I happened to receive a Nokia N900 by mistake from Nokia. I have a friend in Canada, her name is Giulia. She had a N900 and sent it in for repairs/replacement because it had some kind of a problem with the phone memory. The Nokia manufacturer she sent it to is based in Texas. Well, apparently Nokia Care doesn't do international service! They sent her broken phone straight back to her! She IM'd me one night and asked if I could do her a favor. She asked if she could give them my address (I'm in Arkansas) instead of hers so the replacement phone would be shipped to me. In turn, I would ship it back up to her. We agreed to do this. I received the replacement phone from Nokia, and promptly shipped it up to her. When I got home from shipping it off, I noticed another package dropped at my door from UPS, exactly like the one Nokia sent. They sent me another replacement phone, brand new, unlocked, from the factory!

I asked her about this and she said she's fine with me keeping it if I want to. We thought about calling Nokia and letting them know, but because these are replacement devices under a warranty there was no monetary transaction made. Giulia figured since she's not getting charged for them, it's no big deal. Nokia still hasn't contacted her about their error.

Because it's a replacement, it came with no battery or accessories. I guess they assume I already have those. So as a thank you given the circumstances, Giulia bought a battery, a wall charger, and a micro-USB cable (all official Nokia products, not third-party) and had them shipped to my address. I just got them yesterday.

Now to the problem at hand...

The battery appears to be working and the phone is currently charging through the wall charger. The light will flash yellow as its charging and eventually it'll turn green minus the flashing, which I've learned is normal behavior. So, I think it's charging just fine. But when I turn the phone on, it goes to the regular loading screen with the five flashing dots...and it just stays there, hangs. The system doesn't actually boot.

Any idea why it's stuck at the five dots and not booting?

Thanks,
Phil