Power on Problem :confused:
 

i've had my nokia n810 for a few months and i used it on a road trip to watch some videos and the battry life was low so i turned it off and put it away then when i return to power up my device. the nokia screen pops up and the blue bar loads up then it flashes and repeats the same cycle over and over even powered to the charger and after a hard reset, i'm lost and any knowledge of a solution will be greatly appreciated. This phone has been my life and now i'm slowly dyin, lol but seriously if anyone can help please hook me up.

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

This sounds like a great time to flash to Diablo, the latest version of the N810 software.

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

did you try taking the battery out for a while? sometimes it takes longer than usual to boot up, just hang in there :p

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

this actually sounds more like a reset loop - probably due to some app you installed or some change you made to a config file just before your problems started. I think geneven has the right idea - you most likely need to reflash.

I assume you don't dual boot - if by chance you do - you could try to boot into your original OS and then see if you can find the offending app/file in your clone and fix it from there. If you do not dual boot then disregard everything I just said and you'll need to reflash.

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

ha, the boot drama, just take out the batt for 20 min, or put ur n810 without the battery on ur fridge for 10 min.

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

Sorry, no, this answer is incorrect in so many ways.

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

I've got this same problem just now, the last application I installed is Skype. Is there any real solution to this without reflashing my IT?

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

Seems a lot of people have this problem, including me :-(. Did noone try to return the device to the dealer/Nokia? Any experiences?

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

Well... There is something about changing batteries.

Of course, not everybody has a contract with the Ghostbusters, but if you open the hood and take the battery away: well... they can just go away, those nasty creeps. :D

Seriously, I had the problem for the first time last Saturday, changed my battery and the problem was gone (OK: for now). Repetition not guaranteed.

NB: If my Avatar was stuck; we used to practice the so-called 10 cm method: lift the (heavy) thing 10 cm and then drop it. Should not work, but it did.

There are no wrong answers, but there are different perspectives.

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

The n810 is very strong anyway, it has survived many falls (due to me) easily!

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

I might have the very same problem, did anybody else experience this ?

My battery has been drained during music playback, tried to turn unit on
immediately after plugging it in the charger. The low battery seems to have prevented finishing the boot process and caused a reboot loop which happens *automatically* if the charger is plugged in. Tried removing battery and waiting for a night but the symptoms remain.

When charger gets plugged in, the unit starts booting on it's own *without pressing any buttons* on the n810. After a couple of seconds, it reboots (screen artifacts on the LCD appear for a short while when this happens). Each reboot cycle gets shorter as the battery gets weaker (the charger is plugged in all the time!). If charger is removed during this, the reboots stop but the unit stays powered down and does not react to the power button. If the battery is removed, there are no reactions to plugging in the charger or pressing the power button.

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

i have same problem, i have run out of battery while listening to music and i got into boot loop. ive tried to remove a battery for a day, but when i sticked it back and plugged charger in, i was back in loop.

any solution?

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

I had the same problem, it was due to something wrong in the application manager. The only solution I found was to re-flash the IT ...

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

Had the same problem yesterday. I briefly took the battery out, replaced it and the reboot loop started.... Reflashed in the end.

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

Reflashing is a lot easier than sending the tablet back to Nokia.

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

Anybody willing to help tracking down this issue please take a look at https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3555 - we need a core dump, see comments 6 and 7.
Thanks in advance!
(PS: Please no "I see this too" comments - use the Vote feature instead)

Re: Power on Problem :confused:
 

I compiled the 'crasher' demo app as shown on the project page , but even though on my ubuntu pc it gives a segmentation fault, on my n800 running Diablo I get:
I don't know anything about c .Should I have compiled it for ARM with Scratchbox? If so why not include it in the repository?