digininja Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Ye, you need a 3.3v cable for a Fon. Lucky things didn't fry! The link you've got looks like the cable that I start my cables from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jprknight Posted August 21, 2010 Author Share Posted August 21, 2010 I know tell me about it. Ok I am going to order one of those puppies up. I thought it looks very much like the cable you have in your serial cable page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digininja Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Looks can be deceiving! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jprknight Posted August 21, 2010 Author Share Posted August 21, 2010 Ok guys I have ordered one up. So hopefully by mid next week I should be seeing some redboot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jprknight Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 Hi all, So I order the cable as per Digininja's fon serial cable page and and hey presto redboot. Interestingly Open TFTP Server on Windows 7 gave me no end of pain. The built in TFTP within backtrack worked first time. Picture of my now working pl2303 custom made USB to Serial cable. Lesson learned, there are different serial cables out there. Play it say and go with DigiNinja's example. Then again I am probably the only person on this board stupid enough to try out a different cable in the first place. http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8560/im...01008261058.jpg Thanks to everyone for their help, I am now up and running, and sharing my internet to all my new friends. :) jprknight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digininja Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Glad it worked out in the end. I've always found getting a tftp server up and running has been the hardest bit, shouldn't be but never stops causing problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jprknight Posted August 26, 2010 Author Share Posted August 26, 2010 I think it was a lot to do with Windows 7 as well. I closed down my AV & Windows Firewall. Went through and stopped as many services as I could which I thought were relevant, but still the fon could not ping the tftp host. So it was a great relief when back track just worked. I have a new found respect for linux today :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digininja Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Doesn't matter what OS, I've always had trouble. Arch Linux is my main OS and I know it inside out but same goes for all of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jprknight Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 I just had to come back and post. After leaving my Fon as not much more than a brick for a couple of weeks I can back to it and started the whole flash thing again. This time I was able to ping and use open tftp from Windows 7, whetheras previously it was a no show. Very strange. Anyway one thing is for sure. The serial port is pretty much essential for someone like me. :) Flash fon, f*ck with all manner of settings, flash fon... etc etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digininja Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Unless you are very lucky I'd say a serial cable is an essential piece of kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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