> The bootloader does not get loaded

I get that, but there should be something in the ROM that can reflash the device.

It already has signature verification code, which is the hard part to fit into a tiny ROM.

> Without a signed firehorse binary you can't do anything, because EDL just won't talk to you.

So... either they should release a firehorse binary that can wipe devices, or they should add a small bit of code that can wipe and flash without needing a firehorse binary.

As I read it, dmitrygr was saying that the ostensible reason you can't do anything is fear of evil maid attacks, but that ostensible reason doesn't explain why there isn't a wipe+access mode. And "the bootloader is corrupt" isn't the reason, because this is about the pre-bootloader code.