An issue with Flasher 3.5 and Windows 7
 

Hey there, hope this is the appropriate forum for this. I'm trying to flash pr 1.2 onto my N900 via Maemo Flasher 3.5 which I have installed on a Nokia Booklet 3gs running Windows 7 Ultimate.
Whenever I type the flash command into CMD, Windows asks me if I'd like Maemo Flasher 3.5 to execute, which I expect I do - so I click yes. Nothing happens for a moment, then I see a Dos box open and close immediately afterwards. It looks to me as if the Flasher is crashing before it can do anything. Is this a known problem? and are there other flashers I can use that're compatible with the N900? Cheers

Re: An issue with Flasher 3.5 and Windows 7
 

Re: An issue with Flasher 3.5 and Windows 7
 

I used that up until the point I had to write this thread. As I said in my post, the flasher itself doesn't appear to be booting. I need another flasher, or something :)

Re: An issue with Flasher 3.5 and Windows 7
 

Well I think the article clearly states that there are issues with windows 7 and the flasher. It suggests ways to work around that problem. Ultimately you may just have to find another OS

Re: An issue with Flasher 3.5 and Windows 7
 

i dont have this problem on win 7 ultimate 32 bit (x86), you could try right clicking flasher 3.5.exe and from properties - compatability mode select xp sp3

are you 32 bit or 64?

Re: An issue with Flasher 3.5 and Windows 7
 

Are you running as Admin, if not try that.

Otherwise why are you running flasher anyway?

You open a dos window and then change the directory to flasher.
you do not execurte flasher alone but you run the flasher command with the firmware name:-

flasher-3.5.exe -F "firmware name.bin" -f -R

Then with the N900 off you press the u button and connect the N900.

Flasher will take a few seconds searching for the device and then start the flashing.

Re: An issue with Flasher 3.5 and Windows 7
 

Okay,
1. Is the folder where the flasher and pr1.2.bin file is.
2. Is my CMD trying to run the firmware
and 3. is what happens every time I type the flasher command. When I press yes on that dialog box, the momentarily perceived crashing of the flasher happens and nothing else.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/3949/diagram.jpg

Re: An issue with Flasher 3.5 and Windows 7
 

Turn off UAC in windows 7. That should sort it.

I hope your Win 7 is 32bit, as flasher does not work in the 64 bit version.