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What do you think about firmware updates? I see this headline floating around about 7 years of software updates for the FP3, but the SoC must have stopped getting updates years ago. Samsung, too. They promise 5 years of updates now, but the firmware is probably only 3.
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@cinimodev @zak For me, there's a blurry line here. On mobile, the firmware, i.e. rom is integrated with the Software - OS and above. This would include critical OS updates that could be done manually on a rooted/jailbroken phone e.g. rewriting the kernel file, to bootloader and SoC drivers (closer to firmware defined as program code living on mobo nonvolatile storage not part of the hard drive). The tendency towards FLOSS platforms allows for easier modding, but mobile tends the other way. |
@cinimodev That I don't know. But I will say that this is the case for most modern devices, even on the Windows end. Manufacturers aren't incentivized to update existing devices in any way, and so aside from the OS updates from Microsoft and drivers that component manufacturers provide, we very rarely see extended firmware updates for PCs. Android phones function much the same way, except without the benefit of driver updates.