Hello All,

I know the USB problem isn't new (I've searched a read through a lot of posts on it) but I seem to have a peculiar problem that no one has addressed. Please be patient with me as I just joined the forum.

My N900 has been working fine for almost a year and I have been careful with the USB port. But recently, the battery was flat and the device wouldn't charge anymore - either via the wall charger or USB to PC.

The phone did not drop neither is the USB port broken - at least physically (it was perfect till the battery went flat).

I charged the battery using another phone and re-inserted it to my phone. It came on and worked fine except that plugging the USB to PC wouldn't work. Both Linux and Windows desktops won't see it - not even an alert that a USB device is connected to the desktops. Also, the wall charger is not charging the phone battery.

I tried reflashing the phone (thinking it was a software error) but I get stuck at

Suitable USB device not found, waiting

Following the the procedure (While holding the u key, connect the N900 to your computer via USB. Wait until you see a dim screen on your N900 with a Nokia logo in the middle of your screen with an USB icon in the top right corner) described in the Upgrading the tablet firmware page, I successfully get the device to the flash mode, but the systems do not see it.

Please, what else can I do?