The Settings application (masterClear.java) is doing nothing other
than calling the checkin service's masterClear method.  How does
masterClear get to the point of deleting the /data partition if
FallbackCheckinService's implementation of masterClear() is empty?

On Feb 5, 5:35 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote:
> This has nothing to do with hardware, it's for doing device checkins with a
> remote server.  This is used on the G1 to check in with Google servers to
> check for updates etc.  If you don't want such a feature, you don't need an
> implementation.
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Looking at the implementation of SystemServer and
> > FallbackCheckinService, it appears that the implementation of
> > masterClear() and each of the other methods in this service is just a
> > no-op.
>
> > Is each OEM expected to implement a custom version of this to
> > integrate with their specific hardware (aka a HAL interface)
>
> --
> Dianne Hackborn
> 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.
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