November 2009 Archives

dmidecode

By Dusty on November 13, 2009 12:00 AM · No Comments
Note to self:  dmidecode is great.  I should interface with it for some good stuff.

Trouble flashing your Nokia N810?

By Dusty on November 11, 2009 7:14 PM · 1 Comment
If you get the error "Error claiming USB interface: Device or resource busy" when flashing your Nokia N810 via USB, this might help:


sudo modprobe -r cdc_phonet

(source: talk.maemo.org)

General information and directions to help flash your N810 can be found here:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware


[updated 2010-03-24]:
In Ubuntu 9.10 it seems to still fail even after removing cdc_phonet, so you have to remove phonet too.

sudo rmmod phonet
sudo rmmod cdc_phonet

(source: talk.maemo.org)
So, Verizon says this in their Terms of Service:

"Anyone using more than 5 GB per line in a given month is presumed to be using the service in a manner prohibited above, and we reserve the right to immediately terminate the service of any such person without notice."

This is attached to a plan with this feature:

"Includes Unlimited Data Usage"

Unlimited? I don't call death-by-exceeding-5GB an unlimited data usage plan.