Thread: my N900 doesn't turn on anymore!!
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2010-10-31 , 17:10
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Originally Posted by lunat View Post
well its up to the op. dont want to fight about this.
just want to have the warning out: flashing the firmware and not just the kernel, you might loose data. so i suggest don't use a firmware image. use a kernelimage instead, so you know which kernel you install and flash it with the -k option. and try that with any kernel you had on the system.

only if that doesn't work head for a firmware update.
not sure we're on the same page, sorry if that came accross as abbrupt.

flashing just the kernel is a great idea if the OP is up to that, which is why I suggested flashing firmware, this will not erase data, only installed programs.

flashing the emmc will erase data, I advised this only if flashing firmware didnt work, this would be the case if the OP was still on PR1.1.1 as PR1.2 and 3 require a different emmc image and the device still may not boot, if this were the case, the only solution would be to flash the emmc.

kernel and firmware are 2 different things, emmc is another entirely separate thing.