this is the second time i encounter this...
before i suspect hardware issue (sad to say I did reballs all the part of that phone and nothing happen... )

but this time after doing same thing it results to INSERT SIM problem again therefore
i now conclude that the problem is base on software

the phone has no problem
i just want to delete the data on the HD
my mistake is I format the HD using the format on the computer...

then after formatting the booting become too slow...
then after the shake hand the phone will not accept the sim...

is there anyone here encountered this problem before?

i really need help regarding this matter

try reflashing the phone.

You have updated with the old pr1.1 or pr 1.0

You need to reflash with PR1.2

It is an easy mistake to make, done the same thing myself.

Having trouble understanding what you've done here, so bare with me.

So, you plugged the phone into the PC, then right clicked on the N900 drive and selected "Format" from the menu?

What sort of data were you trying to delete?

@bockersjv
please be more specific about it?
i reflash the phone to version 3.xxxx

@stickkymick
i want to delete everything on the 32 GB,

its my phone that im selling
now its 3 pcs

same problem you can check my post here
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f299...oblem-1075249/

The only way to "format"/"delete everything" on the internal drive of the N900 is to reflash the O/S, as explained in the wiki here: http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware

This should return the phone to an "out of the box" state.

i thought reflashing it would only delete files on c

and the hard disk isnt affected?
enlighten me will yah?

now i will try to update this to version 10...
hope it will resolve the issue

thanks anyway for the reply sir

please read wiki
for win:

• 2.3.3 Updating or re-flashing the firmware using the Flasher
• 2.5 Flashing the eMMC in the N900

it says meaning instead of flashing using this which with -R on the end i should not include it?

problem solved!

thanks all for the reply

im very happy because its 3 pcs
i thought its another waste of money