RE: [iPAQ] bricked h5555 -- it finally woke up!

this is just a quick follow-up note to nils and the folks on the
ipaq_at_handhelds list:

i kept futzing around with the h5555 and it finally woke up. not sure what
did it, although the battery was evidently pretty low. once it's charged up
i'll make sure that all the aps are there, etc...

thanks for the help, and sorry for the bother. hopefully, i won't need to
bug you again.

best,
kenb

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Ken Brookner
kenb_at_brookner.com
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nils Faerber [mailto:nils_at_kernelconcepts.de]
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 3:14 PM
> To: Ken Brookner
> Cc: ipaq_at_handhelds.org
> Subject: Re: [iPAQ] bricked h5555
>
> Am Sonntag, den 20.02.2005, 14:33 -0800 schrieb Ken Brookner:
> > i had familiar 0.8.0 gpe running on my h5555, but needed to
> put wince back
> > on it. i had saved the wince and asset files before installation.
> > sending the wince_image.gz file back to the 5555, it was
> too large so
> > then
> > i:
> > dd bs=1k count=32256 if=wince_image of=root_image
>
> Uh... now you miss something, for sure!
>
> > gzipped -9 that and did another load root, and sent the
> root_image.
> > the ymodem transfer appeared to go fine, when it was time to boot
> > wince, the loader was no longer taking keystrokes. i let
> it sit for
> > half an hour just to be sure, still no response. i
> restarted the comm
> > ap--no response. then i tried to reset the h5555 with no result.
> > letting the battery sit out for half an hour and then
> trying a reset.. zip..
> >
> > so, i guess i bricked it, unless you have a nifty magic cookie
> > sequence i can try.
> >
> > is it time to have CRL restore it? how do i proceed?
>
> I do not think it is really bricked.
> I guess you ended up with a half restored WinCE image.
> The hh.org bootloader checks for the first few bytes to
> identify the image, finds a WinCE signature and simply tries
> to start it. WinCE will then recognise that it has been
> truncated (your dd) and sooner or later stumble.
> When hh.,org bootloader finds a WinCE partition it is not
> very talkative, i.e. it willnot say anything but silently
> boot the image.
>
> Try pressing the center button of the iPaq and the reset
> while holding down the center button. That at least helps
> with the H3xxx iPaqs to get back to the serial bootloader console.
>
> > thanks,
> > kenb
> CU
> nils faerber
>
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