Nokia dead phone USB flashing with Phoenix Service Software

In this post, I’ll be explaining how to flash your Nokia phone or update the firmware using just a usb cable without any flashing box like JAF, Cyclone and the rest of them. All that is needed is a usb cord, two softwares and an internet connection.

A lot of people often hear about “flashing mobile phones” without knowing what it actually means. Flashing a phone means re-installing the phone’s firmware files, that is, re-installing the operating system of the phone. When a phone’s operating system files are corrupt due to incompatible applications, virus attack and so on, flashing might be the only solution when restoring factory settings doesn’t work. Apart from this, flashing a phone too can be used to update the firmware to a newer version, install a cracked firmware, “wake” a dead phone, etc.

What is needed?

i. Navifirm – to download the phone’s firmware

ii. Phoenix Service Suite
iii. Nokia PC Suite

iv. A good USB cable

1. Install Phoenix. This might take a pretty long time if you’re using a slow computer but you’ve got to be patient.

2. Run Navifirm but be sure to have a working internet connection before doing this. It connects to the internet and loads all available Nokia phones firmwares. This too also takes a long time and requires a steady internet connection so you need some patience here too.

3. Be sure your phone’s battery is charged to at least 50% though flashing should take less than 10 minutes.

4. Select your phone type under Products. It is located on the phone just beneath the battery. For example, N97′s product type is RM-505, RM-133 for N73 and RM-596 for Nokia N8. (You can as well check it by dialling *#0000# in standby.)

5. Wait till it loads Releases. From here, you can see all available firmware versions. Select the latest you find there.

6. It now loads Variants, select your desired product code from the list. You can also check beneath the battery to find the original product code.

7. Now select all the files and download. Select Download with IDM (Internet Download Manager) if you have it installed it on your PC. If not, select, Download with program and choose the destination folder.

8. Go to C:/Program Files/Nokia/Phoenix/Products. Create a folder with the name as your phone product type. For example, for Nokia N97, the folder will be named RM-505
The firmware files you downloaded will then be located in C:/Program Files/Nokia/Phoenix/Products/RM-505


After when you are done with  Navfirm then we should move to our next step with Phoenix Software.

Steps for flashing nokia dead phone with usb using Phoenix software:

1. Remove phone from cable. Make sure it is turned off. If it is necessary, remove and insert battery.

2. Run Phoenix Service Software as administrator. (Windows Vista, 7: right click -> run as administrator; XP: login with administrator privileges). Select "NO CONNECTION" as connection type.

3. Select "Open Product" option in "File" menu.

 4. A window will appear, select the mobile phone. The product code of the mobile phone is on the sticker under the battery. (Usually RM-xxx.

5. Select "Firmware Update" option in "Flashing" menu.

 6. Press "..." button on the top-right corner of the window to select the language pack / product code You want to flash on phone

 

7. Now select the product code / language pack You want to flash on phone, and press OK button.

 8. Tick Dead phone USB flashing.

 9. Press "Update Software" to start the firmware update procedure.
If phone does not turn on after software update, try again the procedure, and press "Refurbish" instead of "Firmware Update"!

 10. Follow the instructions: (if that method doesn't work, press OK, then press power on button on phone and right after connect the usb cable).

11. Phone firmware update process should start.

 12. When the update process finished, a window will appear: "Firmware updating succeded".

 13. Remove phone from cable, and try to turn it on. It may happen that the phone doesn't turn on. Hardware error, firmware downgrade or bad certificate could cause that problem.


Enjoy Friends, No more spending money on your phone