On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 22:49, ext Oskar Welzl wrote: > Hello, > I found references to my problem, but no explanation/solution so far. > What happened is that I successfully flashed my 1st 770 with > ./flasher -F Nokia_770_SE2005_3_2005_51_13.bin -f -R > > A few days later, I returned the unit and got a new one, which I > flashed, too. I had thought I had deleted the old > Nokia_770_SE2005_3_2005_51_13.bin-file, so I downloaded it a second time > and went through exactly the same procedure. It started fine, but > suddenly stopped with an error message: > usb_bulk_write: Broken pipe > > I started to sweat, literally, when this error message occurred after a > 2nd and 3rd try. What I found out then was that I'd kept the old file in > a different directory. I flashed the unit with the file I'd downloaded > only 2 days ago, and everything was fine. > > My questions are: > > A) If I hadnt kept the old file, which options are there? More > precicely: If flashing fails because of such an error, will there be any > chance to ever re-boot the device or give it one more try with a new > image after powering down? Is there something like a protected "BIOS" > that will always allow flashing, no matter how insanely broken the > current software is? Yes, I think so. It does not matter even if you flash a broken image -- you can always reflash. > B) Whats the reason for the "usb_bulk_write: Broken pipe"-error? Is > there something wrong with the flasher? With the USB-setup on my > Linux-PC? With the image I'm trying to transfer? Unfortunately I deleted > the seemingly "broken" image file so I would never touch it again by > mistake; now I cant compare it to the one that worked. I remember them > being equal in size, but I was always told its not size that matters ;-) At least I heard that flashing using USB hub in the middle was not possible, so maybe this error case because of that? BR; Kimmo > > > Help is appreciated, because this experience really keeps me from even > thinking of upgrading to some new software release. :( > > Thx, > Oskar > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
