I didn't think there was a warning about "red pill" mode on the Wiki, so I added one to the red pill page: http://maemo.org/community/wiki/applicationmanagerredpillmode/ That might flush out an official comment (or not). regards, Paul Ryan Pavlik wrote: > Updating in red pill mode is just asking to brick your device. I've > heard of it happening almost every time. Use red pill mode as a > temporary workaround for a single package, not as a way of life, no > matter how much of a power user you are. The device just doesn't > support it. > > Ryan > > Jonathan Greene wrote: >> I can't answer that as I have nothing to do with software releases... >> thats a Nokia / Maemo team question. I think you just need to tread >> lightly with Red Pill mode knowing it's an official unofficial (or >> perhaps unsupported) method of doing things. >> >> On 9/11/07, *Pedro Rodrigues de Almeida* <pmrdealmeida at mac.com >> <mailto:pmrdealmeida at mac.com>> wrote: >> >> Hello Jonathan, >> >> Why then should there be patches to some of the OS 2006 files? Do >> you mean that these patches could simply be experimental even >> though they have a version later than the ones installed in the 770? >> >> Does anybody at Nokia releases patches to essential OS 2006 system >> files which can be updated under red-pill mode? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Pedro >> ----- Original message ----- >> From: Jonathan Greene <atmasphere at atmasphere.net >> <mailto:atmasphere at atmasphere.net>> >> To: Pedro Rodrigues de Almeida <pmrdealmeida at mac.com >> <mailto:pmrdealmeida at mac.com>> >> Cc: Maemo users <maemo-users at maemo.org <mailto:maemo-users at maemo.org>> >> Sent: Tue, 11 Sep 2007, 22:27:15 CEST >> Subject: Re: Updates in red-pill mode >> "Welcome to the Matrix" >> >> I don't think Red Pill mode is advised for general use or system >> updates. >> It's really more of a backdoor. I've used it to get Python to >> install in >> the past as it seems to get past the missing library error though >> I'm not >> sure that's so much of a good thing either. >> >> On 9/11/07, Pedro Rodrigues de Almeida <pmrdealmeida at mac.com >> <mailto:pmrdealmeida at mac.com>> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > I have realized that in red-pill mode a series of system patches are >> > available for installing, e.g., patches fr browser controls, >> opera etc. >> > >> > I have installed some of these patches - not all - and my 770 >> became more >> > unstable ad even crashed to the point of aving to remove the >> battery to be >> > able to reboot it. >> > >> > Opera also got a new look as new, orange scroll bars replaced the old >> > ones. >> > >> > Is it recommended to install the updates in red-pill mode or is this >> > unwise? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Pedro >> >
