Imaging Steps

Launch the OS X Terminal then do the following

On the imaging computer, run:

cd ~/n900-imaging
sudo ./flash.py

Follow the steps in the script started above (flash.py)
wait for the script to say 'Done! Unplug device'
unplug the device. The screen will stay black with dots in the center.
Remove and replace the battery and replace the back plate.
Ensure that the camera shutter is closed.
The device will start up on battery insertion.
Once you see a prompt that says "Your Nokia N900 has the following settings" press the "save" button.
- The screen will change to dots in the center of a black screen while the device finishes setup.
Once the background of the device changes to a picture of a water stream. Start up the terminal by pressing the 2x3 grid of squares in the top left corner of the screen.
When a grid of programs shows up, scroll down until you see "X Terminal" and tap that icon.
In the X Terminal run (substituting $num for the zero-padded host number, n900-001 becomes 001)

sudo initialize $num

Once this command has completed, plug it into the charger in its final location and run the command:

sudo reboot

leave the keyboard slider open

At this point, the device is set up and will go into staging automatically.

Sample Output of flash.py

$ sudo ./flash.py 
Password:
Plug in n900 in firmware update mode
================================================================================
  1) remove battery
  2) plug in MicroUSB cable
  3) press and hold "u" on N900 keyboard
  4) insert battery
Waiting to remove N900s in the wrong mode.... Done!
Waiting for an N900 in the right mode......................... Done!
Flashing: "RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1.002_PR_COMBINED_002_ARM.bin"
======================================0------------
Flashing: "moz-n900-v1.6.ubi"
===========0---------------------------------------
Flashing: "RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin"
==========================================0--------
Done! Unplug device
......... Done!

Sample Output of initialize

INFO: timezone set to America/Los_Angeles
INFO: Initialised n900-011

Machine Setup

THIS SECTION IS FOR SETTING UP A NEW IMAGING MACHINE The rest of the document is not applicable for flashing.

To make this go quicker, you can set up your MacBook (or any mac) to be a flashing computer.

Start by setting up the required Mozilla written tools

cd ~ #or wherever you want to work from
hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/build/tools
ln -s tools/buildfarm/mobile/n900-imaging

At this point you need to obtain the following files:

moz-n900-vNN.ubi - mozilla custom firmware
RX-51_2009SE_1.2009.41-1.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin
RX-51_2009SE_2.2009.51-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin

The easiest way is to run

scp maemo@mobile-image02.build.mozilla.org:n900-imaging/moz-n900-*.ubi .
scp maemo@mobile-image02.build.mozilla.org:n900-imaging/RX-51*.bin .

Finally, you need the Mac OS X version of the flasher-3.5 program. Download 'maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.dmg' from here(live link doesn't work). Next you will need to obtain.

ReferencePlatforms/Imaging/Nokia N900

Contents

Imaging Steps

Sample Output of flash.py

Sample Output of initialize

Machine Setup