Flashing from linux?
 

Is there any way to flash a rom on a linux system im currently using fedora 11 and ubuntu 8.10 and i want to get rid of vista!
the only reason i still have it on my computer is so i can flash my touch pro
I dont want someone telling me to do the sd card flash either because the TP doesnt even show up as connected in fedora.

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What about using a windows emulator in linux?

Edit: you could still do SD card flashes, but you'd have to remove the SD card from the phone to copy the files over.

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like wine? do you have any suggestions of programs to use?

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yeah i really dont like doing sd flashes either it takes more time to set it up and flash than just clicking a few buttons

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I'm not a linux guy, just throwing out the first idea that came to me.

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alright well thanks man i gotta look into it i need to find a good one that works

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There's quite a few very mature options for both OSX and Windows, so you'd think there'd be something good for Linux.

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There was an open source flashing app over at XDA... I think it supported a limitied number of devices though. I'll see what I can dig up, as far as links go.
*edit* http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=399762 */edit*

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it'll work through using virtualbox, to emulate xp (maybe vista too, don't see why not)

are you familiar with virtualbox?? i feel it's a must have program to go along with your linux box...for those times (like now) when u jus have to use windows.

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look up this topic on xda ther is a guy named pof that made a program for it.

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Yeah... I posted the link a little bit ago. a+ on reading the thread.

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Just FYI, when I hook my touch pro up to my debian box it pops right up as an available drive. I'm able to copy to and from the storage card as needed so it would be possible for me to flash from storage if I so desired. I keep a vista box around for gaming though, so I usually use it.

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I think the whole point of this thread is to no have to use and Microsoft Windows product. Linux is free and open source and the user might not have a copy of Windows. The problem is that flashing is an executable and linux doesn't do exe...
I'd play around with wine http://www.winehq.org/

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thats for syncing not flashing thanks for your help though

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my bad bro no need to be rude :angry7: i was just trying to help. good luck. Try SEARCHING TOO. since you wanna get snappy.

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thanks for your help sorry man wasnt trying to be rude! just trying to say i need to figure out to flash ive been searching all morning but finally figured out how on xda!
edited post too haha

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its all good bro, wanting to flash and not being able to would probly make me upset too. i hope you find a way soon good luck.

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ha i need some sleep im getting all grumpy
woo finally found a way though! driving me crazy cause windows vista crashed for the 3rd time in two weeks today and i just gave up on it!
trying to get used to linux again i highly suggest trying out fedora 11!!
sweet as f***

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just do the sd card method, using an sd card reader its really still less effort than using a RUU. I know thats not what you wanted to hear, but diskdrive mode and linux can recognise it like a flash drive drop the file, name it raphimg.nbh and bootloader that badboy. half the time im at work so I just download the whole rom over my phone and flash via the sd card. just make sure you have a copy of pocket rar in cases of emergency.

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thats what ive been doing but its kinda a pain to do it every time i want to flash
i found the tool to be able to flash and it works with multiple phones!

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supposedly pofs HTCFlasher app will work with (possibly) any of the newer devices that use the .nbh format. Anyone brave enough to try it out? I'm curious if it will work for the TP or not, as it's not on their "incomplete compatability" list.

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just use sunbox or a virtual machine

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I downloaded put my VZW HTC Pro in bootloader mode and away I went. It found the phone, flashed to 99% on the phone, 100% and done on the program itself and the phone just hung there. May not work on the Touch Pro. Can anyone confirm?

By the way I thought it was quite slow so I would probably continue using a memory card to flash.

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why don't you post how you found a way to flash using Linux instead of just saying you did?

Have you tried Ubuntu? That is the smoothest, easiest, cleanest Linux I've ever used and I've used a few everything from Mandrake to Suse to Gentoo to Knoppix and even RedHat... Ubuntu is what I like the best... Shoot any them are good!

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if he uses that, he would have to install windows in those right? If so, nullifies the whole point because it would still be using Windows to flash.

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What distro? Maybe try talking to Pof to see if the bugs can be worked out, or if anybody else cares, I suppose. Everything cool is GSM, and making it work could be as simple as differentiating between the different versions of the Raphael.

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Been running Linux Mint . I am going to also try a different rom tomorrow and see if I get the same result.

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i was running mint for a little while wasnt too happy with it, there were a lot of bugs on my computer. I am very happy with the fedora 11 beta though! and right now im trying ubuntu 9.04, and 8.10 and overall fedora is the way to go for me


has anyone else tried flashing? im going to when i get fedora back tomorrow! but until then ubuntu keeps f***ing up my wireless

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I bricked my phone (HTC Titan) a year ago by flashing from linux.
luckily I could get back to the bootloader and flash from SD card.

I'd have to just recommend flashing from SD (that's what i do, as I refuse to use windows!)

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Funny, you refuse to use Windows yet you have a PPC? Hmmmm unless, of course, you're running some type of Linux smartphone software... :mrgreen:

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work pays for it. we need email and calendar exchange stuff

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okay so i cant figure out how to install the flasher from xda could someone tell me how to install a tar.gz file on linux, more specifically fedora 11

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Just harassing you. I too prefer Linux. Unfortuantely where I work we only use Microsoft products (O/S and Office) so that's what I use since I am in Tech support...
Linux has been thrown around though, we're a school district and need better bang for our bucks!

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ive been using linux off and on for a while and i gotta agree too i prefer linux now over windows

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Perhaps I have a different definition of brick but for me being able to easily access the bootloader and start a flash program != brick ^^ Were you able to for gsm software on your cdma phone or anything from nix?



I'm running gentoo here and with the new self compressed exe you can either open them with ark, toss the nbh on your sd card and rename "DIAMIMG.nbh" etc etc or you can wine the exe to extract it and navigate to your wine/c_drive/windows/temp/ folder and extract the nbh from the direct and toss it on the sd card in your phone and rename it DIAMIMG.nbh etc etc ... I think linux and windows use different api's and the ruu flash program that we're all using is a windows only app. I mean it runs in wine but when it goes to look for usbcore.sys and you're using usbcore.o .... I haven't tried that flasher xda either... if you're having trouble installing it try googling tar.gz(will show you how to extract the actual files) and "howto install apps in linux" for instructions on installing any linux apps (usually just extract, ./configure, make, make install)

Edit: I was amazed with how many results I got for this topic by going to google and typing "flash linux ppcgeeks" "flash linux xda", most of them relevant to OP.... most ended up at this page if you followed links in threads http://code.google.com/p/htc-flasher/wiki/HomePage

Edit2: was just thinking about installing software in *nix .... imo best idea once you've extracted your files and before you start setting up is to look in the folder where your files were placed for a file called README and another called INSTALL and take a quick glance at those files.

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you should be able to use ndiswrapper and wine to get the touch pro ... i got it working on a fedora 10 set up