Thread: [Announce] CSSU Features Configuration application (Maemo 5)
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mattkawa is offline mattkawa
2011-09-09 , 09:35
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#231
Originally Posted by Saturn View Post
One solution is to use the flasher to disable the lifeguard to stop the constant reboots; then connect with ssh and copy a good transitions file.

e.g. some example on how to do some of those steps found with a quick search on the site. http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...3&postcount=15

remember to enable the lifeguard and exit R&D mode when you are done.

Good luck.
Saturn - you are an absolute star my friend!

Your suggestion worked a treat - eg. I used flasher to disable lifeguard and enable R&D mode. That then stopped the constant reboots and allowed me to boot the phone properly, although the desktop/widgets/menus were all over the place and unusable at the point. However, I was able to start Xterm via the power key menu shortcut I had created (or Ctrl/Shift/X) so I could then use Xterm to restore my transitions.ini.
A quick reboot again to check all was back to normal (which it was/is ), and then booted with flasher again to enable lifeguard again and to disable R&D mode. End result - I managed to avoid flashing the phone and the associated issues with doing that.
I'm so glad I had the patience to see if there was a way to pause the reboots to rectify the problem, and so glad there are such knowledgeable and helpful forum members such as yourself Saturn! Many many thanks for your advice.