Samsung has been going out of its way to annoy customers and XDA members with some very anti-user Galaxy Note 3 behavior. First there was is the sim regional locking the handset against SIMs from afar.

And now Samsung is using permanent eFuses to record incidents of rooting/flashing and using that info to deny Note 3 owners the warranty service they’re owed.

I wonder if this is going to be a trend by Samsung to prevent rooting and buying phones from a different region, or using a sim from a different region as well.