hello, does any1 have any idea what cud be wrong with my n900 ..... my battery was on red, very low and i recieved a txt, thought id have enough battery left to reply, i started typing and my screen went black, i assumed battery died, i plugged into mains and waited a few mins b4 turning it on, nothing on the screen displayed but the keypad lit up, i have since flashed it and still no display, at 1st i thought it was screen thats broke but after i hear the nokia tune when i turn the phone on i open cam lens and try to take pic to see if i get a flash but nothing, no vibration off the screen either, the last thing i tried was to plug it upto tv and all i get on tv screen is black and white lines, thanks for any help

is the battery accepting a charge? (intermittent flashing orange led, not solid.) if the battery died completely it may not accept charging, try another battery. (nokia 5800's are usually easier to come byto borrow one from a friend for this purpose)

if there were black and white lines on the tv, if it were me i'd try to send it back to nokia asap. Your prob sounds like its either a corrupted partition, or hardware malfunction. Did you try taking out the battery?

Also, just out of curiosity, did you overclock?

so you charged it for a few mins and then went to flash it? aren't you supposed to have at least 50% battery before flashing incase you run out of power when flashing?

I had a similar problem today, but it was during power on. I had just powered on the device and I got an SMS. I started replying to that and the screen went black. Thankfully, I restarted the device and everything came back to normal.

I think all the receivers of the N900 (gsm, wifi etc) should be shut down automatically if the battery is at critically low and similarly turned on only after the device has completely booted up.

it charged fine, flashing orange light then went solid green light when it was full, i didnt try to flash it till it was fully charged... i aint overclocked it. when the battery is really low usually the backlight will go offf and u can see things closing down if u look close, then phone turns off, but this time it went black ... no closing down things 1st, thanks