[ocdtrekkie]

Note that it appears there is a 100 registration limit per Google account. And each factory reset changes the ID the phone is registered under. For a lot of ROM folks, this is probably not going to last very long.

[sesutton]

Is it possible to deactivate old IDs?

[Zak]

It is possible to set the ID manually. Titanium Backup does this, for example.

[paulie_a]

Previously they expired after 18-24 months, I am not sure if that is still true

It was annoying to have old dead devices still on my account with no way to remove them

[kuschku]

No – it’s 100 times of installing ROMs per lifetime, then you’re EOL.

[rorosaurus]

Wow, if that's true, that changes the whole tone of this. Hopefully this is just a temporary oversight, and Google allows the opportunity to delete and reuse these 100 slots.

[ocdtrekkie]

I suspect if they were intended to be "reusable slots", it would be a drastically smaller number, like... five.

[nstart]

Which is actually fine. 5 is restrictive but 15 is just fine.

[reaperducer]

Do people really install new ROMs on Android every 19 days for five years? Must be awesome to have that kind of free time.

[ocdtrekkie]

What is your reason for "five years"? And yes, Android ROM folks kinda shock me with how often they fiddle with their phones, and I also don't have time for that kind of business.

I suspect there'd be bursts of burning multiple in a single day, for what it's worth. People flashing a phone, realizing something isn't working after they set up their registration again, and having to flash again.

[reaperducer]

Five years because there was a link recently on HN that indicated that was the average length of time that the top-end Android phones get updates. It's the only metric I have seen regarding the useful life of an Android device.

[kuschku]

I’ve gone through 60 in one day when trying to work on a ROM, rebuilding, reflashing, and setting it back up again and again.

So, yes, people absolutely do.