From acf7e1cad7e7a5532c9bd1dee61ae6bd2b20ce7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pali Rohár Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 14:10:54 +0200 Subject: README: Update info --- README | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 597a243..8bbecca 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -10,10 +10,17 @@ _/ ___|_.|__| '` -The 'Open Free Fiasco Firmware Flasher' aka 0xFFFF utility implements a free -(under the GPLv3 license) userspace handler for the NOLO bootloader and -extended features for flashing, dumping and getting information for the -Nokia Internet Tablets. +0xFFFF is Open Free Fiasco Firmware Flasher for Maemo devices. It support +generating and unpacking FIASCO images on local computer. Useful for editing +Maemo firmware package for future flash. It support via USB flashing any image +type to Maemo device and also \"cold\" flashing which means flashing dead device +with erased bootloader. There is support for booting kernel via USB without +flashing to NAND and also changing configuration of Maemo device (enable/disable +R&D mode, changing HW revision strings, ...). + +0xFFFF is alternative tool to proprietary Nokia flasher-3.5 and fiasco-gen. +0xFFFF generate compatible FIASCO images and also accept FIASCO images generated +by Nokia fiasco-gen. Use it with CARE. This is an experimental tool and it can brick your device. It's not suposed to be stable, so nokia will probably release incompatible -- cgit v1.2.3