Hello
I have switched off my N900 and since then I cannot boot.
when I press the ON button it keeps restarting endlessly.
it just display the NOKIA screen (without vibration) and goes off and again on.
I have removed the battery for more than one hour, but it didn't help at all.
do I have to reflash?
Is there anything else I can do to avoid reflashing?
if I reflash will I loose all the installed apps and contacts?

please help me because I had a lot of valuable stuff there and of course I didn't backed up anything.

Have you tried charging the battery for a while before restarting? Something similar has happened to my N900 a couple of times, and each time it was due to a depleted battery.

yes, I have tried recharging the battery with an external charger.
I have also tried another battery without success :-(

yes there is way , it happened with me too , and some one said trying reflashing only kernel , but unfortunately i already had reflashed my device , try googling it .

Sounds as if your phone can't load the kernel.

Try flashing the kernel to the N900
http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_t...a_FIASCO_image

EDIT: People are fast !

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p.s people have more information than others :P

Hello mate,

I had almost the same problem too. For me my N900 was fine but the battery pins were too wide to have a good connection. So if you have a something like a baby pin try to push the connectors closer carefully and try it again on your phone. It might make a difference. Let me know if it worked.

thanks
i am at step 6.
the screen is dim, nokia logo appears and usb symbol is on top left.
command prompt in windows still display

Image 'mmc', size 255947 kB
Version RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA
Suitable USB device not found, waiting.

I retried using another USB port and windows say that cannot find the usb driver. that's strange because I was always able to connect my phone to that laptop

can you see your device in my computer ?