My new mobile

Linda Lind olindalind at gmail.com
Mon Dec 31 10:00:13 CET 2007


Wondeful!!!!!!
Thank you!
I do this next year!
Happy new year!!
//Linda****

2007/12/31, Peter Rasmussen <plr at udgaard.com>:
> Well, I thought I'd better see what the Qtopia image has to offer and
> actually, the latest release (27112007) seems to be the best working
> image yet, eg. voice _and_ SMS seems to work.
>
> The link to the archive file, Qtopia flash image for FIC Neo 1973,
> mentioned below is correct:
>
> http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=50
>
> Get that and save it on your computer. It should be:
> "qtopia-4.3.1-snapshot-1127.tgz"
>
> Unpack it with:
>
> tar zxvf qtopia-4.3.1-snapshot-1127.tgz
>
> This should make you have the following two files, ie. a kernel file and
> a rootfs file:
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 plr   1000 31956148 2007-11-27 06:55
> qtopia-rootfs.2-11270550.jffs2
> -rw-r--r-- 1 plr   1000  1538620 2007-11-10 20:57
> uImage-2.6.22.5-moko11+svnr3238-r7-neo1973.bin
>
> You already have a dfu-util utility, and I hope the one you have, work
> with these files. I believe I have encountered situations where a rootfs
> file wasn't compatible with the dfu-util at hand. I used the following
> this time, and it seemed to work:
>
> http://buildhost.automated.it/OM2007.2/dfu-util
>
> Ensuring that you have:
>
> 1. The necessary permissions
> 2. dfu-util is executable
> 3. Your Neo is in uboot mode
> 4. And a USB cable is connected between your computer and the Neo
> 5. Realize that the following is low-level stuff and doing something
> wrong may brick your Neo
>
> execute the following from a command line:
>
>      cu -l /dev/ttyACM0
>
> Which should get you the following:
>
>     Connected.
>     In:    usbtty
>     Out:   usbtty
>     Err:   usbtty
>     GTA01Bv4 # DEVICE_CONFIGURED: 1
>     Enabling automatic fast charge
>
> Press <Enter> and you should get:
>
>     GTA01Bv4 #
>
> At that prompt type:
>
>     nand erase rootfs
>
> and the <Enter> key, which should get you:
>
>     NAND erase: device 0 offset 0x2e4000, size 0x3d1c000
>     OK
>     GTA01Bv4 #
>
> At that prompt don't press anything else, but:
>
> ~.
>
> and the <Enter> key, which should disconnect you from the bootloader.
>
> Incidentally, what version of uboot are you running? It is the long
> string appearing above "*** BOOT MENU ***" while in uboot mode that
> tells you the uboot version and release name.
>
> Now, from the computer prompt, execute the following:
>
> ./dfu-util  -a kernel -R -D uImage-2.6.22.5-moko11+svnr3238-r7-neo1973.bin
>
> which should get you the following, and it should only take a few
> seconds to finish:
>
> dfu-util - (C) 2007 by OpenMoko Inc.
> This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
>
> Opening USB Device 0x0000:0x0000...
> Claiming USB DFU Runtime Interface...
> Determining device status: state = appIDLE, status = 0
> Device really in Runtime Mode, send DFU detach request...
> Resetting USB...
> Opening USB Device...
> Found Runtime: [0x1457:0x5119] devnum=3, cfg=0, intf=0, alt=3, name="kernel"
> Claiming USB DFU Interface...
> Setting Alternate Setting ...
> Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
> dfuIDLE, continuing
> Transfer Size = 0x1000
> bytes_per_hash=30772
> Starting download: [##################################################]
> finished!
> state(2) = dfuIDLE, status(0) = No error condition is present
> Done!
> Resetting USB to switch back to runtime mode
>
> After that, execute the following:
>
> ./dfu-util -a rootfs -R -D qtopia-rootfs.2-11270550.jffs2
>
> which should get you the following, and it should take between 5-10min
> to finish:
>
> dfu-util - (C) 2007 by OpenMoko Inc.
> This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
>
> Opening USB Device 0x0000:0x0000...
> Claiming USB DFU Runtime Interface...
> Determining device status: state = appIDLE, status = 0
> Device really in Runtime Mode, send DFU detach request...
> Resetting USB...
> Opening USB Device...
> Found Runtime: [0x1457:0x5119] devnum=5, cfg=0, intf=0, alt=5, name="rootfs"
> Claiming USB DFU Interface...
> Setting Alternate Setting ...
> Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
> dfuIDLE, continuing
> Transfer Size = 0x1000
> bytes_per_hash=639122
> Starting download: [##################################################]
> finished!
> state(2) = dfuIDLE, status(0) = No error condition is present
> Done!
> Resetting USB to switch back to runtime mode
>
> In both cases, some text on your Neo should appear, indicating that the
> kernel or the rootfs are being downloaded.
>
> After this, the Neo should be able to boot, and depending on how you
> have your boot menu set up, choose "Boot" or perhaps "Boot from NAND".
> The method described above in any case puts the software on the NAND
> flash, and not on an SD card, if you have that installed.
>
> I hope this was useful, but if not, it was at least a long description :-)
>
> In any case, I hope you and everyone else will have a great Neo Year!
>
> Peter
>
>
> Linda Lind wrote:
> > Thank you Andy!
> > That's what I want to do, but I dont understand how to start.
> > To get the system working on the computer.
> > I dont understand the instruktions in the wiki I need help with the
> > basic teknic to set up the dfu-util to work on my opensuse.
> > //Linda
> > 2007/12/30, andy selby <andyfrommk at googlemail.com>:
> >
> >>> Hi!
> >>> I need some help with my new mobile!
> >>> I dont understand where to start!
> >>> I run openSuse 10.2.
> >>> What am I supposed to install on my PC to get the option to connect to my neo?
> >>> Or how do I do to  install dfu-util?
> >>> Is there any simpel howto for a newbie?
> >>> Please help me!!!!
> >>> //Linda
> >>>
> >> Go to http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Flashing_openmoko and follow the
> >> instructions there.
> >> If your not a developer, just someone who wants a functional phone I
> >> would advise you to install qtopia on your neo
> >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Qtopia_on_Neo1973
> >> get the tarball from here
> >> http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/singlefile.php?lid=50 and
> >> unzip it to get the rootfs and kernel.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>


-- 
//Ola



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