Rooting your new Nexus 6p irreversibly blows a fuse

[Why-Fi]

Nexus 6P bootloader e-fuse remembers if hardware was ever unlocked | Pocketnow

When unlocking the bootloader for the first time, the phone reportedly marks an area of one-time programmable memory with a flag that indicates the hardware’s been unlocked. The presence of this “electronic fuse” is visible above in the Qfuse section of the Nexus 6P’s fastboot menu.

And much like a physical fuse, once that e-fuse is blown, it’s blown for good: no matter what you do, restoring factory images and re-locking the bootloader, the Nexus 6P’s going to remember that it was previously unlocked.

QFuse on N6P

 

[GoldenGlove]

Why would Google do this?

 

[Why-Fi]

apparently this is still developing news. im not going to keep up with it so interested parties might want to keep tabs on it.
ill update the OP if yall drop info

 

[STAN JONES]

#JobsGang

 

[Why-Fi]

chnaged the title, some are saying its nothing to worry about.
others are saying it is...nothing official yet

 

[scarlxrd]

Permanently bricking your phone? I'll never buy a Nexus 6P then

 

[Liquid]

I'm getting tired of Android

 

[Why-Fi]

Permanently bricking your phone? I'll never buy a Nexus 6P then

i didnt say that breh

 

[keepemup]

So what are the implications of the 'rooted flag' being set? Absolutely nothing.

Permanently bricking your phone? I'll never buy a Nexus 6P then

Don't make up stuff.

 

[Golayitdown]

chnaged the title, some are saying its nothing to worry about.
others are saying it is...nothing official yet

It being in place at all is a cause of concern for me. The typical protection excuses are bullshyt because you have to deliberately know what you're doing to even flip that switch. Not to mention at one point Nexus phones were for this kind of stuff. It's not like Apple where a big benefit of Jailbreaking is piracy. Doesn't really make sense with the the info that's currently out.

 

[el_oh_el]

Phones have had this on and off for years. I think Motorola did it first in their droid line years ago...hackers of course found a way around it

 

[newarkhiphop]

It being in place at all is a cause of concern for me. The typical protection excuses are bullshyt because you have to deliberately know what you're doing to even flip that switch. Not to mention at one point Nexus phones were for this kind of stuff. It's not like Apple where a big benefit of Jailbreaking is piracy. Doesn't really make sense with the the info that's currently out.

But it's not saying that a adverse action happens, besides the phone remembering that it's unlocked, nothing happens

Idk why they used the word fuse

 

[Rekkapryde]

Don't root.... .

 

[keepemup]

But it's not saying that a adverse action happens, besides the phone remembering that it's unlocked, nothing happens

Idk why they used the word fuse

They tried to tacitly suggest that it was a bad thing.

I personally think there is nothing wrong with this. I've been an embedded software engineer for quite some time and it is paramount that we keep track of whether the bootloader has ever been flashed or tampered with.

 

[Golayitdown]

But it's not saying that a adverse action happens, besides the phone remembering that it's unlocked, nothing happens

Idk why they used the word fuse

I understand that, I'm just always cynical when stuff like this comes up. It won't (or shouldn't) make a difference from the rooting and rom'ming standpoint.