Seriously, this is all SO confusing (and always has been) for regular (i.e., Not dev) users. Regular users should never havek to visit a "download" page, let alone a wiki page if they don't want to.
A CD should be included in the device package that contains installable GUI "device management" apps for Linux, Windows, and Mac. These apps should have an auto-update preference (on launch, every week/month/whatever). The app should not only recognize the current device firmware version, but be able to download and install a new one if needed. It should also be able to perform the same bakup/restore functionality that the device does... I know you all have an iPhone/Pod or have used one before. All of this stuff should be brainless and require very little documentation at all. Especially, not documentation about a 770 flasher for Mac, when most new N900 users won't even know what "770" or "N8xx" (or even "WiMAX") means -- all of this is on the top of the wiki page. Anyway... Just my two cents. And, I know I'm jumping into this conversation late (or, early, if we start talking about Harmattan). Tim -- http://samoff.com ----- Original message ----- > Hi Jarmo, > > [email protected] wrote: > > The link to the flashers is still http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/d3.php > > which looks very similar to the maemo-dev-env-downloads.php page. > > > > [jot] This link is valid only for Nokia 770 users. N8x0 and N900 users will > > get their flasher-3.5 from official Maemo Development Environment Downloads > > page here http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php > > It's quite confusing them, since the link just says "Linux, MacOS X > flashers" > > > > The link to maemo-dev-env-downloads.php says "Maemo 4.1.2 Diablo kernel > > > patch and new kernel image for USB Networking on Windows, ver 0.4" - is > > > that correct? > > > > [jot] Yes this is correct and official Diablo fix for development > > environment. > > Diablo device kernel needs to be updated USB Networking to function with > > Windows host PC. This is generic bug in Linux kernel (version Diablo has by > > default) that got fixed to kernel upstream and that I back ported to Diablo. > > [jot] Fremantle version of kernel includes this fix by default. > > I think the link should include something about "Including utilities for > reflashing firmware" or something similar. > > > [jot] We should remove other than Nokia 770 flashers from that d3 page (and > > put them here http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/old-maemo-dev-env-downloads.php). > > At least change the link so that it says "Flashers for Nokia 770" > instead of just flashers? Perhaps organise the page so that all the N900 > stuff is up top, and the rest is underneath in a "Legacy firmare & > tools" section? > > Cheers, > Dave. > > -- > maemo.org docsmaster > Email: [email protected] > Jabber: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community
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