Thread: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
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2010-03-18 , 01:12
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Originally Posted by armolite View Post
hi people,
im a noob to the N900, so this may sound stupid but ill ask.....
your all talking about upgraded firmware, can i do this with nokia pc suite's inbuilt upgrader thing ?
i dont even know how to flash my phone, it sounds complicated and as ive only had it 3 weeks i dont want to brick it by trying to reflash.
also would reflashing it myself invalidate my warranty ?
my phone is a UK one and is running version 2.2009.51-1.203.2
unless im looking at the wrong thing ?
Nokia Software Updater won't allow you to switch to the global firmware. As you're on the UK 203 firmware, your choices right now are to either stay with the UK firmware and hope for the slim chance that Nokia remembers the UK exists, or reflash your device using the Flasher tool to the global firmware per these instructions:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware#Windows

It's very hard to brick your phone by using the flasher, the only way youll realistically do so is if you disconnect / power down the phone in the middle of flashing. Beyond that, youll either get it wrong and the flasher won't do anything, or youll get it right and it'll reflash fine.
 

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