And please also check md5sum of bin files. Corrupt downloads often produce cert_read_failed

But could also be damaged flash memory

juha-R530-R730 / # cd home
juha-R530-R730 home # cd juha
juha-R530-R730 juha # cd Downloads
juha-R530-R730 Downloads # sudo flasher -f -F main.bin -F emmc.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.

Suitable USB interface (bootloader/phonet) not found, waiting...
USB device found at bus 002, device address 063.
Device identifier: 357923041979909 (SN: N/A)
Found device RM-696, hardware revision 1603
NOLO version 2.3.6
Version of 'sw-release': DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_001
Sending ape-algo image (7096 kB)...
100% (7096 of 7096 kB, avg. 27294 kB/s)
Suitable USB interface (phonet) not found, waiting...
USB device found at bus 002, device address 064.
Device identifier: 357923041979909 (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. 1603
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8

Battery level 92 %, continuing.
Erasing, this may take a while.
Erase done.
Image SW version DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_001
Image moslo not present
Image tar skipped
Image config skipped

Battery level 94 %, continuing.

image [state progress transfer flash speed]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[x] cert-sw [finished 100 % 1 / 1 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-2nd [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-algo [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-mcusw [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[x] xloader [finished 100 % 23 / 23 kB NA ]
[x] secondary [finished 100 % 94 / 94 kB NA ]
[ ] kernel [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] rootfs [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] mmc [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
ERROR: SU_GET_UPDATE_STATUS_REQ terminated with error code 1: Unknown error

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 3011 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 2096 kB/s]
[f] rootfs [pending 0 % 0 / 1170282 kB NA ]
[-] mmc [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
Fetching error list:
========================================
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
mmc: sfdisk returned status 1
mmc: Could not exec 'tune2fs -L rootfs /tmp/sudmmc9gJmAe/internal0p2'
mmc: Could not remove mount directory /tmp/sudmmc9gJmAe/mnt: No such file or directory
[Pipe 4] Finishing in error state with status 1
========================================

ERROR: Failed to flash images
juha-R530-R730 Downloads # sudo flasher -f -F main.bin -F emmc.bin --no-preserve
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct 5 2011) Harmattan
Warning: --no-preserve is not recommended, instead use erase commands
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 002, device address 064.
Device identifier: 357923041979909 (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. 1603
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8
Image SW version DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_001
Image moslo not present
Image tar skipped
Image config skipped

Battery level 94 %, continuing.

image [state progress transfer flash speed]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[x] cert-sw [finished 100 % 1 / 1 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-2nd [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-algo [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-mcusw [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[x] xloader [finished 100 % 23 / 23 kB NA ]
[x] secondary [finished 100 % 94 / 94 kB NA ]
[ ] kernel [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] rootfs [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] mmc [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
ERROR: SU_GET_UPDATE_STATUS_REQ terminated with error code 1: Unknown error

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 3012 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 2820 kB/s]
[f] rootfs [pending 0 % 1024 / 1170282 kB NA ]
[-] mmc [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
Fetching error list:
========================================
Update content failed to verify against cert: SW certificate not updated
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
mmc: sfdisk returned status 1
mmc: Could not exec 'tune2fs -L rootfs /tmp/sudmmcpIseRi/internal0p2'
mmc: Could not remove mount directory /tmp/sudmmcpIseRi/mnt: No such file or directory
[Pipe 3] Finishing in error state with status 1
========================================

ERROR: Failed to flash images
juha-R530-R730 Downloads # 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 002, device address 064.
Device identifier: 357923041979909 (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. 1603
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8
Success

I think I managed to get to root? But it made no difference.

Hi.

Yes, you got root permission, even in your first attempts (I didn't notice )...... so I'd advice you to follow peterleinchen advice and maybe check that the commands tune2fs and sfdisk are in your system. (I can see them in your execution log).
I'm not a Linux Mint user, but provided that Linux Mint is Debian/Ubuntu based these commands should be in your system.

Also, if you take a look at your /tmp/ directory files while flasing is in progress you may get some more clues....

Good luck.

Regards.

Those tools are running directly on device loaded via the flasher tool.

Please have a look/search through this threadthread!

Did you already try to cold-flash it? (add flag -c to flashing command)
Then again, if that does not help it is always possible that you have a device with broken HW...

Guess cold flash will not help, but at the same time will not harm. So worth a try.


What about:?

what about ?

I have no idea where should i put the -c, in the flasher command? In the very end?

I'll post about the other things soon.

Thanks.

I'm not sure that this is what I was supposed to do..?

juha@juha-R530-R730:~ > cd Downloads
juha@juha-R530-R730:~/Downloads > sudo md5sum main.bin
[sudo] password for juha:
53fcefc0033875661c19160e16999b3e main.bin
juha@juha-R530-R730:~/Downloads > sudo md5sum emmc.bin
b289c1e9fdcdd5528adf5f82c29e39e0 emmc.bin
juha@juha-R530-R730:~/Downloads > tune2fs
tune2fs 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
Usage: tune2fs [-c max_mounts_count] [-e errors_behavior] [-g group]
[-i interval[d|m|w]] [-j] [-J journal_options] [-l]
[-m reserved_blocks_percent] [-o [^]mount_options[,...]] [-p mmp_update_interval]
[-r reserved_blocks_count] [-u user] [-C mount_count] [-L volume_label]
[-M last_mounted_dir] [-O [^]feature[,...]]
[-Q quota_options]
[-E extended-option[,...]] [-T last_check_time] [-U UUID]
[ -I new_inode_size ] device
juha@juha-R530-R730:~/Downloads > sfdisk

Usage:
sfdisk [options] <device> [...]

Options:
-s, --show-size list size of a partition
-c, --id change or print partition Id
--change-id change Id
--print-id print Id
-l, --list list partitions of each device
-d, --dump idem, but in a format suitable for later input
-i, --increment number cylinders etc. from 1 instead of from 0
-u, --unit <letter> units to be used; <letter> can be one of
S (sectors), C (cylinders), B (blocks), or M (MB)
-1, --one-only reserved option that does nothing currently
-T, --list-types list the known partition types
-D, --DOS for DOS-compatibility: waste a little space
-E, --DOS-extended DOS extended partition compatibility
-R, --re-read make the kernel reread the partition table
-N <number> change only the partition with this <number>
-n do not actually write to disk
-O <file> save the sectors that will be overwritten to <file>
-I <file> restore sectors from <file>
-V, --verify check that the listed partitions are reasonable
-v, --version display version information and exit
-h, --help display this help text and exit

Dangerous options:
-f, --force disable all consistency checking
--no-reread do not check whether the partition is in use
-q, --quiet suppress warning messages
-L, --Linux do not complain about things irrelevant for Linux
-g, --show-geometry print the kernel's idea of the geometry
-G, --show-pt-geometry print geometry guessed from the partition table
-A, --activate[=<device>] activate bootable flag
-U, --unhide[=<dev>] set partition unhidden
-x, --show-extended also list extended partitions in the output,
or expect descriptors for them in the input
--leave-last do not allocate the last cylinder
--IBM same as --leave-last
--in-order partitions are in order
--not-in-order partitions are not in order
--inside-outer all logicals inside outermost extended
--not-inside-outer not all logicals inside outermost extended
--nested every partition is disjoint from all others
--chained like nested, but extended partitions may lie outside
--onesector partitions are mutually disjoint

Override the detected geometry using:
-C, --cylinders <number> set the number of cylinders to use
-H, --heads <number> set the number of heads to use
-S, --sectors <number> set the number of sectors to use

juha@juha-R530-R730:~/Downloads >

juha-R530-R730 Downloads # sudo flasher -f -F main.bin -F emmc.bin --erase-user-data=secure --no-preserve
flasher 3.12.1 (Oct 5 2011) Harmattan
Warning: --no-preserve is not recommended, instead use erase commands
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 002, device address 083.
Device identifier: 357923041979909 (SN: N/A)
Found device RM-696, hardware revision 1603
NOLO version 2.3.6
Version of 'sw-release': DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_001
Sending ape-algo image (7096 kB)...
100% (7096 of 7096 kB, avg. 24900 kB/s)
Suitable USB interface (phonet) not found, waiting...
USB device found at bus 002, device address 084.
Device identifier: 357923041979909 (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. 1603
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8

Battery level 92 %, continuing.
Erasing, this may take a while.
Erase done.
Image SW version DFL61_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_001
Image moslo not present
Image tar skipped
Image config skipped

Battery level 94 %, continuing.

image [state progress transfer flash speed]
---------------------------------------------------------------------
[x] cert-sw [finished 100 % 1 / 1 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-2nd [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-algo [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] cmt-mcusw [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[x] xloader [finished 100 % 23 / 23 kB NA ]
[x] secondary [finished 100 % 94 / 94 kB NA ]
[ ] kernel [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] rootfs [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
[ ] mmc [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
ERROR: SU_GET_UPDATE_STATUS_REQ terminated with error code 1: Unknown error

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 3461 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 2797 kB/s]
[f] rootfs [pending 0 % 0 / 1170282 kB NA ]
[-] mmc [pending 0 % 0 / 0 kB NA ]
Fetching error list:
========================================
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
bb5_rdc_cert_read failed
mmc: sfdisk returned status 1
mmc: Could not exec 'tune2fs -L rootfs /tmp/sudmmc0IXF0C/internal0p2'
mmc: Could not remove mount directory /tmp/sudmmc0IXF0C/mnt: No such file or directory
[Pipe 4] Finishing in error state with status 1
========================================

ERROR: Failed to flash images
juha-R530-R730 Downloads # 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 002, device address 084.
Device identifier: 357923041979909 (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. 1603
Server implements softupd protocol version 1.8
Success