N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

Hello Everyone!

I installed the Mobile Hotspot Utility. Needless to say it didn't work on my iPod, although it connected it wouldn't let me check emails, browse the web, etc...

After running it for the first time the system became slow so I turned it off by pressing the power button. Now the phone won't go past the White Nokia screen when I turn it on (the white LED goes on for a couple seconds and then loads this screen) then turns off. Now I can't even charge it because it shows a dark screen with the Nokia logo when plugged into the wall socket and keeps vibrating every minute as if it's being connected again (no flashing orange LED as used to be).

I know I will probably have to reflash, although I haven't done a backup of my conversations, etc... in a while and know I will probably loose them. I use a 64 bit version of Windows 7 and heard about compatibility issues with the Flasher utility, is it better to use that or the Nokia Suite one?

The other issues I have been having with the phone before it died on me was: Sometimes the battery dies and when I change it and try to start it again, the LCD screen won't go on, so I have to remove the battery to kind of reset it, and then turn it on again. Has anyone else had this issue?

Anyway, what if the reflash doesn't work and is there any way to try to reset it without reflashing? I won't have internet access when I get home as I use the device to tether to my computer and the connection speed is quite fast 3.5G, etc... I really need this up and running as it's my "modem" at home....

Let me know as soon as someone can before I leave the office if possible.

Thank you!:o

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

the flasher is working under 64 bit enviroment . read the wiki instructions , but first try to flash only the kernel ,
if fails to boot do a complete reflash(vanilla + firmware)

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

Kindly reply someone...I'm trying to flash my N900 for the past 1 month...I followed everything as in maemo.wiki. first vanilla,then combined..combine first,then vanilla. vanilla in between and so..But vanilla is always struck at 20%.
I have 4 combined file images as follows

RX-51_2009SE_21.2011.38-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM -2011 update
RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM -global latest
RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2.004_PR_COMBINED_004_ARM - India latest
RX-51_2009SE_3.2010.02-8_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM -global third

I have vanilla file images

RX-51_2009SE_1.2009.41-1.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM -older
RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM -latest

all combined images are flashing fully...but whenever i try to flash vanilla in whatever order or combination, it is struck at 20 % as shown below for example,

flashing with global

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_C
OMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f
flasher v2.5.2 (Sep 24 2009)

SW version in image: RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_MR0
Image 'kernel', size 1705 kB
Version 2.6.28-20103103+0m5
Image 'rootfs', size 185728 kB
Version RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_MR0
Image 'cmt-2nd', size 81408 bytes
Version BB5_09.36
Image 'cmt-algo', size 519808 bytes
Version BB5_09.36
Image 'cmt-mcusw', size 5826 kB
Version rx51_ICPR82_10w08
Image '2nd', size 14720 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2120
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2120
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2217, 2218, 2219, 2220, 2120
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14720 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2101, 2102, 2103
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2101, 2102, 2103
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2101, 2102, 2103
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2307, 2308, 2309, 2310
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2407, 2408, 2409, 2410
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2301, 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2405, 2406
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2405, 2406
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2401, 2402, 2403, 2404, 2405, 2406
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14720 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2
113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2
113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2
113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2501, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2506
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2607, 2608, 2609, 2610
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2607, 2608, 2609, 2610
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2607, 2608, 2609, 2610
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2507, 2508, 2509, 2510
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14720 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2
210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2
210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2201, 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205, 2206, 2207, 2208, 2209, 2
210, 2211, 2212, 2213, 2214, 2215, 2216
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image '2nd', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'xloader', size 14848 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Image 'secondary', size 109440 bytes
Valid for RX-51: 2601, 2602, 2603, 2604, 2605, 2606
Version 1.4.14.9+0m5
Suitable USB device not found, waiting.
USB device found found at bus bus-0, device address \\.\libusb0-0001--0x0421-0x0
105.
Found device RX-51, hardware revision 2204
NOLO version 1.4.14
Version of 'sw-release': RX-51_2009SE_21.2011.38-1_PR_MR0
Sending xloader image (14 kB)...
100% (14 of 0 kB, avg. 14 kB/s)
Sending secondary image (106 kB)...
100% (106 of 0 kB, avg. 106 kB/s)
Flashing bootloader... done.
Sending cmt-2nd image (79 kB)...
100% (79 of 0 kB, avg. 79 kB/s)
Sending cmt-algo image (507 kB)...
100% (507 of 0 kB, avg. 507 kB/s)
Sending cmt-mcusw image (5826 kB)...
100% (5826 of 0 kB, avg. 5826 kB/s)
Flashing cmt-mcusw... done.
Sending kernel image (1705 kB)...
100% (1705 of 0 kB, avg. 1705 kB/s)
Flashing kernel... done.
Sending and flashing rootfs image (185728 kB)...
100% (185728 of 0 kB, avg. 185728 kB/s)
Finishing flashing... done
CMT flashed successfully

removed battery..then into flash mode by pressing U when asked..

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANI
LLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f
flasher v2.5.2 (Sep 24 2009)

Image 'mmc', size 255947 kB
Version RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA
Suitable USB device not found, waiting.
USB device found found at bus bus-0, device address \\.\libusb0-0001--0x0421-0x0
105.
Found device RX-51, hardware revision 2204
NOLO version 1.4.14
Version of 'sw-release': RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_MR0
Booting device into flash mode.
Suitable USB device not found, waiting.
USB device found found at bus bus-0, device address \\.\libusb0-0001--0x0421-0x0
1c8.
Raw data transfer EP found at EP2.
[init 20 % 10240 / 255947 kB 13107 kB/s]


I tried infinite times with all combinations of all combined files/vanilla files...all the time it is struck at 20%. Phone's lock code 12345 is not working, phone is slow, some files are shown broken,etc are the problems I'm facing...kindly help me..
Is nokia care the last resort? they may charge near to Rs 1000 which I dont have now.

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

Have you tried a different image?? This sounds really odd, try to flash an older image to see if it gets stuck somewhere specific.
Also PLEASE try to attach your logs in a text file as opposed to just pasting them, otherwise everyone that quotes your comment and your comment end up filling pages of repeated unnecessary junk :)
EDIT: Also check that the file you downloaded is not corrupt.

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

why are you removing battery in between?
its not written anywhere in wiki that you nedd to remove battery after just flashing rootfs image.

C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_C
OMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f
after its done.
C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R
no need to remove battery in between

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

i tried many images..but the problem is same...sorry for pasting full...please try to sort this out...

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

i tried both ways...no use...in wiki they say to remove battery if we doing vanilla flashing first...or if expert user begin next flashing in less than 10th of a second...
anyway i tried by removing and by continuing also..but all results in 20% vanilla stops.i tried with vanilla first,then combined,combined first,then vanilla,etc....please help..

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

You should try to charge your battery full before to start this process. Because even if connected through USB, it is not garanteed that it has enough power.

Also, there is something i don't understand, why do you say your computer is Win7 AMD64 if in your cmd console, it is written:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

??

Also, are you sure about the zone firmware version you downloaded?
You should maybe try to download it again if it maybe is corrupted.

Another thing i would try, is to remove beloved N900 from device manager when it is connected, tick the "remove driver" options and restart installation process from scratch

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

Oh brother where were you? first thing is treat me as a newbie here..just learning ABCD....
1. my PC is win 7 amd 64 bit..i tried many times on my PC..but not even the flasher worked.. google said, better to do flashing on a 32 bit windows XP service pack 3. so hunted down one PC 30km away from my home. for my experiments I travel 30 km..:(

2. Im sure about the firmware downloaded..I mentioned earlier which all images I got..most of them were downloaded twice to check if broken or not...

3. did not know such a method of removing from device manager...now the time is 5 pm..late to go 30km an dcome back..mine is Win 7..64 bit..dont know to flash here..can you help?

4. always the battery is full,ie green light.

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

@Legendracer

Also, next time you have a problem, you should create your own tread and not hijack the one of someone else...

PS:Hold on, i am searching for my Win AMD64 flash process

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

actually i dont know to start a thread..didnt see the option..sorry...could the moderators start and move these posts ther? it is a request...
where is that option of new thread?

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

if you can't do that , try on a different pc , i don't know why but my pc is doing the same thing at vanilla flashing , on my laptop the problem doesn't exist , i have succeeded a few times flashing vanilla on the main pc but random ones , the laptop flash vanilla every time , it is powered by 7 x86

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

legendracer,
Stop cross-posting! You have your post in the proper thread here which has already been given a step-by-step reply yet you come on another thread not related to your issue and you hijack it?

Please keep your posts to the above-mentioned thread.

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

it was a tough deal to hunt a 32 bit win XP SP3 machine...you saying to try another PC...please....i cant...i have a win 7 64 bit...:confused:

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

sorry....was out of desperation..

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

leave the phone with battery out for 15 minutes and try again , if doesn't succeed the fix is another pc or another windows , the right procedure is : first vanilla(i recomend the 8 gb one ,i have no problems with that ,lots of aps,games and a lot of free space) after vanilla the firmware image

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

8 gb one? whats that bro? my vanilla file is 249 mb.. combined is 190 mb..
right now PC is win 7 64 bit...dont know to do on this PC..

google...but not finding link for 8 gb vanilla...could you..please..

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

search n900 8gb emmc image on google
let-me explayn :that image gives you 8 gb storage for your aps and games on your n900
the default vanilla give-you 2 gb:D:rolleyes:

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

is this the answer? in maemo talk,someone says so...same file but some editing..is it?
"""It's illegal to post images of the eMMC or the rootfs, use a hex editor on the VANILLA image from tablets-dev.nokia.com and change 2048 to the multiple of 1024 you want. (5120 for 5GB, 8192 for 8GB, etc) """""

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

you can find the modified one on google
if the hexedit looks hard

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

no yar...not finding such image...im searching still...any link please..

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

it seems the links are down , i'll upload the 8 gb one , but i have a crappy upload connection
by the way do you want the 8gb one or the 5gb?

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

i really appreciate your helping mentality, but please have patience with me as Im a kid , where all you experts are playing... many may feel waste of time by helping me as Im dumb in N900,linux,etc...

:D:D difference between 8gb and 5gb?? are these images as of same linux or something to do with nitroid? sorry if my questions are idiotic...

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

by default you have the 32 gb partitioned to:
2 gb for use aplications(apps ,games , also the nitdroid games , apps use that partition , if you plan using the webos games and nitdroid you'll be running out of space fast ,2 gb isn't enought)
768 mb swap(virtual ram)
the rest is for music video and the oher files
lte 8gb one is like:
8 gb (apps ,games , also the nitdroid games/apps)
768 swap
rest for other files

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

always keep in mind im kid..:D..so spending a lot of time reading maemo...
so the 8 gb would help only if im using NITROID..is it?or would it make N900 better even on maemo base?
if yes, i read there is no call function..hence we cant use as phone...sucks na? so why NITROID?are the apps that impressive?

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

Excuse me, was out for lunch, here is the process to install N900 preperly under win7 64bits:

How to get N900 flasher to work in Windows 7 64-bit (x64).
Install Flasher 3.5 - http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-d...-downloads.php
Download libusb-win32-bin-1.2.2.0.zip - http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusb-win32/
Press U while attaching N900 to 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.


And please people, please do not redirect other users to technical things, resizes partitions could be good yes, but not necessary for everybody, He can do it himself (and then learn a lot) when and if it is needed.

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

:D:D:D kid is learning from @Alecsandru about some 8gb images and which to select to make N900 better...
once done...will do operation in my PC with your steps...thanks a lot..didnt understand fully,hence will ask help when I start doing..

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

please..im very much interested in gaining knowledge...i can understand partitions and all...just like you all,,i too want to make my N900 a beast in performance..i know a few things...wish to learn from you all more...

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

this will not improve N900 performance, it is that you will be able to install more softwares.

So instead of being able to install up to 2GB of soft, you can install 8GB. But your MyDocs folder will decrease its size accordingly.

But the thing is that i think that focusing your trouble should be 1st priority, once you can flash your phone properly, then you can start to search for other tweak to apply ;)

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

sir....when clicked
Install Flasher 3.5 - http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-d...-downloads.php
page error....An error occurred while processing your request.

Reference #97.458def75.1360241805.be56a8a

when you said Mydocs will become smaller ,did you mean i can store only less files and more apps?

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

ah yes,those links are not available anymore as nokia pulled the plug on servers, let me quickly setup an accout on my ftp, i will send you login by PM

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

MyDocs will decrease to 21 gb
yes more space for apps and less for other files

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

21 GB.....:rolleyes::rolleyes:...enough for me...

so get me 8gb image file please....:p

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

PM sent, tellme if any troubles.

Also keep in mind the emmc and rom in there are default one, i don't have the 8GB as i don't use it

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

if you plan to use the webos games the 8gb emmc is a must-have
those games are the huge(tens/hundred of megs per game)

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

power gone...30 mins....

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

I am currently in the process of creating the 8GB emmc, you can find info there:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=68670
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...26&postcount=8

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

carefull about md5
for ones that want the 8 gb emmc for n900(the mido one) go here:
http://a-la-z.net/nokia-n900-8gb-emmc-image/
:p without waiting or other s**t:rolleyes:
enjoy it

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

the 8 gb file is directly flashable..isnt?? or does it require any hex editing,etc?

another question is different regions have different combined files..dont know the reason though...
i stay in India...is your combined file suitable for me?

Re: N900 Not Booting & Problems
 

read the instructions
unzip
and flash