OK, i will try it this evening (when my little kids are in bed and i can try it unhurriedly). I hope that i will report my success afterwards. Regards Christian Am Fr 20.01.2006 09:23 schrieb Karoliina.T.Salminen at nokia.com: > Hi, > > On a non-defect device you should have no problems. If you have a > broken > device, then you need > to get your device replaced because hacking its software should not > cause the hardware to fail, > gaining root / setting rd-mode etc. should not cause any problems for > the display as they have no direct connection with each other. If > someone has hardware problem, it is not necessarily > related to gaining root, it may be then just coincidental that it > appeared with the rd-mode > setting. > > Br, > Karoliina > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org > >[mailto:maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext Christian > >Lange > >Sent: 20 January, 2006 10:13 > >To: maemo-users > >Subject: RE: [maemo-users] risk of gain root on new devices > > > >Many thanks for the fast reply. I will study your blog. > > > >I stumbled on the following thread, so i thougt it would be > >better to ask first ... > > > >http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/2006-January/000474.html > > > >In the mentioned thread reflashing does not help. > > > >Regards > > > >Christian > > > > > > > >Am Fr 20.01.2006 08:58 schrieb Karoliina.T.Salminen at nokia.com: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am upgrading my device all the time to the latest release > >allthough > >> I am using a internal rootimage that has xterm already installed > >> and > >> gaining root haven't been a problem so far, it always works. > >We have 4 > >> of these devices in active use in our household (2 > >prototypes and two > >> final retail devices) and never encountered any problem you > >described. > >> Just follow the instructions, the worst you can end up is need to > >> reflash the device, but that you can do anyway assuming if you are > >> seeking for root. I have some additional instructions in my blog > >> allthough those are already covered in the maemo wiki > >nowadays (I just > >> checked what is told in maemo wiki and it seems to describe > >> everything). Have fun with root :). > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> Karoliina Salminen > >> http://www.karoliinasalminen.com/blog > >> > >> > >> > >> >-----Original Message----- > >> >From: maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org > >> >[mailto:maemo-users-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext Christian > >> >Lange > >> >Sent: 20 January, 2006 09:44 > >> >To: maemo-users > >> >Subject: Re: [maemo-users] risk of gain root on new devices > >> > > >> >Sorry, i was too fast. There were two lines missing ... > >> > > >> >> Hello, > >> >> > >> >> after wating about 5 weeks i now have my 770. I read that > >> >there might > >> >> be problems (hardware failure) when trying to become root > >> >> (http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowDoiBecomeRoot). > >> >> > >> >> I have firmware version 3.2005.51-13, now my question: > >> >> > >> >> Has anyone successfully become root as desribe in the wiki > >> > > >> >- with a new 770 (from January 2006) > >> > > >> >- with this firmware version: 3.2005.51-13 > >> > > >> >I don't want to risk to kill the 770 knowingly the existing > >problems. > >> >But: no root, no fun > >> > > >> >Regards > >> > > >> >Christian > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> maemo-users mailing list > >> >> maemo-users at maemo.org > >> >> https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >maemo-users mailing list > >> >maemo-users at maemo.org > >> >https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > >> > > > > > > >
