Moreover, that term probably is void itself if brought to justice. It's little more than a paper tiger. Yeah, you *can* deliberately ruin hardware by software, but how is that different from ruining the hardware by throwing it on the floor?

Just make sure the bootloader can't be damaged or overwritten, i.e. put the bootloader in ROM. That way you can can always flash the stock firmware, restoring your phone. They did it back in 1995 on mainboards, it worked just fine then (and saved my ***), so why can't it now?