Re: What is flash?

2008-07-22 Thread Matt Emson
Karl Kobel wrote: > Yes, I see now... > > "I here alot about flash what is it?" > > I assumed he was refering to 'flash', the noun. > > > "Did you try to flash the 770 again?" > > Andre was referring to 'flash', the verb. > I haven't been reading all the threads that Jeff posted, but to be hon

Re: What is flash?

2008-07-22 Thread rob
Karl got NAND and NOR swapped (read at the bottom). "Flashing your n810" means that the NAND flash will be erased and new software version will be downloaded to your device and stored in the NAND flash. So if you flash your n810 (or n800 or n770), all data is removed from flash and a brand

Re: What is flash?

2008-07-21 Thread Karl Kobel
Yes, I see now... "I here alot about flash what is it?" I assumed he was refering to 'flash', the noun. "Did you try to flash the 770 again?" Andre was referring to 'flash', the verb. Karl Mark Haury wrote: > Karl Kobel wrote: > >> Jeff Treague wrote: >> >> >>> I here alot abou

Re: What is flash?

2008-07-21 Thread Mark Haury
Karl Kobel wrote: > Jeff Treague wrote: > >> I here alot about flash what is it? >> > Jeff, > > FLASH is a type of memory that retains its state until changed. One of > the characteristics of FLASH are that the bits can only be individually > programmed from the 1 state to a 0. In order t

Re: What is flash?

2008-07-21 Thread Karl Kobel
Jeff, FLASH is a type of memory that retains its state until changed. One of the characteristics of FLASH are that the bits can only be individually programmed from the 1 state to a 0. In order to get the state back to 1, it must be 'erased' in big chunks. Within the category of FLASH, there a

What is flash?

2008-07-21 Thread Jeff Treague
I here alot about flash what is it? ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users