PE Hardware serial console - Page 2

vicinc · 08-06-2011, 06:38 PM

any good info for rom cooks? architecture, devices > drivers etc?

emusan · 08-06-2011, 10:00 PM

lol vicinc, you can edit your posts in the future to add questions, it will keep it from making the thread too long...

And +1 for minicom lol(though I do like some others as well).

vicinc · 08-07-2011, 09:56 AM

I want it long and on the top!

emusan · 08-07-2011, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vicinc

I want it long and on the top!

lol, okay, you can bump a thread if it gets too far down, but most of these threads stay pretty clost to the top anyway.

ivanjt · 08-07-2011, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vicinc

I want it long and on the top!

Make it too long and people won't read it! It is always better to make this sort of topic short and to the point - that way anyone new coming to it can see what it is about without having to page through lots of one liners.

bunodosoma · 08-07-2011, 07:32 PM

Just in case anyone wants more internal photos.
rvcullen posted a link to some he took in the archives.

P-LOPZ · 09-09-2011, 11:52 AM

I ran into a problem with my PE and accidentally flash the big edge firmware after editing the update.sh file to bypass the safety checks. Now I can get past 3 dots and the buttons do not respond (so no downgrade). This thread gives me hope that I can use the serial debug to fix it. If I read the thread right.

vicinc · 09-09-2011, 07:02 PM

if you find out how? is your adb working? I am stucked to 3 dots but adb works and boots in lcd mode only, but no luck in upgrading/downgrading

P-LOPZ · 09-09-2011, 09:12 PM

so sorry I just looked at my own post.

What I meant to say was I can't get past three dots and then the e-ink flashes rapidly. Sorry Vicinc.

vicinc · 09-10-2011, 12:41 PM

is the adb working on yours.

tekknogenius · 09-12-2011, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JTY

Just opened my WSOD PE to look for the heat source that caused WSOD.
I took some pictures from the components and found debugging serial port that is jused for linux main console.
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How'd you open up the PE? I dropped mine a few weeks back and noticed now that when I open up the camera app the PE reboots. So, I'm guessing that something must be loose or something along those lines.

Thanks.

attemptress · 09-12-2011, 03:36 PM

Only tangentially related . . . does anyone have a brokent PE that they've opened (or not), and found to be unfixable? If so, I've got a home waiting for the little plastic clip that holds the eink cable to the board socket . . .

ivanjt · 09-12-2011, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tekknogenius

How'd you open up the PE? I dropped mine a few weeks back and noticed now that when I open up the camera app the PE reboots. So, I'm guessing that something must be loose or something along those lines.

Thanks.

have a look at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=137889

tekknogenius · 09-13-2011, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ivanjt

have a look at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=137889

Thanks. I'll take a look

JohnX · 09-21-2011, 03:15 AM

Fantastic! My PE just arrived from woot today and I've been going nuts trying to find out how to get a uboot console without just flashing mtd partitions blind. Somehow I'd assumed I wouldn't be able to get a serial terminal without soldering wires to my shiny new toy (I'm more of a software guy. Soldering is my weak point

). Anyways, I'm happy to be wrong.

To anyone who's already done this: Did you use a USB->serial adapter? Will an actual standard PC serial port work or is there voltage conversion that needs to be done? I might not have a chance to work on this much until the weekend, but I want to be ready to dive into it at that point.

-John

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08-06-2011, 06:38 PM	#16
vicinc Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 443 Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Device: Pocket Edgex2(1unborked), Alex, Nook B&W, Nook Color, Nook STR	any good info for rom cooks? architecture, devices > drivers etc?

08-06-2011, 10:00 PM	#17
emusan lol Posts: 472 Karma: 1031 Join Date: May 2011 Device: eDGe	lol vicinc, you can edit your posts in the future to add questions, it will keep it from making the thread too long... And +1 for minicom lol(though I do like some others as well).

08-07-2011, 09:56 AM	#18
vicinc Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 443 Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Device: Pocket Edgex2(1unborked), Alex, Nook B&W, Nook Color, Nook STR	I want it long and on the top!

08-07-2011, 07:32 PM	#21
bunodosoma Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 466 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SATx Device: PE,Novel,Nook Color	Just in case anyone wants more internal photos. rvcullen posted a link to some he took in the archives.

09-09-2011, 11:52 AM	#22
P-LOPZ Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Entourage Pocket Edge	I ran into a problem with my PE and accidentally flash the big edge firmware after editing the update.sh file to bypass the safety checks. Now I can get past 3 dots and the buttons do not respond (so no downgrade). This thread gives me hope that I can use the serial debug to fix it. If I read the thread right.

09-09-2011, 07:02 PM	#23
vicinc Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 443 Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Device: Pocket Edgex2(1unborked), Alex, Nook B&W, Nook Color, Nook STR	if you find out how? is your adb working? I am stucked to 3 dots but adb works and boots in lcd mode only, but no luck in upgrading/downgrading

09-09-2011, 09:12 PM	#24
P-LOPZ Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Entourage Pocket Edge	so sorry I just looked at my own post. What I meant to say was I can't get past three dots and then the e-ink flashes rapidly. Sorry Vicinc.

09-10-2011, 12:41 PM	#25
vicinc Guru Posts: 733 Karma: 443 Join Date: May 2011 Location: UK Device: Pocket Edgex2(1unborked), Alex, Nook B&W, Nook Color, Nook STR	is the adb working on yours.

09-12-2011, 03:36 PM	#27
attemptress Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Entourage PE	Only tangentially related . . . does anyone have a brokent PE that they've opened (or not), and found to be unfixable? If so, I've got a home waiting for the little plastic clip that holds the eink cable to the board socket . . .

09-21-2011, 03:15 AM	#30
JohnX Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Pocket Edge	Fantastic! My PE just arrived from woot today and I've been going nuts trying to find out how to get a uboot console without just flashing mtd partitions blind. Somehow I'd assumed I wouldn't be able to get a serial terminal without soldering wires to my shiny new toy (I'm more of a software guy. Soldering is my weak point ). Anyways, I'm happy to be wrong. To anyone who's already done this: Did you use a USB->serial adapter? Will an actual standard PC serial port work or is there voltage conversion that needs to be done? I might not have a chance to work on this much until the weekend, but I want to be ready to dive into it at that point. -John

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