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Old 09-02-2010, 10:16 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by smallhagrid View Post
This all makes me wonder if one found F/W for an identical unit with different functionalities - would it be possible to 'morph' the Mentor into say...a Foxit, ViewSonic , Cybook work-alike ?
The Netronix clones (Mentor like devices) have specific encoding in the install firmware to prevent this kind of change. It may be possible, in some cases, to defeat this but I don't know how legal that is. It could also brick your device.

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