Samsung Blu-ray players bricked because of an XML config file

Re:Samsung Blu-ray players bricked because of an XML config ... by catalogia on Saturday July 18, 2020 @03:19PM (#23884014)

> Does it revert the firmware to whatever it was shipped with (bugs and all)? Some vendors do, but most vendors do not.

I think if it doesn't revert to the firmware it had when shipped by the factory, it shouldn't be considered a factory reset.

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Re:Samsung Blu-ray players bricked because of an XML config ... by richarme on Saturday July 18, 2020 @05:35PM (#23885050)

Just a guess, but I would assume the term factory reset referred to clearing user settings before devices commonly had firmware update capabilities. So the legacy name should not be used to imply how the function should work in relation to firmware downgrade.

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Re:Samsung Blu-ray players bricked because of an XML config ... by catalogia on Sunday July 19, 2020 @03:23AM (#23887638)

It should restore all writable storage to factory configuration. It shouldn't matter a whit whether that storage has code or config on it.

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Re:Samsung Blu-ray players bricked because of an XML config ... by fomine3 on Monday July 20, 2020 @09:35PM (#23903595)

Who pays for more EEPROM/Flash capacity to save factory firmware?

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