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2010-10-17
, 07:55
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I had a problem like this recently.
I fell asleep on the couch then woke at 4am and decided to go to bed. I picked up N900 to check that the alarm was set, only to find it dead from battery depletion.
I went to bed and plugged the N900 into a 3rd party battery charger.
The N900 alarm went off on time. I tried to boot it but it showed the 5 dots then switched off. Plugging it back into the 3rd part charger showed a flashing yellow LED for a few seconds, then one blink of green, then nothing. I tried booting it a number of times with no luck. I got up, starting to feel an impending reflash coming on.
When I got downstairs, I plugged the N900 into its Nokia charger. I got a steady yellow flashing LED (which cheered me up) and went for a shower. 20 minutes later I tried to boot the N900 and it was OK (phew), it booted and showed about 50% charge.
So, from this experience, I'd suggest the following - if your N900 is playing dead, and you've been trying to charge it with a 3rd part charger, try the regular Nokia one.
Also, it is handy to know that the phone will come back from the dead to ring your alarm and get you out of bed.
I fell asleep on the couch then woke at 4am and decided to go to bed. I picked up N900 to check that the alarm was set, only to find it dead from battery depletion.
I went to bed and plugged the N900 into a 3rd party battery charger.
The N900 alarm went off on time. I tried to boot it but it showed the 5 dots then switched off. Plugging it back into the 3rd part charger showed a flashing yellow LED for a few seconds, then one blink of green, then nothing. I tried booting it a number of times with no luck. I got up, starting to feel an impending reflash coming on.
When I got downstairs, I plugged the N900 into its Nokia charger. I got a steady yellow flashing LED (which cheered me up) and went for a shower. 20 minutes later I tried to boot the N900 and it was OK (phew), it booted and showed about 50% charge.
So, from this experience, I'd suggest the following - if your N900 is playing dead, and you've been trying to charge it with a 3rd part charger, try the regular Nokia one.
Also, it is handy to know that the phone will come back from the dead to ring your alarm and get you out of bed.
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Class .. : Lame hacker & beardy boffin
Humour . : [#######---] Alignment: Apathetic anarchist
Patience : [####------] Weapon(s): My cat, my code.
Agro ... : |#---------] Relic(s) : N900, MacBookPro, NSLU2, N800, SheevaPlug, Eee-901, Core2-Quad, PS3
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not."
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Class .. : Lame hacker & beardy boffin
Humour . : [#######---] Alignment: Apathetic anarchist
Patience : [####------] Weapon(s): My cat, my code.
Agro ... : |#---------] Relic(s) : N900, MacBookPro, NSLU2, N800, SheevaPlug, Eee-901, Core2-Quad, PS3
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not."
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Beware of extras-devel.
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2010-10-20
, 05:03
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Joined on Oct 2010
@ Indonesia
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#23
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Originally Posted by anKYLEosaur
hello anKYLEosaur my nokia cant turn on for the first time, i charged it, but cant still on, the LED showed solid orange light, but no luck,, it cant still on, can you help me?
I have the exact same problem. Just happened a few days ago for the first time. Getting it checked out in a day or two...did you get yours fixed & if so how...?
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2010-10-20
, 06:19
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@ London
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Originally Posted by Anwarboy11
Yo Anwarboy i had the same problem bout 4 months ago. Woke up after charging overnight no LED light, solid without battery. To cut a long story short i had my n900 looked at by 2 seperate care centres (no luck) had it replaced after 3 weeks of hassle (thanks nokia!!
This just happened now,
Plugged in charger as it was telling me battery was low, decided to switch it off and charge, now it is not switching back on, the charge light doesn't come on unless i take battery out, then it remains solid.
Help!
) cos they didn't believe there was a problem. Oh it took another week & a half to recieve the phone back!!!My advice send it off straight away (i hope you still under warrenty!) and wait twiddling your thumbs...... it'll be a while!
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2011-05-11
, 15:25
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Originally Posted by wongdg
wat is flashing help now iam at risk
I had the same issue with my N900 not able to switch on. It happened after I uninstalled "Enhanced Linux kernel for power users" package not reading properly its uninstallation warning/instructions and do it in the correct manner. So fellow N900 users, know full well what you are doing and take the responsibility for what you do.
1. Every few minutes it will vibrate with Nokia logo without the backlight.
2. If I tried turn it on, Nokia logo again will show this time with backlight along with white led indicator, the screen will show the 5 flashing dots before going off and lastly the white indicator will also go off. Then it will repeat step 1 over and over again.
My way of solving it was to keep in on the charger despite of recurring step 1. After a few hours, I will then plug it to my Debian desktop while holding the "u" key down. Then on Debian console, lsusb will show you "Nokia device for flashing" or sort. Then I grab my opportunity to flash it. Then everything will be reset back to factory state.
I flashed only the Fiasco image and NOT the eMMC. So that the root system returns to factory state while my photos and data on eMMC still remain intact.
N900 in a way is a great open source device that you can do flashing from your desktop. So you have the absolute freedom to try out your stuff and not so much of fearing of bricking your device.
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2011-05-18
, 08:28
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#26
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i had problem like this which cant be resolved help me please
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2011-05-18
, 15:45
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Originally Posted by wongdg
can u connect my pc using team viewer
I had the same issue with my N900 not able to switch on. It happened after I uninstalled "Enhanced Linux kernel for power users" package not reading properly its uninstallation warning/instructions and do it in the correct manner. So fellow N900 users, know full well what you are doing and take the responsibility for what you do.
1. Every few minutes it will vibrate with Nokia logo without the backlight.
2. If I tried turn it on, Nokia logo again will show this time with backlight along with white led indicator, the screen will show the 5 flashing dots before going off and lastly the white indicator will also go off. Then it will repeat step 1 over and over again.
My way of solving it was to keep in on the charger despite of recurring step 1. After a few hours, I will then plug it to my Debian desktop while holding the "u" key down. Then on Debian console, lsusb will show you "Nokia device for flashing" or sort. Then I grab my opportunity to flash it. Then everything will be reset back to factory state.
I flashed only the Fiasco image and NOT the eMMC. So that the root system returns to factory state while my photos and data on eMMC still remain intact.
N900 in a way is a great open source device that you can do flashing from your desktop. So you have the absolute freedom to try out your stuff and not so much of fearing of bricking your device.
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2011-05-18
, 16:11
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Joined on Jun 2010
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#28
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@SUN!L
Have you tried leaving the device charging overnight, then unplug the charger, wait 30 seconds and try to switch the phone on?
Have you tried leaving the device charging overnight, then unplug the charger, wait 30 seconds and try to switch the phone on?
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2011-05-19
, 08:17
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Joined on May 2011
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#29
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Hey guys same problem just happened to me. i tried switiching on wifi but it said error so i thought a simple restart will solve the problem. unfortunately that restarts didn't start.. just keeps vibrating and trying to switch on. any1 have a detailed outline of instructions? if any1 can elkp me through teamviewer etc it would be highly appreciated. currently have the phone sitting on charge going berzek,
Last edited by kural7; 2011-05-19 at 08:22.
any1 have a detailed outline of instructions? if any1 can elkp me through teamviewer etc it would be highly appreciated. currently have the phone sitting on charge going berzek,
Last edited by kural7; 2011-05-19 at 08:22.
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2011-05-19
, 09:09
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now there is green writing on the screen saying MALFUNCTION DEVICE SHUTDOWN IN 10s ?
On Debian, i'm able to lsusb (list usb devices) to see if n900 is connected or not.
Most of the time with IT, we just have to try and error with different combination till it work and share our experience. Good luck.
Wilson