A780 - Angstrom Distribution

[wyrm]

that was sooo sad as for windows users like me..
but,is there any GPL/free flashers for windows???

Well, in fact you can use OpenEZX to flash itself
We have full MTD support on the OpenEZX kernel, and after booting the kernel via boot_usb you can flash it simply by:
cat <image> > /dev/mtdX
Where X is the number of the partition you want to flash. A cat /proc/mtd gives a brief description of what is each partition.

Porting boot_usb for windows is not that hard, maybe some windows developer can do this for us?

[wyrm]

Did you have any issues getting the sim card working? I Get that no sim icon and as a result i cant call or send sms ... it also hangs when trying to read the address book from the sim. I used the angrtom distro and tried the 2.6.13 and .21 kernels. I ran out of time to tinker too much. Aside from that, this stuff is neat!(I never thought I'd see the day I booted my cellphone from a kernel image on my desktop)

PS the GSM multiplexing is not just sending data/voice, it's both at the same time(download stuff while in a call)

Well, we dont have 'ready to use' userspace tools.
I can make calls/send SMS via direct commands to the Neptune(GSM Modem) trough the mux devices. I am working on the Kernel only, I will only start doing UserSpace work when the kernel is finished.
There is also some other tricks to proper initialize the Neptune (http://wiki.openezx.org/BP_Handshake), and you cant initialize it when booting via boot_usb (except if you flashed blob2 (http://people.openezx.org/wyrm/myflash.tgz) )

About your PS: I dont think it is possible. Never saw a phone that does both things at the same time. Besides that, all the GSM stuff is handled by the Neptune, and we are not hacking it. It uses a signed loader mechanism which makes it too dangerous to hack.

[naset]

Porting boot_usb for windows is not that hard, maybe some windows developer can do this for us?

i think most of the members here using windows for their pc/laptops..i hope somebody will develop boot_usb for windows.

[Aditya_g8]

I am a linux newbie! Is armstong a completely new firmware? How different is it from the roignal firmware?
How to use it?
http://www.angstrom-distribution.org...a780/20070604/
What files do u download from here? What files u copy where in the new partion?
Plz a lil wiki on this