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Motorola Says eFuse Doesn't Permanently Brick Phones

Posted by timothy on from the too-little-distinction-for-my-taste dept.

radicalpi writes "Motorola has responded to claims that eFuse is designed to brick your device if you attempt to mod it or install unauthorized bootloaders. Yes, the device will still not operate with unauthorized software, but it will only go into recovery mode until you reinstall the authorized software. According to Motorola: 'If a device attempts to boot with unapproved software, it will go into recovery mode, and can re-boot once approved software is re-installed.'"

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  1. Re:Permanently brick sort of like permanently dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    My car is totalled because it needs a new air filter, which requires me to break into and modify the hardware by opening the hood and unscrewing a wingnut.

  2. Re:Permanently brick sort of like permanently dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    you know what'd be fun? Let's spends several hours debating the "actual" meaning of a slang term. Can we do hella next? Because my friend says it means "really really" but he's just a fucking retard because I'm positive it means "really really really".

  3. Re:Permanently brick sort of like permanently dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know, I can play games with a brick - can the same be said for a PSP? I don't think so.

  4. Re:Permanently brick sort of like permanently dead by mounthood · · Score: 4, Funny

    Frankly, I'd be interested in knowing how they rooted the phone and then changed the boot ROMs without using a USB cable...

    up up down down left right left right B A

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    tomorrow who's gonna fuss
  5. No problem by PPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    I,ll just put an ePenny in the fuse box.

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    Have gnu, will travel.