Phone suddenly died
 

My N900 experienced a sudden death. I picked up the phone, dialed a number, got 2 signals and then it made some weird sound like "BZZZZZZ" and it died. Won't start, notification light gives NO indication when trying to startup/charge.

The only signs of life I got were, connecting the phone with no battery in it to the charger and I get a 1 second notification light flash (orange for charging).

Is it possible the battery fried itself ? Can I do any more 'tests' to indicate where the problem is?

I will try to find a spare battery from somewhere ( I ordered one from alienexpress like 5days ago ... the irony... ) to see if the problem lies there.

Re: Phone suddenly died
 

Quite likely a fried battery. Don't put that battery back in the phone. Look at it from the side and see if it's swollen at all.

Re: Phone suddenly died
 

I second that !.

Re: Phone suddenly died
 

If it's not the battery, I am thinking it could be moisture. Because of the sound.

Re: Phone suddenly died
 

Battery doesn't seem swollen at all. And the phone was not in any reach of water. :\ I will try and find a test battery tomorrow to see if that changes anything.

P.S. Just in case - if anyone reading this is located in Birmingham, UK- please give me a heads up if you can lend me your battery for 2mins ;)

Re: Phone suddenly died
 

Found a spare working battery, however the phone still won't start up at all. It doesn't charge either :(

R.I.P. :(

Re: Phone suddenly died
 

Well for some insanely weird reason, the phone booted up today.... Played around with it, made a whole new backup... Then I made a call to try it out and once again, after a few signals it made the same BZZZZ sound and it died and once again shows absolutely no signs of life...

Any ideas what is causing this, can it be fixed and how come it boots whenever it wants :confused:

Re: Phone suddenly died
 

Well at least you have a Tablet then....

Re: Phone suddenly died
 

Yeah try running it with no SIM, and use this app to disable the cell modem, see if it works.

Re: Phone suddenly died
 

I don't get the sarcasm.