Bricked Iliad - what now - Page 2

scotty1024 · 10-28-2006, 08:00 PM

Well I guess there is nothing for it now but back to iRex.

And of course: what the heck is that pin doing when you press the page bar?

@Design256:

Did you try ttyS0 and ttyS1 as well?

And the click sound is made by copying a .wav file to /dev/dsp (just in case its a digital audio out pin).

design256 · 10-28-2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by scotty1024

Well I guess there is nothing for it now but back to iRex.

And of course: what the heck is that pin doing when you press the page bar?

@Design256:

Did you try ttyS0 and ttyS1 as well?

And the click sound is made by copying a .wav file to /dev/dsp (just in case its a digital audio out pin).

nope, nothing on any of those. There's a vague possibility it might be an i2c datastream - if not then it looks like it's just whatever internal serial format the input devices use.

sigi · 10-29-2006, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by design256

nope, nothing on any of those. There's a vague possibility it might be an i2c datastream - if not then it looks like it's just whatever internal serial format the input devices use.

I also took some time to probe the Iliad from outside and I am now pretty convinced that there is no serial console reachable at the moment without any further hacking. The 6th pin from the left is the one that looked most promising, but every button sent out the same bitpattern except for the "on/off" button (one single pulse). The buttons send these bitpatterns as soon as the Iliad is turned on (means that this is hardwired as far as I can see it).

What might be interesting is the fact that if you press the "News" button, there is also a signal on the 5th pin from the left.

scotty1024 · 10-29-2006, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by design256

nope, nothing on any of those. There's a vague possibility it might be an i2c datastream - if not then it looks like it's just whatever internal serial format the input devices use.

All I can guess is the cradle is going to have some HID related aspects to it...

I'll keep an eye peeled.

scotty1024 · 11-01-2006, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sigi

I'll give them a call tomorrow.

Are they going to give you 2.7.1 when they re-flash your iLiad?

sigi · 11-01-2006, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by scotty1024

Are they going to give you 2.7.1 when they re-flash your iLiad?

I think so.

vranghel · 11-01-2006, 02:18 PM

The last 2 post remind me of the PSP business.
People would hack their machines to run home-brewed apps, then after a couple of weeks Sony would release a new firmware version that would cover those holes, then all the business would repeate again.

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10-28-2006, 08:00 PM	#16
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	Well I guess there is nothing for it now but back to iRex. And of course: what the heck is that pin doing when you press the page bar? @Design256: Did you try ttyS0 and ttyS1 as well? And the click sound is made by copying a .wav file to /dev/dsp (just in case its a digital audio out pin).

11-01-2006, 02:18 PM	#22
vranghel Addict Posts: 285 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver, Canada Device: Proud Iliad owner	The last 2 post remind me of the PSP business. People would hack their machines to run home-brewed apps, then after a couple of weeks Sony would release a new firmware version that would cover those holes, then all the business would repeate again.

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