Hello all, I thought I'd make my first post ever by resurrecting this thread
I just received my iRex 2nd ed (v2.12) this past Friday and have been trying like mad to get shell access to work. My initial attempts to download the developer package were somewhat similar to xristy, the original poster, however it just stayed on the IDS page and froze with the "--download complete--" message. The iLiad didn't restart by itself, it just hung on the IDS page. I let it sit for 10mins with that status screen. I had to manually reset. These attempts were done via WiFi.
Next set of attempts were made with a wired ethernet connection. After downloading the developer package, it went to the "Download History" page and then rebooted (by itself) yay! On to installing some applications. First off was the ubiquitous mrxvt and shell-test. Like xristy, the folders show up with the icon and description in the contentlister. Single tapping and double tapping would make the status led blink, then the loading status bar on the bottom appear for 1 second (8 boxes on each side of the page selector, 16 total). Nothing would happen. I then tried installing fbreader and and ipdf_installers_2.12. Same deal.
I then went to check to see if I could reflash via CF. This is only possible with shell access right? After reflashing, all of my settings appear to be defaulted to factory settings, the network profiles I created were gone.
I then proceeded to re-request and install and developer package. It installed some updates as well as the Release Notes v2.12 document, rebooted itself and went back to IDS by itself. It then downloaded the developer package and rebooted itself. I tried executing mrxvt and shell-test...same deal LED blinks and status bar on bottom flashes for a a couple of seconds. And after that nothing happens.
After that I tried different CF cards and also tried reformatting them as well. No luck, I'm stuck. Any ideas folks? Any help would be greatly appreciated!