On Friday 27 February 2009, Ingvaldur Sigurjonsson wrote: > Me too is in the same boat. > > After having the Freerunner laying around, untouched, for quite some > time I decided to give it a new chance so I started doing some upgrades. > > I also followed the wiki on flashing the GSM but I never got the > "(fluid, version 3) ok". > > Been trying with flashing different kernels/rootfs's to no avail. I cant > even get to the phone over USB anymore. Now the Phone is completely > bricked. > > Does anyone know how to unbrick the phone ? A method using debug board > maybe ?
What precisely do you mean by 'completely bricked'? You shouldn't be able to brick Freerunner without a debug board. The NOR uboot should always be available by pressing and holding Aux then pressing and holding Power when switching on. It has a short timeout so you will need to type quickly, or have the dfu-util command ready to run. Problems reported so far have all had a solution: * Having other dfu-capable usb devices plugged in may cause problems. Either unplug them or specify the usb id of the Freerunner in the dfu-util command. * remember to run dfu-util as root. * Using dfu-util as provided by their linux distro (ubuntu/fedora/whatever) may not work. Using the version supplied by openmoko works. * It may be unusually sensitive to dodgy USB cables. Changing cable may help. * Some people have to start uboot before connecting the USB cable. * It may work in some USB ports but not others. Try a different port. If you can't get to the NOR uboot then check your battery isn't flat. _______________________________________________ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support