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> I'll have to do more digging on the quote I remember about Samsung phones physically blowing a circuit somewhere if they detect they've been rooted. This sou
by XMPPwocky 7y ago
> I'll have to do more digging on the quote I remember about Samsung phones physically blowing a circuit somewhere if they detect they've been rooted.
This sounds like the ODIN QFuse.
These aren't really particularly dramatic- they're tiny, microscopic "fuses", designed to blow cleanly and easily. Most devices have plenty of them- used to lock the devices down after manufacturing.
- Wowfunhappy 7y agoBlowing one of those fuses because a device thinks it has been rooted is pretty extreme though, no? (If this is in fact happening.)