Forwarded from Nicholas Magill
At least this proves 100% that Capricorn can boot kernel 4.4
Sophon
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I think like I omitted an explanation that can be useful to some: sdm850 is nearly a 1:1 sdm845 clone that supposedly differs only in extra frequency availability. This means that sdm845 will easily remain as the most available phone SoC that gets Windows driver support for the foreseeable future.
Forwarded from PINE64 News
DHL sent ALL PinePhones to New Zealand instead of their actual destinations. How this happened is beyond us. This is a massive blunder on their part, but ultimately I'm the one that gets to apologize - very sorry about this. It will take some week to sort this situation out.
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Speaker Deck
checkm30
Slides for MOSEC 2021
Tadi Channel
https://www.qualcomm.com/snapdragoninsiders/news-forums/get-ready-smartphone-snapdragon-insiders-designed-you-mind https://disqus.com/by/snapdragonchuck/about/
Don't stamp your logo on 1.5k USD device that doesn't let mere mortals unleash the hardware inside :/ Will you also break DSU?
A very detailed article on China's social credit system and its current state:
https://merics.org/en/report/chinas-social-credit-system-2021-fragmentation-towards-integration
https://merics.org/en/report/chinas-social-credit-system-2021-fragmentation-towards-integration
Merics
China’s Social Credit System in 2021: From fragmentation towards integration
Updated on May 9, 2022 , Key Findings The Social Credit System is part of Xi Jinping's vision for data-driven governance. Government organs across regions and administrative levels should join hands to create a coherent information ecosystem. Data-sharing…
Complete evil maid attack applicable on some sdm660 devices by utilizing bootloader flaws
https://i.blackhat.com/USA21/Wednesday-Handouts/us-21-Breaking-Secure-Bootloaders.pdf
https://i.blackhat.com/USA21/Wednesday-Handouts/us-21-Breaking-Secure-Bootloaders.pdf
Aaand on the same page, camera sensor vendor shows how the telephoto module scam works very often, resulting in meaningless increase of equivalent focal length with 0 beneficial optical changes https://d36ae2cxtn9mcr.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20093551/IMG04_CIS.png
Tadi Channel
Aaand on the same page, camera sensor vendor shows how the telephoto module scam works very often, resulting in meaningless increase of equivalent focal length with 0 beneficial optical changes https://d36ae2cxtn9mcr.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020…
It's sad that the telephoto module of MIX 4 (containing hi-847) employs this tactic. The periscopic build (utilizing a single prism) typically gets you around 15 mm of physical focal length, which is high for a thin smartphone body, and the results with a proper sensor are quite beautiful and don't look bad compared to typical main cameras. With a tiny sensor, they're getting a higher marketable zoom number on paper, while killing the usability.