HP Inc. has failed to shunt aside claims in a lawsuit that it disables scanners and other functions on its multifunction printers whenever the ink runs low

HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on multifunction printers when ink runs low::HP Inc. has failed to shunt aside claims in a lawsuit that it disables scanners and other functions on its multifunction printers whenever the ink runs low

  • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    QC uses the firehose protocol to load software that early, but that’s a good overview

    The tools are generally available to flash, but manufacturers may not offer the next signed bootloader as something you can easily download (that one then implements fastboot)

    You also need some mechanism to force the PBL to jump to download mode instead of trying to load the next bootloader