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Originally Posted by geneven View Post
Ok, I'm having what seems to me to be an unusual flash problem, and this seems to be the place to post it. Here are the steps I am going thru, and when I did this a while ago I ended up perpetually rebooting.

1. Reflash. I'm using RX-51_2009SE_1.2009.42-11.002_PR_COMBINED_002_ARM.bin and following the instructions in the Wiki for reflashing from Linux.

2. As soon as I complete the flash, I run the App manager and pick the Maemo 5 update. It says Maemo 5 1.2009.44-1.002.

I get a message saying that the above version is being updated. All seems to be going normally.

The device restarts. Everything looks fine. (Battery level is also fine.)

I get a message saying Operating system successfully updated.

I run App Manager again, check for updates.

A Maemo update is listed, 2.2009.51-1.002.

I click it and tell app manager to do the update.

A 90 mb update is being downloaded. All looks fine. It takes quite awhile to do the download.

A message displays -- Updating 'Maemo 5' 2.2009.51-1.002. All looks fine. The progress bar slowly creeps across the message.

I get a message saying Restarting the device. A progress bar appears.

I get the welcome screen. I click Save because the settings are correct.

The normal screen pops up, but I reboot.

And reboot.

And reboot. I appear to be in a permanent reboot loop.

So, something is wrong. I didn't do anything and yet I am in a reboot loop.
You may need to reflash the eMMC as well then. Is there a particular reason you're doing it this way rather than just flashing with the 51-1 firmware though?