Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Progress GTA04 and Letux OS

[Andreas Kemnade]

On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:21:01 +
Neil Jerram  wrote:

> Hi Nikolaus,
> 
> Thanks for the detailed instructions here.  I think they may have worked 
> for me, but am not sure - please see more inline below...
> 
> 
[...]

> Does the absence of a red screen mean that the flashing has previously 
> succeeded?
> 
Just check the versions!
U-Boot version
root@gta04:~# strings /dev/mtd1 | grep U-Boot.2
SPL:
strings /dev/mtd0 | grep U-Boot.SPL

Regards,
Andreas


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Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Progress GTA04 and Letux OS

[Andreas Kemnade]

Hi,

On Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:40:27 +0100
"H. Nikolaus Schaller"  wrote:

> Hi Thierry,
> 
> > Am 20.12.2017 um 09:23 schrieb tgrauss :
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you for the detailed information :)
> > 
> > You wrote about trying to compile qtmoko. I read some months ago that you 
> > had some success with it even if you didn't manage to fully compile it yet.
> >   
> Unfortunately such experiments take a lot of time blocking the host machine...
> So they must wait until nothing else is urgent. But when is this :)
> > Do you have a procedure (like below to install the Uboot) to be able to 
> > compile qtmoko like you did and so that we can try to fix the last issues 
> > on it ?
> >   
> Well, my last attempt simply followed exactly what Radek described:
> 
> https://github.com/radekp/qtmoko/blob/master/README
> 
Ok, to avoid having too many idle cores here on christmas I started the
native build on my cubietruck on a ssd.

lets have a look whether the cubietruck can deliver a christmas
present...

Regards,
Andreas


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Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Progress GTA04 and Letux OS

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi Thierry,

> Am 20.12.2017 um 09:23 schrieb tgrauss :
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you for the detailed information :)
> 
> You wrote about trying to compile qtmoko. I read some months ago that you had 
> some success with it even if you didn't manage to fully compile it yet.
> 
Unfortunately such experiments take a lot of time blocking the host machine...
So they must wait until nothing else is urgent. But when is this :)
> Do you have a procedure (like below to install the Uboot) to be able to 
> compile qtmoko like you did and so that we can try to fix the last issues on 
> it ?
> 
Well, my last attempt simply followed exactly what Radek described:

https://github.com/radekp/qtmoko/blob/master/README

There are also some scripts which tryto automate this prosa description, but I 
am not sure if they represent the last attempt:

http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-qtmoko.git;a=tree;f=goldelico;h=adbafe59ea1043c735bb85ec6dd1f77e2831b5a0;hb=166b3bcf5d53589a2c00752df7e10e54709551fe

If I remember correctly, build failed because of two issues:
* mounting loopback multiple times didn't work properly on my host (an i386 
Debian inside Virtual Box)
* the download of the required/assumed cross-gcc did not work (version is no 
longer available in embedian and I am not sure if/how it can be built from 
sources)
> I would love to be able to use it as my daily phone :)
> 
Me too!

BR,
Nikolaus

> 
> Many thanks
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
> Thierry
> 
> Le 2017-12-19 20:40, H. Nikolaus Schaller a écrit :
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>>> Am 19.12.2017 um 18:51 schrieb Neil Jerram >> >:
>>> 
>>> On 19/12/17 09:57, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
 
 What you should do: update your U-Boot in NAND.
 
 To do this, use makesd gta04 / makesd gta04a5 to format
 a "production image" SD card (dual partition). Insert
 into your GTA04, press the AUX button and insert the
 battery. This will flash the new U-Boot into NAND
 (red screen) and from that moment on you have this new
 feature in your U-Boot and can use the SD card for other
 things.
>>> 
>>> Please could give us a reference to more detailed instructions for doing 
>>> this?  I'm sorry, it's a while now since I last worked on my GTA04, but I 
>>> am very interested to get this improvement in place, so many thanks to you 
>>> and Andreas.
>> 
>> Ok, let's try (I hope I did not forget anything):
>> 
>> 1. get an µSD card yo do not need otherwise with at least 2GB
>> 2. plug into some SD card reader on a Linux host
>>a recent Debian or Ubuntu is recommended
>>It could even be the GTA04 if you manage to connect the SD reader through 
>> OTG and set up WLAN
>>I currently use the OMAP5432EVM with Letux-OS
>> 3. find out which device name the SD card has (usually something like 
>> /dev/sdb)
>> 4. follow instructions at http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-makesd/ 
>> 
>> 
>> wget -O makesd 
>> "http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-makesd.git;a=blob_plain;hb=HEAD;f=makesd 
>> "
>> chmod +x makesd
>> 
>> 5. run (change /dev/sdb to your SD card reader if needed) as root
>> 
>> DEV=/dev/sdb makesd gta04
>> 
>>or
>> 
>> DEV=/dev/sdb makesd gta04a5
>> 
>> 6. Insert µSD into your GTA04
>> 7. press the AUX button and keep pressed
>> 8. insert the battery (well, it should have been charged a little before)
>> 9. GTA04 should boot and the screen should turn red after some seconds
>> 10. take out battery and install your old µSD card (if you had one)
>> 11. boot as usual
>> 12. wipe out the µSD for reflashing if you do not want to store it
>> 
>> If anything fails, please cry for help :)
>> 
>> BR and good luck,
>> Nikolaus
>> 
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Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Progress GTA04 and Letux OS

[tgrauss]

Hello, 

Thank you for the detailed information :) 

You wrote about trying to compile qtmoko. I read some months ago that
you had some success with it even if you didn't manage to fully compile
it yet. 

Do you have a procedure (like below to install the Uboot) to be able to
compile qtmoko like you did and so that we can try to fix the last
issues on it ? I would love to be able to use it as my daily phone :) 

Many thanks 

Regards 

Thierry 

Le 2017-12-19 20:40, H. Nikolaus Schaller a écrit :

> Hi,
> 
> Am 19.12.2017 um 18:51 schrieb Neil Jerram :
> 
> On 19/12/17 09:57, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: What you should do: update 
> your U-Boot in NAND.
> 
> To do this, use makesd gta04 / makesd gta04a5 to format
> a "production image" SD card (dual partition). Insert
> into your GTA04, press the AUX button and insert the
> battery. This will flash the new U-Boot into NAND
> (red screen) and from that moment on you have this new
> feature in your U-Boot and can use the SD card for other
> things. 
> Please could give us a reference to more detailed instructions for doing 
> this?  I'm sorry, it's a while now since I last worked on my GTA04, but I am 
> very interested to get this improvement in place, so many thanks to you and 
> Andreas.

Ok, let's try (I hope I did not forget anything):

1. get an µSD card yo do not need otherwise with at least 2GB
2. plug into some SD card reader on a Linux host
   a recent Debian or Ubuntu is recommended
   It could even be the GTA04 if you manage to connect the SD reader
through OTG and set up WLAN
   I currently use the OMAP5432EVM with Letux-OS
3. find out which device name the SD card has (usually something like
/dev/sdb)
4. follow instructions at http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-makesd/

wget -O makesd
"http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-makesd.git;a=blob_plain;hb=HEAD;f=makesd;
chmod +x makesd

5. run (change /dev/sdb to your SD card reader if needed) as root

DEV=/dev/sdb makesd gta04

   or

DEV=/dev/sdb makesd gta04a5

6. Insert µSD into your GTA04
7. press the AUX button and keep pressed
8. insert the battery (well, it should have been charged a little
before)
9. GTA04 should boot and the screen should turn red after some seconds
10. take out battery and install your old µSD card (if you had one)
11. boot as usual
12. wipe out the µSD for reflashing if you do not want to store it

If anything fails, please cry for help :)

BR and good luck,
Nikolaus

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Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Progress GTA04 and Letux OS

[H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi,

> Am 19.12.2017 um 18:51 schrieb Neil Jerram :
> 
> On 19/12/17 09:57, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>> What you should do: update your U-Boot in NAND.
>> 
>> To do this, use makesd gta04 / makesd gta04a5 to format
>> a "production image" SD card (dual partition). Insert
>> into your GTA04, press the AUX button and insert the
>> battery. This will flash the new U-Boot into NAND
>> (red screen) and from that moment on you have this new
>> feature in your U-Boot and can use the SD card for other
>> things.
> 
> Please could give us a reference to more detailed instructions for doing 
> this?  I'm sorry, it's a while now since I last worked on my GTA04, but I am 
> very interested to get this improvement in place, so many thanks to you and 
> Andreas.

Ok, let's try (I hope I did not forget anything):

1. get an µSD card yo do not need otherwise with at least 2GB
2. plug into some SD card reader on a Linux host
   a recent Debian or Ubuntu is recommended
   It could even be the GTA04 if you manage to connect the SD reader through 
OTG and set up WLAN
   I currently use the OMAP5432EVM with Letux-OS
3. find out which device name the SD card has (usually something like /dev/sdb)
4. follow instructions at http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-makesd/

wget -O makesd 
"http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-makesd.git;a=blob_plain;hb=HEAD;f=makesd;
chmod +x makesd

5. run (change /dev/sdb to your SD card reader if needed) as root

DEV=/dev/sdb makesd gta04

   or

DEV=/dev/sdb makesd gta04a5

6. Insert µSD into your GTA04
7. press the AUX button and keep pressed
8. insert the battery (well, it should have been charged a little before)
9. GTA04 should boot and the screen should turn red after some seconds
10. take out battery and install your old µSD card (if you had one)
11. boot as usual
12. wipe out the µSD for reflashing if you do not want to store it

If anything fails, please cry for help :)

BR and good luck,
Nikolaus

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Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Progress GTA04 and Letux OS

[Neil Jerram]

On 19/12/17 09:57, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:

What you should do: update your U-Boot in NAND.

To do this, use makesd gta04 / makesd gta04a5 to format
a "production image" SD card (dual partition). Insert
into your GTA04, press the AUX button and insert the
battery. This will flash the new U-Boot into NAND
(red screen) and from that moment on you have this new
feature in your U-Boot and can use the SD card for other
things.


Please could give us a reference to more detailed instructions for doing 
this?  I'm sorry, it's a while now since I last worked on my GTA04, but 
I am very interested to get this improvement in place, so many thanks to 
you and Andreas.


Best wishes - Neil

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