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0 pointspedrocx4866y ago0 comments

They could go the "Android way" and have a fastboot of sorts to boot software like a recovery OS to reflash the main os.

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mrlambchop6y ago

I believe fast boot relies on having a stable, on PCB storage device (eMMC or NAND) to ensure that the recovery method doesn't have any opportunity to get wiped / trashed. Using an SDCard doesn't ensure this and thus something in hardware would be needed instead.

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0 pointspedrocx4866y ago0 comments

They could go the "Android way" and have a fastboot of sorts to boot software like a recovery OS to reflash the main os.

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mrlambchop6y ago

I believe fast boot relies on having a stable, on PCB storage device (eMMC or NAND) to ensure that the recovery method doesn't have any opportunity to get wiped / trashed. Using an SDCard doesn't ensure this and thus something in hardware would be needed instead.

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