Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

If your battery is low (not flat, but low) it won't flash any how..
Normal low battery behaviour I've seen is to power off after trying to boot, not to reboot after trying to boot (ie reboot continuously)

Just because the charging light is flashing doesn't mean your battery is charged.. A good check is to try and press the U button whilst powering on.. if the screen stays dark, displays a Nokia logo and a little USB icon in the top right of the screen, it is fairly safe to say the battery is mostly full.. certainly full enough to flash and recover your phone..

if, however, the display lights up and the phone tries and fails to boot, you're going to need to find an alternative way to charge your battery.. someone else with an N900, X6, 5800 or 5230 would do since they all use a BL-5J battery..

Once you've got a charged battery, your device might wake up of its own accord.. failing that, it's probably time for a visit from mr flasher-3.5 to kick things into action

Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

hi
I already had the same problem. Only one way to solve it is reflash. sorry :(

Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

am certine that the battery is full now since i left home to watch a match and left it pluged to the charger now the led is green but offcourse its still with the same error so i think ill have to reflash it tomorow morning since am so tired u know i had the worst day ever i mad a car accident too :( thanks all it's really true that maemo is the best comunity ever :)
i will report back tomorrow what will happen with me :)

Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

sorry for my question but its better to know before doing anything wrong and regret.
when i reflash i only do this :
Download the Flasher for your device model: N900, N810, N800 or 770
In the same directory, download the latest firmware image for your device model:
for N900

Ensure the battery is fully charged.
Unplug the charger and switch off the device.
Connect the device to the computer via USB without turning it on.

or i have to do these also:
In order to flash directly from the XP/Vista/Windows 7 command line, follow these steps:

Download and install the latest version of Flasher e.g. maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.exe
Download the latest firmware (.bin) file and save it to %ProgramFiles%\maemo\flasher-3.5\ (the default installation path for Flasher) or to the custom path of your choice.
Ensure the battery is at least half full.
Unplug charger cable and switch off the device.
Open the Command Prompt (Start then Run or Windows Logo key + R) and type cmd then press Enter.
Change the directory to the Flasher's path (TIP: Use the TAB key to auto-complete the commands and file-names)
cd "%ProgramFiles%\maemo\flasher-3.5" Hold the u key on the keyboard and connect the USB cable at the same time (details on the wiki)
Run the following command:
flasher-3.5.exe -F RX-51_2009SE_2.2009.51-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f -RReplace RX-51_2009SE_2.2009.51-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin with the firmware you wish to update.

The update will take approximately 4 minutes after which the N900 will reboot and display the Welcome Screen with Regional settings

Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

i have the same problem. Reboot even on regular charger.
i tryed to reflash, but i press "u" and when nothing happens, one time the computer found the Nokia USB ROM and get a error on Driver. Flasher still in "Suitable USB device not found. waiting."

I tryed Windows 7 x64, Windows 7 x86 and Ubuntu 9.10 x86. All the same problem. unless in Ubuntu, when i never get error with driver. but, doesn't works too.

HELP! :(

Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

mm i hope that someone here can find a solution for your problem too :( i really know nothing about re-flashing :( i hope that we will get our devices working soon missed my N900 :(

Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

wtf is Nokia USB ROM??!!
How can i install this driver?

Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

This is the part you need to do.

Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

Is your N900 going into USB flash mode (showing the Nokia logo, without the backlight, and a small USB logo in the top-right corner)?

Re: [help] N900 dont complete its booting & then it reboots
 

I'm not sure whether this is your problem (since you're still having problems in Ubuntu) but there's a specific section of the Wiki page that addresses potential problems with Windows 7.

I flashed mine using XP, so if you have an XP machine around, it's worth trying it on that. Also, if you have Nokia PC Suite installed, it will try and grab the device (even though it's broken) and prevent the Flasher from seeing it, so ensure you turn that off first if you have it.