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		JoshTriplett 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware upd... The problem comes in if that old firmware has security holes, particularly if the device is network-connected.

bmandale 10 months ago [–]

The reset would be done physically. If there was some danger of the device being exploited after being reset, advice could be included for those performing the reset to prevent this. For example, to not connect it to a network and to manually perform an update to the latest version with some physical media.

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