Flashing N9 firmware without a windows computer

[coomac]

This post is for everyone that owns an N9 and don't want to boot into or doesn't have access to a windows computer to flash the phone. According to comments in this post, there is a version of Navifirm (the nokia firmware image downloader) written in C++ that works on wine.

The project page for Navifirm Ex is here. I can confirm that the software works perfectly fine on linux using wine and I assume it will also work on Mac OS. Oh, and the software works on windows too.

Once the file is downloaded and unzipped, there is no installation necessary. Just run NaviFirmEx.exe, select your Release and Variant and download. Afterwards, use the harmattan flasher to flash the firmware. A quick search on this here forums will turn up more detailed guides on using the flasher once you have the firmware available.

Thanks go to the NaviFirmEx developer and the owner and commenters on karoliinamaemoblog.blogspot.com!

[enjoy]

Thanks ,

I can download the firmware with NaviFirmEx_v1_6_1_en in my
ubuntu 10.04 32 bit with wine wine-1.2.2 !!!

Originally Posted by coomac

This post is for everyone that owns an N9 and don't want to boot into or doesn't have access to a windows computer to flash the phone. According to comments in this post, there is a version of Navifirm (the nokia firmware image downloader) written in C++ that works on wine.

The project page for Navifirm Ex is here. I can confirm that the software works perfectly fine on linux using wine and I assume it will also work on Mac OS. Oh, and the software works on windows too.

Once the file is downloaded and unzipped, there is no installation necessary. Just run NaviFirmEx.exe, select your Release and Variant and download. Afterwards, use the harmattan flasher to flash the firmware. A quick search on this here forums will turn up more detailed guides on using the flasher once you have the firmware available.

Thanks go to the NaviFirmEx developer and the owner and commenters on karoliinamaemoblog.blogspot.com!

[MFaroTusino]

This works on Mac OSX Lion using Wine. Cheers for the info. Will try and create a .app file for those who don't have/want Wine on their system

[sam.radjabi]

MacOS has a native flasher. Why use a forced Windows version?

[JanMalte]

Can't flash my device. Do you know help?

@ubuntu:~$ sudo flasher -F Firmware/DFL61_HARMATTAN_22.2011.44-2_PR_LEGACY_006-OEM1-958_ARM.bin -f -R -U 001:010
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.

ERROR: Specified USB device not found.

@ubuntu:~$ lsusb -s 001:010
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0421:0518 Nokia Mobile Phones

@ubuntu:~$ lsusb 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID eb1a:51b2 eMPIA Technology, Inc. 
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c517 Logitech, Inc. LX710 Cordless Desktop Laser
Bus 001 Device 010: ID 0421:0518 Nokia Mobile Phones

[JanMalte]

I had to hold the Power button while switching on the device while it is connected.

[b102]

Thanks for the info works great on Lion+wine; does anyone knows a mirror for the mac flasher? because when i've tried to download from http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-d...-downloads.php i only get this message:

Duplicate headers received from server
The response from the server contained duplicate headers. This problem is generally the result of a misconfigured website or proxy. Only the website or proxy administrator can fix this issue"

[johncaswell]

Thanks for the info, I try and create an app and will check.