Thread: iLiad MP3 Player
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Old 08-02-2006, 04:37 PM   #27
b_k
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Device: iRex iLiad
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Originally Posted by ali
Dude, the key point is the reinstall. There's a rescue mode on the iPod plus free software to reinstall the thing if you break the OS of your iPod. So far, iRex states that you void your warranty and have to pay 75 euros for a reinstall.

To translate it: Imagine you'd have to pay that much each time you reinstall windows on your desktop PC. Would you try out new drivers? Play with registry settings? Install lots of software? Try some programming yourself?
/me gnaws his desk.
this disqualifies the iLiad for every idea of experimenting with it.

I hope this thing about the 75 EUR reinstall will change.
Otherwise we can just hope someone will find a way to reflash the device without opening it (like for JTAG). There must be a way.
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