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C1000/3x00 General discussions / C3100 Hdd Recovery

« on: September 21, 2007, 11:45:42 pm »

Thanks Trisoft! You guys rock!

One thing that I'd like to add is that along with the missing partitions on the hard drive that needed to be repaired (my fault), the CF card had a messed up partition table and would not only not mount itself, but kept my SD card from mounting as well (this is where I had all of the files needed to fix my HD stored). Removing the card fixed the problem.

Today I found the partition problem (BTW, the card would format just fine in linux and Windows). I deleted the partitions and recreated the one partition and formatted it. Seems to work just fine.

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Hardware Mods / Upgrading Your C*k

« on: January 26, 2007, 08:22:44 pm »

A how-to on getto BGA parts removal. Use at your own risk!

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?p...ame=WallabyJTAG


Edit:

And here's an interesting site (these pages deal with BGA rework):

http://www.solder.net/technical/bga.asp

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Sharp ROMs / Ipkg Questions...

« on: March 01, 2006, 10:03:25 pm »

Be sure to remove the error lines in your /usr/lib/ipkg/status file as well.

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...hing+went+wrong

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Hardware Mods / Professional Modding

« on: December 07, 2005, 10:47:09 pm »

the problem is the pricetag.
A modification in any means will need a new test for
CE/FCC conformity. All in all we're talking about roughly
>$2000 for a medium modification here.
This is OK for every new Zaurus model with a large
quantitiy to be sold, but nobody would pay it for a series
of 10 units.

///TRIsoft

Marc Stephan
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I'm sure that this will come as quite a shock to Xbox modders everywhere - I'd say that it would be a safe bet that *none* of the modchips have been tested for compliance.

And while the argument could be made that these devices are to be installed by the users, there are several sites that will install them for you.

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Hardware Mods / Professional Modding

« on: December 03, 2005, 01:18:17 am »

Aren't the Japanese Zaurus users tired of swapping out CF cards every time they want to use their Z to surf the net?
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From what I've heard, the Japanese don't use WiFi much at all (if any).


As for mods, the Newton community has done this for years (and still does!)

Maybe partner up with a company like J&K Sales (I have no affiliation with these folks, I'm just using them as an example).

[a href=\"http://www.jksalesinc.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=27]http://www.jksalesinc.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=27[/url]

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Software / Port Of An Open Source Bejeweled Clone

« on: November 05, 2005, 12:41:33 am »

Well, that's rather strange.  Without a Zaurus to fiddle around with myself, I'm not really sure what I can do.  I guess I'll do some Googling.

The only thing I can think of is that it might not like making a window that's larger than the screen (which would only happen on a 5x00 since it's still set up for the 320x320 of the Palm OS).  Which model are you running this on?
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It's a C860, I'll add that to my sig.


Did you look at this?

[a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=4841&hl=qpaintdevice]https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...hl=qpaintdevice[/url]

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Hardware Mods / Ram Upgrade

« on: November 03, 2005, 06:57:07 pm »

We're performing RAM upgrade on C7x0/C860 for some time now.
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Links?

What kind of links?

To pretty pictures of the process of course!

Maybe someplace I could send mine out to be upgraded?
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Well, Moscow, Russia
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As long as it comes back quickly it could be to the moon

But I could probably get it done here somewhat easier (I used to have friends in the stuffshop business, they would've done it for free. Sigh)

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6000 - Tosa / Replacing Headphone Jack?

« on: November 03, 2005, 06:50:48 pm »

Something you might try is to try to superglue the end of a toothpick to the stub of the jack and then pull it out with that.  Just be careful to use the minimum amount of superglue.
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no risk, no fun! your idea worked, thanks a lot!
was quick and easy, just put the tiniest amount possible on the tip of the pick.
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I'll be damned

I tried fooling around on mine and the amount of "pull" required was enormous (for its size). But mines' a virgin so it was bound to be tighter (I don't use the earjack, I prefer my iRiver for music and video).


How's it go? "Luck favors the brave"?

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Software / Port Of An Open Source Bejeweled Clone

« on: November 03, 2005, 06:45:05 pm »

Alright, I've recompiled it.  Hopefully this version will at least start.[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=101809\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Okay, I just downloaded it and tried to run it. It still gives me a "QPaintDevice: Must construct a QApplication before a QPaintDevice" error.

Would there be anything leftover from the previous attempt that might be messing things up?

FWIW, I'm running it in QKonsole.

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Hardware Mods / Ram Upgrade

« on: November 01, 2005, 08:57:36 pm »

We're performing RAM upgrade on C7x0/C860 for some time now.
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Links?

Maybe someplace I could send mine out to be upgraded?

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6000 - Tosa / Replacing Headphone Jack?

« on: November 01, 2005, 08:50:58 pm »

All I can think of is to open your Z up and try to push it out from the other end.

I'm not sure I would risk ruining my Z over it though.

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6000 - Tosa / Replacing Headphone Jack?

« on: November 01, 2005, 08:45:12 pm »

Something you might try is to try to superglue the end of a toothpick to the stub of the jack and then pull it out with that.  Just be careful to use the minimum amount of superglue.
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And when the superglue bleeds over into the socket, what then?

Probably not a good idea (not that I have any great ones myself).

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Software / Port Of An Open Source Bejeweled Clone

« on: November 01, 2005, 08:36:27 pm »

Well, that clarifies some things.  I guess I incorrectly assumed that most Zaurus users are comfortable with the command line.

Okay, so somehow I manage to get beyond the nearly insurmountable task of unpacking the tarball and here's what happened next (from my notes):

Download Gem Heist. Unpack it. "./gemheistarm" on the ever-tricky commandline returns:

No libSDL, abort.

Go find libSDL... Seems that onscripter-lib_20031201_arm.ipk is a good place to get it, download onscripter.

"ipkg install onscripter-lib_20031201_arm.ipk" bitches about me not being root. As root it bitches about feeds.

That's nothing compared to the way I bitch about it. It installs anyways. Hurray for ipkg...

Okay, so I'm ready to try again!  ./gemheistarm gives me:

"QPaintDevice: Must construct a QApplication before QPaintDevice" Aborted.

WTF??


Okay, so search the forums. So, into the search box goes:

"QPaintDevice: Must construct a QApplication before a QPaintDevice"


It returns:

"Sorry, but we did not find any matches to display. Try again and broaden your search crite..."

Searching for just "QPaintDevice" gets me to

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...hl=qpaintdevice

Which has the entire line just as I had originally asked for it. Déjà WTF?


So anyways, it seems that it's a rather trivial problem. As long as I recompile it. Groan...

So now I need to compile it? Anybody got links to a compiler? I'd hate to give up now that I'm so close to success...

Edit: A report on whether this works or not would still be much appreciated. 
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Be careful what you wish for

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Software / Port Of An Open Source Bejeweled Clone

« on: October 28, 2005, 06:51:21 pm »

Did I post this in the wrong place or something?  Is the problem that people don't know what to do with the file since it's not a pretty IPK?  Are people just not interested in new Zaurus games?
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That leads me to a question/request/complaint(?)

When I see a new program for the Z that I would like to try out, it usually ends up being for the ROM that I'm not currently using. That's not so bad, I don't expect people to cater to me.

But as a general rule, what stops me from even trying out new programs is that I usually end up with something that was never intended for my ROM in the first place (and therefore doesn't work).

So, what ROM does this work under and what libs will I need? (just libSDL?).


And, sincerely, many thanks for your efforts

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5x00 General discussions / Sl-5000 ?

« on: September 28, 2005, 09:51:26 pm »

Again, IIRC, the 5000D has 32mb, where as the 5500 has 64mb, other than that, I don't think there is any difference.
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That's quite a bit of difference, I'd send it back. And then wait until a cheap 5600 came around.