I've receive many responses on this topic and what troubles me is that they all direct me to the same link or threads. I understand Maemo is a thing of the past but I can't help my desire to learn more. I'm not a experience programer or master hacker, actually the only thing I want to do is learn the functions of my phone. Yes- I do own a better phone (Samsung Galaxy s4) but it doesn't give me the same joy of my n900.

So to get to the point. I would like an active tutorial on how to factory reset my N900. Bare in mind that everything on this thread related to the topic is completely outdated or dis-connected. Most of the supporting links to packages* are no longer accessible. I for one am willing to open a drop box to support this threads.

Situation:
I bought my n900 in 2010 but got deployed. Sadly while leaving my phone in the care of my parents, both the lcd and pressure screen were cracked. Early this year I ordered both replacement screens (Jan 16, 2015). At the moment im reading the kindle ebook of The Linux Command Line to get some clue on how X Terminal works.

I've made an AIM contact so ppl can contact me on suggestion N900_Ovide@aim.com you can also PM

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware

I've tried that site countless times. As I said, those links are no longer active.

• Nokia Software Updater link directs you to Microsoft. Under their listing N900 is not present.

• The reference to which 'flasher' is recommended isn't clear. Nor is the download link active.

• The Nokia Suite continuously disconnects the usb for some unknow reason.

If anyone still have these files I would suggest re-posting them for others members experiencing similar issues.

What about this one?

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1455305
https://web.archive.org/web/20131117...g/tablets-dev/
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...9&postcount=13

I thought a wiki is there to be updated and corrected by users?
Just went there and tried to add above links to that page. But there is no option to edit ?

Flasher 3.5 for Windows: http://www.fladnag.net/downloads/tel....5_2.5.2.2.exe

PR1.3: http://www.fladnag.net/downloads/tel...ED_MR0_ARM.bin

eMMC: http://www.fladnag.net/downloads/tel...MC_MR0_ARM.bin

"This page has been locked to prevent editing."

I am not sure what it is about. Will ask rZr about it.

Thank you. Best wishes.

Understood, I only edit it so that members can see my question was answers. I will make a tut once I've restored my n900. I'll even make guide.

first you need to flash emmc
flasher-3.5.exe -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f
when its done switch off the device by pulling of the battery bear in mind the device should not boot or you need to start over again
then flash rootfs by
flasher-3.5.exe -F RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R
thats it
maybe you need to change the filenames according to your downloaded files
also you should copy both files to c/program files/maemo/flasher3.5 before flashing
easy as pie !
cheers

wikis should be corrected or newbies will keep getting confused