sorry can someone tell me the best way now to turn this phone on from new so you do not get the mic problem
i keep reading turn on phone before charge and then i have also read charge before turn on, i am lost to what you need to do to stop the mic from going wrong

please can some reply and give the right steps to stop this problem

I dunno what other people did. But I connected my phone to the wall socket and then turned it on..I haven't experienced any issues.

It does actually say in the manual that it is partially charged for you out of the box..

Odds are the way you turn on the phone makes no impact.

What's been suggested is that if you plug the phone into the mains and let it charge before it turning it on you might avoid it.

Received my n900 today. I was very impressed until I realized the mic was broken. SN 356938030081542.

Tested tv out on mine and it works.

I assume you're in EU?

why are you posting imei in public, you'll end up with it cloned on to some Chinese fake device

So from the 6 posted their IMEI I've trimmed down their Serial Number, you guys might want to remove your IMEI number now.

maemoexperts
Serial Number 015476

pwannell
Serial Number 015297

nuknuk
Serial Number 015481

FC_
Serial Number 012679

douglas
Serial Number 008154

bbrindle
Serial Number 008477

FYI those want to find out the serial number,

The IMEI format is as follow (example only): 35007752-323751-3
The bit in bold is the N900's unique serial number.

First 8 digits = Type Allocation Code (device name + region etc.)
Last digit = Check Digit

It's too late...

Could you edit this post, and remove mine in your quote? Thanks.