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abjbhat 2010-08-14 02:25

Flashing doesn't fully reflash?
 
I just reflashed my N900 using flasher and the PR 1.2 firmware, but on rebooting I found that a lot of things were still preserved, such as my previous GPRS APN, settings for a lot of my previous packages/apps.

I'm confused - I thought flashing the phone would erase everything?

Also, the flash process seems to have removed all my Nokia ring tones yet preserved other tones such as those for messaging/IM/email alerts.

Any help is appreciated,
-N900 (and Linux) newbie

shazosbourne 2010-08-14 02:36

Re: Flashing doesn't fully reflash?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by abjbhat (Post 785965)
I just reflashed my N900 using flasher and the PR 1.2 firmware, but on rebooting I found that a lot of things were still preserved, such as my previous GPRS APN, settings for a lot of my previous packages/apps.

I'm confused - I thought flashing the phone would erase everything?

Also, the flash process seems to have removed all my Nokia ring tones yet preserved other tones such as those for messaging/IM/email alerts.

Any help is appreciated,
-N900 (and Linux) newbie

If you want to flash the device back to completely stock/factory, you need to flash the eMMC as well.
I haven't done that but I recall there being specific instructions in the Wiki for doing this along with the Fiasco image.
http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_f...MC_in_the_N900

abjbhat 2010-08-14 04:27

Re: Flashing doesn't fully reflash?
 
Well...that helped..I got my ring tones back :D

But oddly, the APN remains..oh well...I'm happy for now. :)


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