My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

I need some help. I am worried that my phone might be dead, which would really be a super bummer. I had downloaded nokia software updater to reinstall pr 1.3, but somehow during this process the program lost the device, i had like 80 % battery when i attemted it. After nokia software updater said it had lost the device, it said that i should try to recover it, but the steps it said to do did not work...it failed after trying to recover.

Did i brick my phone? Is all lost? any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

Can anybody chime in here? My searches don't really turn anything useful up, and the only other method i have found to reinstall the os software is using maemo 5 flasher....but when i plug the usb into the computer while simultaneously holding down u....the flasher 3.5 doesnt seem to recognize the device.

I am really worried i have trashed my phone....all i wanted to do was put maemo back to stock....but now i cant even use my phone...can anybody help?

Re: My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

What OS are you using when you are doing the reflash?

If it is a 64-bit OS, try this:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...reflash&page=6

Re: My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

It is a 64bit OS, specifically windows 7, I followed the process described in that post, but my question now is;

what should i do to now attempt a reflash of maemo? should i use nokia software updater, or try the method of using maemo flasher along with the downloaded bins like on this site...


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


I really, really, don't want to brick my phone if it isnt already beyond hope, and would greatly appreciate any recommendations if anyone has them.

Thank you again by the way.

Re: My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

if it doesnt boot up then you cant use nsu.
I could never get maemo flasher to work using windows 7.but it flashes easily every time using windows xp or vista.

Re: My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

I have read a little bit from that other thread, and it seems like this may be the issue...i will have to get my hands on a 32 bit xp machine and try to fix this later i guess.

Re: My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

dont forget to use a fully charged battery,

Re: My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

Right, I dunno, what do you think the status of my phone is right now? I have no idea why the initial go failed, but as of right now, i cannot turn my phone on...it goes into usb mode alright it seems....icon in top right, with the nokia background...but all i get is a continuous repeat of the grey dots if i try to turn it on, it wont boot into maemo...do you think my phone will be alright?

Re: My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

noticed a lot of new users failing to use search and starting another duplicate thread FFS use GOOGLE and add maemo or maemo.org to your search!

Re: My reinstall of maemo 5 failed.
 

In my defense as far as the search goes...i did perform a couple, but nothing useful came up, i had no idea the issue was an OS incompatibility as opposed to something with the phone.