I’m about to be in the market for a new phone, and I was seriously considering getting one of the new Droid-X phones. But no longer, because of a “feature” I read about today:
Here’s what eFuse does….:
If the eFuse failes to verify this information then the eFuse receives a command to “blow the fuse” or “trip the fuse”. This results in the booting process becoming corrupted and resulting in a permanent bricking of the Phone. This FailSafe is activated anytime the bootloader is tampered with or any of the above three parts of the phone has been tampered with.
It requires a hardware fix, apparently, only available through Motorola, of course. This is the equivalent of a MacBook detonating some core component if you try to install an OS to dual boot.
That’s right: If you try to jailbreak a Droid-X, it will destroy a chip inside itself, requiring you to crawl back to Motorola for a replacement. I had no plans to jailbreak the Droid-X, but now I’m not going to buy the phone on principle.
Once I buy a phone, it is mine to do with as I please. If I want to replace or modify its operating system, that is my right.
Besides, who’s to say that the self-destruct mechanism will be perfectly implemented? What if it goes off under normal use?
Time to look at Droid phones that aren’t made by Motorola. I hear the Droid Incredible is pretty nice….
