The Motorola Droid X has been a turn off to die-hard Android fans because of this eFuze chip that was said to brick your phone if the chip detected custom software. This IBM-developed eFuse chip is causing quite a stir and it looks like it has been blown way out of proportion. Motorola says:
“Motorola’s primary focus is the security of our end users and protection of their data, while also meeting carrier, partner and legal requirements. The Droid X and a majority of Android consumer devices on the market today have a secured bootloader. In reference specifically to eFuse, the technology is not loaded with the purpose of preventing a consumer device from functioning, but rather ensuring for the user that the device only runs on updated and tested versions of software. 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.Checking for a valid software configuration is a common practice within the industry to protect the user against potential malicious software threats. Motorola has been a long time advocate of open platforms and provides a number of resources to developers to foster the ecosystem including tools and access to devices via MOTODEV at http://developer.motorola.com.”
The good news is that it looks like Motorola isn’t out to break your latest investment, they just don’t want you throw a custom ROM on it. It will not take long for someone from the Android Community to root this device.
Source: Engadget
Do you think that this device will ever get rooted? Leave your comments below.
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Why are carriers sooooooo resistant to letting users choose for themselves? I’ll sign a piece of paper that voids my warranty related to all software issues. I know what I’m doing. I know the risks and I will take proper precautions to protect my own data. Let me control my device. Other users can opt to have the protection provided to them, and that’s great. Not for me.
Why are carriers sooooooo resistant to letting users choose for themselves? I’ll sign a piece of paper that voids my warranty related to all software issues. I know what I’m doing. I know the risks and I will take proper precautions to protect my own data. Let me control my device. Other users can opt to have the protection provided to them, and that’s great. Not for me.
I get the whole security thing. But like Ryan above, there should be 2 contracts. A closed contract for the people who aren’t tech savvy. And an open contract for techies, developers, hackers, modders, whoever. Once the original XBox got modded … media streaming was realized. And now look what we have. Every new gadget under the sun has media streaming ability. Let the technical brains figure out new cool stuff. I mean after all, hackers and modders are doing the research work for free (or PayPal “donations”). =)
To answer the post’s questions …
If is can be built … it will be reverse-engineered. So yes … it will be rooted. Let’s just hope soon.
I get the whole security thing. But like Ryan above, there should be 2 contracts. A closed contract for the people who aren’t tech savvy. And an open contract for techies, developers, hackers, modders, whoever. Once the original XBox got modded … media streaming was realized. And now look what we have. Every new gadget under the sun has media streaming ability. Let the technical brains figure out new cool stuff. I mean after all, hackers and modders are doing the research work for free (or PayPal “donations”). =)
To answer the post’s questions …
If is can be built … it will be reverse-engineered. So yes … it will be rooted. Let’s just hope soon.
The Motorola DROID continues to present new possibilities daily. We have had it for about 10 months and I have had a Blackberry attached to my system because September 1998. Getting connected is often a critical aspect of my existence so I’m constantly reachable by family and co-workers. I’m a bit addicted towards the Market for DROID Applications. If the device had limitless memory I would check the capacity. I think this OS is the way in the future and intend to grow with all of you to know it by way of and as a result of. Thanks for the post.
The Motorola DROID continues to present new possibilities daily. We have had it for about 10 months and I have had a Blackberry attached to my system because September 1998. Getting connected is often a critical aspect of my existence so I’m constantly reachable by family and co-workers. I’m a bit addicted towards the Market for DROID Applications. If the device had limitless memory I would check the capacity. I think this OS is the way in the future and intend to grow with all of you to know it by way of and as a result of. Thanks for the post.