FYI Parallels can see my N80

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Maya R

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I'm quite surprised but Parallels on OSX running Windows XP can see my N80 with Nokia Software Update and PC Suite. That said I don't have the courage to try to flash using it but it's improvement that at least the phone is now seen by these applications.
 
For what it's worth, I have updated the firmware on two phones (6682 and E61,) with absolutely no problems, while using Bootcamp. I realize that's different than Parallels, but how much different can it be?

If you're willing to install Bootcamp, I can tell you for sure that it works. I've had a lot less problems with it than many of the PC users around here have had while updating their phones with a legitimate PC.
 
Yeah the beta of Parallels has usb device support, so it should behave identical to a normal windows XP install with respect to a cell phone over USB, given that you properly install the device drivers. The only thing I would say is parallels beta is slightly more likely to crash during an update (a standard XP install clearly has a chance of crapping out as well), as I find it crashes a bit more often than a fresh XP install.

-Kap
 
wow flashing with parallels you guys are brave.... bootcamp i'd do without a problem... parallels i'd think twice ...

pretty badass that it was sucessful though
 
Actually, extrememly different. Parallels runs in a virtual shell (you can google on how VMware works for good technical info), which means that the USB (serial) support not only runs through the drivers and HAL on WindowsXP, it then passes through the USB driver (uhci/ehci module code) on the local OS X system, which includes the Parallels shim to allow that to happen as well.

Bootcamp is just raw booting to Windows, which means (other than the naked Apple hardware) your OS is talking directly in the manner it was designed - through the driver(s), across the HAL and into the chips. Parallels is talking to the generic driver (the virtual shell presents abstracted hardware components to the OS), though the HAL, into the Parallels USB support code, out to the ehci/uhci module code, through the kernel then finally into the chips.
 
Can anybody confirm that when you use software update that it writes the image to the phone and the phone flashes it itself or at the time of flashing is there a stream being sent from the computer to the phone? With FOTA it works like the former not the latter.
 
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