Hello guys, I'm looking forward to flashing my n900 but unable to do it on Windows 8 PC. Can you guys guide me how to flash it on WIndows 8 PC. I have install maemo 3.5 flasher on my PC when I try to open it nothing works!!

You'll need to follow the Win7 instructions/work-arounds most probably...

^^ I did followed windows 7 instruction but failed

Have you tried the LiveCD/Virtual machine methods?

I can't say that their are many people here who are willing to use win8, so help might be a little thin on the ground :?

like MINKIN2 said.. try using VM.. im sure it gonna work just fine.. been using that method my self.. ..

You need to dump the Win8 . How someone can even use it? Must?

ok.. win8 has disabled the unsigned drivers.. do as i say,


From the Metro Start Screen, open Settings (move your mouse to the bottom-right-corner of the screen and wait for the pop-out bar to appear, then click the Gear icon).
Click ‘More PC Settings’.
Click ‘General’.
Scroll down, and click ‘Restart now’ under ‘Advanced startup’.
Wait a bit.
Click ‘Troubleshoot’.
Click ‘Advanced Options’
Click ‘Windows Startup Settings’
Click Restart.

Profit!

When your computer restarts, select ‘Disable driver signature enforcement‘ from the list. You can now load your modified driver. (PS:Reboot again once the driver is installed and all will be well. dont reboot until u finish flashing)

when it says "suitable usb not found waiting" use this... install N900 pc suite and update mode drivers.!! good luck

i forgot to mention one thing.. u ll c list of options like 1,2,3... and 10th one is driver disabled mode(i think!!).. for selecting options use function key(f1-f10).. and for driver disabled mode press f10(cross check) it will boot in that mode

Might be worth adding that to the wiki?

Good luck pious

I followed what has been mention above but I cannot open flasher-3.5.exe command file

Why is it?

it does work dude!! after installing flasher pres winkey+r(run window) type cmd and press enter.. make sure u had "COPIED THE FLASHER FOLDER IN C:\"

in cmd windows type
cd Flasher
cd flasher-3.5.exe
then rename your image to a(vanilla) and b as(custom)
flasher-3.5.exe -F a.bin -f
it will say"suitable device not found,waiting..."

use that libusb thing and install "PC SUITE MODE(N900)"

u ll c it flashing.. since i have not included -R N900 wont restart.. after flashing remove battery and reinsert it again.. make sure your phone is still in off state(sometimes it might turn on :P)

then type
flasher-3.5.exe -F b.bin -f -R

use libusb and install "N900 UPDATE MODE"

thats it!!

if it doesn't work well i cant help.. sorry.. i miss my buddy(N900).. so i cant try it out.. good luck

PS: i accept your point that the command shell doesn't open.. there is one cmd file missing which win8 removes by default
PPS: try out all these steps in driver disabled mode!!!

i have updated my post do check it