Flasher on Maemo5
 

Hi guys,
I noticed that: On Maemo5 (Nokia N900) there is installed the "flasher", some of you know why?
When you wrote "flasher" and you hit enter, are all available flasher options....
I place a screen:

Is ridiculous or not? :eek:

Re: Flasher on Maemo5
 

I'm pretty sure it's the same basic flasher used to reflash from your computee, but running -on- the n900, for kernel upgrades and such.

Re: Flasher on Maemo5
 

The great roby of backupmenu :D
Bro it can't be because the kernel is flashed throught the kernel-flasher (or something similar... i don't remember)...
Besides this flasher need a usb connection, just like the one used on the pc...

Re: Flasher on Maemo5
 

It is indeed for kernel flashes on device (softupd --local & flasher -k image --local -f iirc).
However, since it is the same flasher on PCs compiled for ARM, you can use it to flash other N900s (possibly N8x0s - can't test) from your N900 with h-e-n, hub suggested.

Re: Flasher on Maemo5
 

So maybe if we move the binary to a N8x0, we can flash the N900 from his ancestor, right? That could be helpful!

Also, from an environment like the one in Backupmenu (i.e. with rootfs unmounted) we could flash the rootfs from within the same N900, or is it wishful thinking?

Re: Flasher on Maemo5
 

NOLO does the flashing, so on-device flashing with that method is a no.
The N8x0s need a recoampiled version, flasher is closed source and I doubt the same libs would work, you could try though :)

Re: Flasher on Maemo5
 

I continue to believe that it is absurd and pointless ... Of course with h-e-n might be feasible to use the flasher, but the flasher is installed from before the release of h-e-n :eek:

Re: Flasher on Maemo5
 

Can it flash a vanilla to root from mmc1? On the go?

Re: Flasher on Maemo5
 

So... 1 question? Can we enable/disable R&D mode using that built in flasher? Well it doesn't flasher the kernel when you enable R&D right?

Re: Flasher on Maemo5
 

I honestly do not know, I just wrote the post for more information ... But apparently no one knows why there is a flasher installed :(