Hi, ext jerry f stutte wrote: > Could someone offer a suggestion on how to recover from a bricked n800 > device after installing the maemo weather software found on the > //test.maemo.org/downloads page for the 2007. > > I should have realized that the software could be problematic, being > that I did see that it was reported several weeks ago, that others did > have problems, in one of the other postings. I decided to install the app > while visiting the page stated above and reading 2007 ready, I assumed > they had fixed the problem. > as a fix/attempt to recover > I did try using flasher-3.0 with the latest OS to recover, needless to > say I would not be writing the current message asking for help, if the > re-flashing with the latest OS had worked. > > I read some where on the site while working on a half dozen n770's over > the last year that it is possible to remove individual packages (apps) > from the OS build. > > However I believe that if I just flashed the latest OS on to the device > that the weather software should not have been placed on the n800. That > being said some info related to the weather app must have been left > behind, seeing that after reflashing, the n800 refused to boot to the > new OS. If the device turns itself off 6 secs after power-on, this is a known bug[1] which may happen after device has rebooted >10 times *in succession*. To get your device booting correctly, you need to set it to R&D mode (with flasher). After rebooting the device manually a few times, you might try turning the R&D mode off[2] and seeing whether the device now boots successfully in production mode. [1] Which will be fixed in the very soon to be released new image. [2] R&D mode does some things which are not suitable for everyday usage like disabling some checks at bootup and making power key to boot the device immediately (i.e. device can very easily boot in your pocket). - Eero
