Droid X Catches Heat Over eFuse Controversy
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The past few days, the Droid X received some bad press from various sites reporting that the Droid X featured eFuse – a chip and strict bootloader that allegedly would brick your mobile phone if you attempted to put a custom ROM on the device. This ‘news’ caused some to speak out against the Droid X – but it turns out, it really isn’t that bad.
For whatever reason, custom ROMs are popular in the Android community. A lot of people enjoy rooting their phones and putting different versions of Android on it. So, this news that the Droid X would do a Mission: Impossible-style self-destruct if you tried to load a custom ROM hurt a lot of people. Several big tech blogs (TechCrunch, Gizmodo) encouraged their readers not to buy the Droid X, out of principle or what not.
Well, modder Steven Bird wrote on his website that he looked into the dreaded eFuse chip that caused havoc within in the modding community. He found that it’s included on all of TI’s OMAP3 processors – and hasn’t been a problem before when they attempted to mod the Motorola Droid/Milestone. Likewise, he didn’t expect it would be a problem for the Droid X or (again, still rumored) Droid 2.
But, people like getting worked up over little things. Another example would be MOTOBLUR on the Droid X. I reviewed the Droid X for our site here and as a matter of protocol, completely ignored and did not read any other site’s review of the phone during my review phase with the phone. So, I was shocked to see Gizmodo complain endlessly about the phone’s UI. In our (my) opinion, the Droid X rocks. You can check out the full review here.
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Ummm… It’s “principle” and “protocol”. Perhaps you need more editorial help.
@Sean,
Corrections made.
It’s looking like the difference with the droid-x is that the efuse is actually being used. If you trip the fuse by attempting a ROM upgrade, the phone WILL DIE. Motorola delicately worded their latest response, but left out that while it’s not “bricked”, you must return the phone to Verizon, and pay a $350 penalty for them to “reset” the phone.
If true, this is absolutely unacceptable. I will hold off buying anything made by Motorola and tell everyone I know to avoid Verizon, at least until the facts are verified.
Until then, there are plenty of other great android phones to choose from (HTC EVO 4G is looking good to me now!)