Still, the problem is that even if you upgrade maemo-launcher via ssh with the lifeguard reboot turned off, once you disable developer mode and re-enable the lifeguard reset, the tablet is in a reboot loop again.

I googled to find the list of applications that were watchdogged by dsme, but I could not figure out what is prompting dsme to do the reboot.

I think I'll just give up on this and switch back to the OS2006 and install applications only via the appmanager.