Sorry FIASCO not Vanilla

Latest global FIASCO PR 1.2 version 10.2010.19-1 http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N...ED_MR0_ARM.bin
Latest eMMC eMMC content 10.2010.13-2 http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N...MC_MR0_ARM.bin

Be very careful with the screws as they are very tight and easily damaged what video carefully.

Well, I found a suitable screwdriver and checked the first ribbon -- unplugged it and plugged it in again. I didn't feel comfortable undoing the next set of screws to check the smaller ones (besides, I can't imagine them coming loose, they're so cramped in) so I put the phone back together after that. No change.

So then I reflashed the rootfs and EMMC. Still no change.

I've booked it to be picked up and repaired. Hopefully they won't notice or mind that it's been opened... :\ Screws got scuffed up a little when I tried various screwdrivers.

Looks like the flasher report that the software on your n900 is RX-51_2009SE_3.2010.02-8_PR_MR0. I believe the "MR0" indicates that the software is the vanilla version. Try flashing flashing the vanilla version of PR1.2 software instead.

p/s: I think you are missing the -f when you enter the flashing command into the forum, just want to make sure you didn't miss it when you enter at the command line.

Oh, I may well have done. The same firmware I was trying to flash at that time flashed just fine last night, in any case -- quite possibly because I got the command right that time! But as I said in my message above, sadly it didn't fix the screen.

I didn't really like the experience of sending my phone in to Nokia. After choosing the UPS pickup I got an email saying to expect another email with details of when it'd be picked up. 24 hours later I hadn't received that so I requested UPS pickup again, getting the same email saying to expect another. Three days later I gave up and chose the "freepost" option, so I could post it myself. I did so. The next day UPS turned up.

A week passed and I had no word. I hadn't been given a case ID so I couldn't track the repair. I emailed Nokia a few times with details, asking for a case ID or word on where my phone was but got no useful response.

Then a few days after that my phone turned up in the mail, fixed.

Thanks for the tips, folks. The "plug in the TV-out cable" was the one which saved my data.