Originally Posted by moose46 (Post 1251434)

You aren't on the East coast are you?

Originally Posted by ricardo8 (Post 1252294)

is it possible to reflash the device without deleting pictures, music, videos, contacts?

Originally Posted by Phoenix_N9 (Post 1252302)

Yes you can without flashing the mmc card.

Originally Posted by itsnotabigtruck (Post 1172316)

COMPREHENSIVE FIRMWARE FLASHING GUIDE
for the NOKIA N9

"Reflashing" your phone with the original Nokia firmware can solve many problems and is necessary in a number of circumstances, but a lack of documentation has resulted in a lot of misinformation and confusion. Hopefully, this guide will demystify the process and help bring ailing N9s back to life. :)

Warning: Improperly using flasher could damage your phone and void your warranty. However, following these directions precisely to use flasher to install "stock" Nokia firmware images is quite safe, and can fix problems that would otherwise require warranty service. In any case, flashing your phone is at your own risk. Do not use this guide if you aren't somewhat familiar with the command prompt/terminal on your operating system. While many users have experienced success with this process, it is not officially recommended by Nokia in any way. Read the entire guide before you start.

Warning: Installation of generic firmware images on certain carrier-branded phones seems to be blocked - if you're currently running a carrier-branded firmware image, it's recommended to wait for more details.

Warning: Do not modify the product code of your N9. Doing so is not necessary to replace your phone's firmware, and some programs for changing the code could cause problems (namely NSS Pro).

SELECTING A FIRMWARE IMAGE (N9 SPECIFIC)

Main firmware images for the Nokia N9 are divided up into "variants" by regions of the world. Except for carrier-branded variants and the 003 (China) firmware, these images are more or less the same.

• 001 - Europe (1), Latin/South America, South Africa
• 003 - China
• 005 - Asia/Pacific (incl. Australia/New Zealand, excl. China)
• 006 - Middle East
• 009 - Europe (2)
• 2xx, 3xx, 4xx - "Country Variant" and carrier-branded images

Downgrades of firmware are normally blocked by the phone. Whether something is a "downgrade" is determined by comparing the entire version strings of the old and new firmware versions, which include the variant code, from left to right. As a result, the variant code must be the same or higher unless you also upgrade the firmware version at the same time. For example:

• PR 1.1 variant 009 to PR 1.1 variant 003: Blocked
• PR 1.1 variant 003 to PR 1.1 variant 009: Allowed
• PR 1.1 variant 009 to PR 1.2 variant 001: Allowed
• PR 1.1.1 variant 006 to PR 1.2 variant 005: Allowed
• PR 1.2 variant 001 to PR 1.1 variant 001: Blocked

Originally Posted by yongjie (Post 1254257)

so if i from pr1.2 variant 263 to pr1.3 variant 005 allowed?
if cant allow so can i change the product code from nss?

Originally Posted by thedead1440 (Post 1254269)

is pr1.2 263 variant a Chinese variant ? If so then after flashing pr1.3 you might need cmt from the Chinese variant ... Its not advisable to change product codes...

Originally Posted by thedead1440 (Post 1254274)

ok in that case just flash 05j238 for 64gb pr1.3 it comes with SEAP maps too...

Originally Posted by thedead1440 (Post 1254278)

yes remember to download pr1.3 i.e. The Fw starting with 40.xxx

Originally Posted by thedead1440 (Post 1254278)

yes remember to download pr1.3 i.e. The Fw starting with 40.xxx

Originally Posted by itsnotabigtruck (Post 1172316)

COMPREHENSIVE FIRMWARE FLASHING GUIDE
for the NOKIA N9

PREPARE TO FLASH

If your phone has a low battery charge (less than 50%), plug it in and let it charge for a while. Then, make sure your phone is disconnected from any USB cables (including USB chargers). Power off the phone.

Go to the Flasher download site and download/install the version for your operating system (WinFlasher_3.12.1.exe, MacFlasher_3.12.1.dmg, flasher_3.12.1_i386.deb, or flasher_3.12.1_amd64.deb). Do not use Flasher 3.5 - it isn't compatible with the N9/N950. You can skip this step if you've already installed Flasher.

On Windows, open a Command Prompt with Administrator permissions (with UAC, right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator). On Linux, open a root shell (sudo -i/su). Change to the directory containing the firmware images you downloaded.

On Windows, run set PATH="C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher;%PATH%" in order to add Flasher to the system path.

FLASH THE PHONE

Run the following command, then connect the phone to your PC.

The current firmware version of your phone should appear. It is now time to flash.

Use the following list to determine which of the steps below you need to use to accomplish a particular task:

• Upgrade operating system: Replace operating system
• Recover from damaged OS install: Replace operating system
• "Unbrick" phone: Replace operating system or Comprehensive reset
• Reset back to a "clean slate": Comprehensive reset
• De-brand phone: Comprehensive reset
• Prepare for enabling open mode: Comprehensive reset
• Disable open mode: Comprehensive reset
• Prepare for selling, recycling, or destroying phone: Zeroize device
• Clear data before returning phone for warranty service (if possible): Zeroize device
• Reset device lock code: Zeroize device

Note that you should replace main.bin and emmc.bin in the commands with the actual names of the image files you are flashing.


Comprehensive reset (destroys user data)

The following commands will remove all data from your phone and restore it to factory state. The provided content files (sample music, wallpaper, etc.) will be restored.

Originally Posted by MhedYaseen (Post 1254670)

Have few doubts since am using all this for the first time... Early apologies for stupid questions...

1. Do I need to change location for downloaded files to Flasher..!?

Originally Posted by MhedYaseen (Post 1254670)

2. Is it possible to change both downloaded file names to main.bin and emmc.bin !?

Originally Posted by MhedYaseen (Post 1254670)

3. In Windows 7, cmd.., which directory should I be in while processing all flashing commands..!!?

Originally Posted by MhedYaseen (Post 1254670)

4. Comprehensive reset is the right method for factory reset, right..!? Have no intention to change my product code. Just need my phone to be factory restored. Everything erased including app data, contacts etc.. All personal data backed up.. (I am flashing since I have problems with missing shortcuts issue in menu, no twitter notification and few glitches here and there...).

Thank you..

Originally Posted by hasnarok (Post 1250326)

after downloading the global firmware of 059J1Z5 n9 doesnt finish roootfs but when i boot the phone it display yellow triangle with warranty void etc here is the result in flasher please help if its hardware problem

C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher>flasher -f -F DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_LEG
ACY_001-OEM1-958_ARM.bin
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.

Found device RM-696, hardware revision 1603
NOLO version 2.3.6
Version of 'sw-release': DFL61_HARMATTAN_10.2011.34-1_PR_001
Sending ape-algo image (7096 kB)...
100% (7096 of 7096 kB, avg. 15596 kB/s)
Suitable USB interface (phonet) not found, waiting...
Ping attempt 1 (250 ms)
Server application: 1.7.2
Found product RM-696 rev. 1603
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8
Image SW version DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_001
Image moslo not present
Image mmc not present
Image tar skipped
Image config skipped

Battery level 93 %, continuing.

image [state progress transfer flash speed]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[x] cert-sw [finished 100 % 1 / 1 kB NA ]
[_] cmt-2nd [init 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-algo [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-mcusw [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[x] xloader [finished 100 % 23 / 23 kB NA ]
[x] secondary [finished 100 % 94 / 94 kB NA ]
[_] kernel [writing 37 % 1024 / 2714 kB 3199 kB/s]
[_] rootfs [finishing 100 % 1024 / 1170282 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 3240 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 2398 kB/s]
[f] rootfs [finishing 0 % 2048 / 1170282 kB NA ]
Fetching error list:
========================================
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
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
mmc: sfdisk returned status 1
mmc: Could not exec 'tune2fs -L rootfs /tmp/sudmmcqFTT3b/internal0p2'
mmc: Could not remove mount directory /tmp/sudmmcqFTT3b/mnt: No such file or dir
ectory
[Pipe 4] Finishing in error state with status 1
========================================

ERROR: Failed to flash images

Originally Posted by kumary (Post 1258235)

Do anyone on this TMO have solution for this... I m facing the same problem and nothing working yet.. Just left with option of lashing my EMMC and the retry flashing rootfs... any one.. please....

Originally Posted by palsy (Post 1258289)

Hi everybody

I bought a used n9 yesterday & that was working find but when i tried to set factory reset it asked me for security code . The buyer didn't put any kind of code & now when i start up the phone it demand a security code :( I tried to flash it many times but it still not work > Today the phone suddenly log in & i just have enough time to set usb mode to Sync . >

Is there a way to flash it without logging in ( dead usb mode) I tried but the computer didn't recognize the phone

Please Kinda crack to help me ?

Originally Posted by Wowfunhappy (Post 1265621)

Hi!

My Nokia N9 has been having a reboot loop. Since there wasn't any valuable data on it, I decided the easyest thing to do would be to flash it.

However, the phone always turns off about a minute into the flashing process.

Any idea what's going on?

Originally Posted by gaggar (Post 1217399)

Yesterday my N9 started acting wierd...
suddently it:
lost all signal
camera coudn't launch
restarted by itself.

Once it had sartet up it wrote something like "there is something wrong with your sim-card" /
at other times is says "an error has occured cannot connect to network - Contact Nokia store"

I tried using my simcard in another phone - and it workes fine - so it's not the simcard causing this, i think.

Then i figured that it could be a software problem, så first i tried to:

Restore Settings, do the following:

Open “Settings”
Tap “Reset”
Choose “Restore Settings”
Tap “Yes” to confirm the process.

Still got the message "there is something wrong with your sim-card".

then i tried:

To Clear Device, do the following:

Open “Settings”
Tap “Reset”
Choose “Clear Device”
Tap “Yes” to confirm the process.

still got the same message once starting up.

Finally i tried to flash it following the steps in this guide...i used the """""""Flasher -f -F rootfs.bin -F emmc.bin -R"""""""" thing..

The result was this:




Microsoft Windows XP [version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Programmer\Nokia\Flasher>Flasher -f -F pr1.2.bin -F emmc.bin -R
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.

Suitable USB interface (bootloader/phonet) not found, waiting...
Found device RM-696, hardware revision 1501
NOLO version 2.3.6
Version of 'sw-release': DFL61_HARMATTAN_30.2012.07-1_PR_001
Sending ape-algo image (7096 kB)...
100% (7096 of 7096 kB, avg. 16238 kB/s)
Suitable USB interface (phonet) not found, waiting...
Ping attempt 1 (250 ms)
Server application: 1.7.2
Found product RM-696 rev. 1501
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8
Image SW version DFL61_HARMATTAN_30.2012.07-1_PR_001
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 ]
[_] cmt-algo [init 100 % 789 / 789 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-mcusw [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[x] xloader [finished 100 % 23 / 23 kB NA ]
[x] secondary [finished 100 % 94 / 94 kB NA ]
[x] kernel [finished 100 % 2714 / 2714 kB 2401 kB/s]
[_] rootfs [writing 3 % 39936 / 1163796 kB 8053 kB/s]
[ ] 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 ]
[f] cmt-algo [init 0 % 789 / 789 kB NA ]
[-] cmt-mcusw [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[x] xloader [finished 100 % 23 / 23 kB NA ]
[x] secondary [finished 100 % 94 / 94 kB NA ]
[x] kernel [finished 100 % 2714 / 2714 kB 2401 kB/s]
[x] rootfs [finished 100 % 1163796 / 1163796 kB 9780 kB/s]
[x] mmc [finished 100 % 1627169 / 1627169 kB 9369 kB/s]
Fetching error list:
========================================
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
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
Timeout while waiting for the HWBREAK
Could not reboot into cold bootmode
[Pipe 6] Finishing in error state with status 1
========================================

ERROR: Failed to flash images

C:\Programmer\Nokia\Flasher>


My phone is a black 64GB bought in denmark - product code 059J187

PLEASE HELP.....it's driving CRAZY!!!!

Originally Posted by thedead1440 (Post 1271602)

Stick to ROW Firmware...Its honestly the better option...