Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

Okay, now I'm the one asking for help:

Is there any EASY way to update the firmware on the N800 on a Mac running OS X?

By easy I mean no command lines, no dual boots with Windows etc. It has to be something as easy as the Windows update wizard.

Re: Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

This link is how to flash with flasher 2

http://maemo.org/community/wiki/howt...agewithmacosx/

Re: Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

It is very easy, but it does require use of the terminal. See link above. Don't be scared.

Re: Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

The link above says it can be done entirely through a GUI, but it's not the Nokia-approved method.

Is there some reason why Nokia don't approve a GUI-based firmware update?


It's not for me, it's for someone who cannot cope with using the terminal. They bought a Mac (and a tablet) precisely to avoid stuff like command lines.

Re: Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

The 770-flasher.app works just fine. Has a gui and everything.

Re: Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

Seriously, it doesn't get any easier than 770Flasher.

Re: Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

It's a lot better than the command line, but it's still a bit complicated compared to the Windows wizard.

With the wizard, you just follow some very simple on-screen instructions (connect the tablet with the cable, press button X etc), you don't even have to know what firmware is. The Wizard's only requirement is a basic understanding of english.

770Flasher requires you to get the image you want to install yourself. It's relatively unclear where or how you do this. I know what the link is, but how is anyone non-technical supposed to find out?

Re: Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

Nope.......

Re: Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

i'm as non-techie (i.e linux) as you get and i found the method in post #2 works really well ... took me a few minutes ...my main problem was that i was so interested in seeing what os2008 looked like that i er ...forgot to plug in the cable ...that set me back for at least 3 tries .... nothing seemed to be working ?? hmm ...once i plugged the cable in it worked like hot damn ... there are lots of places to get the image now

Re: Easy way to update N800 firmware on Mac running OS X?
 

You say you're as non-techie as they get, so how did you find the correct image to update the tablet?

I didn't say it didn't work well, I said it was still a bit complicated compared to the Windows wizard. My original question was asking for a method that was as easy as the wizard.


Would you care to expand on that?


A lot of you might find 770flasher very easy, but it requires a fair amount of previous knowledge about firmware updates. Put yourself in the shoes of someone who has no knowledge about firmware or flashing.

The wiki page's documentation is terrible, for example sentences like this don't really mean anything:

And please be sure to have no character in your directory name of Flasher/Image

I'd guess they mean no non-alphanumeric characters in the folder where you keep the image, but that's not what they said.

On top of all this the wiki's download link to the flasher doesn't work, and neither does the link to the images.