Hi everyone,

First post here.

Reason is that I killed my n900. I bought a charger from a guy on the street, so not an official charger. I plugged the charger when the n900 was on, the phone started charging, so I left it there. When I got back, the phone was off, and I could not turn it back on since then.

If I plug it to the usb port of my laptop (both win and linux), I get this looping behavior:

1 - the led is fixed yellow for a while (1 min or 2)
2 - the phone shakes for half a second and the faded nokia sign appears on screen; at the same time, the led blinks yellow for a few times
3 - no sign for a couple of seconds
4 - back to 1

The battery is fully charged; in fact, it is the battery of my gf's n900.

Does the above ring a bell to any of you? Any idea what I could try to do to at least get back my data? I tried flashing, but the flasher never finds the usb device, also using the technique of plugging in the battery while holding 'u'...

Thanks for any help!