Motorola has always been known for notoriously locking down the bootloader of its handsets. Even the Moto X – the first product from the Google owned Motorola stable – ships with a locked down bootloader.

While Motorola does provide an online bootloader unlock tool, it does not work with each and every variant of the Moto X. For developers and tinkerers, Motorola had released the developer edition of the Moto X, that ships with an easily unlockable bootloader.

The problem with the developer edition of the Moto X is that interested users had to buy it for the full retail price, and the warranty of the device was voided, after the bootloader was unlocked. This did not really go down well with the community, which clearly voiced its opinion when Motorola asked for feedback about its developer edition devices.

Today, thanks to those feedbacks, Motorola has announced changes to their developer edition program. The company has decided that from now on, unlocking the bootloader of any developer edition Motorola device will not void its warranty. This change in policy is applicable not only to the Moto X, but also to the previous generation of developer devices from Motorola. Users who have already unlocked their device, can now also claim warranty for any hardware faults with their handsets.

Apart from this, Motorola also announced that it would soon start providing factory images, that will allow tinkerers and developers to return to stock after flashing modified ROMs on their devices.

Apart from the Nexus devices from Google, this is going to be the first time that a company will provide factory images for the developer edition of its devices. Motorola has been hitting all the right notes lately, giving the users and community what they have wanted from an Android OEM all over the years.