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Old 04-04-2009, 07:34 AM   #8
Gertjan
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Device: Irex DR800S, DR1000S, iLiad
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Originally Posted by Grimulkan View Post
we'll need some mighty brave hackers because the USB is the only way to connect to the PC, and there is no way to recover if something goes wrong with the driver. There is also no way to directly access the internal memory on the DR, so there is no way to "unbrick" the device (without sending it back to iRex) if the OS gets screwed up.
As long as you don't mess with the boot loader, you won't brick the device that easily. When you've broken the USB connection, you can extract a firmware update to the SD card manually, insert the card into the device and press the reset button. This will restore everything on the device, including the kernel. Of course there is always a risk that the flash wears out or a cosmic ray causes a glitch, so it's not for the faint of heart.

Last edited by Gertjan; 04-04-2009 at 08:16 AM. Reason: fixed typo
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