Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for $2.91 billion

[Cozume]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

Passes on the X for various reasons.

care to share those?

I am considering another iphone hiatus though.

if you are planning on jail breaking any iPhone you buy, I would read up on what happened with the most recent iOS 7 jail break. I can't see myself ever doing a jail break after that escapade.

 

[someguy01234]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

care to share those?


if you are planning on jail breaking any iPhone you buy, I would read up on what happened with the most recent iOS 7 jail break. I can't see myself ever doing a jail break after that escapade.

You'll have to inform me on that, I don't pay much attention to iPhone stuff.

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[Cozume]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

You'll have to inform me on that, I don't pay much attention to iPhone stuff.

The evasion team included a chinese app store, Taig, in the jail break. Supposedly it was only installed if your language was set to chinese. The problem is that no one was told it was being installed.

 

[Haalcyon]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

The evasion team included a chinese app store, Taig, in the jail break. Supposedly it was only installed if your language was set to chinese. The problem is that no one was told it was being installed.

Not to play dumb, but what is bad about a Chinese App Store?


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[Cozume]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

Not to play dumb, but what is bad about a Chinese App Store?

I think the main issue for a lot of people was the trust issue - no one was told this was being installed on their phone.

Another thing was that the Chinese app store sold pirated apps and a lot of people who jail break are devs or don't want to support that kind of theft. And the evasion team didn't realize who they were getting in bed with and that makes people nervous. You are trusting the security of your phone to these people when you install their jail break. A jail break at its core is a hack that exploits a security vulnerability so you need to trust the devs.

Let's put it in android terms - what if you had an unlocked bootloader and installed a custom ROM and it included a chinese app store in it and you weren't told about that before you installed it on your phone. How would you feel about that?

 

[Johnly]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

@MasonMi - go to the android market and install ES Task Mgr... You can use this to kill any task that you don't need. Helps with the battery life as well.

Just got my update... Although it could be the old placebo effect, it does seem to be "snappier" as others have mentioned...

Natural progression >Eris > 2.0/2.1 > Nexus One for Verizon - Yeah!

Thanks for the heads up. Not much into modding with my phones anymore, so I would probably run stock.

Coming from the note 2, the Moto X didn't have the battery life I was used too. Also, having only the 16 gig available from VZW didn't help at the time I tried one. Some cosmetic things disappointed me, but I knew I was nitpicking there.

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[TeknoBug]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

What difference does that make? Giving money to a Chinese company is giving money to a Chinese company. That seems to be the issue for some people.

Is it a matter of information security? Are the Chinese going to tap into Verizon's network via Motorola phones? I swear, the level of paranoia at this site can be pretty laughable at times.

Yup, keep laughing, the NSA hears you loud and clear.

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[someguy01234]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

I think the main issue for a lot of people was the trust issue - no one was told this was being installed on their phone.

Another thing was that the Chinese app store sold pirated apps and a lot of people who jail break are devs or don't want to support that kind of theft. And the evasion team didn't realize who they were getting in bed with and that makes people nervous. You are trusting the security of your phone to these people when you install their jail break. A jail break at its core is a hack that exploits a security vulnerability so you need to trust the devs.

Let's put it in android terms - what if you had an unlocked bootloader and installed a custom ROM and it included a chinese app store in it and you weren't told about that before you installed it on your phone. How would you feel about that?

I find that a bit strange that it was something unexpected, but I don't know how the development work with jailbreaking. If it was on Android people would have caught something like that immediately and alert everyone, then come the whole overreaction by crappy presses about Android being unsecure. With Android custom roms you can always get access to the source code and changelogs for the roms from respectable devs. Even though I don't know programming I can still get feedbacks from others, and you can also open the the compile version of the rom to see what's inside. I don't trust installing roms if the developer don't release source code or aren't open about this work. For the most part, reliable customs roms come from teams with many people as well, and with accessible open source code so there are lots of oversights. Although there are black market and pirate app stores for Android as well, but it's not a concern for custom rom or rooting if you get it from the right source. The fact that iOS is so closed source makes it more unsecure for me because you don't have the rights to know. I trust CyanogenMod roms more than what Verizon, AT&T and HTC put in their Android build (yes I purposefully included HTC).

 

[Cozume]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

I find that a bit strange that it was something unexpected, but I don't know how the development work with jailbreaking. If it was on Android people would have caught something like that and alert everyone, then come the whole overreaction by crappy press about Android being unsecure. With Android custom roms you can always get access to the source code and changelogs for the roms from respectable devs. Even though I don't know programming I can still get feedbacks from others, and you can also open the the compile version of the rom to see what's inside. I don't trust installing roms if the developer don't release source code or aren't open about this work. For the most part, reliable customs roms come from teams with many people as well, so there are oversights. Overall, I am not concern with Android if you know the reliable sources.

OK but the same is not true of jail breaking an iPhone.

 

[TechTinker]

Ouch, sorry Moto.

It seems since they purchase from Leveno happened, anybody who was thinking about the X, jumped ship. Stuff about the chinese (like everything else?), or Google was the only thing worth it. I feel like this is going to hurt Motorola a lot.

I love my X though, I'm a Moto fan, loved them before the X.

 

[ffejjj]

Re: Ouch, sorry Moto.

Well I have an HTC One so I'm mid contract but the X is the first Motorola that has cought my eye in quite some time. With the sale, the flicker is gone

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[DS1331]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

Relax it's not that big of a deal, to say you'll never jailbreak again is a little unwarranted

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[Dswann3]

Re: Ouch, sorry Moto.

I had an opportunity to return mine with the 14 days window after the sale was announced but did not do so (also was concerned about battery life with KitKat but I'm seeing decent results in that area). I highly doubt anything about the sale, when it finally gets approved that is, will impact anything regarding the next two years of Moto products or the X phone in particular. I can see concerns down the road but would you purchase a 'lesser' phone today just because you believe the product may change in 2 years? Hopefully by then there will be similar phones to the X and better choices (for Verizon) anyway.

 

[Oofa]

Re: Ouch, sorry Moto.

It seems since they purchase from Leveno happened, anybody who was thinking about the X, jumped ship. Stuff about the chinese (like everything else?), or Google was the only thing worth it. I feel like this is going to hurt Motorola a lot.

I love my X though, I'm a Moto fan, loved them before the X.

I think the Lenovo deal matters only to a few people on forums like these. I don't think anyone will "jump ship" because of it unless you are a total phone geek. People will stick to what they like until what they like quits or something better comes along. I guess that means "we'll see what happens". :-\

 

[JungleLarry]

Re: Ouch, sorry Moto.

Lenovo Leveno, tomato tomahto.

 

[Ry]

Re: Would you still buy a Moto X post Motorola/Lenovo Deal?

Does anyone see this going down the same path as palm did?

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Based on Lenovo's track record, no.

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[ttfn92]

Re: Ouch, sorry Moto.

I don't think the general population knows about it or anything about Lenovo. I know the only reason I know is from here and it still doesn't mean anything to me.

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[GadgetGator]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

Out of curiosity: how many of you who don't want to buy a Motorola in the future because it will no longer be an American company also apply the same thinking towards your clothing? For instance, look at jeans. Do you know where the denim is produced and sewn? American-made clothing is not cheap.

I'm just wondering if the "I'm not giving my money to a Chinese company!" sentiments apply to items other than cell phones.

Yes. I do apply that to clothing and other items. I actually haven't bought clothes in years. I had way too many and have been getting rid of them rather then buying more. But when I do, where it's made is important. For that very reason, when faced with a choice, I went with a new car from Detroit, rather then foreign shores last year.

I just feel that we have been letting too many things... things that we used to make... Slip away from us. All these decisions like Motorola are made individually. But what about the collective picture and the damage that does? Seems like no one is ever looking at that. So now, I buy domestically whenever I can. I also have a thing about buying from businesses located in countries that have their nukes aimed at us, but I'm just funny that way.

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[ultravisitor]

Re: Google to sell Motorola Mobility to Lenovo for around $3 billion.

Yes. I do apply that to clothing and other items.

I do the same. I brought up the example of jeans because the past couple of pairs of jeans I've bought have been completely made in the US.

I also try to buy locally when I can--or at least from small businesses. I almost never buy from Amazon. Buying from Amazon is as bad as buying from Wal-mart when it comes to the impact on small, local businesses.

 

[Oofa]

Re: Ouch, sorry Moto.

Lenovo Leveno, tomato tomahto.

Yes. That's how much people care about it.