Originally Posted by robthebold

Today I did the Fixing MALF state again.

This time there was a 40 byte /var/malf file with the line:



I deleted it and unmounted the volumes.

Still not booting. No vibrate, no screen . . .

Ideas?

Originally Posted by robthebold

Still in the same situation. Tried flashing and N9 still won't boot up. Press power button and it never vibrates. Still can be turned fully off with > 8 second power key press. Here's what happens when flashing -- seems to work as far as I can tell:

Code:

rob@hymie:~/FlashN9/Firmware/059M5V1$ sudo flasher -i
[sudo] password for rob: 
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct  5 2011) Harmattan
WARNING: This tool is intended for professional use only. Using it may result
in permanently damaging your device or losing the warranty.

Suitable USB interface (bootloader/phonet) not found, waiting...
USB device found at bus 001, device address 029.
Device identifier: 351669052798334 (SN: N/A)
Found device RM-696, hardware revision 1502
NOLO version 2.3.6
Version of 'sw-release': DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_006
Success
rob@hymie:~/FlashN9/Firmware/059M5V1$ sudo flasher -f -F main.bin --erase-user-data=secure
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct  5 2011) Harmattan
WARNING: This tool is intended for professional use only. Using it may result
in permanently damaging your device or losing the warranty.

USB device found at bus 001, device address 029.
Device identifier: 351669052798334 (SN: N/A)
Found device RM-696, hardware revision 1502
NOLO version 2.3.6
Version of 'sw-release': DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_006
Sending ape-algo image (7096 kB)...
100% (7096 of 7096 kB, avg. 20689 kB/s)
Suitable USB interface (phonet) not found, waiting...
USB device found at bus 001, device address 030.
Device identifier: 351669052798334 (SN: N/A)
Raw data transfer EP found at EP2.
Ping attempt 1 (250 ms)
Server application: 1.7.2
Found product RM-696 rev. 1502
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8

Battery level 94 %, continuing.
Erasing, this may take a while.
Erase done.
Image SW version DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_006
Image moslo not present
Image mmc not present
Image tar skipped
Image config skipped

Battery level 95 %, continuing.

    image        [state    progress         transfer     flash speed]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[x] cert-sw      [finished   100 %       1 /       1 kB      NA     ]
[x] cmt-2nd      [finished   100 %      95 /      95 kB      NA     ]
[x] cmt-algo     [finished   100 %     789 /     789 kB      NA     ]
[x] cmt-mcusw    [finished   100 %    6050 /    6050 kB    2908 kB/s]
[x] xloader      [finished   100 %      23 /      23 kB      NA     ]
[x] secondary    [finished   100 %      94 /      94 kB      NA     ]
[x] kernel       [finished   100 %    2714 /    2714 kB    1722 kB/s]
[x] rootfs       [finished   100 %  978983 /  978983 kB   11629 kB/s]
Updating SW release
Success
rob@hymie:~/FlashN9/Firmware/059M5V1$ sudo flasher -f -F main.bin -F emmc.bin --flash-only=mmc
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct  5 2011) Harmattan
WARNING: This tool is intended for professional use only. Using it may result
in permanently damaging your device or losing the warranty.

USB device found at bus 001, device address 030.
Device identifier: 351669052798334 (SN: N/A)
Raw data transfer EP found at EP2.
Ping attempt 1 (250 ms)
Server application: 1.7.2
Found product RM-696 rev. 1502
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8
Image SW version DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_006
Image cmt-2nd skipped
Image cmt-algo skipped
Image cmt-mcusw skipped
Image xloader skipped
Image secondary skipped
Image kernel skipped
Image moslo skipped
Image rootfs skipped
Image tar skipped
Image config skipped

Battery level 95 %, continuing.

    image        [state    progress         transfer     flash speed]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[x] cert-sw      [finished   100 %       1 /       1 kB      NA     ]
[x] mmc          [finished   100 % 1829147 / 1829147 kB   18817 kB/s]
Success
rob@hymie:~/FlashN9/Firmware/059M5V1$ sudo flasher -R
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct  5 2011) Harmattan
WARNING: This tool is intended for professional use only. Using it may result
in permanently damaging your device or losing the warranty.

USB device found at bus 001, device address 030.
Device identifier: 351669052798334 (SN: N/A)
Raw data transfer EP found at EP2.
Ping attempt 1 (250 ms)
Server application: 1.7.2
Found product RM-696 rev. 1502
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8
Success

Now I try to start the phone with power button, no vibrate, no display.

BTW, I've tried this with and without "--erase-user-data=secure".

Is it bricked for good?

Originally Posted by mihkel

I've got the exact same problem. Phone flashes ok, but will not vibrate or show anything on the screen. The phone is charging without a problem and the LED lights up as well. When connected to a computer, the Nokia PC Suite tells me that my phone is connected in a non-compatible USB mode.

I can't fix the MALF state either, because fdisk doesn't list my N9 in step 5. It only shows the live session USB-stick and integrated SSD.


Happened after I replaced the screen. Could it be a faulty proximity sensor? The screen won't turn on at all - not even during flashing.
My phone is the 059K0X6 North European 16GB version.

Any help?

Originally Posted by Rusnak-COBRA

Does anyone have some advice, how can I flash Nokia N9 which is locked? (no code works, none was even set, phone just gone crazy).

I would like to keep EMMC of course (all user data) but I wanna also keep Contacts, Messages, Call log etc. Or is that also on EMMC?

Please advise or tell your experiences. Thanks.