Update to Ermine stuck in a loop

I'm also stuck in the same loop. Am hoping the USB fix works for me...DL files now.

Have emailed tech support with fingers crossed

I sent mine back to them, should have got there wednesday. Emailed to check, and I haven't heard anything yet... going to try calling tomorrow morning.

Thanks, reillj. I called on the 18th, and they said they'd call back with a fix. Will call tomorrow to follow up. Hopefully they'll let me send mine in too? I'm hopeful, although scared by the closing of the store.

I found after rooting my Ermine, that I hit an infinite loop after a couple cycles of powering. The only way I got it back was to down-flash it with the USB stick. I made sure the USB stick was clean, formatted to default block sizes, etc. Then copied over only the update.zip to the root of the stick itself. Booted, flashed, and was back in business.

If the USB stick is giving you problems in flashing back to Dingo, then it could be that the bootloader doesn't recognize the format of the USB stick, like I mentioned above, make sure it's cleaned off, and formatted right, then copy only the update.zip over. Holding the rotate and menu buttons are essential as this notifies the bootloader that you want to flash, and not boot off the eeprom.

Hey Ressie, here's a wild question--are you on Mac or PC? I'm wondering if the Mac weirdness has anything to do with tit? I reformatted my USB as FAT 32, but...you never know with Mac/PC things. THANKS!!!

Well, Still haven't got my pocket edge back. sent it on the 14th.

and now the support line is off. no calls. don't even know if they are fixing it anymore. Can't get in touch with anyone.

SO ANGRY.

Tried the download on a PC, reformatted the memory stick as FAT, and SUCCESS! Pocket Edge did indeed boot off the USB. YAY!

...However, the "Software is updating/please don't turn off your Pocket Edge" screen has been up for hours. BOO. What the heck?!

@reillj: You might want to think about small claims court then...

It's kind of hard to sue a company that's out of business...

I just want to get it back... they had it for two weeks. I called twice, and they said they were working on it, and to call back today. and now the number is just a message.

You might still get it . . . I hope. Give it a few more days for shipping? Maybe one of their last acts would be to send everything back, fixed or not. If you don't get it at all, maybe we can help you find a solution on the MobileRead forum. For instance, you could always write personally to asghar Mustafa and tell him what happened. He might want to make it right for you. I wouldn't do that yet, though.

Wishing good things for you!

I would hope that any items received will be processed and returned to the owner in good order.

Oh man, reillj, good luck. I would be SO angry in your situation.

@borisb: I thought they had just discontinued the line are were working on a tablet-only product now?

And for the record, in case any other PE owners have the same problem, I let the battery run down. Once I plugged it in and restarted, it booted up (in Dingo) no problem. I only lost a pixel (grr), but am just glad to have the **** thing running.

Oh man, reillj, good luck. I would be SO angry in your situation.

@borisb: I thought they had just discontinued the line are were working on a tablet-only product now?

And for the record, in case any other PE owners have the same problem, I let the battery run down. Once I plugged it in and restarted, it booted up (in Dingo) no problem. I only lost a pixel (grr), but am just glad to have the **** thing running. [on preview: really, censoring d*mn? WOW.]