Thread: N900 doesn't charge/start
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TA-t3 is offline TA-t3
2009-12-12 , 16:13
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
From what some posts have said that I have read on forums here, the N900 boots up to a charging mode. So if you have no juice left in the battery then the N900 can't boot up to charge. If this is the problem then the only solution is to charge it using a desktop charger or put the battery in another phone. But again this is speculation (as far as I can tell).
I was one of those saying the above, but it turns out that's not entirely correct. It does need to boot up to a charging mode, which it will be able to do from the charger even if the battery is flat (it may take a while (many minutes) before it starts charging in this mode, there's a bit about it in the manual.)

However, if the device needs flashing (i.e. a corrupt boot image or some such), it can't boot, so if your battery is flat you can't charge the battery, and with a flat battery you won't be able to reflash (even with a charger). So that's the real catch-22.

It's a good idea to try to avoid a totally empty battery. It does sound like the OP has some other kind of problem with the phone though - or maybe it's a 3party application which messed up the phone so that it'll need reflashing. And then the above applies. Find someone with a Nokia 5800 and borrow the battery, or use it to charge your battery. Then reflash.
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Last edited by TA-t3; 2009-12-14 at 16:11.