N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

I bought a N900 second hand.Before I had been using Nokia symbian 60 N series:) and I always wished for something powerful.picked a N900 for Rs.6000/- but,from day 1 there are few issues..:(
vanilla flashing struck at 20%, phone is slow, lock code option in settings<device lock, not working with nokia code 12345, few files are shown broken.:mad:
Im very new to linux and N900, but after reading maemo.org, came to know that flashing is a solution...I tried infinite times to flash vanilla and combined images...combined file flashes fully, be it global, indian,2011 update,etc....but vanilla gets struck at 20%..
I discussed a lot and got good help from kind members like @elros34 , @Mitrigol , @Alecsandru in the thread http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=89077&page=5 :):)
....
rescue OS was also done successfully...after that i tried to flash vanilla normally,but at 20% it is struck...i think the phone is in R&D mode as while booting it is showing settings symbol near NOKIA logo and product information is given in green letters...

copied from terminal when vanilla was flashed...

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5.exe -F emmc.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 2204
NOLO version 1.4.14
Version of 'sw-release': RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_MR0
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.
[init 20 % 22528 / 255947 kB 8205 kB/s]
C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>

i tried on Win XP Service Pack 3 32 bit and Win 7 amd 32 bit
but results are same....can anyone please help me out and remember I'm a newbie...thanks....:D

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

i told-you
another pc /os
maybe a laptop with a fresh install of os

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

so now on 3rd PC...ok ..got dad's laptop...hp pavilion g6...Win 7 home basic..64 bit...

what to do next?please think ...what all i did yesterday and the problems ....
phone's current status-
yesterday after rescue OS, and combined file flash....the problems were there...hence i tried to flash emmc....struck at 20%...and when switched on, it is in R&D mode with green letters and once booted MISSING IMAGES...because i tried only emmc till 20%.....if i flash combined,phone will work ....but slow, no lock code, etc...

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

Flash Rootfs, then eMMC and then Rootfs again.
Rootfs is also called combined.

Also you shouldn't flash with 64-bit win7, use 32 bit. Even better would be to use linux as it fails somehow less with flashing. You can use virtualBox or VmWare player for it.

Good luck

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

i tried all combinations....emm and rootfs..... whatever ..emmc struck at 20%...
@Alexsandru told to try on different PC.....laptop is 64 bit....i cant find a 32 bit machine else....
got 1 desktop 32 bit and tried yesterday but in vain...

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

* Sigh *

Dude. It's not that bloody complicated, but at least 2 ingredients are needed here if you want to cook:

1. Effort
2. The use of your brains.

Let's start with 1.

If you don't understand the process of flashing, why don't you educate yourself, use number 2. and start using google, reading the wiki, etc.

Your questions have been answered only a thousand times, max.

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware

The use of 64bit Windows has been discussed all over the place as well.
It can easily be avoided by using a linux flavored LiveCD.

Read up here.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

maybe your vanilla image is broken?

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

@anthonie sir, you dont know how hard and how many ways i tried out...i agree im new, but of course im putting enough effort for this...followed as per wiki, you know...
now i didnt try in linux for sure but i have ubuntu in my usb stick...
but do know that, i tried flashing in 2 PCs....emmc stops at 20 %....still do you think windows can give trouble?
if you are sure shall i try with ubuntu?need help though...

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

i got 4 vanilla and 6 combined images....no chance of all broken...rare possibility...yesterday as i said few members tried their best to sort this out but in vain....

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

If you followed the wiki correctly you would have known the trouble with 64bit Windows, and you would have known which image to use by now. And also you would have bumped into a phrase "md5 checksum".

Well. Start with doing a md5 checksum because right now you are only speculating. You don't know if these images are correct or not.

http://www.winmd5.com/

You don't know what a checksum is?

Look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5

For each image that you can download, an Md5 checksum is provided on site. If, after downloading those two don't match, your download is corrupted and useless.

Check the wiki for the exact name of the latest image, needed for your region (if you need or plan to use something differen than global). Use the latest one.

All in all: Take your time. Read up and make sure you understand what you are doing. If you don't understand something or a concept you run into, read up on it first.

This is not a procedure to be "trying" things. You need some knowledge and it's out there.

Good luck

Edit: Oh. And there is no shame in being new to anything. Quite the opposite!

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

i have not yet tried in 64 bit....both PCs were 32 bit....one XP SP3 and other WIN 7..

@ALecsandru told to try on a new PC..this time I got Dad's laptop which is 64 bit..not yet tried on laptop....
MD5 checksum value of emmc - 488809ff96a0a05479d692e9f77aeb4f
how to check if it is ok now?

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

At the site where you dowloaded the images, the Md5 should have been mentioned. Hopefully it was the Nokia site.

I couldn't get the page to open right now.

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

1 emmc was sent to me via FTP by a member here...
1 emmc from nokia...now page error
1 emmc from skeiron,but not finding link now.

i said emmc file broken should be rare BECAUSE all combined files are flashing fully....why should only emmc, that too from different sources get corrupt? think....rarest of the rarest case,may be....
almost 5 combined files....all flashing fully....
but none of the emmc flashing beyond 20%....

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

Use official images only. It's the only way for you to be sure about what you are downloading.

Make sure you have R&D mode disabled.

If your N900 is running somehow and you can get to a terminal, have a look at the filesystem of your emmc, using the code below, line for line.

I assume root is enabled on your device and that you have entered root mode.

To be certain about the partition for MyDocs, first run

It should return a line with /home/userMyDocs and just before that the /dev/ location of the device is mentioned. Write that down.

Now you are sure about the partition, let's check the health conditon and make sure to give the correct /dev/mmcx device you just wrote down:

If errors are found, during this process, repeat it then, untill no errors pop up. of course you don't need to first mount and unmount the partition, just repeat the fsck line, for as long as errors appear (and of course, with each round, there should be less errors ;))

Share the output of fsck with us here.

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

got 1 image from http://skeiron.org/tablets-dev/nokia_N900/
but md5 value not given

how to disable R&D mode?
when typed
mount | grep MyDocs

BusyBox v1.10.2 (debian 3:1.10.2.legal-losso30+0m5) multi-call binary
usage: mount (flags) device node [-0 options,more-options]

what to do?

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

You said you had read the wiki carefully!

http://wiki.maemo.org/R&D_mode

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

No? That's odd. I just looked. What does the second line say?

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

i typed sudo gain root

now in /home/user #

when typed use --disable-rd-mode.

disable : not found

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

phone shows
/home/user # mount l grep MyDocs
BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2. legal1osso30+0m5) multi-call binary
Usage: mount [flags] DEVICE NODE [-o options,more-options]

/home/user #

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

So, why did you simply take my code and paste it in the terminal where it doesn't belong? Look at the wiki first before you do something you don't know anything about.

Disabling R&D is done with the flasher tool.

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

Just read ^^
http://wiki.maemo.org/R&D_mode

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

im sorry...please be patient and help me learn..please...

phone not connected...flasher on

c:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>--disable-rd-mode
'--disable-rd-mode' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

@legendacer
there are many sites that give details about how to hard reset or flashing n900. i think google is the answer for your problem. try it hard... you'll find the answer. i think our friends and i cannot give the best answer to you because the lack of your knowledge. i'm also very noob about this. i dont know how to help you with your problem. maybe your internal memory is broken? i dont know. i'm wishing that i'm your neighbour and can physically access your n900 and flash it for you. do the research and comeback.. please..:)

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

You need to call the flasher.exe first so it becomes
c:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5.exe --disable-rd-mode

Read more here:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/...mo_Flasher-3.5

Now, read carefully and I won't answer another question that's explicit there in the links I gave you in the past few post.

Anyway as you seem to know how to flash as it stalls at 20%, use linux liveCD and flash. Don't know why but the flasher on linux is more stable than on wndows :confused:

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

http://mynokiablog.com/2010/01/03/ho...et-nokia-n900/

http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Maem...ng/td-p/593949

legendacer, i google it for you maybe it'll help.

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

Totally offtopic: Could we all please adjust tone and information to be more 'newby'-friendly. Oneliners are not going to lead anywhere. Please let talk.maemo.org not become some nerd-only debian forum replicant.

This is the content of my p.m. to @legendracer after he asked by p.m.

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

sorry, for being off topic. my bad

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't feel OP has had a RTFM in this thread so far. His troubles were acknowledged, and proper instructions were given, to start with.

After that, OP needs to start reading and following the proper protocols. That means not overlooking the existence of a md5 file if you have just been instructed to look for it. Not simply pasting lines to your terminal, without at least checking yourself what it does or is supposed to do.

For that reason, I point to a wiki, and do not write down a full set of commands (with the exception of the fsck instructions (and look where that ended)) as this is an exchange, not a dictate.

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

I had this 20% problem 1000 times...solution is simple:

-remove Nokia Suite from startup list
-restart Windows
-open cmd as Admin (DON'T start Nokia Suite)
- flash it as mr_pingu sugested:

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

Now please do not get me wrong, also i did not want to belittle your help and links and all!
OP has no real experience in giving feedback the way 'we' need it.

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

@michaaa62, @Alecsandru @Mitrigol @elros34

spent 1 month and was so mad......such a simple solution.....
I love you dzano.....cant express my feelings......
this is what I did
windows key + R
msconfig
start up
uncheck nokia ovi suite
restart
cmd as admin
combined (latest india) file flash
remove battery
emmc(latest 13.2) file flash
remove battery
combined (latest india) file flash

attaching as text document....

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

please tell me how to disable R&D mode...im not understanding wiki...i tried

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher --disable-rd-mode
'flasher' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5> flasher3.5 exe --disable-rd-mode
'flasher3.5' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher 3.5 exe --disable-rd-mode
'flasher' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

lock code 12345 still not working..any idea?

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

flasher-3.5.exe, it is, if I am not mistaken, so that's a typo.

And your lockcode is either a different one that you should have received from the seller, or otherwise it is retreivable through gconf. (before you reflash your device, that is...)

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5> flasher3.5.exe --disable-rd-mode
'flasher3.5.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

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

seller didnt give
gconf ??how to use or download?

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

You can use tab-key to complete names
type flash, press tab and it should auto-complete the flasher executable which is named flasher-3.5.exe
Also that combination is what you didn't use, anyway in windows you can list the files in the directory by the "dir" command and check what the right name is ;) Good luck

About lock code there is a thread about it, which I cant seem to find:
Anyway this post will do it: http://lifewithmaemo.blogspot.nl/201...lock-code.html
Even a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVE4tjPpWG4

If you can't crack the hash, write it here: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=37808&page=67
Seems people are helping out on this...

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5.exe --disable-rd-mode
flasher v2.5.2 (Sep 24 2009)

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 2204
NOLO version 1.4.14
Version of 'sw-release': RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2.004_PR_004
The device is now in production mode

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

thanks

lock code...please

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

read.... please


I don't want to sound harsch but it's all in the links I gave you, even a video tutorial

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

disable r&d
remove battery for 15 minutes
do this until you have succeeded

Re: N900 not flashing fully and phone is slow,lock code not working,few files broken.
 

phone is out of R&D mode...in normal mode now...

those answers are for ubuntu users...isnt? mine is windows ...but as you said i requested help in
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...51#post1321851

thanks a lot