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Droid X Self Destruct Mechanism After Jailbreak Attempt

Droid X Self Destruct Mechanism After Jailbreak Attempt All Jazzed up and New MySpace Profiles are Here Now! When Is The Jailbreak for iPhone 4 Releasing? Droid X Self Destruct Mechanism After Jailbreak Attempt For all you folks who love to hack, jailbreak, mod and tweak your smartphones (and take a fair bit of joy in doing so!) here's a real dampener. Hope this doesn't spoil your day, but fiddling with the Motorola Droid X software can destroy your phone for good. This, due to the eFuse tamper-defense mechanism built in the hottest gadget in town . Phone manufacturers have always been at loggerheads with people who love to use the phone the way they want, by modding it. But Motorola takes this war to an all new level. How else can you explain this new system which will simply waste your phone if you tamper with the OS? This eFuse, true to its name will 'trip' if it fails to verify firmware information when you start the phone ...