sweenish
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- May 21, 2013
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Perhaps I am an idiot. I already tried this weeks ago, and failed. However, I don't consider myself an idiot. Perhaps you do.
Setting this is up is in my opinion tricky, esp. considering some people recommend not using Google's own drivers. I guess you missed this, but I had already posted this in this thread weeks ago.
Yes, I agree with you that the OTA process is stupid. However, as should be obvious from my several posts that I disagree with you that it should be something every poster on this forum should be able to do manually and shouldn't complain about it. I will also reiterate that your arguments sound just like the 2004 Linux-on-the-desktop arguments.
Back in that period I said that Linux on the desktop was not for the mainstream, and was a problem for even advanced amateurs, given numerous installation and compatibility issues on lots of equipment. The Lotd types would then proceed to give long-winded instructions that might solve the problems, using 3rd party drivers downloaded from who knows where, and then criticize anyone who complained they were not successful with the Linux install.
For the nth time, I'm talking specifically about people posting in this thread and whining.
I've struggled with Linux before *buntu, I know what that was like. I'm not a *nix evangelist. But these tools are not that complicated to use. They simply aren't. If you had issues, it was either a bad driver install or a bad download. The process automates itself. You literally tell the phone to reboot and then tell it to install the update. It's not nearly as bad as the crazy terminal commands you were supposed to use where you had be able to tell the difference between 1, l, I, and |.
The driver, as has been said so many times, can be tricky. This is because Google's driver will require crazy steps and manual editing to work. That's why I don't recommend it. The naked driver will work out of the box, there are just a couple extra steps that have to be taken to install it. Those steps are not complicated, at least not in Windows 7 and 8. It's true that you can run into a cluster if you had installed Google's drivers before, but there are easy to use tools to make sure you completely remove Google's drivers.
But it's not even that bad with how prolific step by step guides are for this exact procedure. That's a big difference in you comparison to Linux evangelists of a decade ago. The quality of instruction has improved drastically since then, and unlike diving in the deep end in Linux, the worst that happens is it does not work. As opposed to hosing your entire system.
Whether you think it's super tricky or not is your opinion, and I won't try to sway you otherwise. I gave the caveat because it's more than just a double click. I personally don't think the process is that bad. It's also a one-time deal. Take the time to do it right the first time, and you're good to go every other time in the future.
At least you attempted to address my point. While still not actually addressing it. You also felt like giving background on why your ad hominem/red herring was supposedly justified. While it's still a logical fallacy, your reasoning points to why you would go there, at least.