IT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*dances a jig*
Okay, So...toyz, I'm guessing you didn't watch while the flashing procedure was attempting to commence. In mine, the log indicated that there was a version mismatch since I was trying to flash a device that currently identified itself as an edge with the edgejr image. So, I downloaded the version of the firmware (Dingo) for the Pocket Edge that has the version commented out, slapped that on the usb drive, and ran run boot_user. It took, and my device was then working.
Next, I updated to Ermine, and it took fine. So, sweet. *dances another jig*
For those interested, here's what's necessary:
Either
1) a motherboard with serial support or
2) a USB to Serial cable such as
this one
And
3) a Serial cord that you don't mind chopping the end off. We used a
$6 cable from vetco.
4)
3 bricks worth of header from sparkfun
To make the cable - chop the male end of the db9 cable (the one that doesn't fit into the usb to serial cable), and solder it to the header per the pin diagrams shown in the pics linked below, which for us was Red Brown Yellow - if you bought the same cables I did - otherwise you need a multimeter or some such to figure it out.
Then for Windows 7, download
Termite. Get your keyboard ready, and as soon as you've hit the boot button, start typing keys until the uboot prompt comes up. Use the settings in
Envos post, except the parity bit should be NONE instead of odd.
Then in Termite, type
It will flash with whatever thing you've plugged in, in my case to the usb, (don't try and use a microSD card with the case open). If you have previously accidentally flashed with the edge firmware instead of the edgejr firmware, you should download the firmware from
darkgrue's thread FOR YOUR DEVICE
and flash with that. I see no reason not to make the same change to an Ermine rom, I just haven't done it yet.
Pics of the process and cabling are available
here on flickr.
Gotchas: I couldn't get the serial usb dongle to work on OSX Lion, which is why I ended up doing it in Windows. You might find differently.