| Oksana | brolin_empey: No, it turned out that Sailfish OS GUI made it way too easy for me to format internal Pro1 partitions, thus rendering it unbootable. With "Factory Reset Tool" by tdm, I was able to re-flash said partitions (bootloader, firmware...), and Pro1 booted into Sailfish OS just fine, no data lost. | 00:16 |
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| Oksana | Battery turned out to be 3% charged by then. | 00:17 |
| Oksana | In short: when using Sailfish OS (especially on Fxtec Pro1), don't format a partition just because GUI suggests to do so; it may be an internal partition of the device. | 00:18 |
| brolin_empey | Oksana: OK, glad that you resolved your problem even if Fxtec has not (yet) replied to you. | 00:47 |
| Oksana | brolin_empey: No idea what's happening with info@fxtec.com . I am just glad that Fxtec is so helpful in providing firmwares and everything. | 00:49 |
| brolin_empey | Oksana: OK. The plural of “firmware” is still “firmware”, or maybe “firmware” is an uncountable noun. | 05:38 |
| doppler | I've heard "software" pluralized | 05:47 |
| doppler | (I don't know if it's useful as a distinct plural, but ppl do it) | 05:48 |
| brolin_empey | doppler: Probably by non-native English speakers, like with “advices”. | 08:27 |
| Maxdamantus | If "firmware" is countable, its plural is "firmwares". If it's uncountable, it has no plural. | 09:04 |
| Maxdamantus | I feel like "firmware" is more likely to be used countably than "software". | 09:04 |
| Maxdamantus | ("a firmware" would be another use of it countably) | 09:05 |
| brolin_empey | Maxdamantus: “sheep” is a countable noun but the plural form is the same as the singular form. | 09:38 |
| Maxdamantus | brolin_empey: correct. | 09:39 |
| Maxdamantus | You only have singular/plural forms of countable nouns. | 09:40 |
| Maxdamantus | It doesn't make sense to have an uncountable noun and talk about its plural or singular forms, because there is no plural/singular form. | 09:40 |
| Maxdamantus | If you use "firmware" as a countable noun, it is unlike "sheep" in that its singular/plural forms are distinct. | 09:43 |
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