I started the thread...so many posts already.

Anyway, I couldn't get the flashing (using Flasher-3.5 command with U pressed) done on my PC and also couldn't do using the mmc method... But the web is fantastic for finding solutions...

Then I read that Flasher-3.5 has some problem with Windows 7 64-bit...which is what runs my PC.

So I did these to re-flash my bricked N900...

• Removed battery from my N900 and waited for 10 minutes before re-inserting battery
• Started Flasher (flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin --flash-only=kernel -f -R) on 32-bit XP laptop instead
• Got to the waiting for device message..
• Plugged in my N900 to the laptop using the USB cable, while holding down "U" (not holding down "U" did not work for me)
• ...And voila, N900 is flashed in less than 2 sec and no longer bricked! And all my data, settings, (even the kernel-power uninstall app) etc. were intact.

I realised I could safely do the above over and over, so I decided to *risk* installing Kernel-power again. I uninstalled V44 (using desktop app) and multiboot (using apt-get remove multiboot), then reinstalled V45 (from Faster App) and multiboot (apt-get install multiboot multiboot-kernel-maemo multiboot-kernel-power). Oddly, multiboot kept showing old boot menu with v40 of kernel-power.

So I read around and did these to re-install Kernel-power v45 and multiboot, to get back a working OC'ed multiboot N900:

• Uninstalled kernel-power v45 from desktop app
• Went to xterm and purged multiboot (root, then apt-get --purge remove multiboot multiboot-kernel-maemo multiboot-kernel-power)
• Switched off the N900...then after a while switched back on to default kernel
• Installed kernel-power v45 from Faster App
• Went to xterm and installed multiboot (root then apt-get install multiboot multiboot-kernel-maemo multiboot-kernel-power)
• In xterm still, did apt-get install kernel-power-bootimg kernel-power-modules
• Followed by apt-get install --reinstall multiboot-kernel-power
• And apt-get update
• And apt-get upgrade
• Then switched off and on the N900.. and voila! Mulitboot showing omap-1 & V45! Booted fine into v45 and overclocked to 900Mhz...

(* All the while, for above both sets of steps, I had WiFi connected)


Got to love the Maemo and N900 community...without you, it's only half the fun with the N900


[EDIT: Forgot to mention that unlike some, I have no issue with camera, Panorama, BlessN900 and FCam in V45. All apps appear to be working fine. Sound is good too. Sync with PC Suite is good still. Just installed H.E.N. and will be trying USB hostmode once I get a USB A-A adaptor.]