On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:13 PM, bob <[email protected]> wrote: > On the recent x86 desktop processor, protected mode is used to ensure > processes don't jack with other processes' memory. How does Android > and the ARM processor typically handle this? >
This isn't really an arm thing, pretty much all processors have protected modes... What you're describing doesn't really have anything to do with android, but has to do with Linux itself (or any modern operating system). So the way that android handles you not being able to touch other people's processes, is to just use Linux. > One reason I'm wondering is because my VIZIO tablet got jacked up and > required a factory reset. I called VIZIO trying to figure out how > this happened. They claimed I probably downloaded a "bad app." I > don't see how the OS would permit a "bad app" to do that. > This sounds like a bogus explanation given because they couldn't think of a better reason. In this case, "you downloaded a bad app" is like saying "you got a virus." kris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
