Cool, this blows away any arguments about a 3rd party app making the phone completely unusable because a support desk can send the user into safe mode, uninstall the malicious app, then restart in normal mode.
Thanks for the pointer Romain. Al. P.S. It seems to be holding down the Menu key until the home/lock screen appears. -- * Looking for Android Apps? - Try http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 28 Apr 2010, at 07:54, Romain Guy wrote: >> As for handling the BOOT_COMPLETE situation, I've always felt there Android >> should have a last-resort safe mode, because, as has already been shown, an >> Android 'phone could become part of a bot-net using BOOT_COMPLETE & the >> internet permission, so the ability to boot the 'phone in manner that >> doesn't start any non-firmware apps would be useful. > > Good, because this feature already exists (since 1.0.) If you keep the > Home or Menu key pressed (I don't remember which one) during boot, > Android will not load any installed app, only the ones that are part > of the system image. > > -- > Romain Guy > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time > to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on > public forums, where I and others can see and answer them > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
