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They disabled the ability to USB flash on every device not bought from their official store.
by lachiflippi 2mo ago
They disabled the ability to USB flash on every device not bought from their official store.
- slekker 2mo agoIs that true? I heard for the X3 the pogo pin cable they ship has 2 pins not 4 but you can buy one and it will transfer data and let you flash custom firmware.
- lachiflippi 2mo agoI own both an "old" X4 as well as a "new"/"domestic"/locked X3. The pogo cable transfers data, and the device shows up in dmesg when connected, but disappears shortly after. The cable itself works fine for transferring data, tested with a different device with the same connector.
- nosrepa 2mo agoThere is a way to unlock it via the sd card at least.
- jagged-chisel 2mo agoHow big of a problem is this? I did get my X4 from somewhere else, but I was still able to change firmware. I think it just adds a hurdle to make it less trivial for unscrupulous resellers to install crapware.
- lachiflippi 2mo agoIt used to be more of a problem back when not every popular firmware had a way to reflash from SD/via OTA, because you could get stuck on a firmware with no way to flash out of it. The current solutions work pretty well, though I still stay far away from non-stable releases, just in case.
- gnatman 2mo agoNot true. I just bought an x4 on amazon and flashed crosspoint with no issues.
- johanyc 2mo agoI think it's just the Chinese market ones