N95 reinstall problem

Hi,
I have an N95 that's been working almost fine most of the times. Some months ago the Internet browser stopped working with RSS feeds, so I started to use the web more often. Since this morning the webbrowser does not work anymore. It starts to open, it shows the app header and then it disappears in less than 1 second.
I made a backup and tried full reinstall using Ovi Suite. But Ovi suite says that it cannot reinstall because I'm probably using non-commercial software (whatever this means...).
Then I tried to reinstall using the Software Updater I just downloaded from the Nokia website. It also fails to reinstall, but the message is that there is no software available for my phone.
Since both programs are a bit opaque, I'd like to know if there is some way to understand what is really happening with the reinstall process.
Any thoughts?
TIA
Fernando
Solved!
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another way to reinstall your firmware is;
Soft reset(reformat). Type *#7370# and the phone's lock code (Nokia default lock code is 12345). Soft reset wipes the C drive.
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