Thread: Help! cant reflash n900!
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2010-08-03 , 23:14
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Originally Posted by shadowjk View Post
You can't start the N900 or flash it without battery. You can't flash without full-ish battery.
Under "flash without battery" I mean: take battery out, press down 'u', plug USB into device, put battery into device.

Originally Posted by shadowjk View Post
Also, in any circumstance where you suspect the battery has been drained too low, or charging issues in general, use the included wall charger and not USB to a PC.
I was going to charge it during night with wall charger.
Battery couldn't have been too low: it was not less than ~75%.

But yes, it was battery issue, and I didn't have to flash the device.
For some reason, my friend offered to take the battery out of the device, let the battery cool (it was quite warm), and put it back into device (in the end, it was the only possible course of action without flashing). After that, device was able to start normally.

I hope this experience helps others.