Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Good to see LED blinking as I keep phone plugged into laptop via flasher command. As @thedead1440 said I will wait till it reaches 9-10% and then disconnect and put it for charging via AC mains.
Hoping for best here :)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Flasher isn't open-source hence there hasn't been ways to downgrade etc ;)

However, now that pali has created the open source fiasco firmware flasher for fremantle, patches can be added by someone who knows the workings of it in the future for harmattan too...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

My mistake then, just saw some references about access to source code in WinFlasher folder license files.

Got a couple of smaller issues now after re-flashing. I only replaced the OS and all my data like docs, contacts, messages and photos remained untouched but my calendar data seem to have gone. I thought it was no problem because I had a full local Nokia Suite backup from a week ago but it doesn't seem to contain calendar entries. Is it gone forever or are there local files somewhere (since flashing shouldn't affet user data)?

And just to confirm, despite saying 'apps and settings' the restore procedure doesn't bring my apps back, does it?

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Nope it doesn't bring back your apps; you have to use other backup methods for apps like using N9QTweak etc... I'm not sure of NS backup but if you use the backup feature on phone it does restore calendar as you can see the backup folder will have an organizer folder too which contains those entries...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Hi guys, i've a problem with my N9
I've hard-resetted this device with the option inside the settings application, then when it rebooted a rounded "working" icon apperars on the display, the status logo is always on and the flash on the back of the device is red.
I've flashed two times the PR1.3 firmware with harmattan flasher on linux, but i'm always there.
Any advice?

UPDATE: simply do then flash the firmware with

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I seem to have bricked my N9 :mad:. It's a 64GB model, 059M5V1. It was running PR1.3, which it had been since I bought it.

I was shoveling snow and heard a couple of texts come in. I was wearing gloves, so I waited until I went inside before pulling the phone out of my pocket. When I did take it out, the clock didn't appear on the display, and the phone didn't appear to respond to unlocking with the power button or the screen double-tap -- i.e. the screen didn't turn on.

I left the phone for a while, wondering if it got too cold. I waited about 20 minutes and checked again. This time, a more detailed examination revealed that it did respond -- the "message waiting" pattern on the LED stopped after I unlocked screen (although nothing appeared) and then resumed after it timed out and relocked itself.

I tried to reboot, first holding down the power button for the long press (> 8 seconds), then trying to power up as usual. The LED came on, but the vibrator never buzzed. I repeated this a few times before consulting the flashing guide here.

First thing I did was a "replace operating system" flash. It seemed to work, but the phone still didn't appear to boot up.

Assuming I'd lost everything on the phone, the next thing I tried was a "comprehensive reset" but got the same result -- seemed to work but phone doesn't boot.

Only then I noticed the suggestion regarding "fixing malf state". Wished I'd read through that before comprehensive reset. I followed the instructions and mounted the rootfs, finding a /var/malf file. I deleted that, mounted the MyDocs and saw all my stuff was gone (as expected). Then I used photorec to recover my pictures and videos -- that worked great, BTW.

I made sure all the partitions were unmounted and unplugged the phone. Then I went back through the reflash process but still no boot.

At this point, I've tried comprehensive reset with and without zeroize. The phone just doesn't seem to boot to a usable state, but it does "sort of" turn on, since "flasher -i" sees the phone if I've used the long-power-keypress and does not if it's "kinda" running. I've repeated the fix malf state procedure, and have not found another /var/malf file.

The phone charged from the charger, with the LED acting normally, first "breathing" then stead at full charge. It also charged from the USB port on PC, and lsusb identifies it as: "ID 0421:0518 Nokia Mobile Phones".

Any suggestions at this point? I can post transcripts from flasher if that's of any use, but this post is already a little long.

Thanks,
Rob

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Guy my nokia n9 is not detected by pc when iI connect it to pc it says " NOT ENOUGH POWER IN ORDER TO CHARGE THE DEVICE " I TRIED TO CONNECT IT IN EVERY MODE BUT PROBLEM IS SAME ITS NOT AT ALL CONNECTING..... I have tried to flash my device but its not detecting my devics at time of flash also so please tell me what to do ....... Plz respond me as early as possible .........

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Can I get the N950 eMMC image somewhere (for usage with the leaked PR1.3)?
Thanks

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I guess you are using windows OS. Open the one click flasher with 7zip or similar. Extract and install Nokia_Connectivity_Cable_Driver.msi. Now connect your N9 and it should be detected from windows and should get enough power for charging.
If this is the case everything is fine. Shutdown and disconnect your N9, start one click flasher and connect the phone again it should start automatically. Maybe some driver will installed and after that it should start flashing.
In the end you should see something like this:

A better way is using linux for less trouble:)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Just use the ones from PR1.2 or PR1.1 (harmattan-dev.nokia.com, full links can be found in CC thread).

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Anybody else experiencing problems with OVI/Nokia/Whatever Suite 3.6.36?
I have latest PC Suite (only use this) and could not get my N9 recognized properly anymore after upgrading. Went through a de/installation attack and found that. Only using latest PC Suite or just ConnectivityCableDriver iy working,, but after installing Nokia Suite it is screwed ...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

CC thread? Which one's that? :)

I've only found the one click flashers stuff: http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/release/N950-39-5/ but no separate images.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Just extract emmc image from one of them.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Thanks for answering schturmann.

CC = Coding Competition
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=83761

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I haven't used Nokia Suite in a long time but just use the latest Nokia Suite from Beta Labs and it should work without any issues...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

HELP PLEASE...When i want to flash my phone nothing happens when i plug in my phone i've tried it multiple times and its always off. it starts charging and nothing else happens

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Please, give more details, describe step-by-step. Hopefully, somebody will be able to help you.
Best wishes.
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Per aspera ad astra...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Still in the same situation. Tried flashing and N9 still won't boot up. Press power button and it never vibrates. Still can be turned fully off with > 8 second power key press. Here's what happens when flashing -- seems to work as far as I can tell:

Now I try to start the phone with power button, no vibrate, no display.

BTW, I've tried this with and without "--erase-user-data=secure".

Is it bricked for good?

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Thanks a lot !

Working perfectly

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Nokia is closing the access to Navifirm !!!
http://smartmobil.sk/?p=7357

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I'm already downloading firmwares I might need, just in case.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

very nice. i just used this thread to save my phone from a terrible reboot loop. i did something wrong on quick tweak when i tried to change the font color of the time and date on the status menu. i didn't know that i had to prepare a numeric value for my desired color. so when i pressed enter without putting in a number, thinking it would cancel and exit out, instead it went into a never ending reboot loop. that's what happens when you disregard all the warnings and turn on developer mode having no clue what's flying. well it's all in good fun and ii haven't learned my lesson yet cause i am still at it. by the way some parts of the instructions were kind of unclear and I'M not sure how i even pulled it of anyhow. sometimes i think you guys purposely don't explain some things in order to deter ppl like me from geting involved. well praise the lord and thanks for the info.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I need help i cant flash my nokia n9 Im having some errors but I dont know what to do please help

C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher>flasher -f -F main.bin -F emmc.bin --erase-user-d
ata
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct 6 2011) Harmattan
WARNING: This tool is intended for professional use only. Using it may result
in permanently damaging your device or losing the warranty.

Ping attempt 1 (250 ms)
Server application: 1.7.2
Found product RM-696 rev. 1603
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8

Battery level 20 %, continuing.
Erasing, this may take a while.
Erase done.
Image SW version DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_009
Image moslo not present
Image tar skipped
Image config skipped

Battery level 20 %, continuing.

image [state progress transfer flash speed]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[x] cert-sw [finished 100 % 1 / 1 kB NA ]
[x] cmt-2nd [finished 100 % 95 / 95 kB NA ]
[x] cmt-algo [finished 100 % 789 / 789 kB NA ]
[_] cmt-mcusw [finishing 25 % 6050 / 6050 kB 3162 kB/s]
[x] xloader [finished 100 % 23 / 23 kB NA ]
[x] secondary [finished 100 % 94 / 94 kB NA ]
[x] kernel [finished 100 % 2714 / 2714 kB 3131 kB/s]
[_] rootfs [init 0 % 32768 / 1170206 kB NA ]
[ ] mmc [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
ERROR: SU_GET_UPDATE_STATUS_REQ terminated with error code 1: Unknown error

image [state progress transfer flash speed]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[x] cert-sw [finished 100 % 1 / 1 kB NA ]
[x] cmt-2nd [finished 100 % 95 / 95 kB NA ]
[x] cmt-algo [finished 100 % 789 / 789 kB NA ]
[x] cmt-mcusw [finished 100 % 6050 / 6050 kB 3162 kB/s]
[x] xloader [finished 100 % 23 / 23 kB NA ]
[x] secondary [finished 100 % 94 / 94 kB NA ]
[x] kernel [finished 100 % 2714 / 2714 kB 3131 kB/s]
[f] rootfs [init 0 % 32768 / 1170206 kB NA ]
[-] mmc [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
Fetching error list:
========================================
Update content failed to verify against cert: SW certificate not updated
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
mmc: sfdisk returned status 1
mmc: Could not exec 'tune2fs -L rootfs /tmp/sudmmccafraB/internal0p2'
mmc: Could not remove mount directory /tmp/sudmmccafraB/mnt: No such file or dir
ectory
[Pipe 4] Finishing in error state with status 1
========================================

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Goodness me is that ^^^ another example of flash memory failing :eek:

That's like what the 5th or 6th device on this thread with flash memory failed?

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

That memory flash problem can be fixed

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Via Nokia Care? If so yes I've seen it being fixed; if via software please share ;)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Last three times i resetted/flashed it didnt help my problem. All graphics to the clock/alarm app is missing and in the clock i only se moving squares. I flashed 1st time with standard firmware file, second time i made reset from phone and last time with nsu. Now i downloaded the EMMC file and are thinking of trying it. Is there a more simple way since this is the only issue and perhaps the fact that facebook dont show up in 'feed screen'. Otherwise ill try the EMMC tonight.I think i will have to rebuy alot of apps this time tho, if its true that you can only install them five times.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

shma,

N9QTweak offers an option to save your downloaded apps as .deb files... Also in terminal you can do:
osa --get PKG_NAME > PKG_NAME.deb

this would package your store app as a .deb and you can install it after flashing...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Great thanks for the tip

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Today I did the Fixing MALF state again.

This time there was a 40 byte /var/malf file with the line:

I deleted it and unmounted the volumes.

Still not booting. No vibrate, no screen . . .

Ideas?

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

It seems to be a bug in QTN9 v9.5.5
I made the same action and obtained the same result as yours:
The loop of the death !
After a first Flash "Replace operating system (preserves user data)", it worked normally until I reinstalled QTN9, then the phone locked and the problem reappeared...just after starting the icon tool.
Only a Second complete Flash "Comprehensive reset (destroys user data)" seems to be effective to resolve this .
I never used Outlook, so I lost my complete personnal Agenda :mad:
Henceforth, even not using it, I've learned I'll do a regular BackUp with it now...
Professionally, the Lotus Notes tool is imposed to me.

Perhaps this adventure will help some others too:
I discovered a tool (for MS-Windows) I'll soon try: "DestopMirror"
http://www.livepim.com/index.htm
It can synchronize Outlook, Palm, Google, Lotus Notes & ACT between them.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Still struggling with "N9 does not boot". I wondered if there was a problem with my firmware images, so I re-downloaded those with NaviFirm. That didn't seem to help, same result.

Then I caught a wild hare and thought I'd try another version, so I downloaded the Northern Europe 64GB firmware. And that's how I learned that LEGACY_001 is considered a downgrade from LEGACY_006, so that didn't help, I just got a "Security Failure" error because "Downgrade disallowed."

Anyone have any suggestions of anything else I should try before I toss out the phone or investigate shipping to a Nokia repair facility? (I'm in the US)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I've got the exact same problem. Phone flashes ok, but will not vibrate or show anything on the screen. The phone is charging without a problem and the LED lights up as well. When connected to a computer, the Nokia PC Suite tells me that my phone is connected in a non-compatible USB mode.

I can't fix the MALF state either, because fdisk doesn't list my N9 in step 5. It only shows the live session USB-stick and integrated SSD.

dmesg gives me:

Happened after I replaced the screen. Could it be a faulty proximity sensor? The screen won't turn on at all - not even during flashing.
My phone is the 059K0X6 North European 16GB version.

Any help?

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I wondered about the proximity sensor too when the screen first didn't turn on when I pulled the phone out of the pocket. It seemed to unlock with the power/lock button but no display.

Then the never booting again thing made me think otherwise, but I really don't know the hardware start up sequence, so it still could be that, AFAIK.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Bought a new sensor yesterday because I managed to break the old one while changing the screen.
Exact same symptoms with the old and new sensor. It could be a faulty part I got from the shop but I doubt it.

Any ideas about the "device descriptor read/64, error -110" error I get while trying to fix the MALF state? I get the same error with Ubuntu 12 and Crunchbang live USB-sticks. I'll try it on another PC tonight.

--edit--

Tried with another PC and got the same "read/64, error -110" error. Google tells me that it's a power problem.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Does anyone have some advice, how can I flash Nokia N9 which is locked? (no code works, none was even set, phone just gone crazy).

I would like to keep EMMC of course (all user data) but I wanna also keep Contacts, Messages, Call log etc. Or is that also on EMMC?

Please advise or tell your experiences. Thanks.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

chroot into the phone? Or does flashing an open-mode kernel disable the lock?

However I think chroot'ng in, taking away all your data as well as your userfs partition should work and then after a clean flash restoring them should work...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

robthebold,

Have you tried cold-flashing the device? I think its with a -c flag; put both the rootfs and emmc in one command too and try...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Phone is locked, not possible to do anything with it without entering the code.

Are contacts / messages stored on EMMC? or will they be flashed when flashing clean system?

I suppose you did not understand. I have no backup of those data - all data on mass storage + contacts + messages. I need to flash the device but keep those data untouched.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Rusnak-COBRA,
http://wiki.meego.com/N950/Fixing_MALF_state

You can chroot in with the phone locked too ;)

Contacts / Messages are stored in userfs partition and may/may not get deleted so its better to chroot in and rescue them first ;)