During the recent beta period Garmin regularly released its beta Oregon firmware in a format that could be easily downloaded and installed on the Oregon by unzipping it copying it to the unit when connected as a mass storage device. Unfortunately, Garmin changed this policy again after the beta phase ended, the official firmware only being available through their proprietary (Windows-based) WebUpdater.
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Archive for the ‘Hacking’ Category
Garmin Oregon 300 Firmware Update Under Linux
Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Ascom/Swissvoice DECT Phone Hacking
Thursday, January 1st, 2009
Or: How to enable the “Support” menu of Ascom/Swissvoice DECT handsets…
While playing around with the DECT base station built into my new AVM FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7270 I just got a day ago I actually managed to get the handset into an endless loop signing on to the base station, failing, beeping and starting all over. I remembered having read about a support menu built into the handsets of these phones and after a little trial and error managed to revive my phone by disabling DECT in the FRITZ!Box base station (to stop the endless looping) and clearing the phone’s registration via the handset reset built into the support menu. (more…)