Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Hi, I am using N810 from Singtel and I can't update to Diablo using the updater from Nokia Singapore. It kept saying that firmware is not compatible. I have already sent to Nokia Care Centre and they are still checking. They did tell me that if they can't update, I would be stuck with the firmware from Singtel. I don't have a linux computer and I wondering if any kind souls could advise any other ways. Thanks in advance!

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Get a Linux liveCD and use it to flash with Nokia firmware, maybe?

I assume you already searched for singtel here; there's 5 results at the moment, and one of them includes a discussion of success using the Linux flasher, so it's probably worth the effort to get a bootable Linux CD/USB drive.

Another option (but not one anyone's reported success with, AFIAK) is to rewrite the versioning information in the config partition; allusions to this were made in that thread, and it's possible that setting the version to some legitimate non-singtel version permits an update from Windows. Then again, fiddling with an undocumented config partition includes substantial chance of breaking things so bad you would need to reflash (from Linux) anyway...

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

I'm curious... Singtel version of the firmware???

To my knowledge there is no custom firmware provided by carriers, retailers, etc. I could be wrong (and I'd like to see it!) though.

My impression of incompatible firmware would be trying to flash RX48 over RX44, production image on a preproduction unit, etc.

Anyway, more info would be helpful!

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

There is; as I suggested, search on singtel; there's a 2-page thread discussing it, with a link to something on singtel's site about it, IIRC.

I also saw a nice writeup online of how to customize a firmware image for, e.g. corporate deployment. I don't recall anything about locking users out of upgrades, but if the Windows updater is cautious enough, it should be possible to trip it up like this.

Thanks to this (timely) post, Singtel may now become the rallying cry of the anti-HSPA crowd. OTOH, it's evidently straightforward (with current tools, and pre-Fremantle distributions) to debrand, so it's to be hoped the same will be true for the N9xx (if it gets branded firmware at all.)

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Cripes. I remember that sort of thing discussed 2 years ago, but it was my understanding at the time no one wanted to bite. Then when it turned out Sprint would not be customizing a version of the N810WE (public knowledge) I figured it just flat wasn't happening.

I didn't search on "Singtel" to discover that because I stil thought this could be an "inappropriate firmware" sort of thing rather than the branding I thought wasn't likely to happen...

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

I tried to do my own thinking... once.

Regards...

Omega

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

:confused:

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

He's giving me a hard time. Ignore him. I heard that the one attempt at thinking resulted in him being the first live brain donor to medical science. :D

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Hi guys, thanks for the valuable feedbacks. Here's the thread that indicated the version that's installed in Singtel N810.

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=21450

Internet Tablet OS version: RX-34+RX-44_2008SE_2.2007.51-3.4.SINGTEL_PR_SIO

This version of firmware is preventing me from updating to the latest
version. And the only way which seems would be to use a linux comp.
I am currently waiting for the Nokia engineer to call me. Hope something could be done about it! If not, then I would have to live with it! Cheers!

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Why not just burn a liveCD or even a bootable thumbdrive?

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Maybe he does not know how.... Don't assume everything....

In this case use the super easy WUBI

http://wubi-installer.org/

Its really easy. It installs as a windows program, is faster than a CD, easier than burning a CD, and easy to remove. Yeah!!!

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Thanks again! Nokia called and said they cannot upgrade the n810 with singtel firmware. I will give your suggestion a try. Hope it doesn't brick my set hahaa!!!
Thanks for all the help!

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Hi guys, I got Ubuntu installed and it feels great! I just need some guidances. I followed the instructions as followed,

Execute as root (or as a normal user with rights to use the USB port—if you see Error claiming USB interface: Operation not permitted then you need to run flasher as root), replace <FIASCO image> with the firmware image you downloaded from Nokia:

For the N800 and N810:

./flasher-3.0 -F <FIASCO image> -f -R

I have the firmware and flasher-3.0 in a folder "N810" located at desktop.
I tried the command at terminal but it said,
bash: FIASCO: No such file or directory

Could someone please enlighten me? What should I input?

Thanks again!

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Replace <FIASCO image> with the filename of the FIASCO image; something like RX-34_DIABLO_4.2008.23-14_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin (that's for an N800, yours will have some numbers different...) If you get the first few characters right and press the Tab key, it will try to autocomplete the filename.

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

that would mean,

./flasher-3.0 -F (name).bin -f -R

Right? Will give it a try tomorrow as I left my cable in the office!

Thanks again!

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Assuming you replace (name) with the right thing, definitely. ;)

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Yes, there is Singtel variant firmware... Did You forgot where to look for firmware files... ;)

But the best option, in my opinion, is to somehow flash the tablet with "vanilla firmware", so you don't need to worry where to get future updates. I suspect the Singtel variant will never be part of SSU updates?

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Hi all, I have successfully upgraded the firmware to Diablo. I used the guide from,

http://fosswire.com/2007/12/30/n800-...ash-to-os2008/

It took be hours to understand linux commands cos I'm a windower hahaha.

Anyway, here's a short guide,
1)create a folder on Desktop and save the flasher + firmware together in it
2)open terminal, type cd Desktop followed by cd "folder name"
3)type chmod +x flasher-3.0
4)type sudo ./flasher-3.0 -F "Firmware name".bin -f -R

It will unpack the files and follow the guide onwards from the website and you
are ready to rock!

Thanks for all the advices!!!

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

I haven't explored every room. ;)

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

Bro,
I tried the same method using ubuntu on my Singtel N810. I also got my Singtel N810 without contract so wanted to flash to the common firmware :
root@ubuntu:/home/phon/Desktop/n810# sudo ./flasher-3.0 -F RX-44_2008SE_2.2007.51-3_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R

But I got this error message :
sudo: ./flasher-3.0: command not found

Appreciate all inputs how to correct the command line :(

Thanks.

Re: Can't Flash N810 bought from Singtel (Singapore)
 

You need to get flasher-3.0 from

http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/d3.php

And install/unpack first.