For all you Nokia N950 Developers that are lucky enough to have the Nokia N950, today Nokia Released the Beta 2 software for the device. I have not had time to install or test as this is a quick heads up. All information is below and link at the bottom. Please let me know how you find it 😉
Description
The Nokia N950 phone OneClickFlashers enable you to update a Nokia N950 phone to the Beta2 firmware version from a Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac, or Linux computer.
News
The Beta2 firmware release is now provided in the OneClickFlashers. The Beta2 release provides a number of bug fixes and functional changes, along with the addition of a number of features and applications (Nokia Store, a Twitter client, and a WiFi hotspot application among others). ‘Developer Edition’ marking and the SDKÂ installer have been removed.
Use Instructions
Checking a phones firmware version
To check the firmware version on your phone open Settings and then About Product.
Short instructions
- Download the appropriate OneClickFlasher.
- Power off your device by holding down the power key for at least 8 seconds.
- Start the OneClickFlasher (Windows: from explorer, Linux and Mac OS X: from a terminal window).
- Follow on-screen instructions and wait until the device is flashed.
Detailed instructions
Don’t connect the device to the computer until requested to do so.
Microsoft Windows
1) Double-click the downloaded file in Windows Explorer.
2) Click Yes in the dialogue displayed.
3) Wait until the following text is displayed:Â Â Suitable USB interface (bootloader/phonet) not found, waiting….
4) Ensure that the phone is switched off by holding the power key down for at least 8 seconds, then connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable.
5) When you connect the cable, the phone displays the text NOKIA and switches on automatically.
6) If the Installing Driver Device Software balloon notification appears on the lower right corner of your computer screen. Click the notification. Click Skip obtaining driver software from Windows Update immediately. Note: You must click the link during the time that the USB icon is displayed on the N950. If you click the link too late, the device starts to boot and you must start the flashing procedure again from step 4. You may also need to repeat the procedure several times before flashing is successful.
7) Wait until the required drivers are installed and the device is flashed. This may take a while, up to 30 minutes.
8) When flashing is complete, the following text is displayed:
Updating SW release
Success
Status: 0
Press Enter to exit and unplug the USB cable from the device to boot the new flashed image…
9) Press Enter on the computer keyboard.
10) Disconnect the USB cable. The device boots up and is ready for use.
Linux
1) To start OneClickFlasher, use the following commands in the terminal window:
chmod +x ‹file name of the downloaded binary›
sudo./‹file name of the downloaded binary›
Note: You need sudo privileges to run the command.
2) Wait until the following text is displayed:Â Suitable USB interface (bootrom) not found, waiting….
3) Ensure that the phone is switched off by holding down the power key at for at least 8 seconds, then connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable.
4) When you connect the cable, the device switches on automatically and the magical flashing sequence starts.
5) Wait until the device is flashed. This may take a while, up to 30 minutes. When flashing is complete, the following text is displayed:
Flashing finished at ‹timestamp›
Press Enter to exit..
Unplug the USB cable from the device to boot new flashed image…
6) Press Enter on the computer keyboard.
7) Disconnect the USB cable. The device boots up and is ready for use.
Mac OS X
1) To start OneClickFlasher, use the following commands:
chmod +x ‹file name of the downloaded binary›
./‹file name of the downloaded binary›
2) Wait until the following text is displayed:Â Suitable USB interface (bootloader/phonet) not found, waiting…
3) Ensure that the phone is switched off by holding down the power key for at least 8 seconds, then connect the phone and the computer with the USB cable.
4) When you connect the cable, the device displays the text NOKIA and switches on automatically.
5) Wait until the device is flashed. This may take a while, up to 30 minutes. When flashing is complete, the following text is displayed:
Flashing finished at ‹timestamp›
Press Enter to exit.. &
Unplug the USB cable from the device to boot new flashed image…
6) Press Enter on the computer keyboard.
7) Disconnect the USB cable. The device boots up and is ready for use.
Troubleshooting
Occasionally the flasher doesn’t immediately recognise a phone when it is plugged in. In this case please unplug the phone, power it off by holding down the power key for at least 8 seconds (even if the screen is black, and the phone appears to be powered off) and plug it in again.
Occasionally the flasher fails to run to completion. In this case please try executing the OneClickFlasher again.
In the Windows environment, the USB autodetection and driver installation may cause trouble: You may need to connect, wait for drivers, disconnect the cable, power off, and reconnect several times. If this fails it may help to re-install the driver, to do this stop OneClickFlasher, open Control Panel thenPrograms and Features and then remove Nokia Connectivity Cable Driver from the list. The driver will installed again when you run OneClickFlasher next.
In Windows environment the Program Compatibility Assistant might appear sometimes after flashing is finished. Click This program installed correctly to close the Program Compatibility Assistant.
In Mac OS X environment executing the flasher occasionally causes the keyboard and touchpad to become unresponsive on certain MacBook Pro laptops. Even if interaction with the computer is not possible, the device flashing will finish successfully. Please ensure that you have saved the contents of all open files before running OneClickFlasher.
Got to Nokia Developer for the download
