Solved!!!!!A fatal error About EMMC Flashing
 

I swear I haven't done anything these days but now it is working greatly as before ~~
I am so lucky !!!!

For so many times I have successfully flashed the EMMC and ROOFTS( In other words, the nokia drives in my pc are fully installed). But now it can't be flashed any more ( maybe a hardware problem )whatever I try.

Details:
Yesterday when I pulled out the battery (because My N900 had no response for quite a long time ) to reboot it , then the tragedy occurred .........
What's worse was that for I had installed the Backupmenu-v2 with multiboot already, simply I wanted to rewrite the roofts and opt , however, it failed for twice. I was so lost at that time that I stupidly cleared the opt with the backup's extra function.

So I had no choice but flasher 3.5. Firstly I flashed the EMMC and as described in the title it failed :(
Then I tried to flashed the ROM and It did work.
Now my N900 can boot again but without the 32G any more and even no enough memory to open a coming SMS( phone functions well )....

I TRY:
When I flash the EMMC(BEFORE FLASH ROOFTS) it says that :
D:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5.exe -F 1.bin -f -R
flasher v2.5.2 (Sep 24 2009)

Image 'mmc', size 255947 kB
Version RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA
USB device found found at bus bus-0, device address \\.\libusb0-0001--0x0421-0x0
1c8.
Raw data transfer EP found at EP2.
Using flashing protocol Mk II.
SU_PREPARE_DATA_BLOCK_REQ terminated with error code 3.

( You can treat me as a Noob as you like and show me your opinions).

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

Raw data transfer EP foundat EP2.
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Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

I'm sure this has come up before here. Try googling something like this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%...%20code%201%22

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

Sounds to me like component failure so maybe you have damaged the phone by dropping it ?.

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

Make sure the device is turned off, run the flasher command, when it says waiting for device, plug the device (still turned off) into the usb port of your computer and wait.

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

I just pulled out the battery compulsively to reboot it

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

I just did what you said but it didn't work

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

So what happened when you browsed through and tried some of the suggestions on the 214 pages that Google came up with?

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%...%20code%201%22

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

I find some ways to handle it .Though I dont know whether it works or not

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

please help ...
I tried to reflash the kernel after flash the rom ,but still unable to flash the emmc ,,,,

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

it is going crazy
I really cant fall asleep now ...
but if it will be fine I send my N900 back to the factory ?

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

yap...maybe best the factory fix it, and do hope for the best !

Good luck !!!

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

I had some reflashing problems when i used win xp. If thats ur os try it on win7. You didnt mention the os of ur pc. Thats y Iam suggesting this. Hope it solves ur prob.:)

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

i never had any problems flashing with xp until this weekend and it decided to be a right bill gates!

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

my pc is win7
so I will try it on xp ,thanks !

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

thanks !!!

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

You might like to press the "thanks" button for people who have tried to help you ;).

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

So I have to send it back ??

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

OK as no one is giving you solid answers here i will butt in and try to help.
Have you gone to the Wiki page all about flashing the N900? here is the link in case you need

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware

Try a cold flash and do everything exactly as it tells you to do and if after that lot you have not succeeded to get back to running order then i am afraid to say you will have no choice but to return it to Nokia care.

Good luck i hope it works for you without having to return to Nokia.

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

noting happens after following all the steps and typing flasher-3.5 -c -h RX-51:2101 -F RX-51-2009SE.bin -S -usb

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

Why are you using that command? In the wiki, it says you should be doing something like this:
Please try and be clearer in your posts - earlier you send you were on Windows 7, and that you'd try XP - what was the result? What O/S are you on now? etc etc

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

I have successfully flashed the Rom for several times .
Isn't that command about "cold flash "?

I flashed my N900 all on win7 before and all is successful.

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

Follow the instructions in the wiki.
If it "doesn't work", copy/paste what you have done and the results here.

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

Sorry for my english...

I tried the normal ways so many times follwing the instructions in the wiki

And I am a little too fretted , please forgive me.

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

D:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5 -c -h RX-51:2101 -S usb -F RX-51_
2009SE_20.2010.36-2.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin -f
flasher v2.5.2 (Sep 24 2009)

SW version in image: RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2.203.1_PR_203
Image 'kernel', size 1705 kB
Version 2.6.28-20103103+0m5
Image 'rootfs', size 185728 kB
Version RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2.203.1_PR_203
Image 'cmt-2nd', size 81408 bytes
Version BB5_09.36
Image 'cmt-algo', size 519808 bytes
Version BB5_09.36
Image 'cmt-mcusw', size 5826 kB
Version rx51_ICPR82_10w08
Image '2nd', size 14720 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2120
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2120
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2120
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14720 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2101, 2102, 2103
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2101, 2102, 2103
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2101, 2102, 2103
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2405, 2406
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2405, 2406
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2405, 2406
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14720 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2
113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2
113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2
113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2607, 2608, 2609, 2610
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2607, 2608, 2609, 2610
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2607, 2608, 2609, 2610
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14720 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2
210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2
210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2
210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Using serial port usb
Suitable USB device not found, waiting.
USB device found found at bus bus-0, device address \\.\libusb0-0001--0x0421-0x0
106.
Waiting for ASIC id...
Got 69 bytes.
ASIC ID:
05 01 05 01 34 30 07 57 13 02 01 00 12 15 01 18
f4 71 22 44 f3 77 96 c0 45 7b 1e e7 6b 5a 29 76
ab 87 91 14 15 01 87 3b 4d cd ca f5 44 4d 24 ec
b2 ac 95 53 88 41 4f ab cd 66 15 09 01 f7 48 8f
28 a0 27 e5 b3
Sending 2nd image (zu bytes)... done.
Sending ping... usb_bulk_read: No error
failed.
Sending ping... usb_bulk_read: No error
timeout!
failed.
Sending ping... usb_bulk_read: No error
timeout!
failed.
Sending ping... usb_bulk_read: No error
timeout!
failed.

D:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

D:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5.exe -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.
VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f
flasher v2.5.2 (Sep 24 2009)

Image 'mmc', size 255947 kB
Version RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA
Suitable USB device not found, waiting.
USB device found found at bus bus-0, device address \\.\libusb0-0001--0x0421-0x0
105.
Found device RX-51, hardware revision 2101
NOLO version 1.4.14
Version of 'sw-release': RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2.203.1_PR_203
Booting device into flash mode.
Suitable USB device not found, waiting.
USB device found found at bus bus-0, device address \\.\libusb0-0001--0x0421-0x0
1c8.
Raw data transfer EP found at EP2.
SU_PREPARE_DATA_BLOCK_REQ terminated with error code 3.

D:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

how could I judge it a handware problem or just about software?

Without your help I nearly can do nothing but complaining about my fault...

Sorry for my english...

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

Flasher-3.5 drivers are broken on Windows 7, do it from an Ubuntu LiveCD.

Re: A fatal error to My N900! Please help me a lot...
 

But I can flash it successfully before

And for so many times on Win7 it works

Re: A fatal error About EMMC Flashing......
 

another day's waiting

Re: A fatal error About EMMC Flashing......
 

If you are confident you have followed the instructions in the wiki and you're still getting these errors, it's broken. Send it back to Nokia. W

Re: A fatal error About EMMC Flashing......
 

but there is some guys fix it randomly and I know it doesn't sell in China so I have no other better ways...

Re: A fatal error About EMMC Flashing......
 

The supposedly infallable Wiki seems to have been rewritten lately (no date given), presumably to an even higher level of infallibility, so you might take another look.

I myself found rebooting essential between EMMC and regular flashing (couldn't complete the second flash otherwise), but I'm not sure which version of the Wiki I was following -- but it was the current one at the time, and it couldn't have been more than a month or two ago.

Despite statements about flashing not working with 64-bit Win 97 in this thread, I have flashed successfully with 64-bit Win 97 more than once.

SO, my sympathy lies with the OP. Flashing can be confusing.

Re: A fatal error About EMMC Flashing......
 

I know this sounds stupid, but the wiki has emphasised:

Turn off phone (I take out and replace the battery, and cover! to be sure)

Issue flasher command without conneting phone. DO NOT use -R (force reboot) command at end of command string

hold down U key on N900 when plugging in and keep holding until either usb icon appears on n900 screen or flash starts.


ALWAYS flash emmc (vanilla) Before Rootfs

DO NOT reboot between vanilla and rootfs (do not use -R at end of flash command). however take out and refit battery between flashing vanilla and rootfs.

I killed my n900 this weekend trying to load QT libraries - rootfs 100% full and not able to resolve without reflashing
Although I reflashed on Ubuntu Linux, it still took 3 attempts before Emmc flashed succesfully.

I'm not trying to treat you like a Noob but the above instructions are from the latest wiki page...

otherwise, off to Nokia care (lol) with you. Good luck

Re: Solved!!!!!A fatal error About EMMC Flashing
 

thanks for everyone posts here .You are my heros!

Re: Solved!!!!!A fatal error About EMMC Flashing
 

So what was the cure?

Re: Solved!!!!!A fatal error About EMMC Flashing
 

Doing it properly....?

Re: Solved!!!!!A fatal error About EMMC Flashing
 

Leave it without battery for several days .

Re: Solved!!!!!A fatal error About EMMC Flashing
 

yes and I can install my fav apps again

Re: Solved!!!!!A fatal error About EMMC Flashing
 

I flashed my N900 yesterday with both Vanilla and Fiasco images and followed the WIKI step by step and I had absolutely no problems what so ever and I used the -R option when running:

So I can vouch for the WIKI.