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

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Originally Posted by Rob1n (Post 533895)

Flashing the firmware will leave your contacts and backups untouched. Flashing the eMMC, however, will wipe your contacts and (if your backups aren't on the memory card) the backups as well. You may need to do both - start with the firmware and see whether that fixes it first though. If you do need to flash the eMMC, try powering off the N900 and connecting it via USB first - this may start it up okay in mass storage mode and allow you to copy off the data from the MyDocs folder first.

Just tried this with no luck!

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/...ing/m-p/593949

Now following this guide:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware

Just waiting for the UK Variant firmware to download! hope it works!

[Edit] PS. just connected the N900 whilst it was switched off, and my PC has recognised it and allowing me to see/use the mass storage. So I'm gonna copy everything off it whilst my download takes place! Thanks for the suggestion.

[Edit2] Flashing now - hope this fixes it!

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

It's all done and working but does seem to be going rather slowly. I guess it's having to rebuild a few libraries or indexs? At least for music and video.

Once it's a bit speedier I'll restore from a backup! Will that restore settings and such? Not actually sure what is backuped up during a backup! lol!

[Edit] OK it now seems to be stuck on the App Menu! It's vibrates when I tap the screen and makes the swooshing sound when I plug it in to the mains, but doesn't seem to actually be responding! HELP!!

[Edit2] Sorry, for the panic! All sorted now I think! Had to press and hold the power button to switch off. Now just doing a restore for Setting from a backup!

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

Hi All,

I know this is slightly off topic, but is related to my previous posts.

Now I have reflashed my N900, I have re-installed SOME apps, but a lot of them I haven't is there a nice way to clean/clear out the rootfs (think I'm using the right terminology!) of any old apps from before my reflash? Don't want to have to clear the whole lot though, just the old App stuff that I haven't reinstalled?

Any help would be much appreciated.

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

how did you guys solve the nokia usb rom driver error, i'm having same problem so can reflash to fix reb0ot loop. tried on two different vista machines
any suggestions?
EDIT never mind sorted it

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

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Originally Posted by DaKing (Post 531032)

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

Hi all. I have been following these instructions but all thats happening is that a solid orange light comes on. Really frustrated now as i've been at it for 2 hours. Phone was perfect for 7 weeks until that last update. I have been able to put it into r&d mode . Any help would be much appreciated . I'm not familiar with code etc . so i suppose it could be my typing. when i hit enter the terminal box goes back to the command line. I'm on windows 7 with a charged battery. Regards Rory j:confused::confused::(:(

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

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Originally Posted by roryj (Post 537529)

Can you post a screenshot of the terminal window after you've pressed enter?

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

probably be easier to boot off of a live ubuntu disc to flash.

all i do is turn the phone off. type in the command and press enter and plug the phone in.

takes about 60 seconds.

I had the rebooting problem also. I did an OTA update and didn't restart it all day. At the end of the day I dropped my phone and the battery popped out. Then it would not boot at all. The funny part is the first thing that went through my head was not "oh crap I broke my phone," it was "great, now I have to reflash"

I love my N900

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

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Originally Posted by Rob1n (Post 538059)

Can you post a screenshot of the terminal window after you've pressed enter?

Got it sorted. May have been typing errors in windows7 but . I had an old xp machine and i ran systen recovery on it , then updated to sp3, downloaded the flasher and the .bin and after a few typo's , it flashed perfectly. Should i also have flashed the emmc while I was at it.

Ps: I was able to charge the battery in my old n95 8g. the pins line up and with a little force slot into place.

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

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Originally Posted by roryj (Post 538979)

Only do the eMMC if you still have problems, or if you want a complete factory-reset.

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

hi, i have the same problem, and i am a little confused with what i have to do. i have Mandriva installed in my computeur. Which image i have to download ? :

RX-51_2009SE_1.2009.41-1.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin

or

RX-51_2009SE_3.2010.02-8_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin

the "u" key is the lettre u ?