On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Adam Jimerson wrote: > > I got it to show up and I started to back it up but the phone shut off > > for being in NOR boot for about 30 minutes, the Freerunner is the only > > USB device connected to my computer and I did try other ports before > > getting it to work. > > > I think this can be distro related as I've never had issues, even with > many devices connected to usb. I use archlinux. > > When you say 'backup', if you mean you were backing up the existing > flash then I wouldn't bother, especially if it's not working properly > anyway. > > Flashing the FR should only take ~10min. The u-boot timeout only applies > when idle, so make sure your battery is well charged. > > When I have had issues, it has related to the usb cable, so maybe try > another. Also, it may be worth identifying the ID of the FR and > submitting it to dfu-util. > > Outside of that, maybe try a different version of dfu-util. > > Good luck. > > Sarton > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
It was mostly the version of dfu-util that I was using, I installed it from my distro's repo and there was a new version packaged after I installed it. After upgrading that it seems I just need to wait a couple of seconds after connecting the usb cable before running dfu-util, by doing that it works on ether the first or second try.
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