How to reflash N900 with Ubuntu

From lechacal
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Overview

This is brief how to to show how the N900 can be reflashed using Ubuntu. Tested with Ubuntu Xenial 16.04.2.
NOTICE: All data from the Nokia N900 will be erased.

Steps

Get the flasher:
http://www.fladnag.net/downloads/telephone/n900/tools/maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.tar.gz

Get the firmware:
http://www.fladnag.net/downloads/telephone/n900/RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin

Get the EMMC:
http://www.fladnag.net/downloads/telephone/n900/RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin

Deflate the flasher and save both firmware and EMMC inside the flasher folder.

Turn the phone off.

Hold down the u button on the keyboard of the phone and while holding it plug in the USB cable. (A very DIM Nokia screen with a little USB symbol in the top right corner will appear).

From inside the flasher folder issue this command below: 

sudo ./flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R

Wait until the phone reboots. Then force shutdown straight away. Do the u button start up again.

Then issue the command below: 

sudo ./flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2.203.1_PR_COMBINED_203_ARM.bin -f -R

When the phone reboots you are all done now.

Retrieved from ‘http://lechacal.com//wiki/index.php?title=How_to_reflash_N900_with_Ubuntu&oldid=2081’