So, you'll find how to get a proper flash and improved experience of N9 by reading what I did on this post of this thread.

Hopefully it might help someone who wants a fresh start with a Nokia N9

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Hi guys !

I'm here to ask you few questions about my N9: made in China for Vietman market, bought it from Amazon US while I was in New-Zealand. And now is in France.

According to the SIM tray the variant is 059N151 (seems legit, it's white, 64GB, and was with some Vietnamese app):
Product Code : 059N151
Varian Name : N9 Rm-696 Country Variant Vietnam Vn Apps Preloading White 64gb

The thing is I had a problem ~1year ago and had to flash my phone. Here is what it is currently:

According to QR Code I flashed it with:
Product Code : 059M5R1
Varian Name : Rm-696 Ndt Vietnam White 64gb

What is currently really annoying for me is that I have this message at each start of my device:

Problem is not the message (I don't care) but what it implies: security stuff are disabled, so I cannot set a password and have to enter it each time I want to unlock it (I don't want people use my phone while it's charging in a hostel/backpacker).

What I understand is that I did a forbidden flash from PR1.3 variant 454 to a PR1.3 variant 005. Do you think this is why I have this "Warranty Permanently Void" message?

Since I will flash my device again, with security features hopefully enabled, what variant should I use ?

Thanks already for your help
pmeuh