[Flashing] N900 on Windows 8
 

Hello guys, I'm looking forward to flashing my n900 but unable to do it on Windows 8 PC. Can you guys guide me how to flash it on WIndows 8 PC. I have install maemo 3.5 flasher on my PC when I try to open it nothing works!!

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You'll need to follow the Win7 instructions/work-arounds most probably...

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^^ I did followed windows 7 instruction but failed

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Have you tried the LiveCD/Virtual machine methods?

I can't say that their are many people here who are willing to use win8, so help might be a little thin on the ground :?

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like MINKIN2 said.. try using VM.. im sure it gonna work just fine.. been using that method my self.. :D..

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You need to dump the Win8 :D. How someone can even use it? Must?

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ok.. win8 has disabled the unsigned drivers.. do as i say,


From the Metro Start Screen, open Settings (move your mouse to the bottom-right-corner of the screen and wait for the pop-out bar to appear, then click the Gear icon).
Click ‘More PC Settings’.
Click ‘General’.
Scroll down, and click ‘Restart now’ under ‘Advanced startup’.
Wait a bit.
Click ‘Troubleshoot’.
Click ‘Advanced Options’
Click ‘Windows Startup Settings’
Click Restart.

Profit!

When your computer restarts, select ‘Disable driver signature enforcement‘ from the list. You can now load your modified driver. (PS:Reboot again once the driver is installed and all will be well. dont reboot until u finish flashing)

when it says "suitable usb not found waiting" use this... install N900 pc suite and update mode drivers.!! good luck :)

i forgot to mention one thing.. u ll c list of options like 1,2,3... and 10th one is driver disabled mode(i think!!).. for selecting options use function key(f1-f10).. and for driver disabled mode press f10(cross check) it will boot in that mode

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Might be worth adding that to the wiki?

Good luck pious

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I followed what has been mention above but I cannot open flasher-3.5.exe command file

Why is it?

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it does work dude!! after installing flasher pres winkey+r(run window) type cmd and press enter.. make sure u had "COPIED THE FLASHER FOLDER IN C:\"

in cmd windows type
cd Flasher
cd flasher-3.5.exe
then rename your image to a(vanilla) and b as(custom)
flasher-3.5.exe -F a.bin -f
it will say"suitable device not found,waiting..."

use that libusb thing and install "PC SUITE MODE(N900)"

u ll c it flashing.. since i have not included -R N900 wont restart.. after flashing remove battery and reinsert it again.. make sure your phone is still in off state(sometimes it might turn on :P)

then type
flasher-3.5.exe -F b.bin -f -R

use libusb and install "N900 UPDATE MODE"

thats it!!

if it doesn't work well i cant help.. sorry.. i miss my buddy(N900).. so i cant try it out.. good luck :)

PS: i accept your point that the command shell doesn't open.. there is one cmd file missing which win8 removes by default ;)
PPS: try out all these steps in driver disabled mode!!!

i have updated my post do check it

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@ visn900: Thank you very much dude! for the guidance IT WAS VERY COMPLEX TO FLASH IT!!! BELIEVE ME!!

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The reason behind flashing was: "unable to play video format not supported"

can you guys suggest be best video converter along with codec?

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i always use 4videosoft convertor .. its the best according to me.. converts all video including mkv's to the format u need :)

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@ visN900 Since I flashed my n900 via Windows 8 I'm unable to connect my device via nokia pc suit might be due to mess up with pc suit drivers and other while flashing the device, any help would really appreciate it

Thanks

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Sounds like a waste of time if that was your sole reason to reflash.

There are some extra codec packages that you could install, For the rest, I believe the best result for video playback on the n900 is achieved by "mplayer" for the command line.

It allows the best fine tuning and the most options of all the programs available.

/* Only installable, of course, when the repo's are back up, or you'd need to use one of the mirrors. */

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I did had decoders even though it wasn't playing resolution etc was perfect tooo

Anyway guys does any one else facing similar problem with Win 8 and PC suit?

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y do u wanna use pc suite mode??? use mass storage mode instead..

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I would like to take backup of contacts, messages etc also to upload ovi maps its very essential

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Anyone know a working workaround to flash N900 in Windows 8.1 64-Bit? its not installing drivers and windows 7 64-Bit workaround is also not working.

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Finally flashed it. I will create a thread and post a detailed step by step process of flashing in Win 8.1 64-Bit

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Maybe you can contribute to 0xFFFF project... It has not yet Windows support.

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Windows 7 64 bit worked fine for me.I had flashed n900 before a week.

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I think he means the W7 workaround does not work on W8.1.
I would't know: I do have a W8.1 laptop but I just boot it from an Ubuntu CD for tasks like flashing.

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i can help in testing but cant help in development as im not a developer :(.

yes. now it works. guide posted by visN900 on first page of this thread doesn't apply for Win 8.1. i'm also planning to install Kali Linux alongside Windows 8.1 but haven't done it yet.