I am not a bot, OS36 is the ****ing Nspire OS 3.6 crap, and this ****ing board does not make it possible to attach files to posts. You suck.
https://tiplanet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=13212#p150195
So what would this file be? Is it a modified OS 3.6 or some tool to bypass TI's protection? Also most English Nspire users are on Omnimaga so I cross-posted this there in the OS 3.6 news. I would advise someone with multiple Nspires to test this first, though, in case (since you only have 1 post on both TI-Planet and Cemetech).
They appeared confused on TI-Planet, so we're not sure what to think about the post, really.
tifreak8x wrote:
They appeared confused on TI-Planet, so we're not sure what to think about the post, really.
Clearly this user has a strong opinion the TI-Nspire (and perhaps a rage problem, given that he or she feels so strongly that we suck for not wanting users to be able to upload arbitrary files to our forum). I would imagine he or she supports open operating systems, and while I understand the sentiment, I'd prefer a lot more detail about what he or she (or they?) dislike(s) about OS 3.6, and what the referenced TNS file actually does.
On the other hand, it's possible that when he said "you suck", that he was refering to OS 3.6, TI or the Nspire itself. Else, I agree with you, especially considering how large the file is. Even Omni wouldn't access files this large, even less from unknown community members.
As for OS 3.6, to clarify, here's what happened to sum things up:
Critor in Omni/TI-Planet news wrote:
This OS sets the minimum installable version to itself
(3.6.0.546) and thus forbids any possibility of going back to any prior version - which is actually counter-productive since several bugs were found in the recent releases that weren't there before, in versions that worked better….
The OS does include Boot2 3.2.4 for the TI-Nspire CX and Boot2 3.0.1 for the TI-Nspire ClickPad/TouchPad.
Let's note that there is a new quite evil protection. The OS installation files contain new ‘manifest' files with the signed list of all files included and their signatures ! As a result, it is impossible to make any changes to these files: they can not be deleted or replaced.
http://i.imgur.com/YDpA5wh.png
As a result, it becomes impossible to use our TNOC utility to remove the useless Boot2 in 99% of cases and furthermore harmful, as well as sample files.
This means in practice that if you install the OS 3.6, the available space on your TI-Nspire ClickPad / TouchPad, for example, will drop to 14.3 Mo, and the update to nLaunch-incompatible Boot2 is mandatory.
Remember that at the time of the OS 3.0, the update to the 3.0 boot2 could destroy your TI-Nspire ClickPad / TouchPad, and TNOC helped limiting damage and therefore the number of calculators exchange for Texas Instruments. Such an attack against the tool, ignoring the past, is not acceptable.
If you remove the Boot2 from the 3.6 OS file, the system will devilishly pretend to function normally at first. But after the first start, it will change the minimum installable version to 3.6.0.546 and will self-destruct, reporting a discrepency in the RS232 log visible here. You are now condemned to stay with an unusable calculator until you accept to install the original version of the file OS 3.6, now the only accepted version. :banghead:
http://i.imgur.com/eFUYFwK.png
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We therefore do not recommend installing the OS 3.6 if you've got a [b]monochrome TI-Nspire, or a TI-Nspire CX still running a nice 3.2.3 release or earlier. We may find a software-way to use the 3.6 OS in a controlled manner from these versions. But if the OS 3.6 is installed the normal way, that is to say, with all its protections, it will remain uncontrollable and going back will be very difficult because it will require external hardware, or may actually be impossible in the current state of our knowledge.
Source: (and downloads...)
http://tiplanet.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13206&lang=en
This happens only a month or so after new Nspire CX hardwares (revision J and K) that blocks the RS232/TTL adapter (useful to downgrade to OS 3.1) were discovered.
Ok it works, but only on TI-Nspire CX CAS, not on TI-Nspire CX (it just freezes).
Note that this is in no way a solution for TI-Nspire CX HW-J/K owners, as Nlaunch and Boot2 3.1 are required.
Give us a little time to think about this...
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