Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php Is down. and http://skeiron.org/tablets-dev/ dose not have the flasher mirrored. Does anyone know where to find the n9 flasher? (Linux download)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Who said skeiron doesn't have the flasher tools?

http://skeiron.org/tablets-dev/maemo_dev_env_downloads/

skeiron.org/tablets-dev is the exact replica of tablets-dev.nokia so the places where tools are available are the exact same!

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

Dear An9; There are different ways to flash the device, and some flashing operations take longer than other.

If you "clean-flash" the device, flashing both device firmware and emmc, it will take about 10 minutes. An example of this type of flashing is the following command:
If you flash just a new kernel to the device, it will be lot quicker, taking about 10 seconds. An example of this type of flashing is the following command:
The flashing operation is dependent only on the type of flashing performed, and the bottleneck here is not the speed of the host computer but the flashing algorithm running on the device, how fast it can erase and reprogram the flash memory.

Consider the amount of data transferred in the process, when device is clean-flashed it will need to transfer and flash about 2.8GB of data, when flashing only kernel it will need to transfer and flash about 2.8MB of data.

When you "clean-flash" the device you actually clean it as new, hence you will propably feel that it is "fresh" and "snappy". I belive that is the way you did when you flashed the device long way.

It is no sense here to flame joerg_rw here, as this has nothing at all to do with your host computer, it does not matter what OS you run there or what drivers you have installed. :)

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I meant what i said, and i said because i found out that it is, and don't come here to tell me bla-bla things without trying it to, and is not the same as slow computer as fast quanta CPU set...and slower PCs has slow USB data transfer op to 12.MBps max, while faster PCs today USB data transfer is up to 488.MBps, and USBv.3.0 has even faster so... sorry to say, but don't talk B.SH!
Nokia almost always used outdated and slower hardware but with good software to build it's devices, so N9 is one of this devices to with slower outdated hardware in it, it works for us right...should explain anymore..!?
Fast data writing on flash rooms might not work, bcz on firmware pack, there is encrypted or highly compressed files than can't be written fast enough on Eprom memory chunks, after that the device might start but there might be internal hardware errors that many of us have it often, so that's why slower computer for flashing device is more compatible than the fast one!
Now I em enjoying my device, i fell like i have new one...well before my last flash i was anger i almost put in front of my gun to shut at it!

Flasher download site - ??
 

Can anybody tell me tech-support email-address of tablets-dev.nokia.com ? I've been trying to download flasher_3.12.1_i386.deb since sunday, but still unsuccessfully.
I don't think they're doing some techical work right now... Maybe.. they just don't see that their website is DOWN.

Re: Flasher download site - ??
 

Maybe they have taken it down since they are disowning everything Maemo; mirror for that page is skeiron.org/tablets-dev

However it would be good if you sent an email and just maybe they brought it back up as a result... hostmaster@nokia.com is one but I'm not sure if its the right one...

Re: Flasher download site - ??
 

Thank you for pointing me at that email address.
Of course, it may seem that they are disowning everything Maemo, but I faced this error few months ago, and it was temporary then.
Also, I can't use any mirror, cause I beware of getting software from untrusted sources. I even don't know the checksum for the original deb file.

Re: Flasher download site - ??
 

Sure be wary of the mirror but skeiron is an official backup effort led by a few of us so your fears while valid are unfounded ;)

Re: Flasher download site - ??
 

Thank you, I'll download flasher from skeiron.

Re: [HOWTO] Comprehensive Firmware Flashing Guide for N9
 

I bought a second hand N9 product code 059J250. I tried flashing with DFL_HARMATTAN_40.2012.21-3_PR_LEGACY_009-OEM1- 968_ARM The flash finished but the phone was very slow to boot and now I get a message saying I have a sim card error and I get no network. I do have wifi but no operator network. Please help