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This reminded me of the following (from 2010): https://www.engadget.com/2010-11-17-windows-phone-7s-microsd-mess-the-full-story-and-how-nokia-ca.html#:~:text=S
by tenebrisalietum 3y ago
This reminded me of the following (from 2010):
https://www.engadget.com/2010-11-17-windows-phone-7s-microsd-mess-the-full-story-and-how-nokia-ca.html#:~:text=Sure%20enough%2C%20Windows%20Phone%207%27s%20card%20security%20situation,of%20formatting%2C%20it%27s%20a%20lower-level%20operation%20than%20that https://www.engadget.com/2010-11-17-windows-phone-7s-microsd....
A removeable SD card you're ... not supposed to remove.
- userbinator 3y agoThat article reads painfully like a "how can we screw over our customers" discussion was exposed. On a more positive note, it used to be somewhat common for cheap no-name Android phones, mainly based on Mediatek SoCs, to boot from an internal removable microSD card, along with the "official" external removable one next to the then-standard removable battery and dual SIM slots. They disappeared rather quickly once eMMC became the norm, likely in a next revision of a reference design.
- dismalpedigree 3y agoI bought a NAS a fee years back. Was a fully functional computer complete with 4x usb, hdmi, and Ethernet. Only the ethernet was exposed until you cut the case away. Cut the case, installed truenas, never looked back.