Author Topic: Full nand erase (Read 7688 times)

zbones · « **Reply #15 on:** March 13, 2004, 10:28:02 am »

I got my 512mb cf card for Â£50 on ebay. I did get a little lucky though

tobias · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2004, 02:25:36 pm »

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HI Guys !
Ringt now, the package is on its way to Hannover, to trisoft. The have a serial cable (and a JTAG-interface), and they were very nice at the phone, so we\'ll see.

I got a call this afternoon, my Z is alive !
Here is what they did:
erase the whole memory
restore the flash menu from a Lexar Professional 512 MB Compact Flash (using klaus weidener\'s emergency kit http://pocketworkstation.org/files/recover/ ) i tried this as well, using a noname-CF-card, maybe that was the problem
Nand restore to original state
Flash it with openzaurus
Ship it to me ;-)

zbones · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2004, 03:55:21 pm »

Excellent,
Too many times you hear of dead units. I am sure most of the time they are recovered one way or another but people don\'t allways post back to let you know.

So thanks for letting us know.

Peter

adrian · « **Reply #18 on:** March 29, 2004, 11:45:43 am »

Any ideas how did they \"erase the whole memory\" ?

Foxdie · « **Reply #19 on:** March 29, 2004, 11:52:13 am »

zbones, is there any small chance you can get to nottingham this weekend? I am going there on Saturday 3rd for my birthday party and I\'l be bringing my zaurus along with me.

I\'ve tried with 2 different 256MB CF cards now, and it fails both times. I don\'t know what the error is as I don\'t have a serial lead, nor do I know how to jerry rig one (sashz said it\'s not possible unless I have TTL to RS232 level converters).

zbones · « **Reply #20 on:** March 30, 2004, 02:53:46 pm »

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zbones, is there any small chance you can get to nottingham this weekend?

Not really, I have already planned my weekend.

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I am going there on Saturday 3rd for my birthday party

Spooky, it\'s mine on Friday

Expansys don\'t seem to sell them anymore either, they only have the sharp one at Â£50 which is a totally mad price.

I would post it to you, but I use it daily to sync to my nt4 box at work (no usb)

Foxdie · « **Reply #21 on:** March 30, 2004, 03:15:11 pm »

You\'re joking!!!

Although my party is on the 3rd my birthday is the second

zbones · « **Reply #22 on:** March 30, 2004, 07:20:21 pm »

Even more spooky, although I recon that I am a few years older :?

We also share a birthday with Siobhan Fahey from Bananarama/shakespears sister, but she is two years older than me.

That should be enough of a clue.

Foxdie · « **Reply #23 on:** March 31, 2004, 03:36:37 am »

Well, happy birthday for Friday

Abichai · « **Reply #24 on:** April 02, 2004, 10:42:06 am »

Tobias wrote:
\"Ringt now, the package is on its way to Hannover, to trisoft. The have a serial cable (and a JTAG-interface), and they were very nice at the phone, so we\'ll see.\"

Any news from the guys at trisoft? From what you say, I understand that a JTAG direct programming would always be possible whatever the brick state of the Zaurus. But isn\'t there some non-disclosure issue with Sharp to get the JTAG stuff?

Abichai · « **Reply #25 on:** April 02, 2004, 10:48:18 am »

Ooopps. sorry there.
I was a little too quick in posting my message before reading all the way through the topic.
Anyway, it would still be useful to know exactly what has been done to your Z:
What cable and software did they use, and what for?

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