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Originally Posted by AJ Starr
"cross-flashing" ????
Please explain ......
Alyson
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When you flash and eBook Reader or other firmware controlled device such as a PDA you mean that you are reloading the firmware on the device. This is usually a new release of the firmware but you could also flash an older version. This applies when the firmware is obtained from the manufacturer. However, in some cases a third party may make firmware that would work on your hardware. For example the iPAQ normally uses Pocket PC (Windows Mobile) firmware but there is also a Linux version that could be flashed on the unit which would totally replace everything on the unit and it would become a linux device. When a third party firmware is applied to a device it is termed cross-flashing. In particular this effect would be most interesting if you flashed a unit with firmware that was not intended to be on that unit but was designed for another unit. In this case you are turning one brand of unit into another.
The hardware for several brands of ebook readers is all made by a single company and then sold to a company that adds its own customization and then rebrands the product. So in this case the manufactures firmware (1st party) could conceivably run as 3rd party firmware on someone else's hardware. This is taken for granted these days in the pc world but it not present so far in the eBook reader world.
Does that help?
Dale