What do you think about the idea of two firmware versions for ADP1? 2009/3/3 Jean-Baptiste Queru <j...@android.com>
> > As far as I know by the time you remove from ADP1 the features that > would allow access to forward-locked apps (flashable, root, debuggable > system), you have essentially a consumer device. > > JBQ > > 2009/3/2 vendor.net <vendor....@gmail.com>: > > > >> Most importantly though, I'm really disappointed in Google's lack of > >> communication on the topic. I have to scour the web just to find a > >> hint of some idea of what's going on with the dev phone. There is no > >> official word or anything. Google should at least have a posting on > >> the Developer's blog. Where is Google's "Contact Us" link for those > >> of us who paid the $25? > > Totally agree! > > > > Hint for some desperate developers who wants to trade ADP1 for G1. You > > can put the G1 firmware. Your phone will be full locked except for the > > sim card I think, but you will have G1 firmware. Just have to flash > > it, but still I didn`t think that this is the solution... > > > > I see one possible solution for dealing with the situation: To have 2 > > versions for developers. The first version will be totally unlocked, > > but it will not support the full market. The second version will lock > > only these dirs which contains the paid apps. The second version of > > the firmware will lock only the dirs and the processes which control > > the copy/protection of the apps. There could be flaws, but I will be > > happy to read your comments about it. It is a possible solution? JQB? > > > > On 1 Март, 08:08, Sen <senecajust...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Well, you all have certainly taken this discussion in an interesting > >> direction. > >> > >> I would just like to add to my original posting. Hopefully we still > >> have some official Google person's attention. > >> > >> I'm pretty understanding when it comes to deadlines not being met when > >> it comes to stuff like this. We're all developers here and I'm sure > >> we've all experienced this. I would agree though that I think the > >> people that went out of their way and paid the extra money for a > >> "developer edition" phone, should be the first to get the updates. > >> > >> Most importantly though, I'm really disappointed in Google's lack of > >> communication on the topic. I have to scour the web just to find a > >> hint of some idea of what's going on with the dev phone. There is no > >> official word or anything. Google should at least have a posting on > >> the Developer's blog. Where is Google's "Contact Us" link for those > >> of us who paid the $25? > >> > >> Why do I have to ask this question?... we really should be better > >> informed. > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> On Feb 28, 1:16 pm, Jon Colverson <jjc1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> > On Feb 28, 6:46 pm, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > method), and, as far as I'm aware, there isn't a method circulating > >> > > which can be applied to any and every protected application to get a > >> > > protection free copy by following a simple set of instructions (if > there > >> > > is I'd welcome information on it so we can work on fixing the flaw > it > >> > > uses). > >> > >> > I'm not aware of one either, but I expect that a tool would emerge > >> > very quickly if the AndAppStore takes off when it starts being > >> > distributed with handsets and such. You could then tweak the system to > >> > stop the tool from working, but then the attacker would release a new > >> > version, and you'd be in an arms race. > >> > >> > The reason why I say they're equivalent is that while the steps along > >> > the way may be different, the end result is the same: people who don't > >> > want to pay will get the apps for free. In my opinion adding extra > >> > hurdles just wastes the developers' time and provides a juicier > >> > intellectual challenge for those who are inclined to try to defeat the > >> > system. > >> > >> > -- > >> > Jon > > > > > > > > > -- > Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru > Android Engineer, Google. > > Questions sent directly to me will likely get ignored or forwarded to > a public forum with no further warning. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
