[maemo-users] unable to get into flashing mode on N800

[From: Aniello Del Sorbo]

2009/3/6 Julius Szelagiewicz <julius at turtle.com>:
>
> On Fri, 6 Mar 2009, Aniello Del Sorbo wrote:
>
>> On 06/03/2009, Ryan Abel <rabelg5 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mar 6, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Aniello Del Sorbo wrote:
>> > > 2009/3/6 Ryan Abel <rabelg5 at gmail.com>:
>> > > > On Mar 6, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
>> > > > >      the subject line says it: I can't get my N800 into flashing mode
>> > > > > by holding down Home key when pressing power button. What are my
>> > > > > options
>> > > > > for reflashing the tablet?
>> > > >
>> > > > Is it plugged into USB (it wont enter "flashing mode" unless it's
>> > > > connected to USB)? If so, are you sure you have the right "Home" key
>> > > > (it's the one with the house on it)?
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > I usually use a different, easier, safer method:
>> > >
>> > > turn off the tablet,
>> > > disconnect it from the charger,
>> > > connect it to the PC via USB
>> > > run the flasher on the PC in root
>> > > connect the tablet to the charger.
>> > >
>> > > It will turn on in flash mode automatically.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >  It's actually not safer. The argument I've heard from Nokia engineers is
>> > that there's a chance that if the power goes out (charger unplugged, power
>> > outage, etc), that the flashing could fail, and if it fails while flashing
>> > NOLO . . . let's just say it's a good idea to stick to the Nokia-recommended
>> > procedure.
>> >
>>
>> of course you still need to have a fully charged battery in !
>> If the charger fails, then the battery kicks in automatically,
>> shouldn't it ?
>>
>> --
>> anidel
>>
> Aniello,
>        in my case your advice worked like a charm, as the suggested nokia
> way was not working. Everything went much better when I've run the flasher
> program on the same computer that the tablet was plugged into :-)
>        Thank you, julius
>

You're kidding me :)

-- 
anidel