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C1000/3x00 General discussions / C1000 Nand Woes (maybe)...

« on: September 10, 2007, 11:43:47 pm »

There is a flag in the DM menu that says something like Diagnostic Mode on (y/n) and it needs to be set to N. It probably has been changed to Y...
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Found the flag you are talking about - it's in the Extras menu and lists 'clear diag flag' and 'normal diag mode' for options. Bootflg : ---- is the current setting. With the Bootflg on Diag it will only boot to the diag mode.

With it set to ---- (or cleared as the case may be) it won't boot normally, won't boot to the reflashing menu - but it will boot to the D+M menu. I realize I said this in a somewhat confusing manner so I'll say it differently. Just hitting the power button does _not_ cause it to boot into the D+M menu (with the flag cleared)... it does nothing. As does the reset button/hold down the 'OK' button and trying to add power version of getting to the reflashing menu. The only method that will get life out of the little guy is holding down D+M as power is applied via AC Adapter. That's it. Not that it boots there regardless of what I try.

I hope that explains it better. Thanks for the hint though - it just isn't the case here.  

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / C1000 Nand Woes (maybe)...

« on: September 10, 2007, 08:22:45 pm »

Taking out the battery and putting it back in or hitting the reset switch should allow you to get out of the D+M menu.

Oh, I can get in and out of the D+M menu... but that's it. Hitting the reset switch gets it 'out' of the D+M menu - and seems to turn it off. Hitting the power button turns it off... and hitting it again causes it to power on to the D+M menu.

If you had erased your flash, you wouldn't be able to get to the D+M menu in the first place/get back to it. You'd have to use the Fn+D+M menu, so that's not an issue.
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Good to know. But the fact that the _only_ thing it will boot to is the D+M menu (not the reflashing menu or the regular boot up sequence) has me concerned.
Removing the battery, hitting the reset button, just plugging in the AC adapter with no battery, with a battery, etc. causes nothing to happen. No charge light, no booting, no menus other than the D+M menu can be gotten to.  

Any ideas ? Anybody ?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / C1000 Nand Woes (maybe)...

« on: September 10, 2007, 09:37:25 am »

OK, It looks like I may have messed something up and am I hoping someone can help me out here.


I went into the D+M menu to check for bad NAND blocks - after the test was done I went back to the menu page (using the cancel key to get there) and powered the unit off.

Now it will only power on to the D+M menu. Won't power on normally. Won't power on with the 'On' button held to try to reflash the ROM

Making a leap that somewhere stumbling through the menus I may have erased the NAND (although I didn't think I did) I went and downloaded NAND backups and restores.

I can't get any of them to work.

Trying the NAND update I get :

CF Update
---Found Orders ---
Error !!!

Using the NAND Backup Restore instructions from Trisoft (and the files) and putting them in Backup_Files folder on the CF card I simply get :

NAND Restore from CF

file : SYSTC100.DBK
not exist file

Anyone have an idea it won't work ?
Am I missing a step beyond having the file eith on the root of the CF card (or in the Backup_Files directory), powering on to the D+M menu and going to the correct menu choice and letting it rip ?

Is this simply a signal that the files aren't viable ?

Anyone have a NAND backup or full backup for a C1000 they would be willing to email me ?

Thanks in advance for any help that might get my C1000 back and running.

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For Sale / Wanted / C1000, Wifi And Other Stuff For Sale

« on: July 23, 2007, 09:26:59 am »

Well I've found that I'm using my C1000 less and less as I am sitting at a desk more and more (and my eyes are getting worse and worse...  )

So I've decided it's time to part with it.

C1000, Planex wifi, CompUSA usb ehternet, 2 AC adapters, all the port covers, spare screen protector and USB host cable. All in perfect shape. Screen is scratch free and no pixel problems.  Currently flashed with Cacko.
*edit* Ooops. A price would be good, wouldn't it ?
I'm looking to get $385 - but I'm willing to deal.  

Shipping inside the US would be $10 (UPS insured) outside the US at whatever USPS Priority Express & Insured would be. I can give you a quote if you'd like.

I can do PayPal without a problem, I'll take a money order as well.

If you have any questions - fire away. Thanks for looking.

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For Sale / Wanted / C3000, Case & Wifi Card For Sale

« on: May 28, 2007, 10:26:32 pm »

I have a well taken care of (looks virtually new) C3000, Wifi card and USB Ethernet adapter for sale.  Comes with a case, AC adapter, wifi card (Zoomax),  CDs, card slot (SD & CF) covers. C3000 is flashed with pdaxii13 and works great.

I left it here for a while, so since that didn't work I've listed it here :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...20493&rd=1&rd=1

NOTE ; The Nokia 770 sold already. Thanks Da_Blitz !
Thanks for looking !

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / C-1000... Blinking Battery Light

« on: May 17, 2007, 09:13:07 am »

Well after a few weeks of waiting  a Sharp original BL11 replacement battery came.

Everything works fine and dandy now. Hurray !

Thanks for the help everyone.

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Sharp ROMs / Cacko Rom 1.23 Is Released

« on: April 26, 2007, 09:17:36 am »

I have two zaurii, 5500 and c3000,  and I'm a big fan of the cacko rom.  However I'm feeling a bit abandoned with my c3000.  I read all the rave reviews of 1.23 on all the clamshells, old and new, and my 3000 goes without.  Any news on when we may see a release for the 3000?
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There is a Cacko version for the 3000 ! You can find it at :

[a href=\"http://bryandeluca.com/cacko/c3000/]http://bryandeluca.com/cacko/c3000/[/url]

It's beta. Can't ell you how well it works but you can find info there. And more Cacko info here :
http://www.tyrannozaurus.com/?q=cacko

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / C-1000... Blinking Battery Light

« on: April 05, 2007, 09:25:03 am »

1. Battery Voltage Adj
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Careful with this one! It sets the "high-water-mark" for charging to the *current* level of the battery. So if you select this with a half-full battery in the Z it will only ever charge the battery to half full from that point on. So do it with a full battery!

I think you can get the Z to charge beyond it if you leave it in the DM menu, although I'm not sure whether you risk overcharging then.
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Hmmm. So If I was looking between the 'Charge' menu, the Low Battery menu and the Batt Voltage Adjust menu and chose Adjust (but used Cancel to leave the menu) - it would set the 'high water mark' as the voltage the battery had at that time - or only if [HOME] or were picked (as listed in the 'Set Flash' option) ?

The battery (in 2 hours) had gotten up to a couple of volts - and then down to nothing after being out of the unit overnight - so it looks to me like the battery is dead and unable to hold a charge.

Guess I'll find out after I get the new one...

Thanks for all the help.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / C-1000... Blinking Battery Light

« on: April 04, 2007, 08:44:03 am »

Sorry I can't be more helpful, but hopefully this will be of some help (and possibly searching the forums will give you more useful advice)

Stu
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Sadly the forum search (and lack of finding anything about blinking battery lights) is what spawned the question.

Well, I currently have it on 'Full' charge - the blinking hasn't started and the battery voltage (as noted by one of the other menu options seems to be increasing. I guess I'll know what's up i a couple of hours...

If it looks like the battery won't charge - and the new one doesn't I guess it's time to see what else can be done.

Thanks to everybody for the help.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / C-1000... Blinking Battery Light

« on: April 03, 2007, 11:12:26 pm »

if you desolder the CPU, attach a PXA270 in circuit emulator and start from boot, where does it get stuck?

ok, only kidding.
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I've tried all the above. D+M, fn D+M, 'OK' plus On  with and without the battery (for all attempts) as well as trying all the same with the reset switch tripped as well. (sigh).
With the battery in the unit fails to come on. With the battery out the battery light just blinks.

I can't get my multimeter probes into the battery area so I couldn't tell you anything beyond that.

The owner of the C3000 is not keen on tossing his battery into the unit and seeing what happens as far as charging goes. It functions with it in there - but he doesn't want to run it don and see if it will charge. The 'bad' battery _does not_ charge in the 3000 either - so I'm guessing the battery is blown. Either used enough that it's dead or just gone.

For purposes of experimentation I've ordered a new generic cheap battery and will see how that works. (sigh) Now to wait the 2 weeks to get the battery.

Is the fuse easy to see when disassembled and easy to tell if it's blown ? I'd be willing to look as long as disassembly is pretty easy...

Any other ideas guys ?

WAIT !

>If you disconnect all power, take battery out, wait 10s, hold D+M and plug in the ac adapter, do >you get the D+M menu?

>Note: Don't put the battery back until after the D+M menu appears

>Stu

YES!    

I do get the menu... as stupid as this newbie question will sound... now what ?

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / C-1000... Blinking Battery Light

« on: April 02, 2007, 09:14:46 am »

if you disconnect all power, take power out, wait 10s, insert battery, flick the switch back, hold D+M and turn on, do you get the D+M menu?
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Nope. No luck with that or the 'on' and 'OK' buttons either. Or with trying the same with the reset switch either.


But it does function fine & dandy with the battery from a C3000 (same battery model). The battery does _not_ power on the C3000 and has the same effect (charges for a bit then starts blinking.) So it's not the unit - it must be the battery.

The question is - does the blinking light indicate just a bad battery ? Is there a way (short of buying a new battery and crossing fingers) to check the charging circuit ? I'd hate to get a new battery and then have a bad charging circuit just trash it...

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / C-1000... Blinking Battery Light

« on: April 01, 2007, 07:16:26 pm »

does the voltage on the battery change when the charger is plugged in?
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Since I don't have an external charger I can't read the voltage of the battery when it's in the C1000.  

Hence my hope that the behavior (charges OK for about 10 minutes but will not come on even if plugged into AC - battery light starts blinking about 10 minutes into charge and doesn't stop... unit does not turn on then either) would be indicative of a problem and hence an answer to fix it.

If that is the actions of a unit with a bad AC adapter, a bad charger circuit or a bad battery that would be great to know.

...otherwise... I've got a few questions out to see if anyone I know has an external charger to try out.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / C-1000... Blinking Battery Light

« on: April 01, 2007, 11:11:38 am »

oops, sorry to get off track.

do you have access to someone who's got an external charger, so you can try charging up the battery outside the Z?

do you have a multimeter and able to probe the battery contacts to see what the voltage is on and off charge? one can be bought for less than US$10 in RadioShack etc?
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No problem.  

I have a multimeter but no external charger.

The battery reads 4.2v and only 442Mah out of the Zaurus.

IS the battery just weak enough that it can't power the Z and the blinking light is saying 'bad battery ?'

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / C-1000... Blinking Battery Light

« on: April 01, 2007, 01:24:02 am »

OK -
I know this may see somewhat self-centered and leaking, frozen, memory hampered lithium ion batteries are an interesting topic but...

can anyone tell me wht the steady on for 10 minutes followed by blinking battery light _means_ ?

Did I get a bad battery ?  A bad unit ? what ?

Is ttere a way to fix it ?

sorry if I sound cranky - but having dropped the $325 for the unit I want to figure out what's up with the 'in perfect working order' Z I just got.

Thanks for any help

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / C-1000... Blinking Battery Light

« on: March 30, 2007, 10:53:00 pm »

Well - the freeze the battery trick didn't do anything.

It was worth a try since it  wasn't working anyway. Just a bummer since the person who sold it to me claimed it was 'in good working order' but didn't mention the battery was bad...

Anyone else have any ideas what the blinking battery light means ?  
 

I'm open to reasonable suggestions before I have to shell out a bunch of money to try another battery... even more important in case the charging circuitry is dead and all I'll be doing is wasting time, effort and money to destroy another battery...