> > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 08:28 -0800, vancel35 wrote: > > > Unfortunately I cannot get into the boot menu, and my desktop > > > computers don't see the FR. Not only that, but last night I tried > > > the 1 amp wall charger to see if the higher output would get it to > > > recognize the USB/power cable, and it didn't. > > >
This is probably a stupid question but have you tried removing the battery and leaving the FR unplugged for ~15 minutes and then see if you can get the NOR boot menu? I only ask because I've had a similar issue and this solved my problem. As far as the desktops not seeing the device via USB do you get any useful info from doing an lsusb or lsusb -vv as superuser ? What does ifconfig say ? I recommend trying this on both the FR and your desktop. Perhaps the device name is different from what it normally is. I use the following on my desktop to get networking up: ip addr add 192.168.0.200/24 dev eth4;iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -j MASQUERADE -s 192.168.0.0/24;sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 Your device may vary in the above example the FR is eth4. > > > The interesting thing about the USB port is that if I plug the > > > adapter into the FR while it's turned off, it recognizes the > > > connection and boots (as expected) but somewhere along the way the > > > USB port is completely disabled. I don't know if it's a mokonnect > > > failure or what, but something is completely hosed. So much that > > > I used to be able to take the battery out as long as it was > > > connected to the charger, but now it turns off as if it wasn't. > > > It sounds like the USB port is okay but since Qi doesn't initialize USB you have to rely on the kernel to do it and it sounds like your install isn't. > > > Would I be able to fix it if I had a debug board? > > > I don't see how NOR could be broken since this is an FR we're talking about. > > > I also need the buzz fix done on my phone, so if there were a US > > > company that I could send the phone to that would do that work, > > > maybe they could reinstall the bootloader so that I could at least > > > get to the boot menu. That's really all I need is to get to the > > > boot menu and I can do the rest from there. > > > I hope you get the issue resolved I have an A5 without the buzzfix and so far I haven't had any buzzfix related issues. Just some minor tweaks to the mic volume have sorted out the noise issues on SHR for me. > > > The FreeRunner was my first smart phone, and I've gotten used to > > > it. I don't want to tether myself to either Apple or Google, and > > > I definitely don't want a Microsoft smart phone, so that leaves > > > the FR, or some other smart phone that I haven't found yet. There's always the Nokia N900 which is really pricey but a very nice toy indeed. I'm a cheapskate but the friends I know that own the N900 are pretty happy with it so far. Good luck Laura ;-) Brian On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:55:34 +0800 William Kenworthy <[email protected]> wrote: > Why dont you reflash? (you do know that the FR has two boot options > for flashing - one being read only so it cant be easily trashed? - > see the wiki) > She can't reflash according to the original post. She hasn't been able to get the NOR boot menu to come up while pressing AUX. > Your description implies that the upgrade left you with a missmatched > kernel and modules, or no modules - can you flash your original kernel > back (you do keep backups/versions? :) > She apparently can boot into SHR but the only app that works is the terminal app. Since the USB device doesn't see either a charger or a USB cable connected to it she doesn't have too many options. > Put a distro on an SD card, boot and install the matching modules > package. > Trying an SD card install probably isn't a bad idea. I haven't successfully tried an SD card install myself but from what I've read Qi polls the SD card for a kernel first and this kernel can be skipped by holding AUX in to boot from the NAND install correct? > Just depends how much you lose with whats on the phone - easier just > to reflash and start again if nothing valuable. > > BillK > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
