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noboost is offline noboost
2010-08-02 , 14:48
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I have a N900 which seems to only boot with PR1.1.1, anything else and i just get the loading screen dots forever.

I've tried, OTA, warm flashing, cold flashing, flashing the eMMC, but PR1.2 still won't work and I end up going back to PR1.1.1

It also seems laggy and slow to boot, which from what I gather isn't typical of this machine, so it's most likely defective hardware, oh and also it doesn't seem to recognise SIM cards.

So pretty much I'm checking to see if there's anything else I can try before I sell it off as defective.
 
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2010-08-02 , 14:51
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Warranty? [padding ...]
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Ayle is offline Ayle
2010-08-02 , 14:51
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Originally Posted by noboost View Post
I have a N900 which seems to only boot with PR1.1.1, anything else and i just get the loading screen dots forever.

I've tried, OTA, warm flashing, cold flashing, flashing the eMMC, but PR1.2 still won't work and I end up going back to PR1.1.1

It also seems laggy and slow to boot, which from what I gather isn't typical of this machine, so it's most likely defective hardware, oh and also it doesn't seem to recognise SIM cards.

So pretty much I'm checking to see if there's anything else I can try before I sell it off as defective.
Send it to Nokia to get it fixed. That is definitely not normal.
 
AlMehdi is offline AlMehdi
2010-08-02 , 15:05
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If you are familiar with the terminal you could install sysklogd and use syslog to look after errors. Could be complicated if you are not familiar with it though.

An easier but something that will not show you the complete picture is to write "dmesg" in the terminal.

Install Conky to see if some process is running to hard. Or use "top" in terminal.

Also PowerTop could be helpful here.. needs to be installed through terminal with apt-get.
 
hellnick is offline hellnick
2010-08-02 , 15:16
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Have you tried downloading PR1.2 yourself and flashing using flasher? Or is that included in the "warm flashing, cold flashing" description?
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noboost is offline noboost
2010-08-03 , 06:06
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Originally Posted by fnordianslip View Post
Warranty? [padding ...]
Originally Posted by Ayle View Post
Send it to Nokia to get it fixed. That is definitely not normal.
No warranty, I bought it second hand knowing that it was getting stuck on the loading screen, with the hope that it would just be a matter of reflashing it. So I got it cheap and will sell it cheap, no big loss. Also it wasn't sold officially in my country (New Zealand), so I most likely won't be able to get it fixed here.

Originally Posted by AlMehdi View Post
If you are familiar with the terminal you could install sysklogd and use syslog to look after errors. Could be complicated if you are not familiar with it though.

An easier but something that will not show you the complete picture is to write "dmesg" in the terminal.

Install Conky to see if some process is running to hard. Or use "top" in terminal.

Also PowerTop could be helpful here.. needs to be installed through terminal with apt-get.
dmesg doesn't show anything unusual and neither does top (not that it should after a fresh flash), might have a play with sysklogd, syslog and PowerTOP later.

Originally Posted by hellnick View Post
Have you tried downloading PR1.2 yourself and flashing using flasher? Or is that included in the "warm flashing, cold flashing" description?
Yeah that is what I meant by that, no luck though unfortunately.

I think this one is a lost cause guys, there must be something wrong hardware-wise, but thanks for your assistance anyway. It's a cool community here, I look forward to being part of it with a working N900!

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2010-08-03 , 06:17
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I had many problems with my N900 when I upgraded to the unofficial PR1.2 and downgraded, then tried updating to offical PR1.2

eventually sorted it, cant say how or why....
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