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#75
Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
I just read a major fail (sadly) on Engadget today about the Droid X. Samsung is using a special chip (I think it's hardware side at least) that will brick the device if you try. I hope HTC never goes that route.
DROID X is a Motorola handset.

Clarifications were posted from Motorola, they're using the encrypted bootloader and eFuse to block rooting/3rd party ROMs under the guise of "protecting against malware" but it will not brick the device.

Still crap though.