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satbeginner · 08-23-2013, 02:03 PM

Hi Uboot,

I did what you said, step-by-step.
I removed all partitions on my microSD card using ubuntu live cd. (parted)
formatted the card under Windows (Vista),
Downloaded the Rupor-Resque.7z from the Russian site,
unzipped it with WinRar (under Windows Vista)

FYI the update.img on the microSD is shown as 25.0 MB (26.214.400 bytes)

I stopped the reader by pressing both RESET and POWER 3-4 seconds,
I released both buttons and pressed the RESET again, this stopped the orange blinking in the power button. (No led's are lit or blinking now)

I placed the card in the reader ,
pressed both HOME and MENU (button 3 and 5) and -while holding these- pressed briefly the power button.
The orange light (power) started blinking and the screen flashes black & white,
now the progress bar starts to fill from left to right.
Also the orange LED next to the microSD flashes briefly.
After the progress bar reaches the end, I wait a few more seconds and release both HOME and MENU.
The orange power light is still blinking,
After the power-on I never saw any activity at the microSD LED,
and when I plug it in a USB port of the Windows machine it comes up with one new device.
For the driver I point it at the gserial.inf found in the Rupor-Resque,
and it installs a Gadget Serial, but with an error-code (10) cannot start device.

You must know, the previous owner tried to do all this this himself, and formatted the suggested drive under his Windows!!!!

Maybe the device can be booted from a microSD, when it has a bootpartition like the normal internal memory has? (had maybe, in this case..)

Thanks again for you help, you must know I am willing to try anything with this T1, since it is considered lost anyway.. :-)

I read a suggestion somewhere (can not remember where) to 'clone' the device by making a dump from a working T1 and put this on SD.
Then boot from this SD and then transfer all the partitions back to the internal memory.

I am willing to try this, but have no access to a full memory dump of a working T1.

Thanks again for your help,

Satbeginner

08-23-2013, 02:03 PM	#10
satbeginner Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Murcia, Spain Device: PRS-T1	Hi Uboot, I did what you said, step-by-step. I removed all partitions on my microSD card using ubuntu live cd. (parted) formatted the card under Windows (Vista), Downloaded the Rupor-Resque.7z from the Russian site, unzipped it with WinRar (under Windows Vista) FYI the update.img on the microSD is shown as 25.0 MB (26.214.400 bytes) I stopped the reader by pressing both RESET and POWER 3-4 seconds, I released both buttons and pressed the RESET again, this stopped the orange blinking in the power button. (No led's are lit or blinking now) I placed the card in the reader , pressed both HOME and MENU (button 3 and 5) and -while holding these- pressed briefly the power button. The orange light (power) started blinking and the screen flashes black & white, now the progress bar starts to fill from left to right. Also the orange LED next to the microSD flashes briefly. After the progress bar reaches the end, I wait a few more seconds and release both HOME and MENU. The orange power light is still blinking, After the power-on I never saw any activity at the microSD LED, and when I plug it in a USB port of the Windows machine it comes up with one new device. For the driver I point it at the gserial.inf found in the Rupor-Resque, and it installs a Gadget Serial, but with an error-code (10) cannot start device. You must know, the previous owner tried to do all this this himself, and formatted the suggested drive under his Windows!!!! Maybe the device can be booted from a microSD, when it has a bootpartition like the normal internal memory has? (had maybe, in this case..) Thanks again for you help, you must know I am willing to try anything with this T1, since it is considered lost anyway.. :-) I read a suggestion somewhere (can not remember where) to 'clone' the device by making a dump from a working T1 and put this on SD. Then boot from this SD and then transfer all the partitions back to the internal memory. I am willing to try this, but have no access to a full memory dump of a working T1. Thanks again for your help, Satbeginner