Notes on flashing nokia 5230 with nokia c6 firmware

First of all, my thanks to Rohit for his great work on porting the c6 firmware on nokia 5230. You can read about his work here.

Now, I have a nokia 5230 which comes with a good firmware, but unlike the more expensive c6 or c7 does not come with the nokia widget screen. So here are the steps used.

BACKUP YOUR PHONE BEFORE YOU DO THIS.

1. Download the latest port and core FW for your phone. Make sure you download the FW for your existing firmware version (use *#0000# on you device to know your FW version).

2. Copy all the files downloaded to this location (Here RM-588 is product version info from the same screen, make sure you have ovi suite installed)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Nokia\Phoenix\Products\RM-588

3. So here's what I have in my nokia location:

Directory of C:\Program Files (x86)\Nokia\Phoenix\Products\RM-588

RM-588_40.0.003_prd.core.C00
RM-588_40.6.003_prd.rofs2.V21
RM588_0585690_40.0.003_001.dcp
RM588_0585690_40.0.003_001.vpl
RM588_0585690_40.0.003_001_signature.bin
RM588_40.0.003_001_001_U001.uda.fpsx

3. Now you must install JAF, and downlaod JAF pkey Emulator.

4. Then use this tutorial to flash the phone.

5. In case you have an old copy of JAF, the ini file will not show you device. Use the below device string for nokia 5230:

[RM-588]
Description=Nokia 5230 CABLE
_prd.rofs2.v01=English,Finnish,Swedish,Norway,Islandic,Danish
_prd.rofs2.v02=English,French,Turkish,German,Dutch
_prd.rofs2.v03=English,French,German,Italian,Spanish,Portuguese
_prd.rofs2.v04=English,German,Estonian,Russian,Lativian,Lithuanian
_prd.rofs2.v05=English,German,Hungarian,Ukrainian,Russian,Romanian,Bulgarian
_prd.rofs2.v06=English,Czech,Slovakian,German,Polish,Hungarian
_prd.rofs2.v07=English,German,Croatian,Serbian,Greek
_prd.rofs2.v08=English,Hebrew,Arabic,Russian,Spanish
_prd.rofs2.v09=English,Romanian,Russian,Spanish
_prd.rofs2.v11=English,Arabic,French
_prd.rofs2.v12=English,Arabic,Farsi
_prd.rofs2.v13=English,Arabic,Farsi,Urdu
_prd.rofs2.v14=English,Arabic,French
_prd.rofs2.v18=English,Thailand,Chinese Simpl,Chinese Trad
_prd.rofs2.v19=English,Philipines,Bangladesh,Australia,Indonesia,India,Vietnam,New Zealand
_prd.rofs2.v20=English,Vietnamese,Tagalog,Chinese Simpl,Chinese Trad
_prd.rofs2.v22=English,Singapore,Indonisia,Malasia
_prd.rofs2.v23=English,Chinese Simpl,Chinese Trad (Hong Kong)
_prd.rofs2.v24=English,Simpl Chinese,Trad Chinese