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2007-07-06
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Well you could always try an emulator. ;-)
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2007-07-06
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The GUI flasher by bleb.org works fine on my Mac Pro, nice and simple too 
http://www.bleb.org/software/770/
http://www.bleb.org/software/770/
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2007-07-06
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Ha! But seriously...
Unless you Mac folks out there can tear yourselves away from your iPhones for a sec and throw me a lifeline, I'm thinking the easiest solution is to borrow a friend's Windows machine and use the update wizard thingie. Which sounds temptingly easy and fast compared with the Mac options.
Unless you Mac folks out there can tear yourselves away from your iPhones for a sec and throw me a lifeline, I'm thinking the easiest solution is to borrow a friend's Windows machine and use the update wizard thingie. Which sounds temptingly easy and fast compared with the Mac options.
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2007-07-06
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I borrowed a windows machine here at work. If i had an Intel Mac at home though I would try the emulator. Really.
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2007-07-06
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Thanks for the link, Riddler. And I've been meaning to get Windows running on my better half's Intel MacBook, so perhaps I'll give that a try, and/or the iEmulator 1.7.9 for my Power PC machine.
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2007-07-23
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I don't know if you're still thinking about trying to upgrade the N800 using a Mac, but I've done it twice now, following the "Nokia approved" (non-gui) method on the wiki, and it's worked fine. I've used both a desktop Powermac and an iBook G4, and just followed the instructions on the wiki carefully, and I've had no problems.
Last edited by khirano; 2007-07-23 at 16:47. Reason: added a bit more detail
Last edited by khirano; 2007-07-23 at 16:47. Reason: added a bit more detail
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2007-07-23
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Originally Posted by khirano
Interesting. I tried flashing my n800 from my iBook G4 and it didn't work. I shall have to try again.
I don't know if you're still thinking about trying to upgrade the N800 using a Mac, but I've done it twice now, following the "Nokia approved" (non-gui) method on the wiki, and it's worked fine. I've used both a desktop Powermac and an iBook G4, and just followed the instructions on the wiki carefully, and I've had no problems.
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Class .. : Lame hacker & beardy boffin
Humour . : [#######---] Alignment: Apathetic anarchist
Patience : [####------] Weapon(s): My cat, my code.
Agro ... : |#---------] Relic(s) : N900, MacBookPro, NSLU2, N800, SheevaPlug, Eee-901, Core2-Quad, PS3
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not."
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2007-07-23
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I've also re-flashed my N800 twice using the flasher-2.0.macosx application (from [1]). I may or may not have needed to run it as root, I can't remember. But it certainly does work.
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[1] http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/d3.php
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[1] http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/d3.php
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2007-07-24
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Originally Posted by Ald
Same here, on a N800 and a 770, using a G4 notebook.
I've also re-flashed my N800 twice using the flasher-2.0.macosx application (from [1]). I may or may not have needed to run it as root, I can't remember. But it certainly does work.
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[1] http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/d3.php
So two things:
1) Does anybody have advice on the simplest, most reliable way to proceed, or should I just dig in and follow those nerve-wracking instructions (which seem oddly left over from the N770) ?
2) Second, I'll just throw out a general plea to Nokia and Maemo to show a bit more love to Mac users, and make things easier for non-power users like me.