N9 died
 

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone here could help me with reviving my n9. Yesterday when I pulled it out of my pocket the screen didn't show anything. I thought to myself, the battery is probably dead, but when I went home and plugged it in the LED light will not light up. I've tired plugging it in to my computer and the wall nothing happens, the LED lights up and seems to flicker/blink every 2 seconds. I cannot turn it on at all. I've been trying to search for information online but I can't find any. Most of them have a similar problem being stuck in the NOKIA bootup screen, but mine won't even start up at all. I tried to look up the warranty in NOKIA USA website using the IMEI serial number but I couldn't as N9 is not released in the states. I have been to the NOKIA forums but can't find anything like it yet. Tried reflashing but it cannot find my n9 connected. stuck at "suitable USB interface not found. Waiting..."

I have taken care of the phone really well and I have never dropped it.
The product code (from the SIM slot is 059J1Z5)

If anyone can help me or face a similar situation please let me know how you got it to work.

Regards and thanks in advance!

Allen

Re: N9 died
 

try leaving it plugged longer, if the led flickers then it's charging. Wait for 15-30min to make sure there is power in the battery and then hold the power button till the phone vibrates.

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That suxs. I had an issue or have issues when the battery goes dead. The N9 is very picky with chargers it seems and I could only use a specific charger when the battery dies. Also sometimes I noticed that pressing the power button doesn't always turn the phone back on. Try using your pc's USB to charge your phone. Also look-up the forum regarding support for USA Users.

Good Luck.

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Short answer, take it to any repair center if not Nokia and see if they use some special charger to charge it up. One of main reason I did not buy this is the batter is not replaceable.

I had similar situation with n900, I even left it overnight to charge up but no good. Took it to a local retailer and asked what could possibly be worng and he asked one of his assistants to take it inside their lab and 5 minutes alter it had some charging, so I am guessing that if the battery drains out beyond certain limit then it needs some kind of jump start using a super charger.

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i had a similar problem, the screen just showed nokia logo, i connected the charger, pushed power off for reboot, and nothing, i waited a completely day for battery low, i tried to charger again, and it not turned on. i decided to reflash, i think i broken some package when i installed a application from rzr repositories

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sorry for this annoyance, do you remember which apps are guilty ?
anyway you have been warned :-)

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you could always try phoenix software and try a dead phone USB flash. The N9 firmware is up on Navifirm. Not the usual route for a reflash, but may yield results.

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You should never try reflashing on battery empty situation as it can lead to brick. But instead you can try "sudo ./flasher -i" and leave the device charging in the cable for hour or two (white led shows but it doesnt try to boot up). And then do "sudo ./flasher -R" to boot the device up.

If the battery is totally empty the booting process eats more energy than it can charge, so you end up in rebootloop, but if you change your phone in a mode where it isn't trying to boot up (like flasher -i), then its able to charge enough power.

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Hold the power button for exactly 35 seconds and then you should feel the vibration as soon as you feel the vibration plug the charger in.

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How is phoenix software different from the normal Winflasher? I tried flashing using Winflasher v3.12.1 and it cannot find the phone. "Suitable USB interface not found, waiting..."

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i tried the command "flasher -i" with Winflasher but it cannot find my phone.
It shows: "Suitable USB interface not found, waiting..."

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On my work laptop, it also took a number of tries with my (then) dead N9 before it got seen properly...

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bump! anyone else encounter this before?

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Hi Kozzi, it flickers for like 5 min or so then the light disappears.
i wonder what is wrong..

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this is not new Nokia has this issue from good old 7710... when battery fully exhausts, this stuff happens... sometimes i have to give my 7710(since its still in gud cndtn) a rest for a day and then recharge it & then it recovers form comae...
i'l suggest you not to Experiment too much... and try charging it after a couple of hours...

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Try holding the power button for 15-20 seconds.

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update.

now when i plug it in the wall the LED goes on for a few seconds then becomes brighter for one second before it goes off.

when i plug it in the computer the LED goes on for around 5 minutes and then goes off.

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35? Why exactly 35??

allenchuang: on your computer, type
sudo ./flasher -i
BEFORE connecting the phone. when the flasher tool says it is waiting, connect.

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first i added rzr repositoriy, i tried to install rdesktop, one had some broken dependencies, the apt-get said that it had to download some packages, i noticed, it had downloaded many packages like upgrade firmware, and finally i was not able to install rdesktop, i had tried to add libssl1.0.0 (i don't remember exactly) externally with dpkg, i remember i executed apt-get autoremove it showed a large list of packages then i was concerned. i left it for peace. later i rebooted device, i started have problems. i have n9 . sorry for my english i'm from mexico.:)

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i am using windows 7 and i downloaded Winflasher. when i type
sudo ./flasher -i
it returns 'sudo' is not recognized as an internal or external command.

so i tried flasher -i and plugged it in still not finding my phone.
argh so frustrating. and nokia isn't replying either.

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its funny since i don't recall installing any apps that are experimental. all apps i downloaded are from the nokia app store. i didn't download n9tweaks and mess with it.

it was working fine moments before it died. i just pulled it out of my pocket and realized that it died and never woke up again.

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And did you try my reply on the other thread that you cross-posted?

connect usb cable to machine, "flasher -i", press powerbutton untill it vibrates, leave on cable for 2 hours and then "flasher -R"?

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i just tried. now the LED won't even light up when plugged in.
it won't vibrate and powerup.

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i am the guru when come on to this thing.
each person have a pretty good concept.


two ways to do this thing, give it to specialist or software mod technician.
if you were live in Jamaica. i could fix it for you for $4500 ja dallars

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-push power button down ~ 15s release
- on ms-dos flasher: flasher -F fiasco.bin -F emmc.bin -f
****sould read "waithing suitable device" or something similar***
connect your N9 to the USB and wait! it could take even 5-10min.. if nothing.. Take it to the Nokia shop.. They should repair it / send it to repair. Even it is not buyed at the USA.

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I reflashed my n9 with this tutorial http://www.thephoneclub.net/guias-y-....html?langid=1