clarification re easy OpenMoko updating for "average" consumer

George Brooke solar.george at googlemail.com
Fri May 16 00:48:39 CEST 2008


On Thu, 15 May 2008 13:58:40 -0700
ian douglas <ian.douglas at iandouglas.com> wrote:
> In the case of the Freerunner though, if updates are available, we 
> should give the user the option of upgrading everything
> automagically, without ever prompting them, or letting them manually
> update.

We should disable this on GRPS/GSM unless the user specifically asks
for it as it would cost quite a lot to download all updates over the
mobile network.

Also maybe doing major updates while on battery should be disabled
(certainly while battery is low) just to avoid any problems (bricked
phone)

solar.george




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