just finished connecting pinouts with wires, and i must say it actually worked. my phone died a few days ago, and the usb port was broken so i didn't know what to do unless i bumped on this thread and tried it out. here's some pictures of work i do. ofcourse there is much more work to do: need to assemble phone, arrange wires to close phone completely and so on. i will also post pictures of further progress. and yes, i have a question: what means when n900 boot up to nokia logo and white led is constantly on, and after about a half minute it turns completely off?