Although this note is right in general, but taking into account the leaked PR1.2 package content it is highly unlikely that it was created by somebody outside of Nokia software build department.
The leaked PR1.2 has a couple of Nokia private components which fix a couple of bugs and which are not possible to create without hard work and access to Nokia source software repository.
SO tell me: How did you know what the PR1.2L package had in it?? Hrmm???
(damnit! I said I was done trying to argue this with people )
Now that more people are jumping on the "this is great" bandwagon, is the purpose of this thread now to encourage people to flash their N900's with any old thing they find on the intertubes?
That would never be a purpose of a moderated thread here. I don't understand why that would even be in question...
That would never be a purpose of a moderated thread here. I don't understand why that would even be in question...
Really? That is honestly the atmosphere I am starting to witness which is why I got a little over-zealous about it.
Some people do seem to be implying that it's perfectly 100% the "cool" thing to do to just randomly flash whatever the hell you find ending in a .bin.
Those of us that offer warnings are somehow Jerks, A-holes, or general "mightier than thou" types that are just here to oppress the "people" and their "Freedoms".
True, but all one needs to be is an employee of Nokia and have malicious intentions to take one of PR1.2 builds, modify it, and then "leak" it.
If this is a case I am pretty sure that Nokia lawyers are preparing a court papers with billion damages to that person - it is TOO easy to immediately find it. The access to any build which doesn't pass a software build department is pretty restricted. Morever, in many companies to create a full build it requires a replication a lot of resources and that is easy to find.
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For example: The build is over a month old right? What do you think he could have been doing to it in that month? .
I mean honestly.. if you're a Nokia employee and you want to "get back" at the company, or "support open source!", or whatever misguided ideological philosophy this guy was operating under - wouldn't you release the latest build? Why a month old one?
That is pretty simple - this is a test build or release candidate which was given to a couple of people for intensive field test. The month is required for testing (you didn't work in big software company, I see).
That is pretty simple - this is a test build or release candidate which was given to a couple of people for intensive field test. The month is required for testing (you didn't work in big software company, I see).
um.. why would someone who "leaked" an internal company build give a damn about waiting a month for "testing?"
They would just release it as soon as they got their hands on it, I would think.
Or are you saying that there is a first phase of internal testing that takes a month, and then they open it to more field testers after that month - and it's these additional field testers that may have leaked it (as soon as they got it as I said above)?
ETA: It doesn't matter. Im not going to argue this. Especially not with you egoshin - I respect you too much for it. If you feel the need to tell people it's perfectly fine to flash whatever random thing they come across - then so be it. I'm done trying to help and warn people that such behavior is typically a very bad idea.
um.. why would someone who "leaked" an internal company build give a damn about waiting a month for "testing?"
They would just release it as soon as they got their hands on it, I would think.
Because it was not the same person who got a testing build.
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Or are you saying that there is a first phase of internal testing that takes a month, and then they open it to more field testers after that month - and it's these additional field testers that may have leaked it (as soon as they got it as I said above)?
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