I thought that too, but that surely doesnt explain the phone resetting or deciding to eventually power up (for real this time!) when I have literally zero power in the phone and its unable to even show the screen. why would it only work then? half the time when I cant get the phone to charge, moving the minUSB lead at the phones end makes no difference- no power light comes on at all, not even the orange flicker as reported before, yet i can guarantee that it will happen alot in future.

thats why it sounds more like a bug to me, along with the "not connected", "disconnect to save power" messages, thinking its charged when its not, resetting, with no visible damage to the miniUSB. perhaps the orange light flicker when moving the lead is a seperate issue, but would still charge if the phone wasnt so buggy? mayb not, but who knows- i have (almost) given up on it!

I am now testing out a new pc usb lead, if that charges fine with no "stopped charging" message then at least I will be able to verify that its a fault with my mains adapter or its cable, and that my resetting might be simply to do with trying to boot up a phone with no power.. will know soon enough.. if no power light flicker is noticable after moving the pc usb slightly near the mobiles miniUSB connectors end whilst charging, then ill give it a couple of days of only using a pc usb to charge as a test-although this test still might not explain why my phone was sometimes giving out the incorrect amount of battery power occassionally on its main screen.

if the usb works ok, then perhaps that will suggest that the connection on the mains cable, is just as fragile as the miniUSB connection it fits into on the phone itself. if you also have a problem charging, try someone elses mains plug (if you know anyone with the same phone) or try the pc usb cable that you also received with your phone..

ps, if anyone knows :-

- how long does it take roughly for a full usb charge from a pc-if the n900 is next to having no power at all? I know usb should be slower than from the mains, but by how much?

- when disconnecting the usb pc cable from the mobile, should I receive any messages, or sounds from the mobile?