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anKYLEosaur is offline anKYLEosaur
2010-06-05 , 07:26
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#11
Originally Posted by lliilllei View Post
im having a problem with my n900 also, my battery was low so i decided to plug it in, then it shuts off on it's own. i waited for about 10 mins to turn it back on but my device wont turn on again. It just displays NOKIA on the background and the screen is dim. It also vibrates every once in a while. Is there anyone out there that has the same issues and if it was fixed?
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...?
 
fieryriver is offline fieryriver
2010-06-05 , 07:57
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I had this problem about a few weeks ago. I let it switch off completely first then put it on charge. It kept charging for hours but now there's no problem. I think there's been some battery trouble with pr1.2 if that has to do with anything. In fact my device had been on charge and i was browsing the internet on it when it just beeped low battery and switched off. Leave it alone for some hours to charge fully and then see if it happens again
 
wongdg is offline wongdg
2010-06-18 , 14:50
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#13
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.
 
badboyuk is offline badboyuk
2010-06-26 , 16:38
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#14
ive tried all the suggestions here but nothing works. Ive had my n900 for a while and looked after it well. The usb port is fine. I came accross this issue today, I have been using Nitdroid on it 0.0.3 wifi version and was running it for a while and the batt was a bit low., it then just died out when i was in proccess of turning it off. I can' t seem to charge it with no matter what cable, wether from pc or wall charger, taken battery, sim and sd card out but nothing. No light indicitar, its just like its dead.
please help
 
sharix is offline sharix
2010-07-25 , 12:35
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#15
Originally Posted by wongdg View Post
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.
does it work in normal desktop because i have tried in my laptop...now i have the same problem you had..please help me
 
wongdg is offline wongdg
2010-07-25 , 14:49
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Well, folks, for 1 I don't use M$ for any of my serious work so I have no comment if you wanna flash from M$ platform.

The key is to charge your N900 for at least a few hours regardless it shows no sign of life or erratic behavior. Just juice it up so that it has enough power to last through the flashing process which is just a few minutes.

On Debian, run a console such as "konsole" or "gnome-terminal". Type "lsusb" you should able to see "Nokia Mobile Phone N900 (Storage Mode)"

The above is to confirm your desktop is able to detect N900 so that the flasher will proceed as expected.

Nonetheless, if you go ahead and run the flasher, it will wait for N900 to be attached before it will carry on with flashing.

If I am not wrong, you have to run "command" on Windoze and flash from there - good luck! Because I don't understand why you would get a linux powered mobile unit (N900) and coupled with something else.
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jaimex2 is offline jaimex2
2010-09-02 , 13:17
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#17
Originally Posted by wongdg View Post
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.
God damn it, mines doing those exact steps. Gonna leave it charging over night and see if its needs reflashing tommorow.

It died while installing the warcraft 2 game while charging, just turned off and refuses to boot up. Charging it keeps vibrating with the feing Nokia logo.
 
x-rated is offline x-rated
2010-09-02 , 13:31
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#18
Those with charging problems - have you tried finding another device to charge in? I used a 810 as instructed here. N900 might get into a state where it simply doesn't want to recharge.

Here's some info I collected for resolving the reboot loop problem.
 
Emile818 is offline Emile818
2010-10-16 , 03:39
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Originally Posted by jaimex2 View Post
God damn it, mines doing those exact steps. Gonna leave it charging over night and see if its needs reflashing tommorow.

It died while installing the warcraft 2 game while charging, just turned off and refuses to boot up. Charging it keeps vibrating with the feing Nokia logo.
can i use windows 7 to do this for my n900 hahaha cheers man Debian rules
 
Emile818 is offline Emile818
2010-10-16 , 03:40
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#20
can i use windows 7 to do this for my n900 hahaha cheers man Debian rules
 
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