Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

axab2002,

Use the CODE tags to wrap your logs.

You have a sim-locked device? That could be the cause for the failure too...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

and what shuld i do ??

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I wonder, is there any tablets, which manages the N9's flashing? :rolleyes:

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I assume no. Even if supporting USB host, I assume that would not be possible.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Not even Windows RT?
Phoenix?
If not, too bad. It will never completely replace a laptop. :o

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

do you have a flasher compiled for ARM windows? Maybe on Surface Pro with full W8 you can, it has x86

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

No i don't have it, YET ????
I'm just planning to buy new machine to my hobbies, laptop or tablet.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I think i discovered something strange about flashing my N9, it probably this might happen to few other guys who was complaining about some weak connection problems and errors!
Few month a go i had flashed several times my N9 using fast PC winxp computer, that was able to flash my phone in about 6-10.sec, but i always seem something does not fell like my phone work the way it should...now two days back i had to flash again my N9 but with slower Laptop xp, single CPU that takes about 10.min to flash my phone...but the results seem to be great, i even flashed duo zimage kernel and all the software i use to have, but the phone is so smooth, and even wireless connection has better perception than before...have anyone try this, is it possible there the EPRUM flash memory hardware can't operate well speedy writing data on chip...!

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

An9: no, a 10s "flash" is clearly a failed flash. Probably you didn't notice that it failed, I can't tell about winXP since I don't ever use that OS, but odds are it might not even print an error message. Whatever, I doubt this has to do with the speed of the PC, more likely flashing failed on the "fast" PC due to other reasons like missing/wrong drivers, problems with USB hw, whatever.

cheers
/j

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I own computer for about 30.year now sens the lovely first Amiga 1000 i was able to have it, and i know about operation systems how they function and when the don't, but you mr.Joerg_rw, you don't even use winXP, and you don't even know what i do with PC's, and if you don't install correct drivers, you won't be able to start flashing the phone, but you are just talking... and you have not even try it for yourself!

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php Is down. and http://skeiron.org/tablets-dev/ dose not have the flasher mirrored. Does anyone know where to find the n9 flasher? (Linux download)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Who said skeiron doesn't have the flasher tools?

http://skeiron.org/tablets-dev/maemo_dev_env_downloads/

skeiron.org/tablets-dev is the exact replica of tablets-dev.nokia so the places where tools are available are the exact same!

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Dear An9; There are different ways to flash the device, and some flashing operations take longer than other.

If you "clean-flash" the device, flashing both device firmware and emmc, it will take about 10 minutes. An example of this type of flashing is the following command:
If you flash just a new kernel to the device, it will be lot quicker, taking about 10 seconds. An example of this type of flashing is the following command:
The flashing operation is dependent only on the type of flashing performed, and the bottleneck here is not the speed of the host computer but the flashing algorithm running on the device, how fast it can erase and reprogram the flash memory.

Consider the amount of data transferred in the process, when device is clean-flashed it will need to transfer and flash about 2.8GB of data, when flashing only kernel it will need to transfer and flash about 2.8MB of data.

When you "clean-flash" the device you actually clean it as new, hence you will propably feel that it is "fresh" and "snappy". I belive that is the way you did when you flashed the device long way.

It is no sense here to flame joerg_rw here, as this has nothing at all to do with your host computer, it does not matter what OS you run there or what drivers you have installed. :)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I meant what i said, and i said because i found out that it is, and don't come here to tell me bla-bla things without trying it to, and is not the same as slow computer as fast quanta CPU set...and slower PCs has slow USB data transfer op to 12.MBps max, while faster PCs today USB data transfer is up to 488.MBps, and USBv.3.0 has even faster so... sorry to say, but don't talk B.SH!
Nokia almost always used outdated and slower hardware but with good software to build it's devices, so N9 is one of this devices to with slower outdated hardware in it, it works for us right...should explain anymore..!?
Fast data writing on flash rooms might not work, bcz on firmware pack, there is encrypted or highly compressed files than can't be written fast enough on Eprom memory chunks, after that the device might start but there might be internal hardware errors that many of us have it often, so that's why slower computer for flashing device is more compatible than the fast one!
Now I em enjoying my device, i fell like i have new one...well before my last flash i was anger i almost put in front of my gun to shut at it!

Re: Flasher download site - ??
 

Maybe they have taken it down since they are disowning everything Maemo; mirror for that page is skeiron.org/tablets-dev

However it would be good if you sent an email and just maybe they brought it back up as a result... hostmaster@nokia.com is one but I'm not sure if its the right one...

Re: Flasher download site - ??
 

Sure be wary of the mirror but skeiron is an official backup effort led by a few of us so your fears while valid are unfounded ;)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I bought a second hand N9 product code 059J250. I tried flashing with DFL_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_LEGACY_009-OEM1- 968_ARM The flash finished but the phone was very slow to boot and now I get a message saying I have a sim card error and I get no network. I do have wifi but no operator network. Please help

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

@panorton

I think you have the wrong firmware. Navifirm says that you should have 003.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
http://i6.aijaa.com/t/00275/11756039.t.jpg
http://nds2.fds-fire.nokia.com/p/d/f...M1-958_ARM.bin

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Did you do a full flash i.e. rootfs+emmc flash? If not, since you haven't used your device much its advisable to do the full flash and start-over.

If your sim card issue still plagues you, try a different sim-card to rule out the sim being the problem.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Please advise: Should I use flasher -f -F DFL_HARMATTAN_40.2012.13-7.NORTHERNEUROPE_EMMC_NORTHERNEUROPE.bin which is the content file listed in nvifirm for that product code or do I use the Mcu file, the one I flashed already and use emmc in the command line? Sorry to be so uneducated.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I tried this command Flasher -f -F rootFS.bin -F EMMC.bin -R
but get an Fiasco error rootFS: no such file or directory

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

panorton,

Yes the xxxx_EMMC_xxx.bin file for your product code is the emmc while the other ~1GB file is the rootfs; you rename both to emmc.bin and rootfs.bin respectively before typing that command in terminal...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

The Dead 1440
I have renamed both the files as you instructed and put them in the same folder as the flasher, however when I type the command line I still get a Fiasco error saying rootfs.bin does not exist. I seem to be going backward. Many thanks for your attention.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

The file names are case-sensitive so have you checked them?

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I'm starting from scratch. I've deleted winflasher 3 and re installed it, I'm downloading firmware again from navifirm. I'm up to 30% and 26% at present. I will try the whole process again when downloading is complete. Meanwhile the phone is slow to boot but does. I get a sim error during boot then it boots again. When it finally starts I have no mobile network, maps crashes the camera won't open and the phone keypad dosn't work. Wifi does work! is there an N9 hospital where I can send my phone as I don't have much confidence in my abilities.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Nokia Care can flash it for you if you are unable to do so yourself :D

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

My local Nokia Care will return the phone saying it's water damaged. I have recovered a couple of X6's and an N8 condemned as water damaged and physically damaged so I wouldn't even go back again.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Your phone is for chines region set, so check the first page of this theme to find out how to completely flash your phone!

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I read recovering from flash errors in page one so I flashed flasher -f -F old_main.bin --flash-only=cmt
Flasher skipped several layers until it came to cmt. cmt 2nd finished 100% . cmt algo finished 100% cmt mcusw 0% and the following error : GET-UPDATE-STATUS-REQ terminated with error code 1 unknown error

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I'm going to download the original Chinese firmware and try and flash that later to see if I can recover my phone.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I downloaded 059k74k firmware and flashed both files completely. I then applied the patch in page one old_main.bin --flash-only=cmt and my phone is working. A thousand thanks to all who helped and the keepers of this site.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

this is the correct message:

hello guys, i just want to confirm if this n9 flash works in windows 8 OS? coz before, this works perfectly with my windows 7 OS, and now i have change my OS to windows 8. I have downloaded and installed the winflasher 3.12.1, and tried to download the firmware using navifirm plus 1.7 to C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher. but when i am about to download, it says "unhandled exception has occured in your application................. Access to the path C:\Program Files\Flasher\059J232\ is denied.. Then i remember that i have the back up so i copied that firmware instead to the file path, now my question is, i cant open the flasher.exe inside the flasher folder, even if i run it as and administrator, i have also run set PATH C............ but nothing happens, so is this really not compatible with my windows 8 OS? is there any other way to reflash my nokia n9 with windows 8? i hope you could help me, thanks!!!

by the way. i'm talking about the flasher application inside the FLASHER folder, i cant open it, it is where i will enter the flasher commands,

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

If there is a solution to turn win8 compatibility to WinXp, maybe is hope, but i don't own win8, so i dn...perhaps you should use a different older PC with winXp to easier flashing thing, or get a copy of Winxp in internet and make a partition in your PC to install it..just for flashing purpose!

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

hi
I have a problem i tried to flash my n9 but it doesn't works.

Some weeks ago it worked fine :S

:confused::confused:

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Sandro18,

The fiasco file is not in your flasher directory; copy it to the same directory as flasher i.e. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Nokia\Flasher" then repeat...

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

it is in the file flasher:confused::(

Check for typos then; best would be to rename it to rootfs.bin and do the procedure

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

still not working:(:(

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Its probably a case of user error; take a break for some while then read the instructions again and try again, surely you'll realize your error ;)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

thanks bro, actually i'm planning to dual boot my laptop, just for reflashing purposes only, haha:D