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Originally Posted by abill_uk View Post
After reading many of the problems with the N900 something is becoming very clear and that is the OS of the N900 is getting damaged enough to put it into a loop situation and re-booting problems are now becoming more and more of a ongoing situation with the N900.
One of the most important part of ANY application developed for the N900 or any OS should always have a COMPLETE uninstall option that is simply either not taken into consideration not working or not implemented within the app itself.
The countless reasons now for re-flashing are becoming more and more apparent and all down to bad programming that is either NOT checked out properly with enough field testing or checked for un-installation PRIOR to being released as a credible installable application on this forum.
If an application cannot be proved to be capable of un-installation COMPLETELY leaving the os EXACTLY as it was prior to installation then it is leading to a complete re-flash situation and should never be allowed as a credible application to start with.
These are my thoughts and i would love to read other people's thoughts regarding this.
I don't think that having to reflash is a fate worse than death. I don't think that hysterically exaggerating the dangers of applications that you haven't even named is particularly helpful. And we already have been warned into the ground that extras-devel programs might not be entirely safe.

I think that's enough warnings. I think that the real problem with reflashing is that it became harder with the N900 than it was with the N810 or the N800, which is dumb. It should have been made easier.
 

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