Hello to all. Do you think my N900 can be repaired? You see my N900 was plugged into the USB port on charge. As i went to pick it up it slipped from my hand. Its fall was only a foot or so but it landed on its side on my barbell before landing on the floor.
It then refused to switch on for an hour or two so I waited to see if it would come back to life (I had seen similar behaviour after a couple of other minor drops and it had come right). Remarkably an hour or so later it did come back to life and appeared to function normally .
It went on like this for two days until it randomly switched off. Then when i tried to power it on the led slowly lit up but it didn't vibrate and show the Nokia screen as it normally does.
I had similar symptoms when i needed the flex cable replaced last year e.g. led lighting up when powering on but no initial buzz or touchscreen response coming on,
I plugged it in to see if it would connect to my laptop to try flashing but although it would say connected in incompatible mode etc. However after a few attempts i managed to get it flashed successfully.
After which it would still not power on .So i took it to the repair shop to get a damage report for the insurance. I explained that i was claiming insurance for dropping it, after they assessed it was found” verified impact damaged and found motherboard malfunction. Unserviceable” i paid for the damage report and faxed it to my insurer and took my n900 home.
I decided to plug it in to my laptop again when i did this i noticed the led flashing orange as if to indicate charging so i waited until the led stayed steady green and tried to power it on just to see if it would randomly start or if i could access it through the pc at all.
But the white led doesn’t come on at all now.
However the first time trying to switch it on when attached via USB the pc displays message USB device not recognized but it has not repeated this again since. Maemo flasher can’t find it either so I’m guessing it well and truly stuffed.
Does anyone know if repairers can get new mainboards for the n900? Is it worth trying to get it fixed at a smaller repair place or will the insurers have it device blocked from the networks after the claim?
Would a new MB make it a new device?
Or is it just a paperweight now?
I was thinking if it was possible it would be cool to get it working again as it has zero visible damage . sorry for the very long post