pHilipp Zabel wrote: > On 10/16/07, Brian Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Philipp >> >> pHilipp Zabel wrote: >>> On 10/16/07, Brian Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I'm trying to re-installed Mobile 5.0 to my hx4700. >>>> >>>> Currently the hx4700 has the SDG Systems (1.2.4.hx4700) bootloader in >>>> ROM, with GPE 2.7 Linux 2.6.16.hh2 - Familiar v 0.8.4. >>>> >>>> I believe I still have the original image created by dd back in 2006 >>>> which I have just restored, using dd, to a freshly formatted 1GB SD. >>>> >>>> When I try to execute s2d, minicom gives: >>>> >>>> " >>>> Welcome to minicom 2.2 >>>> >>>> OPTIONS: I18n >>>> Compiled on Nov 26 2006, 03:37:56. >>>> Port /dev/ttyUSB0 >>>> >>>> Press CTRL-A Z for help on special keys >>>> >>>> Invalid command : AT V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0 >>> That's ok. "AT V1 X4 &c1 E1 Q0" is what minicom sends to initialize >>> the modem on the other end (see minicom -s -> modem & dialing -> init >>> string), and the htc bootloader obviously doesn't understand AT >>> commands. >>> >>>> For a help screen, use command ? or h >>>> USB> >>>> " >>>> >>>> Entering the command s2d gives: >>>> >>>> " >>>> Invalid command : s2d >>>> For a help screen, use command ? or h >>>> " >>> And that's ok, too, because in the bootloader version shipped with the >>> hx4700, the s2d command is not implemented. The only way to put that >>> image back into flash is to put the SD card in and have the bootloader >>> recognize it automatically on startup (it says 'press power to flash' >>> or similar if the checksums are correct). >>> Or maybe soon with my small USB flashing tool >>> (http://www.linuxtogo.org/~ph5/htc-tools/), if somebody supplies the >>> hx4700 wince partition list for htc-flash.c and isn't afraid to test. >>> Patches welcome :) >>> >> OK. I started the SDG bootloader with Contacts, Inbox, and Reset. >> >> I get the SDG Systems Embedded Reflash Utility screen. Then "Can't read >> control file". Which is repeated when I press Record. >> >> So, the checksum is wrong? > > No no, if you want to flash an SD image that was created with d2s by > the _HTC_ bootloader, you also have to use the HTC bootloader to write > it back. Plug in the SD card, start the HTC loader with > <Contacts>+<iTask>+<Reset>, and if you are lucky and everything went > right during backup and restoration of the SD card image, it should be > recognized at this point. > > regards > Philipp
But, "<Contacts>+<iTask>+<Reset>" merely presents me with the Serial HP v1.01 screen, and then the iPAQ hangs ... (This is the sequence by which I got to the USB prompt, above ...) Cheers Brian _______________________________________________ Hx4700-port mailing list [email protected] https://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/hx4700-port
