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General Forums => Off Topic forum => Topic started by: Lisztfr on June 13, 2009, 08:47:24 am

Title: You Should Not Torture Your Zaurus
Post by: Lisztfr on June 13, 2009, 08:47:24 am

Imagine the mistreatment you inflict to your little machine when you flash a new ROM. Would you like some one to flash you a new brain ? No i don't think so.  Foremost, if it a buggy one.

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Title: You Should Not Torture Your Zaurus
Post by: semen on June 15, 2009, 09:31:50 pm

But, it's an upgraded brain. I'd sure like one that had could do more, or at least the capabilities to use my current brain to the maximum potential. Wouldn't you?

Title: You Should Not Torture Your Zaurus
Post by: Lisztfr on June 16, 2009, 05:38:46 pm

Yep, if i could play chopin's etude n° 23  the "winter wind", and some more

I gave Watapon a try (very short) but couldn't detect a speed improvement ; because of the blue theme, the filemanager which doesn't have a copy option, i return to sharp.  

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Title: You Should Not Torture Your Zaurus
Post by: Snappy on August 20, 2009, 10:57:36 am

Flashing ROM is more like implanting new memories (experience, knowledge, skills etc) into our brain.  Installing a new brain would be like replacing the ROM chip itself.

Title: You Should Not Torture Your Zaurus
Post by: speculatrix on October 13, 2009, 07:01:26 pm

I take a full file backup before flashing. mainly because there's always some configuration file somewhere I've tweaked and forget to backup manually. disk space is so cheap these days that even 4GiB off the zaurus ROM makes no appreciable dent in my server's disk usage.

So in this case, my zaurus's little mind isn't lost forever, even if it ceases to execute :-)