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recovering N900 after emmc broken

I managed to kill the emmc of my N900 after dropping it a few days ago :(

Got it into "semi-working" state by using information in this thread:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=69081

Basicly I have /home swap and MyDocs on a 8g sdcard.
It mostly works, but there is 1 small and 1 bigger problem.

small: camera app cannot save image:
General Settings: save target selector shows "Memory in use"

big: conversations, gtalk/skype doesn't work; clicking on a "Skype/gtalk IM/call" button in a contact just drops me back to the contacts list;
incoming skype calls don't ring; ims are not received
sms works

relevant lines from "mount"
/dev/mmcblk1p2 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=continue,commit=1,data=writebac k)
/dev/mmcblk0p1 on /home/user/MyDocs type vfat (utf8,uid=29999,shortname=mixed,dmask=000,fmask=01 33)
/home/opt on /opt type none (bind)

notice /home/user/MyDocs mounted from mmcblk_0_p1
that's actually blk1, i just modified /etc/event.d/rcS-late to make a link and mount that

any idea what causes this? how could I fix it, or maybe how to diagnose the exact cause?

Re: recovering N900 after emmc broken

here is a log from dbus-monitor --session when pressing a gtalk chat or skype call button in the contacts manager:

Code:

method call sender=:1.75 -> dest=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.AccountManager serial=113 path=/org/freedesktop/Telepathy/Account/gabble/jabber/--removed--; interface=com.nokia.Account.Interface.ChannelRequests; member=EnsureChannel

   array [

      dict entry(

         string "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandleType"

         variant             uint32 1

      )

      dict entry(

         string "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetID"

         variant             string "--removed gmail account---@gmail.com"

      )

      dict entry(

         string "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.ChannelType"

         variant             string "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type.Text"

      )

   ]

   uint64 1388064

   string ""

error sender=:1.20 -> dest=:1.75 error_name=com.nokia.MissionControl.Errors.Lowmem reply_serial=113

   string "Insufficient memory"

method call sender=:1.75 -> dest=org.freedesktop.Telepathy.AccountManager serial=114 path=/org/freedesktop/Telepathy/Account/spirit/skype/--removed--; interface=com.nokia.Account.Interface.ChannelRequests; member=Create

   array [

      dict entry(

         string "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetHandleType"

         variant             uint32 1

      )

      dict entry(

         string "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.TargetID"

         variant             string "--removed skype handle--"

      )

      dict entry(

         string "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.ChannelType"

         variant             string "org.freedesktop.Telepathy.Channel.Type.StreamedMedia"

      )

   ]

   uint64 1413766

   string ""

error sender=:1.20 -> dest=:1.75 error_name=com.nokia.MissionControl.Errors.Lowmem reply_serial=114

   string "Insufficient memory"

Code:

Nokia-N900:/home/user# free

              total         used         free       shared      buffers

  Mem:       245268       237944         7324            0         7140

 Swap:       822360         3036       819324

Total:      1067628       240980       826648

sd card remapped to mmcblk0 with these /etc/event.d/rcS-late modifications:

Code:

    mv /dev/mmcblk1 /dev/mmcblk0

    mv /dev/mmcblk1p1 /dev/mmcblk0p1

    mv /dev/mmcblk1p2 /dev/mmcblk0p2

    mv /dev/mmcblk1p3 /dev/mmcblk0p3

    echo "/dev/mmcblk0p2 /home ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,commit=1,data=writeback 0 0" >> $tmp_fstab

    echo "/home/opt /opt none bind" >> $tmp_fstab

    echo "/dev/mmcblk0p1 /home/user/MyDocs vfat nodev,noexec,nosuid,noatime,nodiratime,utf8,uid=29999,gid=29999,shortname=mixed,dmask=000,fmask=0133,rodir 0 0" >> $tmp_fstab

Code:

Nokia-N900:/home/user# mount

rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)

ubi0:rootfs on / type ubifs (rw,bulk_read,no_chk_data_crc)

proc on /proc type proc (rw)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)

tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=20480k)

tmpfs on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,noatime,size=5120k,mode=755)

none on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime,size=10240k,mode=755)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)

tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,size=65536k)

/dev/mmcblk0p2 on /home type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=continue,commit=1,data=writeback)

/dev/mmcblk0p1 on /home/user/MyDocs type vfat (nodev,noexec,nosuid,noatime,nodiratime,utf8,uid=29999,gid=29999,shortname=mixed,dmask=000,fmask=0133,rodir)

/home/opt on /opt type none (bind)

nodev on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (0)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python2.5 on /usr/lib/python2.5 type bind (bind)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/pyshared on /usr/share/pyshared type bind (bind)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/pyshared on /usr/lib/pyshared type bind (bind)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/share/python-support on /usr/share/python-support type bind (bind)

/opt/pymaemo/usr/lib/python-support on /usr/lib/python-support type bind (bind)

any idea what may cause these Insufficient Memory errors?

Re: recovering N900 after emmc broken

So, I managed to get the N900 working, after emmc has been broken..

1, turn on rd-mode on device (to be able to run sudo gainroot)
flasher --enable-rd-mode
2, flash vanilla image
flasher -F ..COMBINED...bin -f -R
3, device boots up, insert SD card formatted with n900 compatible layout:
p1: vfat
p2: ext3
p3: swap

4, edit /lib/udev/mmc_id shell script, swap the SLOT_NUM="1"/"0" lines.
this will mostly trick the device to behave as if the sd-card was the internal mmc

5, reboot, device will auto-optify (take a few minutes)
the sdcard p1 will be mounted as /media/mmc1 (I'm not sure how it knows it, when it's present on mmcblk_0_p1
so I'm not sure which init script is still detecting this..
nothing is mounted on /home/user/MyDocs..
but camera will save images to "Memory card" and instant messages/skype calls work!

--------
problems:
USB storage will probably not work, I'm not willing to try it now :)

--
will upgrade to CSSU, hope it doesn't break anything

Re: recovering N900 after emmc broken

Thanks for posting this

Just a few questions

How much the p1,p2,p3 partitions should be?

And I didn't quit understand this step

4, edit /lib/udev/mmc_id shell script, swap the SLOT_NUM="1"/"0" lines

And after this fix I won't have to use the emmcworkaround scripts made by Durango right?

Re: recovering N900 after emmc broken

step 2; it's not the VANILLA image, but the COMBINED, you need. sorry I was writing from memory..

partitions: use the partitioning guide in Durango's emmcworkaround; actually if you already gone through that, your current partitions will be ok.
It makes sense do a
sudo gainroot
mount -t ext3 /dev/mmcblk1p2 /mnt
rm -rf /mnt/*
after the first boot, so the auto-optify works on an empty /home

step 4,
(set up connectivity; gprs or wifi)
sudo gainroot
swapon /dev/mmcblk1p3
apt-get update
apt-get install rootsh mc
mcedit /lib/udev/mmc_id

this is shell script that's called by udev to number the internal mmc/external sd
if will make sense when you open it, you just swap the numbering; so the external sd is numbered as mmcblk0 on next reboot; swap and /home will be mounted just fine; auto-optify will run
and most things should work.

--
it's only the partitioning guide you're going to use, from emmcworkaround; you should not to run any of the scripts except (if you want) the script that removes unneded packages (games/fonts)

Re: recovering N900 after emmc broken

man you are the best :D

all works well now !!!

just a question, should I turn off the rd mode? as the keyboard is always lit in this mode. If yes how?? using the same command?

also did anything go wrong after that u install CSSU?

Re: recovering N900 after emmc broken

yes, you should turn off rd mode (it's only required so you're able to do a sudo gainroot right after the reflash)
flasher --disable-rd-mode
cssu and kernel-power install didn't cause any problems for me

Re: recovering N900 after emmc broken

when i try to call the 'skype call test' it says 'not enough memory',

and the swap partition don't auto mount?

please help thanks

Re: recovering N900 after emmc broken

what did you exactly do?

you need to provide more information if you want help.

Re: recovering N900 after emmc broken

1.) I flash my n900 with latest combined.bin
2.) I install rootsh and leafpad to edit /lib/udev/mmc_id then reboot
3.) camera don't work because the swap partition don't mount itself
so i use the setupswap script from emmcworkaround.zip but edit the file to mount /dev/mmcblk0p3 as swap.

when i try skype, it logins just fine, but when i try to make a call the notification said "not enough memory".

thanks