[Discuss] OT: a Noplan Phone?

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 11:19:48AM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote:
> In principle, OS updates can be coped to a micro SD card and loaded
> by the SPL.  In practice, it depends on whether or not the carrier
> provides updates for a device as out of band downloads and whether
> or not the carrier has crippled the SPL on that device.  And, of
> course, whether or not the device has a micro SD slot.  If any of
> these are "not" then you're stuck with OTA updates which do require
> active subscriptions.

If you choose a device which is supported by a non-stock ROM,
like CyanogenMod, and it does not have a microSD slot, then it
can be updated via the USB port.

-dsr-