I know this has been gone over many times, because i've read most of them trying to figure this out.

Compared to most of you guys my phone/computer skills are far less.

Basically i have followed the walk throughs on the handheldblog, mynokiablog, unlockr.com etc... (some just seem to be copy pastes of each other).

Tried on multiple win7 32 bit computers

Tried turning off driver signing in win7 test mode 7601

Basically i've download the maemo flasher.
Then i went to the page that asks for you IMEI and got the lastest USA software and the EMMC too.

Opened program files under C: added the two files.

Opened maemo flasher

Turn off phone
Plug usb into comp only
Plug in phone holding U, computer tries to install driver and fails (works fine if i just plug it in normally).

Goto program files, open the flasher, right click on program and goto properties copy file location (so i don't screw it up), then paste it in the maemo flasher and click enter.

Error says computer can't open .bin files.

I've tried every combination order of operations, doing different things first, second etc...

I'm stumped, so thanks for any help.

Joe

Make sure the battery is fully loaded before anything else.
Take the battery out of the device and then re-insert it to start freshly.

Please read this part of the wiki http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_t...ng_the_Flasher
Follow the procedure to the letter for best results

Thanks, i followed that how to also.

Battery is full, pulled reinserted.

I hold U down and plug in cable and device driver installation always fails

A good percentage of the time it doesn't even try to install the drivers either.
Do i need to have an active sim card in the phone?

Ok got it.
Somehow i caused a reboot loop, then i used this write up:
http://discussions.nokia.com/t5/Pool...ata/m-p/591877

You don't need the drivers to install when you connect it to the computer. That alone cost me a couple hours.
Second, the reason i was getting the can't open .bin was because i wasn't putting "flasher-3.5 -f" before the file name and "-f" after.
Guess it's the little things sometimes.

Overall, it was quite the learning experience.

thanks,
Joe

Congratulations ! then i guess you can add [SOLVED] to the thread title