my first post here and it has to be this.

My shiny new N800 seems to have gone all bricky. It started acting a bit odd an hour ago (very lethargic switching between already loaded apps). So I thought I'd power-cycle it. I tapped the power button and selected the Shutdown option.

When I tried to power back up, I got the white Nokia logo screen. And that's it... no boot progress bar on the bottom. I let it sit for about 2 minutes like that before I tried to power cycle again. This time, holding the power button down did not cause it to turn off. I had to remove the battery to get it to shut down.

I try again... first removing the internal (512mb) and external (4gb) SD cards. Same thing: white Nokia screen followed by a lot of nothing, power down only by pulling the battery.

I hadn't flashed the new firmware (firmware was as delivered to me) so I thought I'd give it a try. I downloaded the updater software and followed the instructions for booting (power up with the Home key pressed). Still not getting past the white Nokia screen though.

There was another brick thread where someone suggested removing the battery, pressing the power button, putting the charger cable in, and replacing the battery. That didn't work either.

My guess is that the flash memory has given up the ghost prematurely but I'm hoping somebody may have an answer that doesn't require sending my precious out for service.

Misc troubleshooting facts:
1)Battery is fully chaged
2)I've never used Red Pill mode, R & D, or any of that wacky stuff
3)Never flashed the unit

Other than this I'm quite happily addicted. Really!

tia,
eric