N800 locks up after updating packages?
 

Hello all,

my nicely set up N800 went into an infinite boot loop yesterday, after I did an apt-get upgrade and then apt-get upgrade.

So I reflash-ed it to the newest 2008 OS.

After reflashing, I have installed the "becomeroot" program (nothing else) and did an upgrade / update. (I didn't restore my backup)

Result: infinite boot loop, with only another reflash bringing the unit back to life.

What is going on here? Is there a buggy application in the feeds?

Or is my hardware crapping out?

Thanks for any advice...

Re: N800 locks up after updating packages?
 

Why would you do that? <_< apt-get upgrade isn't a recommended upgrade method. It has a high chance of breaking things, especially when you involved certain repositories (rtcomm in particular, the SDK repo, too).

Re: N800 locks up after updating packages?
 

Oh. I did not know that. So what is the recommended way to update? I thought that the GUI updater is not very good (it times out often)?

Thanks again for your advice!

Re: N800 locks up after updating packages?
 

Just use Application Manager. Well, either that, or purge the rtcomm repository and the SDK repository and cross your fingers.

Re: N800 locks up after updating packages?
 

Update: I am using now the Application Manager - but it crashes quite often when creating the list of applications. I never had this before (before updating to the most recent firmware).
Is there any fix for this?
Thank you one more time...

Re: N800 locks up after updating packages?
 

Guess which numbnuts did this AGAIN. *grrrr*

Damnit - I ought to be able to apt-get upgrade without resorting to the terribly slow AppMan!

Is there any way to fix this? Which package/s were at fault?

:( damnit - and I had her all nicely setup too!

Re: N800 locks up after updating packages?
 

Be careful which repositories you install. The SDK and rtcomm-beta repos are known trouble-causers with apt-get upgrade.