Comments on: How To: Manually Update N900 firmware to PR1.2 / Hard Reset Nokia N900 (updated with images) v10.2010.19-1

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:42:43 +0000

suitable device not foumd, waiting has been showing for the past hour wat do i do?

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:55:23 +0000

hi JAY

I Know this is of-topic but will ask you anyways.
since i installed the update my email doesnt work properly.
before the updat my hotmail account was working fine but ever since the update
it doesnt sync every 5 minutes as selected.
i think i have the right setting bc i wrote then down before the update.
can you help me with this bc this really sucks and if i cant get it fixed i think i will just get a other phone bc my email i very important to me.
maybe theres a fix?

kind regards
Ian

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Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:21:55 +0000

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By: Jay Montano

Jay Montano — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:31:10 +0000

Hi Mark.

What icon are you asking about, the .bin files?

I’m on XP so my icon for the .bin file looks like one of those files that aren’t able to be opened by anything. (See screenshot)

What files have you downloaded, are they exactly the same ones in the tutorial?

By: Mark Dawson

Mark Dawson — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:40:07 +0000

Jay,

Thanks for getting back. It happens when I type or paste the command in the black box thingy. The instructions are really clear (even I can follow them!) It’s just my computer trying to see me off. What should the icon look like?

By: Jay Montano

Jay Montano — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:55:44 +0000

No Probs,
Glad it worked for you Ian.

With flashing, there shouldn’t really be too much worry of bricking your phone as you can just flash again to fix it.

This is also useful later on to “Hard Reset” your N900 if it ever gets bogged down with Extras Testing/Devel (geek level not ready for public) apps.

By: Jay Montano

Jay Montano — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:53:35 +0000

Not sure, but perhaps temporarily uninstall VLC? Sorry, I don’t know why VLC is randomly opening that.

When you say, try the above process, which step? The moving or the whole black box typing thingy?

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:51:04 +0000

thanks for the reply.

i got it flash succesfully.
i just took out the cable and tried it again and it work just fine after that.

so thanks great tutorial.
i was really getting frustated that i could update with the nokia software updater.

recommend it to everybody that cant update with NSU.

By: Mark Dawson

Mark Dawson — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:08:16 +0000

Hi, copied the files and then moved them to the flasher program, for some reason my computer has moved them as VLC media files? So when I try to follow the above process my VLC media player starts and not the flashing process.

Any ideas as to how to loose the VLC link?

Cheers Mark

By: Jay Montano

Jay Montano — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:47:06 +0000

I also had suitable USB device not found, but for about 30 seconds.

Even if something goes wrong with the flash, you can reflash again to fix it.
This is what I did when I accidentally turned off flasher midway.

Just make sure the .bin file names are typed correctly (specific to the ones you downloaded – the instructions only show global version)