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RobbieThe1st	2010-11-11 , 07:35
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Like I said - It won't help your problem. But, this shows that your system is -not- bricked and -is- recoverable.
Also the code 8, yea it does that. I still haven't figured out why, so you can safely ignore it.

This means you should be able to:
1. Flash the eMMC (without the -R option)
2. Flash the PR1.3 RootFS (with the -R option), let it boot. -DO NOT TOUCH IT- during the first boot(wait at least 10 minutes).

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quokka	2010-11-11 , 07:54
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k i try again, am redownloading images again, have a feeling ive done something stupid but dont know what. also dling old images too to try.

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quokka	2010-11-11 , 08:24
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having trouble flashing, not holding "u" i get (on pc)
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5.exe -F emmc.bin -f
flasher v2.5.2 (Sep 24 2009)

Image 'mmc', size 255947 kB
Version RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA
Suitable USB device not found, waiting.
USB device found found at bus bus-0, device address \\.\libusb0-0001--0x0421-0x0
1c8.
Error setting USB configuration

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>

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quokka	2010-11-11 , 08:26
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same if i try flashing pr1.3 first

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quokka	2010-11-11 , 08:35
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phone won't start unless usb is plugged in... weird

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RobbieThe1st	2010-11-11 , 08:37
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Ok, so you've got a PC problem. I'm not entirely sure what you will need to do, but you probably should go download a Ubuntu (32-bit) LiveCD and burn it.

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quokka	2010-11-11 , 08:45
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i only got 10 min internet access, so my last post for today...
I'll get ubuntu, but XP flasher has worked fine (well, apparently anyway) up to now.
Got a BSOD before playing around putting battery in and out,
i'll muck around tonight but i can get the backup menu up, can i use this menu to restore to flashable state?
a smaller linux distro will do? (1hr for 150mb... even at internet shop)
tia,

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quokka	2010-11-11 , 12:28
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i have been thinking about the flashing thing and i think it is more a problem of not being able to put phone into flashing mode...
however i have found an old mandriva live cd so can try through linux, if i can work out how to install and run flasher...

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RobbieThe1st	2010-11-11 , 12:39
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I'd download a Ubuntu cd unless you can figure it out yourself - Mainly because there are a few quirks that I know how to workaround on ubuntu/linux mint/debian-based, but I, at least, don't know anything about mandriva.

And, your problem with w7 was that the flasher couldn't gain control over the usb port - hence why it can't find the device, and the "configuration error".