Stuck in Guided Setup with SO3 error

If you went with a new image, or run Clear & Delete Everything, then your shows would be gone..

 

Disconnect every thing from the tivo, including the power cord.
Reconnect Tivo to TV, then reconnect the power and leave it alone for a couple of days.

 

This telnet which is on port 31339 is a network remote control function only. AFAIK, there is no other telnet.

 

That is with the old Series 1 as later models do have serial links.

Aside from losing shows and passes, it would be better/faster to get an image.

 

Yeah, that is not good. You say you have a clone? I would make a clone of the clone. Set one aside, put in the other. If you can connect let it run for a few days. Even though it connects and gets to 100% that does not mean it has fully updated, can take a day or two. Not sure how old the clone is, it might even update the software. Once it's up and running let it go for maybe a week to be safe. Then you could TRY switching to OTA. Do not run guided setup or clear and delete on the clone, at least until it has been running for a few days or a week, doing daily connections with no S03s.

Pretty much with an S3 on cable, if you let it sit for an extended period of time you will get S03 when you hook it back up. For DAYS possibly. You just have to leave it, never run guided setup or clear and delete until the S03 is gone. The clone might save you, or possibly an image that will connect without having to run guided setup or clear and delete.

 

It may be due to the massive guide data when you have cable.

Basically, not cloning the drive as that would also copy the old guide data as well. Using a new image would be like starting anew. It would be faster then waiting days on end for the error to clear out.

 

Correct on the cable, I have switched all my S3 to OTA since they sit around a lot. The cloning, he says he has an OLD clone that has not been used for a long time. That is the one he needs clone and try, not the current drive that is stuck in guided setup, that would do no good. The old clone would almost certainly get S03s for awhile but would not be stuck in guided setup which is pretty much impossible to get out of on an S3. Need to clone the old clone so 3 drives involved really, the current drive stuck in guided setup (just set it aside), the old clone, and a clone of the old clone. That way still have the old clone intact in case things do not work out. The current drive might never work.

 

Lifetime is tied to the service number not device.

Image sent.

 

Or you could create an image off your OLD clone (assuming it is not stuck in guided setup). That way there will be no issues with drive not matching up with your Tivo, media access key will match. Good luck

 

Note the pre-requisite which you haven't done (ie serial cable connection or full telnet connection to get shell) and I believe the latter required a hacked S3. As was mentioned the telnet connection you are doing is for remote control only and not a shell.

Scott

 

Those instructions appear to be for an S3/HD since they mention TA and CableCARDS which an S1 would not have.

That other forum that talked about hacking S3/HD models had instructions on creating a serial cable for an S3. I saw someone else post that it is no longer up but Google search still brings up a cached post about it from 2007.



Scott

 

At this point... are we discounting the possibility of a failing power supply?
After all this IS a S3 TiVo.

 

You can unplug your tivo, wait a few minutes, plug in and do a kickstart. The disk repair will run before guided setup is run. That procedure worked for me.