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		altfredd 67 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Helping Valve to power up Steam devices Android has entire API for handling driver failures: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/wifi/Wif... Hardware can have issues, but firmware and drivers usually work around those issues. When firmware and drivers crash, you get "masterpieces" like the one above.

david-gpu 67 days ago [–]

I used to write drivers for Qualcomm GPUs. I am speaking from years of experience here.

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