[ale] droid bricks if mod'ed

[Scott Castaline]

On 07/15/2010 03:26 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Jim Philips <briarpatch.jim at gmail.com
> <mailto:briarpatch.jim at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     This article in Boy Genius Report is damping down some of the initial
>     excitement over this:
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>     http://bit.ly/9JKmZ7
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>     Cyanogen is also a little bit skeptical that this will prevent users
>     from modding their phones.
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> Everyone is digging into this and the results look better than
> originally posted. It seems to be a euro-version only thing (looking for
> a link to that info instead of other word-of-mouth stuff). "Jim: from
> what i understand it is in the milestone chipset, but only active on the
> european versions... apparently it isn't function on the american droids."
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> still digging for definitive....
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> but _in_ the milestone chips means _all_droid_hardware_ unless the
> milestone referred to is only one leading ot the X versoin and not the
> milestone related to the pre-launch of the droid I have.
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> either way, a way for a manufacturer to effectively destroy the product
> after they sell it to is flat wrong.
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> James P. Kinney III
> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
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Just saw this, looks like its not just a European thing.
http://lwn.net/Articles/396222/