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Originally Posted by mbovenka
A first PC I tried it with wouldn't see it, but another would. I could format the internal flash, but an upgrade with the 796 format version still failed. I then tried it under Linux, and wiped the entire internal flash device (/dev/sdc in my case).
Bad idea. Now the upgrade won't even *start* anymore...  |
I used XP to format it so it was your first attempt that worked for me.
I didn't know that a Linux format would brick it.
Another option for you would be to purchase a Gen3 with a broken screen and combine the two.