Hello everyone.
i'm dealing with a funny situation, let's put it clear, it's not a real case just experimenting, i like to try out weird stuff on spare hardware i have here.
i have a nokia E50 which doesn't boot up anymore.
i was wondering, is there a way to dump the firmware with softwaer only tools and (obviously) a cable that can connect the phone to my PC/workstation? so without an hardware flasher/cellbrite or other expansive stuff?
i've read some docs about flashing the firmware that can be done with JAF and a "congenital cable" ?
is this cable the one that connect directly to the firmware pins of the device? so not at the common PC interface used by nokia pc suite?
if it can be flashed, can it also be read/dump?
and eventually once dumped, what kind of informations are stored in there? are there software that can translate a binary dump of a nokia firmware into inteligible human readable informations?
thanks in advice, and sorry for my madness ^^
Once I have I dump from the flasher box I put it into a software called PM Explorer. It reads the DUMP but you have to go through it manually to carve data out.
As this is a BB5 based chipset you will be limited to the amount of data that you can dump from it due to the restrictions placed upon the hardware by Nokia.
Most Nokias that I have examined using these tools require you to interface to the PCB with the proprietary cable and interface.
If it were an older generation of handset you would of been able to (model specific) dump the whole memory range.
From there either go through the binary manually with a Hex Editor or use a product such as Paul Sandersons PM Explorer )