A blinking red LED indicates a hardware initialization error or a dead battery. Leave the phone plugged into a wall charger for an hour to ensure the battery has enough voltage to accept a flash, then try again. Device Stuck on "Connecting to Bootrom"
However, for the , the process is different. While community tools can create .exe packages, the official method to flash OS 6/7 involves a tool called Loader.exe (or AppLoader.exe ) which is installed on your PC via BlackBerry Desktop Software or BlackBerry Link. Many sources mislabel firmware packages as "Autoloaders" when they are actually OS base files that require Loader.exe . blackberry 9800 autoloader link