Setting up Windows XP to Use the Flasher (For Root Access, USB Host Mode, etc.)

From Internet Tablet Talk

For those not able to install Linux or boot from a Live-CD, the following will explain how to run an Ubuntu virtual machine and allow usage of the flasher utility.

Requirements:

Windows XP

[VMware Browser Appliance(28,902KB)]

[Ubuntu VMware Browser Appliance Virtual Environment (264,676KB)]

[Linux flasher (645KB)]

[770 XTerm]

Step by Step Instructions:

1.) Install VMware Browser Appliance. The install is straightforward.

2.) Unzip the Ubuntu VMware Player Virtual Environment to a folder of your choosing. "My Documents\My Virtual Machines" is recommended. (Note that another sub-folder called "Browser-Appliance" will be created if you leave the zip file's directory structure intact.)

3.) Start VMware Browser Appliance. When prompted with "Browse for virtual machine configuration file" navigate to "My Documents\My Virtual Machines\Browser-Appliance" and choose "Browser-Appliance.vmx". Ubuntu will now boot.

4.) Click on the "Applications" menu in the upper left corner of the screen. Navigate to the "Internet" sub-menu, and select Firefox Web Browser (v1.5.0)

The following steps are outlined on the Maemo Wikipedia and are repeated here with more clarity for those not completely familiar with Linux: (HowDoiBecomeRoot)

5.) Download the Linux flasher by entering the URL "http://www.maemo.org/downloads/d3.php" manually, or navigate to this document via Firefox and click on the link provided at the beginning. Save the file. (The default location will be the Desktop)

6.) Click on the "Applications" menu in the upper left corner of the screen. Navigate to the "Accessories" sub-menu, and select Terminal.

7.) Type the following (Linux commands are case sensitive!):

 cd ~/Desktop

8.) Type the following (Linux commands are case sensitive!):

 chmod 0550 flasher

9.) Turn the Nokia 770 off.

10.) Plug the USB cable into the Nokia 770.

11.) Hold the 'Home' button down (the bottom-most one) and power the device on (keep holding down 'Home'). The Nokia logo appears on a white screen and after a few seconds the USB connectivity logo appears. Release the 'Home' button. The title bar of the VMPlayer window should now list a Nokia USB device.

12.) In the terminal again, type the following (Linux commands are case sensitive!):

 sudo -s -H
 ./flasher --enable-rd-mode --reboot

The first command let you become super user, the second command reboots you're N770 in R&D mode. When Ubuntu asks for a password, it is: ubuntu

13.) You should now receive a message that the device is in R&D mode. When the Nokia 770 reboots, you will notice green text on the white screen with the Nokia logo that displays Kernel information. There will also be a wrench icon beneath the logo. If XTerm is not already installed, install it now.

14.) To obtain root access, type the following in XTerm on the 770 (Linux commands are case sensitive!):

 sudo gainroot

15.) Finally, switch to the root user itself (Linux commands are case sensitive!):

 su -

16.) You now have full run of your system. Please be careful, and as always, do this at your own risk. If you don't have any Linux experience, I recommend playing around in the Browser Appliance virtual machine environment for a while to get used to the commands. Should you screw up your 770 at this point, the only way out is to reflash. Additionally, steps 14 and 15 must be run subsequently each time you wish to execute commands as root.