[E3-hacking] E3 - can a daily reset keep video functionality free?

[Jonathan McDowell]

On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:50:23PM +0100, paul@gamma.sbrk.co.uk wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:44:22PM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:40:39PM +0100, paul@e3.sbrk.co.uk wrote:
> > > On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 11:35:20PM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> > > > You need to register the phone in order to be able to use it in the
> > > > first place, so you'd have to make a call after each reset anyway.
> 
> > > You don't have to register it as long as you can find an alternative
> > > server to download a configuration file from :)
>  
> > You still have to "register" and if you can fake the registration server
> > you can just fake the daily call as well.
> 
> Not really. Downloading the configuration file occurs before calling
> the registration .jsp. If the configuration file specifies that you
> don't need to register then so be it.

My point is that an initial call is required in order to obtain this
configuration file. Either you can fake this call, in which case you can
fake the nightly calls anyway, or you can't fake it, in which case you
still need to make the call every time you reset the device again I'd
have thought.

Or am I missing a third option?

J.

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