Thread: Problems with N900 USB port becoming broken / loose and resulting warranty & repair issues
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Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2011-02-25 , 11:04
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#2015
Originally Posted by geneven View Post
Why is it impossible to flash without a usb? I've never understood this. I'm pretty sure you can flash just the kernel without a usb, because I think I've done it.
You can flash the kernel, yes. The area you're flashing there is only used at boot time, so there's no problems. The rest of the system is being used when running though, so I don't see how you could flash it.

Originally Posted by viralata View Post
I tried to plug it when it's off. I see the very dark nokia logo, and the small usb logo, it's vibrating once, but nothing appears on the computer side. Ubuntu doesn't see it, and XP says the usb device is not fonctionning correctly and ask me if I want to solve the problems.
With my new cable, it's the same, except that it's charging on the usb while still not mounting on the computer side.
That's the expected behaviour. With earlier firmware versions, connecting when powered off exported the drives, but newer ones don't (it was considered a security issue as it bypasses any PINs set). That would suggest that flashing the firmware should work as well. I'd give it a shot anyway - if the device isn't picked up then nothing'll happen, so there's no damage you can do.