N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Hello,
My N900 got stuck during update today. I started update over 40min ago and still nothing. Updating by NSU, because appmanager suggested to install update by NSU...

Here are the screens:
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4294/n900stuck.jpg

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/4...tuckscreen.jpg

Sorry for my English ;)

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Unfortunately after 1 hour of updating my battery was too low and turned my phone off. And now I can't turn on my phone... Futhermore N900 doesn't responding on charger plug... :(

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

See if something here helps:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Flashing

About the charging, sometimes it takes a long time before the charging light starts, and sometimes it needs unplugging and plugging again.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Happened to me too, use the flasher, it will take you a minute to flash.

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_f..._.2F_Windows_7

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I'm also stuck. It says 1 second left but that was 1 hr ago.

I use the software updater. What should I do?

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

unplug immediately and charge your battery to full

e: one can always reflash except with battery that doesn't have the juice for initiating charging mode on....

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Battery was full during update.

After unplugging the USB from the phone what do i do? Should I turn off the phone to reset? or update again?

How do I reflash?

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

1. Unplug the device.
2. Open this link, download maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.exe and install it.
3. Open this link, open your device and take the battery out, just like in the picture (in the link), type the IMEI number and accept the terms.
4. Download the last link, it should be the GLOBAL firmware 51.(Unless you want the middle eastern one or USA)
5. Save the file to C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5
6. Put the battery back in, and press the "u" key on the keyboard of your N900, don't leave it.
7. Connect the phone to the computer, keep holding "u" until you see the nokia logo with a small usb icon on the top right corner.
8. Go to Start->All Programs->Maemo->Maemo Flasher 3.5->Maemo Flasher 3.5.
9. Type this: "flasher-3.5.exe -F <FILENAME> -f -R", instead of <FILENAME> you should type the name of the file you copied to the flasher folder (something with .bin, including .bin).

Give it a few minutes, if you followed the instructions everything should be OK. Good luck.

More Info: http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_f..._.2F_Windows_7

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Plzzzzz help me!! i downloaded the firmware and instal it all through OTA but @the final stage where the percentage of instaling software and please do not interupt msg showing showing up my N900 keeps booting and boting again with the same above msg on the black screen showing since 10 minutes!! is this normal?? is there an end or what???! please answer!!

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

How long does it take so i have an idea. It's been 9 mins now since I reflash the latest firmware.

Does the status light should be steady yellow-orange? i see faint nokia and Usb on upper right.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Guyz!! my N900 still rebooting with the msg" installing software please don no interupt" since 30 minutes now!! how long does it take for the N900 To install the sofwares after updating!! plzzz help here!!
what should i do ? again is this normar or what? how can i stop it if not!?:confused::(

thanx

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

The NSU also got locked up for me showing "estimated time: 1 second".
After one hour of waiting I unplugged the phone, recharged for 30 minutes and then reflashed it with the separate flash software following the instructions given in this topic. Now everything works fine!

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I need help I tried several times but would not reflash. How long does it take? Do I keep on holding the "u" key? Help I'm stuck!

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Where are you stuck? at which step? you should leave the "u" key once you see the usb symbol after connecting it.

It takes a few minutes to reflash, but it should show you the progress on the computer. Have you managed to use flasher-3.5 as I said?

You need to reflash the device, follow my instructions on the previous page step by step.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

It didn't show a progress on the computer. there was a brief 1 sec faint window of cmd when I hit enter for 1 sec then it's gone. I use the US version flash. Is there a difference?

All i'm seeing when I press the "u" key was a faint nokia (not totally lit up like the above pic)

I'm charging the battery right now. Does it usually vibrates and status light stay on for couple of seconds and the usb icon then disappear.

I just did again same thing happen when I enter the file and prompt me to allow. I clicked allow and just saw a flash of cmd window for like 1 sec and disappear. No status of flashing.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

You're not supposed to run flasher.exe from the file browser, you're supposed to go to start->all programs->maemo->flasher, then you'll see a cmd window. From there you're supposed to type in "flasher-3.5.exe...". Are you doing that?

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Gone to worst now it wouldn't detect the usb. When I press the "u" key and plug the usb screen is blank and the status light lit up a steady yellow/orange light then it will vibrate, then later nokia background appears, status light then goes off. It will do again the same thing.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

FWIW . . . i got stuck on that "1 second left" in NSU as well, after waiting an hour i unplugged the USB cable, took battery out, put battery back in, plugged USB cable back in, and NSU continued, and now i have the latest FW

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Ran into the same exact thing...update stuck on 'Estimated time left: 1 second' for the last hour with battery fully charged. Hoping this isn't (and it doesn't seem to be) a widespread issue. Will try reflashing...

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Try taking the battery out and putting it again and again try holding 'u' and connecting, if not try charging the battery for an hour and try again. If you still can't do it then you'll have to send the device to nokia.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I had this problem aswell...stuck at 1 second. I forced shut the update program by task manager in windows. I unplugged the device and tried to start didnt work.

I then saw that the update program gave me a message that i could plug in the device and it would "recover" it....it said this can take up to 15 minutes. I did connect it again and waited about 5 mins and all of a sudden i had a full working n900...updated and all.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Mine stuck at 1 second remaining and then said "Software update failed"

http://pics.2ward.com/family/misc/flashfailed.jpg

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

When I unplugged my phone the four or five dots appeared and it looked like it was going to boot then froze. I removed and reinstalled the battery and it booted the old firmware. I am stuck at 1 second remaining again.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

It failed again.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I'd suggest using flasher instead - it seems to be more reliable than NSU.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I used Jayford's instructions and was able to reflash. I lost all of my installed apps but everything else seems to be intact.

His instructions are here http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=470585&postcount=8

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I followed that but it failed. There are some having the same problem and others are successful and there are others having other issues after this recent update. mine's brick now.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

And if the USB icon doesn't apear anymore (only the dimmed Nokia screen), is it hopelessly bricked? Or is there a trick to get the USB icon back?

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I got the same 'stuck on 1s problem' followed by the prompt saying the software update failed.

So I'm following jayford's advice in post #8 but I get the prompt getting stuck with this message: "Suitable USB device not found, waiting"

I have pressed the 'u' key and see the nokia logo with the USB sign on the top right while doing this. I've tried different usb ports also.

I'm using windows vista 32bit...

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I did the update on a friends linux pc, went thru smoothly :)

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I think that your battery is out of power. Try to charge your battery some other device, or got another piece of battery to flash.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Same problem here. Nokia Software updater stalled with 1 second remaining for over an hour. I unplugged the cable and the Software Updater crashed. I reconnected and started the updater, but there was no option to recover. Now the Nokia logo appears with no back lighting and it vibrates when pressing U while plugging in the cable, but there is no USB icon in the corner and it chain cycles through the Nokia logo every 45 seconds or so, vibrating each time. Flasher just waits no matter what USB port combinations I try..

I like I have a brick :(

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I've got exactly the same problem here and I am now quite stuck :(

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Looping like that is usually a sign of a low battery. Try leaving it to charge or charging the battery externally.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

For those who had the update stall out at 1sec forever and then got the faint nokia logo in an infinite loop: I was in the same situation this morning, then replaced the battery with a fully charged one and viola! I was able to hold down "u", get the usb logo, and use the maemo flasher to reflash the system (with PR1.1-USA) as detailed in various other threads. 5mins later my phone was up and running. I would highly recommend a 2nd battery and battery charger. They are fairly cheap (<$40) online. Not only did it rescue me in this situation, but with my heavy N900 usage, it's helpful to be able to do a mid-afternoon battery swap and immediately be back to full charge.

I suspect the root issue was that while waiting hours for the stalled update, it drained the battery far enough that it was no longer possible to initiate a flash. It appears that those who stalled at 1sec and then ignored the instructions to not remove the phone or power it down during the update fared better because the phone was able to restart while still having enough juice to complete a flash. YMMV.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

exact same thing happened to me. it got stuck at 1 second left and then crashed and it doesn't turn on anymore. i can see the nokia logo without the backlight like the others had mentioned.

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

Have you all tried reflashing? As I suggested in page 1?

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

here is what i did to charge my battery since the power adaptor was not doing anything, charged it for about an hour, put the battery back in hold "U" and now you will see the USB logo and then proceed flashing the phone use the Flasher

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

can you give some more details about which wires to connect where?

Re: N900 got stuck during update (PR1.1)
 

I have the same problem but i have two n900 i replaced the battery for other and cant flash it does anyone know why? im sad and the battery was fully charged

I install ubuntu with windows i installed because the people say me that linux are better to flash these phone and now i put the comand and the terminal say the file does no exist or wrong directorie whats wrong? im bad or can anyone send me a complete tutorial on how to flash it with ubuntu