[ale] droid bricks if mod'ed

[Jim Philips]

This story would seem to confirm that the bricking mechanism is real:

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Droid-X-ships-and-eFuse-lockdown/?kc=rss

Motorola says that the eChip approach has been standard on their devices for
some time. The Droid didn't have it, but that was an anomaly. So, the
message is this: Don't ever buy an Android phone made by Motorola!

On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/15/1317205/Droid-X-Self-Destructs-If-You-Try-To-Mod
>
> So the Motorola Droid I bought doesn't really belong to me. Somewhere I
> missed the "and Motorola reserves the right to destroy your device on a
> whim" clause in the paperwork when I bought the it.
>
> <tinfoil hat>since verizon can push any update to the phone, it is possible
> to brick this thing remotely for "Terms of Service" violations as well. The
> "Internet kill switch" has been pushed out to the users. What does the
> iphone, blackberry and the htc series of stuff have?</tinfoil hat>
>
> --
> --
> James P. Kinney III
> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
>
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