Neo Freerunner

[thomasg]

It's important to clean the Freerunner's NAND FLash before flashing kernel
and rootfs.
Otherwise it might run into unexpected and random behavior.
If you don't know, there's a description:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Nand_erase

Most people forget to do this, and the problems are gone after they do.

2008/6/16 Abel Chang <changzer at gmail.com>:

> I've run it with a Ubuntu live cd on my computer.
> these are the list of the files i've tried to flash via usb into my device:
>
> openmoko-devel-image-om-gta02.jffs2
> openmoko-qtopia-x11-image-om-gta02.tar
> uImage-2.6.24+git20080614-r0-om-gta02.bin
> uImage-om-gta02-latest.bin
>
> at some point, with one of these files that i can't remember which one was
> it, the device stoped  working,  and would not boot into the graphical
> environment.
> then, with one of the other files i listed above, the device  booted
> properly into a very different kernel. i'll attach to this email a picture
> of whats going on.
> in the future, i will try to keep a better record step by step of what i'm
> trying with the device.
> perhaps i'll look for help with the computer science or computer engineer
> department in my school.
>
> the reason i tried to change anything, was because when it came out of the
> box.
> the only applications available were: contacts, dialer, messages, console.
> and i wanted to have at least a clock or a calculator, or maybe a web
> browser working on it.
> is it possible for someone who dont know anything about programming, fix
> this by following a step by step tutorial?
>
> thank you for your help!
>
>
> 2008/6/16 Abel Chang <changzer at gmail.com>:
>
>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Andy Selby <andyfrommk at googlemail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > dear andy,
>>>
>>> > Best regard> nope, its actually the Freerunner.
>>> > i've bought it to use it in my graduation project, in industrial
>>> design.
>>> > mostly my job would be designing a sweet casing and perhaps a nice
>>> graphic
>>> > interface.
>>> > but since i dont know anything about programing, i'm a bit clueless of
>>> what
>>> > to do with it right now.
>>> >
>>> > thank you.
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Andy Selby <
>>> andyfrommk at googlemail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > A clueless industrial designer could use a little help here :)
>>> >> > I've just purchased a Neo Freerunner, and i think i've already
>>> messed it
>>> >> > up
>>> >> > a little bit.
>>> >>
>>> >> You've purchased what?, a neo freerunner?, I didn't know they were on
>>> >> sale yet, are you sure its not neo1973 (indicated by the neo1973 above
>>> >> the screen)
>>> >>
>>> >> > i tried to use some of the kernel files avaliable from
>>> >> >
>>> http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily/neo1973/deploy/glibc/images/neo1973/
>>> >> > and now my device doesnt seem to be working properly.
>>> >> > could anyone tell me which one is the latest working, and most
>>> reliable
>>> >> > version?
>>> >>
>>> >> If its  a neo1973 your best off getting one from here
>>> >> http://downloads.openmoko.org/recommended/
>>> >> or the qtopia release from here
>>> >> http://www.qtopia.net/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?lid=50
>>> >> that page is for the unstable ASU images if you want one get one that
>>> >> has gta01 in the file name
>>>
>>> Ahh.. This must be what steve meant when he said
>>> >I know some shipments (university customers) have
>>> > already landed.
>>> Please accept my apologies.
>>> Please explain the problem further, run us through step by step what
>>> you did and at what point it stopped working.
>>> Did you flash a rootfs (*.jffs2) to your device?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Abel Chang - 張東龍
>>
>> Graphic & Product Designer
>>
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>
>
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>
> Abel Chang - 張東龍
>
> Graphic & Product Designer
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