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author | pancake <pancake@dazo> | 2008-03-07 00:20:45 +0100 |
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committer | pancake <pancake@dazo> | 2008-03-07 00:20:45 +0100 |
commit | edac98d26ee29bbdc3e16be8ecec5cbfff80482f (patch) | |
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parent | 83c25d7eb267f866968c7806c4afacf00fdfead5 (diff) | |
download | 0xFFFF-edac98d26ee29bbdc3e16be8ecec5cbfff80482f.tar.bz2 |
* Shift doc/faq to doc/faq20.3.9
* Add 'doc/faq' with most used commands
* -e can be used with -u to specify the path to extract the files
* Remove gui directory
- GUI source is in src/gui
- Incrusted inside the build and install targets
(ignores build and install errors)
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diff --git a/doc/faq2 b/doc/faq2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..29b45c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/faq2 @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +<b>FAQ</b> + +This file tries to collect a bunch of common questions/answers about flashing + + +<b>*) Why implement a free software flasher?</b> + + The Nokia Internet Tablets are based on Free Software (software libre), but + not everything included *is* free software, for instance, the firmware flasher + tool. + + The 0xFFFF project aims to feed the minds of those who really want to + understand how these gadgets work internally, free the knowledge to + avoid the restrictions and fill the lack of information on the most + important part of the system. + + That's it, now you can build and run this flasher on *BSD, w32, MacOSX on ARM, + powerpc, x86, mips, etc... + + +<b>*) Can I brick my device?</b> + + Of course! You're free to do what you want with your device :) + + Seriously. Flashing a device is not a safe thing, so I give no warranty + of what will happen to your device when using this tool. + + BTW, after a huge number of tests I can say that these devices are hard + to brick, but if you are scared about bricking your device you should + use the flasher provided by Nokia, it's better for your heart's health. + + +<b>*) What can I do with 0xFFFF?</b> + + Actually 0xFFFF allows you to: + + - flash separated pieces of the firmware. + - retrieve information about the device + - reboot de mother board + - extract the current firmware pieces from the device (reverse flash) + - set the USB host/slave mode + - set the R&R mode + - identify firmware pieces + + +<b>*) What is NOLO?</b> + + NOLO is the 'server-side' part of the flasher from Nokia. NOLO means + NOkia LOader and it's composed by two pieces of the firmware that are + flashed together. + + On the n800 firmwares, these two pieces are distributed in a single + file, but when flashing a n770, NOLO requires to provide the xloader + (without commiting) and then the secondary piece. + + This piece of software is closed source and is the responsable of + handling the requests from the client-side flasher. It provides a + query-like interface via usb control messages for doing different + actions on the device. + + +<b>*) How can I identify my device?</b> + + Theorically n770 and n800 have different USB device ID, but this is not + true at all. The first series of the n800 comes with the same usb-id + than n770. That's weird! + + So, the only way to identify the device is by asking nolo for the version + information of different pieces of the firmware. This can be faked, because + you can flash n770 stuff on n800 and viceversa, but it's not recommended + because it wouldn't work :) + + +<b>*) Can I unpack fiasco blobs?</b> + + Actually the fiasco format is not yet supported and not planned in + short term. There is no real need for supporting a proprietary + format image containing a proprietary system. + + We can just use tarballs containing the desired pieces. |