20 Mar
2014
20 Mar
'14
11:10 p.m.
Trent W. Buck <trentbuck@gmail.com> wrote:
"Noah O'Donoghue" <noah.odonoghue@gmail.com> writes:
I don't understand how warranty is ever an issue with changing the software on your phones.. If it breaks, boot to recovery mode and flash back..
\begin{pedantry}
That assumes you don't also reflash the bootloader (e.g. because the vendor-provided one can't boot from removable media). If you reflash it with a new uboot and you've cocked that up, you could brick it.
\end{pedantry}
How much extra would it cost manufacturers to design devices so that there's a backup boot loader in ROM which can't be overwritten?