit, replace, flash ANY device partition, but is this really an advantage? Not at all! It would be much easier to totally hardbrick the device (there would be no way back, no fastboot/RSD unbrick solution if any partition would be broken by wrong flashed images or sth).

What more? Well, one real advantage would be the ability of custom recoveries installable to the recovery partition! We could have SS/BMM replacing the stock recovery which would let us get rid of the SS/BMM splashscreen (but is this really important/necessary?). If this was the case we probably never would have got such great multi-boot recoveries we have now, just because devs would have built existing recovries like TWRP, CWM, etx to our device and the only ability of having multi-boot support would be similar to Siyah- or Dorimanx-Kernel-like dual boot support (which is kinda buggy and really not compatible to all combinations of roms. I know these common problems from the SGS2 in example, where Dori supports dual boot, but it doesn't work in combo with AOSP roms + Stock(-based) rom and others! Or Sammy-AOSP roms cannot work if you have AOKP on the other rom slort installed (because the dual boot slots are not fully seperated and are using some "shared depencies". Genious Hashcode or Whirleyes even would not have been put all their knowledge and research into the production of such great recoveries like Safestrap and Bootmenu - which allows us to have up to 6(!!!) roms istalled at the same time, independant of what kind of roms you use on your slots!

What more can I say? Yes, another benefit would have been that we weren't forced to research kexec boot and hack the device over a period of almost 2 years until we got the first custom kernel booted and running! (I don't mean myself when I say "we", as I didn't produce anything on the actual kexec hack! I just took the chance to develop the first real customized kernel for the RAZR when we were able to boot such things!). So we porbably would still have more great devs developing for the RAZR and also there would exist more rom projects because many devs wouldn't have been sold their RAZR - what most of them did when they realized Moto would not unlock the bootloader! And when kexec became ready and usable, the "big selling" was already over! Thanks Moto, for making us loosing many great devs to other manufacturer's devices, and loosing many nice projects for our phone!

Ok, but besides these things, all current issues on Kexec roms would also exist with a unlocked bootloader - except someone more skilled would fix them! (And additionally to my last statement above I think we would have more of these bugs fixed already because more devs would still develop for the RAZR in case Moto would have unlocked the bootloader two years ago).

But now back to reality! Also when kexec came "kinda late" - when many devs already left - we really have a lot of nice projects been realized for the RAZR - and also there are still some great devs, while also some still join the RAZR and spend their sparetime to bring us nice roms, apps and whatever else too. Let's be thankful for what we got so far, and let's hope we will always get the latest updates and that always someone's there and not leaving our great device alone! I want to take the chance here and throw a big "THANK YOU" again to everyone who provides or provided any stuff to us and our phone!

I would of course welcome a bootloader unlock - but on the other hand, I guess it wouldn't bring us all the great devs back who left the RAZR because of the bootloader lock. For me it doesn't matter anymore. I will not leave the RAZR scene soon, and I will give my best to fix those bugs I am able to repair. Now that I am SlimRom maintainer for OMAPs (unofficial) I am also working more on rom side bugs - and also continue fixing the JBX-Kernel and probably a newer stock base kernel for kexec. (Right now I am finally fixing and adding the RAZR's CPU temp sensor and thermal framework, which is part of the device but not used until now - so another fix is coming up soon and making it better..). Hang on and/or stay tuned! ;)

Also a BIG THANK YOU to the nice community here on XDA! Without you all these things would never be happended!