[HIB]Droid X Debut Leaves Hardcore Android Fans Leery

Many Android fans are lining up to get Motorola’s latest phone, the Droid X, which hit retail shelves Thursday morning. But the phone has raised the hackles of some Android geeks.Motorola has reportedly made it difficult for hackers to mod the Droid X by using a bootloader and chip combination that could potentially brick the phone if it is broken. But contrary to speculation by some hackers, the phone won’t “self-destruct” or “brick” if it is hacked, says Motorola. The bootloader is the software component that loads the operating system in a gadget.Android hackers say Motorola’s move has made it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to load custom versions of Android on the Droid X. “Motorola wants to keep people from modding their devices,” says Ryan Mills, an Android modder and blogger. “I don’t know if they are just afraid for security purposes, or they just want to stay proprietary.”

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