New Version: 2014.0702 (EXTREMLY MINOR - SS410 USERS ONLY)

[Kevin Ouellet]

(09-22-2014 04:20 PM)debrouxl Wrote:  The Nspire's anti-downgrade protection is a concern even for calculators still equipped with OS 3.6.0.546/550: it forbids downgrading to OS 3.1.0.392, which is faster in some aspects
And hardware revision J or later Nspire CX calculators suck for user freedom.

That and since many young and impatient Nspire users will want to play Pokémon, then they will rush their downgrade, flashing or Ndless install without reading all instructions carefully and unlike with the TI-Z80 and 68K models, as well as HP and Casio models, the potential for permanently bricking their TI-Nspire CX is incredibly high. With a 83+, 89T, 9860G or to a lesser extent a PRIZM, all that can happen 99.9999% of the time is a RAM reset.

We can't really blame Ndless for the high Nspires failure rate in the last few years. It would probably not be online anymore if it was the case (at least until it's fixed). It's all TI's fault for forcing people to have to hack their calc that hard in order to run third-party software. Back in the days, there were not 10 threads a month on TI forums about bricked 84+ calculators. In fact, I sometimes wonder if some of the incidents involving Nspires failing lately aren't more because of hardware or software defect, especially the scrambled keypad controls issue.