Bad news for all those people who have pre-ordered the Motorola Droid ^[1] X. The Droid X ^[2] uses the same bootloader as the one in Motorola Milestone ^[3] which basically means no Custom ROM and recovery images. Motorola locks ^[4] the bootloader on the Milestone by using a proprietary encrypted private key. This literally makes it impossible to unlock the bootloader without access to the encryption technology from Motorola.

The only way possible to bypass this encryption method is to find an exploit in the encryption process. As of now, an exploit with the name kexechas the highest chances of meeting with success. Modders have been working hard over the last few months to unlock the bootloader, but have not met with any major success. Even though the bootloader is not unlocked, the Motorola Milestone ^[3] can still be rooted.

This surely is bad news for future Droid X ^[2] owners. The Motorola Droid ^[1] success rate can also be attributed to the high level of modding possible with the phone. Hopefully, the Droid X bootloader will be unlocked within a short span of time.

(Source ^[5])