Thanks.
Sorry I have attempted to flash and failed that is what i was trying to say in last post. My current version is 10.2010.19-1.203.1. My current provider is Vodafone but the mobile is unlocked
Read and follow the wiki. If it didn't work, there's a high likelihood that you did something wrong.
just install the .deb first so you have flasher-3.5. I think flashing is unnecessarily complicated. If I have time I might just write a small script that pulls the latest images does an auto checksum and flashes for you.
In what way is it difficult? It's one line from terminal
Thanks. I am happy to give this another shot - however could you advise where I would expect and how I can check if flasher has installed. I assume if I run the command 'sudo dpkg -i <flasher-package-name>' it installs to the folder I am at in the terminal (Downloads). I am clearly not finding it that simple......
Read and follow the wiki. If it didn't work, there's a high likelihood that you did something wrong.
In what way is it difficult? It's one line from terminal
Code:
sudo flasher-3.5 -F <firmware-image> -f -R
so you didn't do a checksum? you didn't have to input your IMEI to get the image? The key word was "unnecessarily". when I was finding out how to wipe my N900 clean with a fresh PR1.3 I was expecting a
Do you wish to wipe your N900 clean with the latest firmware? (y,n)
Thanks. I am happy to give this another shot - however could you advise where I would expect and how I can check if flasher has installed. I assume if I run the command 'sudo dpkg -i <flasher-package-name>' it installs to the folder I am at in the terminal (Downloads). I am clearly not finding it that simple......
dpkg -i is the key here
de-package & install
It will install as normal, you dont need to worry about navigating to downloads to run flasher.
Are you a native linux user? I mean nothing by this it's just if there is an OS you are more comfortable using such as windows, you can still do it.
All done went to laptop(installed Maverick Meerkat) and all went fine. My favourite is that flasher did not install properly. I like the idea of simplifying this - the new user and there wil always be some tends to assume that things are always his/her fault (with me a fair proportion of the time that will be true of course). I am well impressed with Maemo/Linux and the support community is very strong (esp compared to Windows).
Thanks to all.
