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mtk 2011-02-26 00:48
N900 reboots after falling down
 
hi guys first of please excuse my bad english. i recently cracked my phone`s display and i tried opening it a couple of times and it was continually rebooting ... the phone gets to the white screen where it says NOKIA with blue font and after blackscreen and restart, than vibrates...so i changed the display and the same thing happens... i tried to do a flash with flasher 3.5 but i cant... can anyone help me , i really love my n900 and i dont have the neccesery money to buy a new one ...:(

Blaizzen 2011-02-26 01:54
Re: Please help!
 
When you say it won't flash, what happens? Error messages?

When it dropped, did the reboot issue start then? Was everything before that ok and running fine?

Also try renaming the thread title to something more descriptive as it'll help people know what the post is about :)

mtk 2011-02-26 10:41
Re: Please help!
 
1 no i can`t flash it because when i put the data cable in it the phone starts (alone,i dont press anything) and restarts
2 when i dropped it the sim card and the battery went out of the phone ... yes the phone was working just fine ,no lag no nothing...

Blaizzen 2011-02-26 10:49
Re: N900 reboots after falling down
 
Try flashing again but note these steps (the ones about removing the battery first)

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_t...ng_the_Flasher
Quote:
# If you cannot establish a connection with N900, do following steps:

1. (try to) Turn off the device - if nothing else helps, holding power key for >8s is the ultimate means (except next point 2.) to do this.
2. Remove the battery - even if you were not able to shut device down in 1.
3. Start flasher with above mentioned command to flash (without -R, it's a useless convenience thing). It says "Suitable device not found... waiting"
4. Plug the device to computer with a good USB cable.
5. Insert battery while holding "u" key. You can release the key as soon as screen turns on and shows the USB logo. Flashing shall start automatically.
6. (after flashing has finished, remove battery ->(1.) 2.)
7. Repeat same procedure for each image to flash (sequence: eMMC first, then rootfs). So far this procedure always worked, given your PC side has no problems.
8. After flashing unplug your device from USB prior to first boot (first boot can take several minutes, and screen may turn dark during that. You may try lock-slider switch, but do not power down device during first boot, until it finally finished. Plugging in the wallcharger is a good idea)

abill_uk 2011-02-26 10:54
Re: N900 reboots after falling down
 
If its been dropped that would not be a reason for the OS to be faulty all of a sudden, the problem is hardware and i hope he got insurance !.

mtk 2011-02-26 10:58
Re: N900 reboots after falling down
 
no i dont have ensurance :))
i think my phone cannot charge because it is restartig when i insert the charger in it....

rishabsp 2011-02-26 11:19
Re: N900 reboots after falling down
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by mtk (Post 955803)
no i dont have ensurance :))
i think my phone cannot charge because it is restartig when i insert the charger in it....
Hey bro I was also having the same problem after I uninstalled the power kernel from app manger and unfortunatley it didnt got uninstalled after some time my battrey went down , when i charged it it started and rboted with a vibration
*charge your phone through wall adapter ,I know it will boot and bot again let it be phone still gets charged up leave it for an hour
*remove battrey and then reinsert it after 10 sec open ur key board press u then insert usb(keep holding the u)
*keep ur flasher ready with all the commands as soon as the phone starts up press enter then it will get flashed (u can leave u as it is detected by the system)
let me know

ffha 2011-02-26 17:27
Re: N900 reboots after falling down
 
I think that a pin has become loose when your dropped your phone, causing a component not to respond to Maemo's system calls.

Can it be fixed?
By an experienced person, perhaps, but I wouldn't count on it.

Edit:
Call Nokia support.

mtk 2011-03-02 10:50
Re: N900 reboots after falling down
 
My phone seems to have some hardware issues ,i took it to a service and they said that they are not sure if they can fix it ,i`m gonna find out at 4 PM
btw i tried to flash it unflash it ,i tried everything the forums said ...

gng554 2011-03-02 15:09
Re: N900 reboots after falling down
 
ouch!
same thing happened with me!
after that i dropped my n900 on the floor it started to reboot, but unlike you neither the battery nor the sim card popped out!
the phone kept restarting (for about 5 minutes) and then shut down with an error message.
what i did is that i sent it to nokia care, apparently what they have done is that they re flashed my n900 which solved the rebooting problem but another problem came in, the internal mmc card was not found by the n900!
so i resent it to nokia care and they said that it cannot be fixed!
so i was left with a bricked phone... i couldn't open the camera application or any other application because there was not enough memory, i couldn't even send sms or add new contacts to my phone!
what i did is i searched the net for a solution and i found that you can make your sd card work as a swap memory so i got an 8gb memory and formated it on linux (ubuntu) made 1 gb swap memory and the rest as normal memory and i installed rootsh on the phone and then activated the swap on to the sd card from the x terminal..
my only problem now is that i cannot install new applications on the phone or new themes and every time i restart the phone i have to go to the x terminal and repeat the swap on process!
i hope that you don't have a bricked mmc like i do but if you do this is your only solution...

mtk 2011-03-08 16:27
Re: N900 reboots after falling down
 
they didn`t tell me exactly what the problem was ...they just sayd my phone is lost for ever .... ty anyway


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