**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Sun Oct 14 03:00:02 2012
Oct 14 13:10:14 <leosaeba> hi to all. I don't know if this is the right place to ask. but my freerunner refuses to boot and I don't know how to solve this problem.
Oct 14 13:11:57 <leosaeba> My freerunner is GTA02A7, I've got the debug board v3. the bootloader on NAND flash is qi
Oct 14 13:13:05 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: so provide the log from the serial
Oct 14 13:15:36 <leosaeba> ok.
Oct 14 13:18:08 <leosaeba> http://pastebin.com/csEG1v95
Oct 14 13:18:34 <leosaeba> this is what happen when I plug the usb (nobattery)
Oct 14 13:18:46 <leosaeba> the display is always off
Oct 14 13:19:48 <leosaeba> the aux led (RED) does the following:    long ON - about 4 brief flashes - long ON - OFF
Oct 14 13:20:01 <leosaeba> ( long ON means about 1 sec)
Oct 14 13:20:41 <leosaeba> I tried to boot to NOR flash....but it doesn't work...
Oct 14 13:21:36 <leosaeba> but if I wait and play with buttons (aux and power) ... I manage somehow to reach the uboot in NOR ( I think )
Oct 14 13:22:04 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: reflash the kernel
Oct 14 13:22:14 <leosaeba> this is what comes out the serial:
Oct 14 13:22:49 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: also, when you start Qi keep pressing power for two seconds, so that it'd use loglevel=8
Oct 14 13:22:57 <leosaeba> http://pastebin.com/MsgKKKbe
Oct 14 13:23:54 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: try booting with Qi with the power button pressed
Oct 14 13:24:23 <leosaeba> PaulFertser: the kernel on host PC ( and dfu-utils ) doesn't see the freerunner when I plug it.
Oct 14 13:24:38 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: boot to NOR first
Oct 14 13:24:47 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: then dfu-utils would see it
Oct 14 13:25:10 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: ah, and do not boot without the battery
Oct 14 13:25:20 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: it is not supposed to work
Oct 14 13:25:26 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: and in fact, it doesn't!
Oct 14 13:25:44 <leosaeba> nope... even when I manage to execute uboot in NOR, dfu-utils doesn't see the device.
Oct 14 13:25:47 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: only sometimes you can boot to NOR if you're lucky to have a host that allows that.
Oct 14 13:25:48 <leosaeba> AH.....
Oct 14 13:25:59 <leosaeba> ok...now I try with battery.
Oct 14 13:26:01 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: but you can't boot the kernel with Qi on USB only.
Oct 14 13:30:44 <leosaeba> PaulFertser: I tried with battery on (now there is an additional vibration while the aux led flashes).
Oct 14 13:31:26 <leosaeba> I can boot to nor ( I suppose reading the serial over the debug board)
Oct 14 13:31:54 <leosaeba> but the LCD doesn't lit...and the host PC (and dfu-utils) doesn't see the freerunner...
Oct 14 13:32:19 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: what happens if you boot Qi?
Oct 14 13:33:50 <leosaeba> if I insert the battery, then plug the usb, then power on....looks like the same output over the serial (like the first pastebin posted)
Oct 14 13:34:02 <leosaeba> it hangs on booting the kernel.
Oct 14 13:37:35 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: what lead to thi state?
Oct 14 13:38:07 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: was it loglevel=8 this time with no output from the kernel again?
Oct 14 13:40:02 <leosaeba> I cannot get loglevel=8
Oct 14 13:40:21 <leosaeba> even if I hold the power button pressed
Oct 14 13:40:46 <leosaeba> btw i always read loglevel=4 on the command line from qi.
Oct 14 13:42:50 <leosaeba> I don't remember how it went...It was like 1 year ago...I was flashing the nand for the last time...I've been trying shr and qtmoko alternatively during the past years.
Oct 14 13:43:18 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: ok, how do you boot to the NOR?
Oct 14 13:43:26 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: what exactly are you doing step-by-step?
Oct 14 13:43:30 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: is the battery charged?
Oct 14 13:43:42 <leosaeba> ....I suppose the battery is not fully charged.
Oct 14 13:43:57 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: what voltage is it at now?
Oct 14 13:43:59 <leosaeba> right now I just tried with a nokia battery...
Oct 14 13:44:11 <leosaeba> (almost fully charged)
Oct 14 13:44:38 <leosaeba> I don't have a voltmeter at hand right now.
Oct 14 13:45:18 <leosaeba> would it work if I charge the FIC battery on a nokia 6630?
Oct 14 13:45:47 <leosaeba> I just booted the nokia with the FIC battery....it says half charge.
Oct 14 13:46:10 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: i'm not sure Nokia would charge FIC battery but you can try.
Oct 14 13:46:22 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: but FR should work just fine with a nokia battery too
Oct 14 13:46:36 <leosaeba> infact....It didn't like it...
Oct 14 13:47:54 <leosaeba> ok, I will list the steps I'm doing to boot the FR.
Oct 14 13:48:14 <leosaeba> (now I unplugged usb and battery) ...I'll wait 30 sec
Oct 14 13:49:22 <leosaeba> There is no SD and no SIM.
Oct 14 13:50:08 <leosaeba> the debug board is plugged to FR and powered (the serial console is open).
Oct 14 13:50:48 <leosaeba> now I will plug the FIC battery (I will not press any button)
Oct 14 13:51:10 <leosaeba> nothing happened
Oct 14 13:51:31 <leosaeba> now I just press the power button
Oct 14 13:51:37 <leosaeba> (brief press)
Oct 14 13:52:45 <leosaeba> the first description I gave. AUX red led dancing, brief vibro, qi outputs over serial...then nothing.
Oct 14 13:52:59 <leosaeba> (I didn't plug the usb on the FR)
Oct 14 13:53:45 <leosaeba> Now I will try to boot to NOR
Oct 14 13:54:03 <leosaeba> unplugged the battery....wait 30 sec
Oct 14 13:56:47 <leosaeba> now I will plug the nokia (I don't think is an orginal nokia) that is more charged. (not pressing any button)
Oct 14 13:57:14 <leosaeba> nothing happened
Oct 14 13:57:45 <leosaeba> Now I press the AUX (holding it) and a brief press on power button. (no usb cable on FR)
Oct 14 13:58:15 <leosaeba> the u-boot 1.3.2-moko12 displayed.
Oct 14 13:58:35 <leosaeba> like the second pastebin I posted.
Oct 14 13:59:07 <leosaeba> note: the last 6 lines (mtdparts variable not set, see 'help mtdparts' )
Oct 14 13:59:46 <leosaeba> are output about 5 seconds after the first 8 lines are.
Oct 14 14:00:19 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: the description of you booting to NOR looks correct.
Oct 14 14:00:31 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: do you have nothing on screen too in that case?
Oct 14 14:00:40 <leosaeba> now I try to plug the usb tosee if the host pc sees it (dmesg or dfu-util -l )
Oct 14 14:00:55 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: and have you tried attaching it to PC with different cables to different ports?
Oct 14 14:01:35 <leosaeba> PaulFertser: I tried on 2 different PC.
Oct 14 14:02:07 <leosaeba> the configuration is tlike this:  1 pc connected to the debugboard, 1 pc connected to FR.
Oct 14 14:02:36 <leosaeba> the cables are always connected to the same pcs.
Oct 14 14:03:17 <leosaeba> both usb cables are those coming with 2.5HD....2 male USB on one side, and the mini USB on the other.
Oct 14 14:03:55 <leosaeba> I plug both the usbs on the PC (the power end too)
Oct 14 14:04:22 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: sounds fine
Oct 14 14:05:00 <leosaeba> I really don't know what could it be.
Oct 14 14:05:41 <leosaeba> maybe the NAND kernel partition is corrupted....
Oct 14 14:06:03 <leosaeba> so when the bootloader pass control to the kernel everything hangs.
Oct 14 14:06:22 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: when you boot to NOR the NAND partition shouldn't matter
Oct 14 14:06:58 <leosaeba> but the kernel partition is on NAND too..
Oct 14 14:07:24 <leosaeba> or is it the uboot phase going wrong?
Oct 14 14:07:57 <leosaeba> what does it mean the 6 errors about mtdparts when booting to nor?
Oct 14 14:10:00 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: the NOR u-boot has some tricky script that sets mtdparts during the boot. Even with completely blank NAND the NOR u-boot should be showing the menu on screen.
Oct 14 14:10:24 <leosaeba> right...
Oct 14 14:11:14 <leosaeba> I'm sure I didn't touch the NOR flash...I never used the debug board before this problem appeared.
Oct 14 14:18:28 <leosaeba> is it possible to flash the NOR? could it solve?
Oct 14 14:22:30 <Wonka> I'd try to boot something from a microSD card first, using the NOR bootloader...
Oct 14 14:27:03 <leosaeba> Wonka: I just tried with the SD card, but I cannot select anything from NOR...the screen is off...and the serial over the DebugBoard says only this: http://pastebin.com/MsgKKKbe
Oct 14 14:27:38 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: it doesn't look like this
Oct 14 14:28:37 <leosaeba> PaulFertser: what do you mean?
Oct 14 14:29:55 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: that flashing NOR could help
Oct 14 14:30:04 <leosaeba> ah.
Oct 14 14:30:09 <leosaeba> ok.
Oct 14 14:31:44 <leosaeba> could it be a display problem? plus my host PCs miss something that prevents them to see the FR when I plug while on NOR uboot?
Oct 14 14:32:42 <PaulFertser> leosaeba: if you see nothing at all in dmesg, unlikely...
Oct 14 14:33:04 <leosaeba> ok
Oct 14 14:33:25 <leosaeba> I'm reading about booting from ram.
Oct 14 14:34:04 <leosaeba> could it be useful to understand what could NOT be the problem.
Oct 14 14:46:28 <leosaeba> I've got to go now. Thank you very much. I'll stay on the channel if any Idea pops up.
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