my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

after flashing the rootfs, i removed the battery with the cable still plugged 2 the system, when i inserted the battery, the charging light started blinking. i flashed the fiasco anyway but witout d -R, then i removed the battery again and tried 2 boot but the white led just comes on, the nokia logo....then the phone switches off. could it be bcos i removed the battery before 1st boot? i tried flashing again but it cant boot into flash mode. it says "booting into flash mode" "usb not found waiting" pls i would appreciate ur help

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

Yea, I ended up there too,
I used the bricked phone for my Palm Touchstone inductive charging mod tests.
Maybe someone at Nokia knows a trick to jtag the board or something but nobody here ever came up with an answer when you bootloop without the phone going into a flashable state.
dump the
sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
or
sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog (newer Ubuntu)

from your computer and we can see what is happening with your USB

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

You seem to imply that there's a difference between rootfs and fiasco image (did you also flash the combined image? :).

Have you read the relevant Wiki page about flashing?

If not, please do so. Then try again and post here exactly what you do and what you see on the screen.

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

Sori bout d mixup....i flashd d emmc A.K.A vanilla, then d rootfs A.K.A that is the combined. I'v done it b4 sucessfully but dis time, i guess i wasnt careful...now it only shows d nokia logo with d white led, den switches off...what am i gonna do?

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

dnt understand...I'm not reali an expert so i tink u shuld break it down a lil bit

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

take the battery out for a few hours (obviously without the charger or any other cable in the USB :mad:)
after a few hours, put the battery back in and make a vanilla flash according to instructions on wiki

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

I took out d battery for days *just 2 b sure* but it stil isnt flashing...
Stil sayin 'booting into flash mode'....den d orange led comes up and remains dat way.....culd it b bcos a driver failed 2 install or wot?:(

cold flash failing
 

after so many months of research, i found out my bootloader may b corrupt so i decided to cold flash...yet it fails. is dere any1 who is knowledgeable enough to solve my problem?:(

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

IRC:
#maemo @freenode

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

Install Flasher 3.5
Download libusb-win32-bin-1.2.2.0.zip - http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb-win32/
Press U while starting N900 and attach USB
Wait for the original driver to install.
Run inf-wizard.exe (bin folder in zip) - Run as Administrator

Press "Next"
Search in list and select "0x0421 - 0x0105 - Nokia N900 (Update Mode)"
Press "Next"
Press "Next"
Save .inf file
Press "Install Now"
Press "Install this driver software anyway" on warning message.
You should get "Installation successful." and press OK.

Check Windows Device Manager for "libusb-win32 devices", expand and verify "Nokia N900 (Update Mode)" can be found.
Now you are ready to run Flasher 3.5 with your parameters. every time u fail u must load lib-usb again !

IF THIS FAILS ! : figure out somehow ( pull patery, insert whit preset button and cable) PC or lib-usb must detect n900 so you need download few drivers and if u will fail ENABLE RD mode in your flasher by comand : ./flasher.exe --enable-rd-mode and do it all again
u wellcome !

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

I'v done all dat...i had 2 do dat 2 b able to flash my n900 on windows 7 d 1st tym...is it posible to flash in rd mode?

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

After so many months of research, still havent solved my problem. The thing is every1 assumes every1 should knw everytin which is reali not cool. Iv gone as far as using rescue os....but d problem is wot do i do wit it? I'v suceeded in gaining acess to the n900...then wot? Searching for a solution in this forum is like searching for a grain of sand in a cup of salt!

Re: my n900 cant boot after flashing
 

:)Solved. The file i downloaded wer corrupt. Just had 2 download dem again n it workd