Koush: “Droid X Bootloader? Psh, That Won’t Stop Me”, Droid X Faux Recovery Now Available
Many were skeptical on the community’s ability to crack the Droid X’s locked down bootloader to make room for a custom recovery (which would allow you to load up custom ROMs and do other things), but developer Koush (famous for his developments with CyanogenMod and for his ROM Manager application in the Android market) simply won’t take crap when it comes to unlocking the devices he wants unlocked.
With that comes further development with his own-developed Clockwork Recovery and some workarounds to get it going on the Droid X. His method involves intercepting portions of the boot process while the system is initializing and having it kick you to the custom recovery. Nothing is perfect yet – and it’s very risky and you could potentially brick your device if you’re not careful – but Koush has wrapped everything you need up into a nice installable .apk file that you can get from his site (or for $2 from the Android market, if you’d like to donate).
He states that you still can’t replace the kernel or the boot image – even after installing a custom ROM – but he insists it’s definitely possible with full access to /system (but no word on if he’s spearheading this particular development). Read more details over at his blog (and you’ll want to read every single word carefully to ensure you know what you’re getting into).
[via AndroidPolice]