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Re:Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you u... by grishka on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @04:06PM (#28294232)
But it still contains a cellular modem and a wifi module, both of which run proprietary firmwares.
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Re:Samsung kills the cameras on the Galaxy Z Fold 3 if you u... by teddyh on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @07:54AM (#28300464)
But, crucially, they both run externally to the CPU and main system, and can not affect it in any way. It’s just as if they had put the firmware on a ROM chip beside the modem and wifi chip.
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