<font face="tahoma,sans-serif">This story would seem to confirm that the bricking mechanism is real:<br><br><a href="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Droid-X-ships-and-eFuse-lockdown/?kc=rss">http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Droid-X-ships-and-eFuse-lockdown/?kc=rss</a><br>
<br>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!<br>
</font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/15/1317205/Droid-X-Self-Destructs-If-You-Try-To-Mod" target="_blank">http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/15/1317205/Droid-X-Self-Destructs-If-You-Try-To-Mod</a><br><br>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.<br>
<br><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><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br><font color="#888888">-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br>I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.<br><br><br>
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