Thread: My n900 wont boot, what could be wrong
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topet2k12001 is offline topet2k12001
2011-07-02 , 06:06
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Originally Posted by jonwil View Post
When I turn my N900 on with no charger plugged in, it displays a blue NOKIA logo on a white screen and wont go any further (no buttons work, only thing that works is yanking the battery). If I plug in the charger, it displays a dim screen with a NOKIA logo and then flashes the charging LED orange.

Does this mean my battery is just flat or could something more serious be preventing my phone from booting? (stuffed up config file?)
Battery being flat out is one reason so you may want to charge it first.

Another reason could have something to do with stuff that you did to your N900. Did you happen to have NITDroid installed?

I encountered a similar problem and I likewise thought it was the battery so I went with that as the first step (process of elimination). If the problem was solved then it's the battery (which was not, in my case). I tried to recall stuff that I did, between the last time my N900 was working, versus the first time I encountered the problem. Then I remembered having uninstalled/re-installed NITDroid. Also I remembered having missed a step in the installation.

So let's go with the first troubleshooting step (charge the battery) and we'll see from there. By the way, I have read that the battery won't continue to charge if you have totally discharged it so you may either need to charge it from another device, or an external charger.