Tutorial: How to Flash your N97 with Phoenix (upgrade, or flash dead phones)
This tutorial can b used to upgrade,downgrade and flashing of dead phones.
BTW, this works for XP n Vista, x86 or x 64!!!
Tools Required:
1.Phoenix Service 2009 suite:
Direct Download: http://phoenixslayer.blogspot.com/
2.Navifirm:
Download link:
http://forum.dailymobile.se/index.php?topic=1255.0
Before Flashing:
- backup your phone number and phone number of important personal information. If you want a clean installation, format your E: drive as well using the built in Nokia file manager .
Lets Start…….
->Run Phoenix Service Software installer.
>Start Installing Phoenix
-> Now (the boring part) run Navifirm (it takes an hour or more to download the whole patch)…
Note: the reason i don’t use the builtin image downloader because it downloads older versions, from my experience.

After the files downloaded, copy them to C:\Program Files\Nokia\Phoenix\Products\RM-505\
->Now Run Phoenix 2009
->Turn on the phone (it will start in offline mode because there is no SIM card inside).
->Plug in the USB cable to both the phone and the computer.
->When prompted, select “PC Suite” from the menu list on the phone.
->Wait for *all* drivers to fully install themselves before proceeding. You will see the driver icon disappear when it is complete.
-> Now Choose File Then Manage Connection
->###### “New”
->###### USB, and then ###### Next
->It will then search your USB ports for the phone. When it finds it, hit Finish
->Once it has finished scanning, ###### apply, then ###### close.
->Next, select “Scan Product” from the File menu.


-> Once finished scanning, you can see your model of phone and other details at the bottom screen.
->From the Flashing menu, choose Firmware Update.

->Wait for Phoenix to continue talking to the phone. You will see some information scroll by in the firmware Update window.
->###### Browse
->See the product code section.U should find ur product code in that column.If u see “ur” product code,well and good.

-> but if u dont see ur code,or dont see anything for that matters,press on the “…” in the given prCode section.
You should see RM505-blabla, select that. Variant version =00. I will select “Refurbish” so that it will restore it to factory set (Clean and default C:).

->Press Start

Ignore the warning and click YES
The flashing process takes about five minutes to complete. The first few steps ensure connectivity to the phone.
After it verifies connectivity,Phoenix will automatically restart the phone.

Once it has completed (a dialog box will popup saying it has completed successfully), you may close Phoenix,
unplug the USB cable, and restart your phone. It should startup with the firmware you flashed to it.
Src: mykosong
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about 8 months ago
Hi lau… im having a problem with ur tutorial
When i launch the firmware update, it doesnt find my PC and it doesnt found nothing in the list. A warning appears saiyng “Neither DP1.0 or DP 2.0 was found bla bla
The thing is i changed my PC to upgrade to 2.0 BUT my PC was from CLARO and it locks the SIM card that i use. And now i cant use my phone cause um stuck with a upgrade from a Chile Mobile Operator (im brazillian). Can u help me? I dont wanna downgrade… i just wanna put another PC and another 2.0 upgraded version.
Thanks a lot
about 8 months ago
Which operating system are u using bro??
It must be windows xp..
about 8 months ago
Hi Arun
Yeah, i tried with XP and Win7…. but not with vista. Do you think that is the problem?
about 8 months ago
i was reading my last post, a is a bit confuse… let me explain again:
I have a nokia n97, a brazilian one. BUT, with the original PC i was unable to upgrade to 2.0
SO, i changed the PC in order to upgrade. I used NEMESIS. BUT, i changed to a Chile Claro PC, that locks SIMS that are not from Claro Operator. I realized only after the upgrade my mistake.
Now, im with a n97 firmware 2.0, but i cant use it cause it has a SIM lock.
What i want: Change the PC again, install the firmware 2.0 again and be able to use my SIM card.
I tried your tutorial with a Windows XP and a Windows 7, but not with Vista.
Thanks a lot
about 8 months ago
Hey bro you can try inserting different sim , and try re-installing the firmware throught Nokia software updater..
I have no idea about chile claro PC..
If nothing works out then , head to our forum – http://symbian-freak.com/forum
Definately ppl will be able to help you better…
about 8 months ago
THX Finaly it worked for me
using Phoenix from slayer the firmware from bluenokia ann windows 7
fuck off shitty branded firm
about 8 months ago
That’s gr8 bro..
Thanks for the heads up.. Nice to know that its working fine on win7.