On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Dan Rossi <electroteque@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, this is my first post here, so bare with me. I'm a bit saddened by the > unmaintained state of the maemo operating system after for so long being > excited about a real linux phone. I am asking for help in regards to reflashing > the firmware to get back into a "locked" phone. My girlfriend accidently hit the > "lock screen and keys" button instead of the offline mode button which is > insanely placed between the secure device and lock screen and keys buttons. > This is a really bad place to be putting this for starters. The default lock code > 12345 does not work so we're stuck for solutions. I've done the same thing, and I agree about the placement. Luckily I never changed my code away from the default. Just for encouragement: flashing should let you into the phone again. It doesn't reset the code, but once you're back into your device, you can try to recover the lock code using this program: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=37808 > Trying to reflash the phone I get this error > > sudo flasher -F ARM.bin -f -R > flasher 3.11.5 (May 17 2011) Harmattan > > USB device found at bus 253, device address 4. > Device serial number is > Sending request 0x01 failed: Operation timed out > NOLO_REQ_GET_STATUS: Operation timed out > ERROR: Device status query failed > > I press the U button while plugging in the usb cable. > > Any ideas ? It looks like you're doing everything correctly. Be sure to run flasher before plugging in the N900. It will wait for you to plug it in. Normally, when everything is working, pressing U is not necessary, as N900 will detect flasher's commands and just start going. (Pressing U certainly doesn't hurt, though.) You might try enabling or disabling R&D mode with the flasher, and then trying to flash again after that. I've read reports in the past where people having flashing trouble were able to get it going again after issuing those commands. There is also the "cold flashing" technique, to replace the boot loader. (I have not personally tried it.) http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware/Cold_Flashing Good luck! _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
