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	Benson	2008-09-30 , 17:35
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Originally Posted by briand

. I had development stuff on the tablet
. I had SVN versions of software on the tablet
~~. I had the "browser fix" .deb installed on the tablet~~
... I had some -dev packages from the SDK forcing me to keep the corresponding binary packages back a version.
. I had bora, chinook, and diablo apps installed on the tablet
. I had no problem with Modest not notifying me about mail (IMAP/Gmail), but didn't want one, either.
. Regardless, I chose to "install"
~~. Immediately got a message about the "browser fix", so I removed that via the Application Manager, and chose to 'install' the upgrade.~~
... Got a message about the ~4 packages I'd held back for the SDK, did apt-get install on them, and went back to App Mgr.
. I have had no problems whatsoever!

okay, okay... The "contacts" applet was on my screen... and the Tableteer applet was on the screen, but c'mon... that's easily solved. Yeah, a bunch of PDF documentation was re-installed in my documents directory, but I cleaned it out without trouble... and, yeah, my extras repository was disabled, so I re-enabled it.

No rebooting loops, no removing batteries, no reflashing the tablet, and no real issues... reading here, one might think that I was the exception to the norm -- but I'm willing to bet I'm just being more vocal about my experience than the rest of the 'silent majority'

+1 to that, except for the expected fooling around to get the update across two images of my (nominal) penta-boot, a rescue SD, and of course restore my boot-menu. And the SDK stuff, I knew I was on thin ice, but I'd made pretty sure of what I'd have to do back when I installed it...

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	BrentDC	2008-09-30 , 17:45
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Originally Posted by Benson

+1 to that, except for the expected fooling around to get the update across two images of my (nominal) penta-boot, a rescue SD, and of course restore my boot-menu. And the SDK stuff, I knew I was on thin ice, but I'd made pretty sure of what I'd have to do back when I installed it...

Public Service Announcement:

If you have a virgin, straight out-of-box, brand new device, please do not install this update.

If you use kernel patches, have rotation enabled, frequently use the SDK repo, hacked system files, dual boot, use powerlaunch: you are good to go.

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ioan	2008-09-30 , 18:10
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On my n800, I enabled the soft poweroff in systemui.xml... but every time when I put the tablet in soft power off, the d-pad led is blinking. In control panel->display->led all the check boxes are unchecked. Does anyone else have this problem?

I don't have new emails (I don't use the email app on the tablet), I don't use any kind of alarm on the tablet. I reflashed yesterday and installed the two OS updates, so this is a clean tablet.

Any ideas?

skatebiker	2008-09-30 , 18:12
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I installed SSU from the notofication without problems.
Everything browser, youtube, SIP calling, MSN via Pidgin works.

It also restarted automatically.

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	GeneralAntilles	2008-09-30 , 18:46
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Originally Posted by Peet

It would be interesting to have a site poll under this subject regarding the success or failure rate of this (or any) software update.

No it wouldn't. It would be just as useful as the responses to this thread. A self-selecting sample that doesn't represent the actual experience for most tablet users.

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nhanquy	2008-09-30 , 18:46
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I had my N810 updated when it was running on mmc2 late last night. The tablet kept rebooting a couple times then booted from flash. The boot menu was gone. I shut it off.

This morning I plugged it to the AC adapter. It kept rebooting itself at least 5 times and then booted from flash. I lost the boot menu. I re-run the initfs_flasher; funny thing was it did not ask for dropbear and such but it configured the tablet the way it was.

I rebooted the tablet. It went to boot from mmc2 and said "software updated".

I haven't tested any software on the tablet yet.

thaldyron	2008-09-30 , 18:59
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I've updated when booted from the internal card. The installation phase succeeded but the configuration failed so I used dpkg --configure. After rebooting it shows the correct version but the bootmenu and everything works without me flashing the initfs.
How's that possible?

Last edited by thaldyron; 2008-09-30 at 19:02.

deluxe	2008-09-30 , 19:13
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Originally Posted by Chelloveck

Let me add a sad little "me too" to this. Constant reboot loop, going to have to re-flash. All my data is safe on the card, but it's going to be a pain to have to reinstall all my apps.

I had an initial issue with the update not flashing due to the Flash Version I had installed a few weeks ago, so I removed that and it installed OK. Then, when it rebooted it got stuck in a reboot loop. I had the power adapter plugged in, so I unplugged it and it booted fine next time. Seems to be all OK now(have been using it off and on for 3 hrs). This is a simple fix that might work, and sure beats rebuilding the whole OS and Apps.

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deluxe	2008-09-30 , 19:14
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Originally Posted by rok

No problems so far!
The browser is really fast!

Was Flash in fullscreen (youtube) possible before? I can't remember.

It was for me, full screen.

deluxe	2008-09-30 , 19:26
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Originally Posted by svrkprabhakar

You may be right. But one amazing feature I think is RSS feeds get updated even if my RSS feed reader is not kept launched, only thing I need to do is keep my internet tablet switched on and connected to internet. but the same happen with gpodder or other rss parsers.

That seems to happen for me too, providing I have the W-Lan connection running, and thet the refresh setting is enabled within the RSS reader App.