**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun Oct 27 02:59:58 2013 Oct 27 05:19:07 Hi !! Again i have a problem?? How to change the font in vkb?? Oct 27 05:19:40 *HELP* Oct 27 05:34:01 good morning everyone... Oct 27 05:34:06 is Doc here? Oct 27 05:34:51 hello Oct 27 05:36:28 Gud mrng Oct 27 05:52:04 trying to flash n900 Oct 27 05:52:22 suitable USB device not found... Oct 27 05:52:23 ???? Oct 27 05:54:50 Windows?? Oct 27 05:55:43 Instlled libusb driver ?or something like that only!! Oct 27 05:56:05 legendracer Oct 27 05:56:22 windows 7 64 bit Oct 27 05:56:49 legendracer: libusb?? Oct 27 05:57:07 Checked wiki?? Oct 27 05:59:07 Btw, anyone here wid vkb solution?? Oct 27 05:59:28 rajesh: dsn seem so!! Oct 27 06:01:37 hw to delete N900 driver from device manager? Oct 27 06:02:09 Delete driver why??! Oct 27 06:02:12 legendracer: Oct 27 06:06:26 i downloaded libusb.installing it Oct 27 06:07:37 okay!! Follow the wiki ... Oct 27 06:10:36 restarted and installes libusb Oct 27 06:11:19 now try!!legendracer_: Oct 27 06:12:51 the mobile comes into usb mode, then goes off. Oct 27 06:16:37 Probably not enough power. Oct 27 06:16:37 lib usb not showing in device manager Oct 27 06:17:39 lib usb should be shown in device manger. isnt? only then we can know if n900 is in there not? Oct 27 06:17:51 windows 7 Oct 27 06:18:50 You obviously need to understand more about device drivers and how they differ. libusb is a library, it will not show up within device manager. Oct 27 06:19:46 I'm pretty sure N900 will show up as it is (using N900 name) under device manager, not libusb. Oct 27 06:23:03 not shoing buddy Oct 27 06:23:45 Is your N900 even still on? Is your N900 still showing that USB symbol on the top right of the screen? Oct 27 06:23:54 n900 is not shown in device manager...till yesterday i transferred files from phone to pc in mass storage mode Oct 27 06:25:04 i have simply connected to pc..the screen comeds on vibrates and goes off....usb symbol comes on,,then goes off...im chatting....so let it charge in mean time...tried , removing battery and restarting , but only nokia symbol in bright screen. Oct 27 06:25:54 surely there is battyer power above 60 % Oct 27 06:26:26 Not if the device comes on for a brief few seconds before shutting off. It's a sign that there's not enough power. Oct 27 06:26:42 oh ok..let it charge then... Oct 27 06:27:01 i think i should try wall charger for now Oct 27 06:29:21 even with wall charger , same condition....screen comes on, vibrates, usb symbol comes....then all off...then again same.... Oct 27 06:30:01 Do you know what USB symbol looks like? are you confusing that with nokia logo? Oct 27 06:30:34 no bro...i know...have flashed it before...so i know flash mode... Oct 27 06:30:45 top right corner... Oct 27 06:31:49 So your device has gone into boot loop, you may want to look at ways to let it charge for a few minutes before attempting to flash. Oct 27 06:32:12 surely there is charge..lets try..tell me Oct 27 06:32:15 legendracer_: is ur flasher installed properly?? Oct 27 06:32:59 psycho_oreos: sometimes it wont detect device if nokia connectivity driver isn installed. Oct 27 06:34:06 yes....but before when i installed flasher it showed like this when i ran it.............C:\Windows\system32>cd "C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5" C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5> flasher-3.5.exe flasher v2.5.2 (Sep 24 2009) Nothing to do! Usage: flasher [OPTIONS] Options: -F, --fiasco=ARG Location of a FIASCO image -k, --kernel=ARG Location of kernel image -n, --initfs=ARG Location o Oct 27 06:34:40 If the battery is/was flat, N900 enters into emergency charging mode which will probably charge N900 up to 10% or so. That might be barely enough for flashing, though from there on N900 will try to boot into normal or act_dead mode but if it bootloops, N900 will try to enter back into the same mode (normal/act_dead) repeatedly until there's not enough power from the battery to hold enough charge for booting up. From there it will enter back into em Oct 27 06:34:40 ergency charging mode. The whole process may most likely repeat indefinitely. Oct 27 06:35:15 ~bootloop Oct 27 06:35:15 hmm... bootloop is when your device has broken rootfilesystem, so during reboot it fails on some service startup or kernel module load and thus reboots. This *drains* battery! And you can't reflash to stop bootloop when battery is drained. Recharge your battery by other means before reflashing. Oct 27 06:35:32 ~flatbatrecover Oct 27 06:35:32 Remove battery for 1 minute. Insert battery. Plug powered ***NOKIA WALLCHARGER*** to device. Watch steady amber. Let sit and charge. Do NOT try to boot. After 30 min, you got either a) a booted up N900, b) flashing amber which means you can boot, c) steady amber going off - in this case start over again with ~flatbatrecover. CAVEAT! Only works when ~rootfs is OK (no ~bootloop)!. Oct 27 06:35:58 qwerty123, I don't know for windows, I believe it's more or less the same as in that it will be detected by device manager and maybe windows from there on may prompt for drivers. Oct 27 06:36:19 DocScrutinizer05: how to change font in vkb window??! Oct 27 06:36:38 via menu Oct 27 06:37:07 vkb? you mean xterm? Oct 27 06:37:19 psycho_oreos: well, you are correct about low power, i just thought it wasnot getting connected. Oct 27 06:37:32 DocScrutinizer05: nope , virtual keboard Oct 27 06:37:41 ooh, no idea Oct 27 06:38:27 DocScrutinizer05: if we change font from theme customiser, only the keys in vkb change but the place where we write, it appears in default font!! Oct 27 06:38:42 so it wont chrage via PC? Oct 27 06:38:59 no Oct 27 06:39:14 qwerty123, still presumably windows will still detect a device that is connected via USB. It's normally what most plug-n-play OS are generally capable of, sensing there is something connected. It shouldn't be an issue with drivers at that initial stage. Even if no drivers were explicitly installed, windows may show the device up as some unknown device or whatever. Oct 27 06:39:26 not when it doesn't boot properly Oct 27 06:39:33 ^ Oct 27 06:39:40 right now connected to pc.....yellow light is lit up....not blinking...usb symbol and nokia shown in bright screen Oct 27 06:39:54 that's emergency charge Oct 27 06:40:01 see flatbatrecover Oct 27 06:40:28 what that? Oct 27 06:40:48 It was mentioned before, scroll up. Oct 27 06:40:56 psycho_oreos: in my case, i had to reinstall connectivity driver as flasher didn detect the device, but for normal usage its detectable.. Oct 27 06:41:59 how to reinstall connectivity driver? Oct 27 06:42:03 qwerty123, ah yeah with flashing stage that would be different, that would need drivers to be installed but not when N900 is connected to the PC. Oct 27 06:43:10 ~flashing Oct 27 06:43:10 [maemo-flashing] http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware Oct 27 06:43:47 legendracer_, read that but you won't be able to do anything with flashing until you have properly followed through from flat battery recovery that was already mentioned beforehand. Oct 27 06:44:30 so its steady amber yellow light..... charging na? Oct 27 06:45:40 Whenever the device lits up amber light by default it means charging. DocScrutinizer05 already explained to you before what steady amber light meant. Oct 27 06:45:58 yes...yes....will wait for 30 min Oct 27 06:46:19 You were also told to charge from a wall charger not from PC. Oct 27 06:46:48 oh...ok. Oct 27 06:47:24 … If you're not going to read what people said before, you're not going to get very far. Oct 27 06:47:55 psycho_oreos: hey, btw any idea how to log in qutim?? Oct 27 06:48:09 qwerty123, never used qutim so I don't know. Oct 27 06:48:19 * DocScrutinizer05 scratches head, looks at PC clock, goes to sleep another hour Oct 27 06:48:49 damn DST Oct 27 06:48:49 o.O I guess must be night time there. Oct 27 06:48:57 lol hehe DST. Oct 27 06:49:26 My pidgin suddenly started showing, interna; error n den crashed!! Had to uninstall it, and using qutim! Not disappointed , i cn say! :) Oct 27 06:49:32 :-D Oct 27 06:49:47 psycho_oreos: Oct 27 06:50:35 qwerty123, my N900s are somewhat out of action. I'm sure forums may have answers. Oct 27 06:50:55 thinking of selling this n900....... Oct 27 06:51:05 and get a windows phone Oct 27 06:51:19 by all means go ahead Oct 27 06:51:27 psycho_oreos: shifted to android??! Oct 27 06:51:51 we need all the n900 we can get ;-P Oct 27 06:51:51 that piece is on wall charger. vibrates, usb symbol. screen and noika...then all off...and again same Oct 27 06:52:13 DocScrutinizer05: for a second , i ws shocked!! :< Oct 27 06:52:21 putting up for sale... Oct 27 06:52:22 DocScrutinizer05: nice one!:-P Oct 27 06:52:29 lol Oct 27 06:52:43 qwerty123, nope. I'm still on maemo/meego platform. My N900s have broken USB sockets. Two of them are in repairs (and I have yet to hear back from the guys that I've sent my N900s for repair), one of them right now (still broken USB socket) I'm charging it from another phone. Oct 27 06:53:20 before my n900 goes kaput it is better to sell. Oct 27 06:53:37 anyone from INDIA here? Oct 27 06:53:37 legendracer_, at this rate maybe windows phone might be more well suited to you than N900 considering you don't have much of a clue on how N900 exactly works. Oct 27 06:53:39 psycho_oreos: here in my city too i have issues with repairing of n900 , lack of spares!! Oct 27 06:53:42 well, this even applies to eggs Oct 27 06:53:59 yes i agree..i noob with n 900 Oct 27 06:54:01 legendracer_: i am !! Pune !! Where are you from?? Oct 27 06:54:03 (better sell before kaputt( Oct 27 06:54:06 i dont know anything...masters. Oct 27 06:54:15 kerala Oct 27 06:54:16 qwerty123, yeah spares are somewhat becoming a bit of a problem. Oct 27 06:54:45 legendracer_: tryin to learn isnot bad!! Oct 27 06:54:49 the nearest big nokia service centre is in kochi... Oct 27 06:54:55 there too lack of spares... Oct 27 06:55:17 nokia won't fix your N900, if you take it to them you're probably going to get some other random phone they have. Oct 27 06:55:31 i learnt for 3 months to start usage...flashed...progressed to CSSU stable....used some freaky apps... Oct 27 06:55:42 legendracer_: psycho_oreos spares are not available wid nokia guys but in smaller shops!! I hadto replacw my brokwn screen once!! Oct 27 06:55:52 if they want to get shot down, they can try to do this to me ;-) Oct 27 06:56:46 legendracer_: arey bhai, using n900, not flashing!! :P phone is for using, not for flashing.. Oct 27 06:57:02 qwerty123, yeah I've known that fact for sometime now. Hence that's why I've gone to some small (non nokia affiliated) phone repair store. Though you just get slugged with expensive labour costs, some of the parts are still abundant for N900 but not all. Oct 27 06:57:53 domesheet is rare Oct 27 06:57:57 :-/ Oct 27 06:58:05 psycho_oreos: other way, trick legendracer into selling n900 and use it as spare for al on the forum!! :-P Oct 27 06:58:13 where is psycho from? Oct 27 06:58:16 and mainboards of course Oct 27 06:58:25 lol qwerty.. Oct 27 06:58:42 DocScrutinizer05: usually we dont fry thwm eider!! Oct 27 06:58:44 DocScrutinizer05, I was about to say lol, bits and pieces of N900's PCB board are starting to become fairly/very rare. Oct 27 06:59:02 my n900 is just new . i mean nothing worked inside...i flashed once..thats too so tough... Oct 27 06:59:11 qwerty123, lol you can trick him. I'm not going to really push people into selling. Oct 27 06:59:26 psycho_oreos: not really, only SoC and BB5 Oct 27 06:59:29 legendracer_, .au … very far away from you. Oct 27 06:59:37 legendracer_: new?? I has to be used! Mayb new for yu!! Oct 27 06:59:43 even SoC is not really rare yet Oct 27 06:59:55 you can buy in qty 100k at digikey Oct 27 06:59:55 im ready to sell....i will miss 32 gb of space, keyboard + touch, 5 mp camera Oct 27 07:00:16 BB5 however... :-S Oct 27 07:00:18 legendracer_: pune. Tell me cost! Oct 27 07:00:24 DocScrutinizer05, o.O so basically the CPU and I guess some nokia proprietary component (maybe cellular related stuff I guess). Oct 27 07:00:50 BB5 aka Rapuyama aka modem stuff, yeah Oct 27 07:01:24 *nods* as I thought, though stuff like eMMC replacement maybe very hard. Oct 27 07:01:34 i bought from my friend.. his dad bought it from US for him. he is student still... he didnt know its capability..so i pushed him to sell it to me at Rs 10000. Oct 27 07:01:42 ooh, and actually CPU http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/programmers-development-systems/obsolete-discontinued-part-numbers/2621490?k=omap3430 Oct 27 07:02:20 Haha "obsolete". Oct 27 07:02:31 i know i wont get 10000 now, but should get something near to that...as this is a rare master phone Oct 27 07:02:49 http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/integrated-circuits-ics/embedded-microcontroller-or-microprocessor-modules/2556371?k=omap3530 Oct 27 07:03:13 * DocScrutinizer05 offers 50EUR Oct 27 07:03:25 Welll, i gt mine fr 9k , 2 yrs back!! Oct 27 07:04:00 50 euro= almost 4200 INR Oct 27 07:04:03 come on... Oct 27 07:04:05 too low Oct 27 07:04:11 DocScrutinizer05: nice price! 4000 at max yu will get! Oct 27 07:04:14 N900s aren't that noteworthy on resales, you can jack the price up as high as you like but you probably won't get people buying it. These days people are either stuck with android/iOS and/or they aren't interested in pre-historic devices let alone the difficulty in using one. Oct 27 07:04:52 pre historic device...as if we all are cave men Oct 27 07:04:53 lol Oct 27 07:05:15 i know..enquired at a second hand shop...they said max Rs 5500 Oct 27 07:05:40 psycho_oreos: still, if yu are not hell bent on stocking some of these n900,none is gng to pay about 200 dollars fr used phns!! Oct 27 07:05:44 If you're using any of the modern day phones, you would see the specifications easily outmatches N900. That's one problem, the other is that N900 is not meant for an average joe. Oct 27 07:06:14 qwerty123, not sure what you meant there. Oct 27 07:06:49 is the damn device charging? vibrates, goes off...then again... Oct 27 07:06:59 psycho_oreos: sometimes we dont need hardware for performance like symbian!! Best phone for phone functions!! :P Oct 27 07:07:03 http://de.farnell.com/jsp/search/results.jsp?N=0&Ntk=partnumbers&Ntt=OMAP3530ECUS72&Ntx=mode+matchall&ref=lookahead Oct 27 07:07:34 best phone functions? how yar? Oct 27 07:07:45 http://de.farnell.com/jsp/search/browse.jsp?N=2008+202735&Ntk=gensearch&Ntt=OMAP3530&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial Oct 27 07:07:51 qwerty123, I'm talking about the handheld market in general. In other words, selling N900 for instance is mainly targeting a very niche set of people. Oct 27 07:07:54 psycho_oreos: in short, dollar 200 is high for a used n900 Oct 27 07:08:37 i asked 130 dollars Oct 27 07:08:38 qwerty123, for a third hand, and also maybe a three year old device. Then there's that issue with understanding how the device works. Oct 27 07:08:38 psycho_oreos: obviously that is!! N it is done beautifully by selling it on the forum!! :P Oct 27 07:09:09 qwerty123, heh maybe, though best ask the person in question here not me. Oct 27 07:09:09 legendracer_: aahhhh! Yeah ruppee fell .... Sorry , my bad!! Oct 27 07:09:27 130 dollars???is it high/ Oct 27 07:09:45 legendracer_, fyi some N900 was sold on the forum for around USD$100, that was including a whole bunch of accessories if I'm not mistaken. Oct 27 07:10:03 There's a buy and sell thread on the maemo forums. Oct 27 07:10:24 Yep yep !!! Dat is appprox 6000 ( new xchange rate) Oct 27 07:11:04 Besides, there's no pictures of your N900 that you are selling and/or what accessories you are including. Nobody here would be that dumb to pay a high price for a device that may have gone through some rough patches. Oct 27 07:12:16 And atlst not in a working state as of now! Oct 27 07:12:31 =-O Oct 27 07:13:03 Yeah, some guy bought this other N900 for around USD$60 for N900 with a lock code that the owner forgotten what it was. Oct 27 07:13:55 even i didnt have lock code...maemo helped to reset it, easily. Oct 27 07:14:16 psycho_oreos: same here.. I couldnot figure out my lock code in last two years!! Oct 27 07:14:25 the phone is of course in good condition...no other accessries Oct 27 07:14:35 lock code can be reset so easily.. Oct 27 07:14:39 i did it... Oct 27 07:14:49 psycho_oreos: and it could not be reset by the methods mentioned in threads! Oct 27 07:14:52 FYI, you're selling the device as it is with the boot loop. That could easily be equated to low sell price target because you're going to give the subsequent owner grief for having to try and rescue the device back. Oct 27 07:15:12 give me sometime...i will make this phone cool Oct 27 07:15:17 it will work properly... Oct 27 07:15:30 i only connected it now and it went bad.. Oct 27 07:15:42 qwerty123, there's ways around it in theory but it's not easy. Oct 27 07:16:08 i will reflash, put latest CSSU stable which it already had. Oct 27 07:16:17 well it's kinda easy Oct 27 07:16:38 so when i make it fine anyone willing to buy it? Oct 27 07:16:39 legendracer_, regardless of what you do to your N900, you won't be able to achieve your desired price. People would still want to bargain and would want photos of your N900 for verification, etc. Oct 27 07:16:49 ok... Oct 27 07:16:59 photos will poted in my ad in buy sell thread.. Oct 27 07:17:01 psycho_oreos: whats d other way??!! Oct 27 07:17:38 The command mentioned simply returns nothing!! No hash to crack!! Oct 27 07:18:08 you did it wrong Oct 27 07:18:24 ^ Oct 27 07:19:31 Whilst your N900 is not showing the lock code, you have much more success at cracking it then when the lock code is shown upon boot up. Oct 27 07:19:51 DocScrutinizer05: nope!! There is one more query in thread with same problem but no solution to it was posted. Oct 27 07:20:24 the solution been posted before and was not followed Oct 27 07:20:49 i guess all asking for forgotten lock code were helped.. Oct 27 07:20:51 If I remember correctly the lock code is stored on one of the /dev/mtd. Probably /dev/mtd3, if you ran the manual way of enumerating the salted lock code you can easily bruteforce it. Oct 27 07:20:52 DocScrutinizer05: checking again !! Oct 27 07:20:57 I have a very hard time believing that the lockcode hash in CAL been garbled Oct 27 07:21:51 it's way more easy and plausible to think that user did a mistake, or used gnu grep instead of busybox grep Oct 27 07:22:23 a) you need to be ROOT Oct 27 07:22:45 b) you must use busybox grep since real grep fails Oct 27 07:22:59 i think i need to get a new pc. Oct 27 07:23:02 is it/ Oct 27 07:23:50 BusyBox v1.21.0 (Debian 1.21.0power2+thumb1) built-in shell (ash) Oct 27 07:23:53 Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. Oct 27 07:23:59 Nokia-N900:~# echo root:$(grep -A 13 lock_code /dev/mtd1|tail -1): Oct 27 07:24:02 root:: Oct 27 07:24:05 Nokia-N900:~# Oct 27 07:24:23 DocScrutinizer05: Oct 27 07:24:26 Code posted on forum! Oct 27 07:24:31 Did you try running that grep -A command manually with the pipe and all? Oct 27 07:24:43 DocScrutinizer05: talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=37808 Oct 27 07:24:54 this doesn't tell me anyrhing, since grep still can be gnugrep Oct 27 07:26:35 DocScrutinizer05: gnugrep should be ggrep!! I think everything that comes wid gnu , has to be usd with extra g in front of command! Oct 27 07:27:07 btw BusyBox v1.21.0 (Debian 1.21.0power2+thumb1) ??? Oct 27 07:27:32 you think wrong, there are other ways Oct 27 07:27:33 Yep Oct 27 07:27:44 how to delete the connectivity driver in pc? Oct 27 07:27:56 IroN900:/etc/init.d# grep --version Oct 27 07:27:58 GNU grep 2.5.4 Oct 27 07:27:59 Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Oct 27 07:28:20 You can easily see which grep you are using by parsing 'which grep'. Oct 27 07:28:22 BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso31+0cssu0) built-in shell (ash) here!!! Oct 27 07:28:29 DocScrutinizer05: precise!! :P Oct 27 07:28:48 DocScrutinizer05: updated busybox?? Oct 27 07:28:57 psycho_oreos: wait trying! Oct 27 07:28:59 me??? no Oct 27 07:29:01 you Oct 27 07:29:03 GNU grep is installed under /usr/bin/gnu/grep and the busybox's version of grep resides in /bin/grep (which obviously is a symlink). Oct 27 07:29:42 IroN900:/etc/init.d# echo $PATH Oct 27 07:29:44 /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin/gnu:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin/gnu:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11 Oct 27 07:29:59 psycho_oreos: kia-N900:~# which grep Oct 27 07:30:02 /bin/grep Oct 27 07:30:35 qwerty123, did you try running this command instead? 'grep -A 13 lock_code /dev/mtd1|tail -1' Oct 27 07:30:54 damn, you got a wrong busybox version, most likely "improved" or power-boosted and thus not working Oct 27 07:31:55 Yeah he's got the busybox-power. Oct 27 07:32:02 same code psycho_oreos: Oct 27 07:32:05 even looks damn like busybox-power Oct 27 07:32:19 which has "bugfixes" which break stuff like this Oct 27 07:32:22 qwerty123, same code? as in nothing? Oct 27 07:32:40 DocScrutinizer05: den downgrade it maybe?? Or upgrade it?? Oct 27 07:33:00 nfc, I dispise busybox-power Oct 27 07:33:10 never touched it Oct 27 07:33:24 Nokia-N900:~# grep -A 13 lock_code /dev/mtd1|tail -1 Oct 27 07:33:29 Nokia-N900:~# Oct 27 07:33:42 psycho_oreos: Oct 27 07:33:55 obviously busybox-power grep fails just like gnugrep Oct 27 07:33:59 I have busybox-power installed (Debian 1.21.1power1+thumb0), no issues here. Oct 27 07:34:22 qwerty123, ls -l /bin/grep Oct 27 07:34:23 psycho_oreos: Oct 27 07:34:41 grep --version Oct 27 07:34:44 GOD! Oct 27 07:35:10 ls -l `which grep` Oct 27 07:36:07 ia-N900:~# ls -l `which grep` Oct 27 07:36:10 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Aug 5 00:20 /bin/grep -> busybox Oct 27 07:36:13 Nokia-N900:~# Oct 27 07:36:14 sorry i'm grumpy Oct 27 07:36:16 DocScrutinizer05: Oct 27 07:36:19 psycho_oreos: Oct 27 07:36:35 ls -l `which busybox` Oct 27 07:37:40 ia-N900:~# ls -l `which busybox` Oct 27 07:37:42 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 614004 Aug 5 04:22 /bin/busybox Oct 27 07:37:45 Nokia-N900:~# Oct 27 07:37:48 DocScrutinizer05: Oct 27 07:38:26 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 355592 2012-08-24 19:20 /bin/busybox Oct 27 07:38:51 any questions, Watson? Oct 27 07:40:13 ~messybox Oct 27 07:40:13 i guess messybox is messy... err busybox is meant for lean scripting. Regarding all the missing options and immanent limitations (see su, passwd) it's not really the interactive shell of choice. A lot of people hate busybox because a lot of system integrators don't understand the difference between busybox and a decent user interactive shell plus unix utils Oct 27 07:40:16 DocScrutinizer05: that ls -l for your busybox?! Oct 27 07:40:21 restarted after removing nokia and drivers from control panel Oct 27 07:40:27 yes, obviously Oct 27 07:41:16 qwerty123, differences in size and mdate. That is expected with busybox-power installation. Oct 27 07:42:29 DocScrutinizer05: now what?? Should i upgrade it?? Oct 27 07:42:33 there obviously been a "bug" in original busybox that got "fixed" in busybox-power, since my gnugrep behaves exactly same way Oct 27 07:42:43 UPGRADE? Oct 27 07:43:02 qwerty123, it would be downgrade not upgrade. Oct 27 07:43:09 sorry, no idea, but for sure an *upgrade* won't help Oct 27 07:43:26 you should maybe get original busybox and discard bp-power Oct 27 07:44:02 and don't ask me how! I told you I don't touch bpp Oct 27 07:44:17 since: Oct 27 07:44:20 ~messybox Oct 27 07:44:20 hmm... messybox is messy... err busybox is meant for lean scripting. Regarding all the missing options and immanent limitations (see su, passwd) it's not really the interactive shell of choice. A lot of people hate busybox because a lot of system integrators don't understand the difference between busybox and a decent user interactive shell plus unix utils Oct 27 07:44:34 I've found out another way without it. qwerty123 you need strings installed to make this work: Oct 27 07:44:52 white background.. device malfunction....device shut down Oct 27 07:44:53 strings /dev/mtd1 | grep -A 1 lock_code | tail -1 Oct 27 07:45:10 pc shows...driver was installed sucessfully Oct 27 07:45:21 sorry...driver not installed Oct 27 07:45:22 psycho_oreos: whats the way??! Oct 27 07:45:30 qwerty123, read up ^ Oct 27 07:45:46 indeed, works Oct 27 07:45:53 IroN900:~# strings /dev/mtd1 | grep -A 1 lock_code | tail -1 Oct 27 07:45:55 ngF.t4AsdNocs Oct 27 07:45:56 IroN900:~# busybox grep -A 13 lock_code /dev/mtd1|tail -1 Oct 27 07:45:58 ngF.t4AsdNocs Oct 27 07:46:29 but I wouldn't be surprised if strings also in bpp Oct 27 07:46:39 So you could put that entire thing into eval() which should output into a string that maybe john can crack. Oct 27 07:46:52 o.O Oct 27 07:47:03 any idea what to do next? Oct 27 07:47:03 Nah mine is part of GNU. /usr/bin/gnu/strings Oct 27 07:47:03 Yepp!!psycho_oreos thanks!!! Oct 27 07:47:21 psycho_oreos: please put it in thread too!! Oct 27 07:47:28 HAHA!!!! Oct 27 07:47:37 good I didn't suggest it ;-P Oct 27 07:47:48 echo root:$(strings /dev/mtd1 | grep -A 1 lock_code | tail -1): Oct 27 07:48:07 qwerty123, which thread? Oct 27 07:48:18 ~lockcode Oct 27 07:48:18 somebody said lockcode was http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=524522#post524522 Oct 27 07:48:27 Ahh cheers. Oct 27 07:48:34 gnu?? [Sadly] mine is in bpp!!psycho_oreos: Oct 27 07:49:25 qwerty123, ahh well nice that it works then. Mine is part of GNU package. Oct 27 07:49:43 sorry, my mistake: it's obviously bbp, not bpp Oct 27 07:50:23 [2013-10-27 08:46:29] but I wouldn't be surprised if strings also in bpp ;-P Oct 27 07:50:47 and to me it's not clear yet IF it works for him Oct 27 07:51:56 DocScrutinizer05: it does !! :P atleast bbp isnt that bad!! :-P Oct 27 07:52:30 ia-N900:~# strings /dev/mtd1 | grep -A 1 lock_code | tail -1 Oct 27 07:52:33 ClFo8D.m7/v1U Oct 27 07:52:36 Nokia-N900:~# which strings Oct 27 07:52:39 /usr/bin/strings Oct 27 07:52:51 actually it's more than bad, since strings should be a special parameter set to a grep invocation Oct 27 07:53:06 looks good Oct 27 07:53:18 for the 1. half Oct 27 07:53:41 IroN900:~# strings --version Oct 27 07:53:42 Regardless, strings is used to output whatever printable ASCII characters of a file (or device, etc) out. Oct 27 07:53:43 GNU strings (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.18.50.20070820 Oct 27 07:54:03 yes, easily a grep Oct 27 07:54:04 DocScrutinizer05: i still dont get whats the difference between both the greps??! Oct 27 07:54:18 tbh me neither Oct 27 07:54:34 the standard grep seems to have difficulties with non-printable chars Oct 27 07:54:44 "difficulties" Oct 27 07:55:12 One of them I think compares literally the contents whilst the other checks first to see if the input file is a binary or not. If it's a binary it'll do binary search (which does not work in this case obviously). Oct 27 07:55:15 the plain grep obviously doesn't find the string Oct 27 07:55:38 yes Oct 27 07:55:40 http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1382651#post1382651 Oct 27 07:55:45 what psycho_oreos said Oct 27 07:56:11 though I tried with --input=ascii or whatever parameters and that doesn't help Oct 27 07:56:56 IroN900:~# grep -A 13 lock_code /dev/mtd1 Oct 27 07:56:57 Übereinstimmungen in Binärdatei /dev/mtd1. Oct 27 07:57:04 Yeah I guess there's a difference on the source code. Oct 27 07:57:14 it refuses to print the found match Oct 27 07:57:18 s/on/in/ Oct 27 07:57:19 ? Oct 27 07:57:19 psycho_oreos meant: Yeah I guess there's a difference in the source code. Oct 27 07:58:02 I think one just checks if binary file or not. If it's binary it might just do binary search and output if it matches with what the user wanted or not. It doesn't do literal searches and print the exact output that it sees. Oct 27 07:58:16 Though that is just my rough guess. Oct 27 07:58:51 (psycho_oreos mayb!! Oct 27 07:59:09 Thanks !!! For the solution!! :) Oct 27 07:59:34 even `grep --binary-files=text -A 13 lock_code /dev/mtd1` fails Oct 27 07:59:46 qwerty123, all it took was a bit of 'out of the box' thinking. :p but no worries. Oct 27 08:00:35 prints a lot of gibberish (ninprintable chars) but no decent hashcode Oct 27 08:00:57 psycho_oreos: and my hint regarding bpp, eh? Oct 27 08:01:39 DocScrutinizer05, maybe lol. Whilst you were telling him to change I was busy looking into alternatives already. :D Oct 27 08:02:20 psycho_oreos: :-)DocScrutinizer05 thank yu too!! :-) Oct 27 08:02:50 I largely had to thank my N900 which I had to boot up, without my N900s here I couldn't do anything except speculate. Oct 27 08:03:36 DocScrutinizer05, there might be a way with that 'ugly grep'. I just hadn't thought of a better solution, more so is that I'm more than happy to settle on a 'hack'. :D Oct 27 08:03:37 rrright Oct 27 08:03:53 psycho_oreos: well, can yu help me with fonts? Oct 27 08:04:11 qwerty123, I don't have any clue with that. Oct 27 08:06:43 i just got the problem...i have to install the driver through libusb...now when i try it shows n 900 storage mode and not update mode...the phone in mean time goes on and off...usb symbol comes and goes Oct 27 08:07:18 haha, now I see what all that grep stuff actually does, resp how CAL works Oct 27 08:08:08 legendracer: windows? Oct 27 08:11:32 DocScrutinizer05: win7 64bits Oct 27 08:12:37 psycho_oreos: this explains why strings works that great, it doesn't print out all that illegible binary crap - otoh it will fail when that binary crap contains another "string" between the matchpattern ("lockcode") and the hash Oct 27 08:12:52 qwerty123: this will most likely fail epically Oct 27 08:13:12 I seem to recall we told you yesterday already Oct 27 08:13:57 [2013-10-26 15:27:40] rajkonni: I doubt Windows 7 64bit will work for the flasher http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware#Issues_with_64-bit_Windows_and_Workarounds Oct 27 08:14:22 DocScrutinizer05: that shud b for legendracer Oct 27 08:14:35 18h ago, dunno if you're rajkonni Oct 27 08:14:48 ooh Oct 27 08:14:51 whoever Oct 27 08:16:26 done Oct 27 08:16:27 success Oct 27 08:16:58 legendracer: still n900 on sale??:-P Oct 27 08:17:15 legendracer: what ws the error??! Oct 27 08:18:17 http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware#Option_4 Oct 27 08:18:31 moin Pali Oct 27 08:20:12 hi Oct 27 08:20:45 lol qwerty Oct 27 08:20:48 this is n900 Oct 27 08:21:02 all fine ..let me make it CSSU stable Oct 27 08:21:40 legendracer: :-) go ahead!! Oct 27 08:22:15 DocScrutinizer05: hey and is there any way to use rarp on n900?? Oct 27 08:23:26 surely on sale.... price plz.. Oct 27 08:23:34 im looking at lumia Oct 27 08:23:44 i need trapster app badly. Oct 27 08:23:49 n 900 does not have it Oct 27 08:26:11 legendracer: trapster?? Whats that??!! Oct 27 08:26:26