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jsharp is offline jsharp
2007-01-08 , 22:04
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I bought my 770 about 10 months ago, way before the 2006OS came out. Back then the only way to increase performance was to create swap space on an rs-mmc card. You had to flash the device and do some stuff to it (I don't remember every thing) and when you where done you could make some swap space to make the 770 run smother. It was real cool then but became pointless once the 2006OS came out.

Well recently part of the screen on my 770 no longer recognizes the stylist unless I press real hard. I want to send it in for repairs. The warranty is still good, but I'm not sure if I violated it when I made that swap space. I just read the warranty and I does not seem like I have. It's obvious that I did something to the device because green text appears when it boots up.

I have two questions:
1. Did I violate my warranty?
2. Can I reverse the flash thing I did so that the green text no longer appears?

Thanks for any help I get.
 
9a6or is offline 9a6or
2007-01-08 , 22:11
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Before you send it back for warranty repair, just go to Nokia's support website and install the latest OS (do your backup first). You will then have the latest OS with built-in swap.
 
jsharp is offline jsharp
2007-01-08 , 22:24
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Originally Posted by 9a6or View Post
Before you send it back for warranty repair, just go to Nokia's support website and install the latest OS (do your backup first). You will then have the latest OS with built-in swap.
I installed the newest OS months ago. When I originally made swap, 2006OS wasn't out so you had to make swap space your self. Yeah now I just make virtual memory using the built in function in 2006OS. That's not my problem. I want to reflash my device and see if I can get rid of the green text that appears when booting the 770. My device is less than one year old, so if I send my device in for repairs I wont have to pay anything (I didn't physically damage my device to make part of the screen to stop working). But, if the technicians think that I void my warranty then they might make me pay to get it repaired.
 
smackpotato is offline smackpotato
2007-01-08 , 23:06
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I had the same problem with my 770 and nokia gave me a new one under warrenty, no problem. just between you and me i took the tablet apart to see if it was a cable problem before sending it away
 
rattis is offline rattis
2007-01-08 , 23:11
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Originally Posted by jsharp View Post
I installed the newest OS months ago. When I originally made swap, 2006OS wasn't out so you had to make swap space your self. Yeah now I just make virtual memory using the built in function in 2006OS. That's not my problem. I want to reflash my device and see if I can get rid of the green text that appears when booting the 770. My device is less than one year old, so if I send my device in for repairs I wont have to pay anything (I didn't physically damage my device to make part of the screen to stop working). But, if the technicians think that I void my warranty then they might make me pay to get it repaired.
You're in RD mode. You might want to switch it back to user mode (gets rid of the green text). But for all they know you needed that information because you were developing software for the tablet.
 
jsharp is offline jsharp
2007-01-08 , 23:39
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Originally Posted by rattis View Post
You're in RD mode. You might want to switch it back to user mode (gets rid of the green text). But for all they know you needed that information because you were developing software for the tablet.
Oh ok thanks. I didn't realize that (it's been a while). RD mode is easy to disable. I thought it was going to be a hassle to do this. Thanks.
- edit: just disabled rd mode and no more green text, thanks.

@smackpotato
They gave you a brand new one? Awesome. My case (on the bottom, the part that sticks out where you plug in the power, usb, and headphones) is cracked a little just from taking the cover on and off (go figure) so it would be great to get a new one.
Last edited by jsharp; 2007-01-09 at 00:56.
 
9a6or is offline 9a6or
2007-01-09 , 00:55
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Chances are that you could get away with it by disabling the R&D mode but...

Enabling the R&D mode is associated with some sort of risk of damaging your device and is not endorsed by Nokia (see the scary disclaimer at http://maemo.org/maemowiki/HowDoiBecomeRoot ). No doubt, you can switch off the R&D mode easily but its traces would still be there giving away that you were playing with fire. If I sent back my 770 for warranty repair then I would avoid giving them the slightest chance to refuse the free repair, and in your case this means reflashing with a fresh official image. You wouldn't want to send it in anyway with your data on, so do a backup and flash to be on the safe side. Again, I may be overcautious...
Last edited by 9a6or; 2007-01-09 at 01:04.
 
ru00pa is offline ru00pa
2007-01-15 , 01:10
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Hi
Everytime I goto the Application manager it shows 'updating' then a massage come to the screen 'oparation failed'. If I goto see the option 'installed software' it does not show anything I installed before. Same as the other options, so now I can install new software but can not remove them from my installed list. With that problem, I have tried to reset the whole OS(2.0) 06, but here is another problem I found. I can connect my 770 with PC but when I goto reset the OS, it can not detect with the PC.
Please anyone can help me, any suggests. Thnx..
 
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