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I updated the firmware for my Nokia 770 last night. I made sure to create a backup first, which took roughly a minute. First, as of this time, you must get the update from Nokia Europe. For whatever reason, the firmware can't be found on the American website. To download it, you need to enter in your devices MAC address located underneath the battery. You also need to download the Linux flasher. You need to turn the device off and unplug the power adapter and then plug it into your computer using a USB cable. Then you need to run the flasher:
brian@alpha:~/Nokia$ ls -al total 120608 drwxr-xr-x 2 brian brian 4096 2006-01-01 23:56 . drwxr-xr-x 73 brian brian 4096 2006-01-01 23:55 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 brian brian 645032 2006-01-01 23:54 flasher -rw-r--r-- 1 brian brian 60691661 2006-01-01 23:53 Nokia_770_0.2005.45-8.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 brian brian 62016973 2005-12-29 12:20 Nokia_770_SE2005_3_2005_51-13.bin brian@alpha:~/Nokia$ chmod +x flasher brian@alpha:~/Nokia$ ./flasher -F Nokia_770_SE2005_3_2005_51-13.bin -f -R Found image 2nd (length 8576) Found image secondary (length 79360) Found image xloader (length 13824) Found image initfs (length 1581824) Found image kernel (length 1481856) Found image rootfs (length 58851328) Suitable USB device not found, waiting USB device found found at bus 002, device address 002 Error claiming USB interface: Operation not permitted brian@alpha:~/Nokia$
When you get that Suitable USB device not found, waiting message, you need to either plug the power adapter in or turn the 770 on while holding the home button. However, I forgot to run the flasher as root, so I got the Error claiming USB interface: Operation not permitted message.
brian@alpha:~/Nokia$ sudo ./flasher -F Nokia_770_SE2005_3_2005_51-13.bin -f -R Password: Found image 2nd (length 8576) Found image secondary (length 79360) Found image xloader (length 13824) Found image initfs (length 1581824) Found image kernel (length 1481856) Found image rootfs (length 58851328) USB device found found at bus 002, device address 002 Found board Nokia 770 (F5) NOLO version 0.9.0 Sending X-Loader image (13 kB)... 100% (13 of 13 kB, avg. 750 kB/s) Sending secondary image (77 kB)... 100% (77 of 77 kB, avg. 945 kB/s) Flashing X-Loader... done. Sending kernel image (1447 kB)... 100% (1447 of 1447 kB, avg. 955 kB/s) Flashing kernel... done. Sending initfs image (1544 kB)... 100% (1544 of 1544 kB, avg. 996 kB/s) Flashing initfs... done. Sending and flashing rootfs image (57472 kB)... 100% (57472 of 57472 kB, avg. 754 kB/s) Finishing flashing... done brian@alpha:~/Nokia$
The 770 rebooted, I restored the backup and it work just fine.
But it can't replace my laptop, even with a bluetooth keyboard, so I'll be eBay'ing it today. While the 770 is portablilty in ways my laptop can only imagine, it cannot replace my laptop for Intarwebbing on the go and using my desktop computer as my main computer. I'll try using the Hipster PDA next.
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