[hafqa] [hafqa] [Bug 2095] 3rd party software (VideoCenter) Can Brick the n800

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https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2095


eero.tamminen at nokia.com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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                 CC|                            |eero.tamminen at nokia.com
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX
            Summary|VideoCenter Can Brick the   |3rd party software
                   |n800                        |(VideoCenter) Can Brick the
                   |                            |n800




------- Comment #1 from eero.tamminen at nokia.com  2007-10-11 19:14 GMT+3 -------
The indicated ITT forum link has no indication what this "VideoCenter"
software is and in any case an installed 3rd party package can do anything
in the device[1].  There's nothing that can be done except reflash, avoid
that software in the future and inform the other users to avoid that too.
-> wontfix

It would be preferably the inform the developers that they should fix their 
software.


[1] The software packages are installed to the device with all the access
    rights like is done on all Linux systems.  Native applications don't
    have any kind of sandbox in which they would be run (like e.g. Java
    applets are run) to protect the system.

    If this software is run after installation under normal user privileges
    and it didn't mess up any device system configuration files when it 
    installed itself, then there are some guarantees.


My assumption based on the symptoms is that the software fills the flash
as "root" user and as result device gets slower and when the flash is
completely full, device is in reboot loop.  Normal user processes cannot
do that.


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