Comments on: Reflashing A Dead N900

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:44:57 +0000

@Jason Hi, if putting it into recovery mode (as described here) doesn’t stop it from rebooting all the time then I’m not sure. The device is obviously not getting far through the boot with no kernel, but hopefully you should still be able to put it into recovery before it reboots. Hold down the n key on power up. Not sure what else to recommend sorry, good luck!

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:56:28 +0000

Hi Dan,

I had a similar situation with my N900. After updating the Kernel for Power User, some functions – like the camera – stopped working

Unfortunately, I resorted to uninstalling the Kernel and it’s settings. After rebooting the phone, it only shows the “NOKIA” words and then restarts itself again and again! In this case I can’t even connect the phone to the PC via USB because it keeps disconnecting every after few seconds when it restarts.

Would you know how this can be fixed?

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:37:08 +0000

@dao – It really sounds like a possible hardware issue to me. I don’t know what to suggest other than trying to contact the seller or perhaps Nokia about it. I’m really sorry I can’t help more, I’ve never seen this error before.

By: dao

dao — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:08:59 +0000

i still got the issue
the phone suddenly can not boot again
i did flash it and it comes back, but then after 1 hour not using it can not boot.
i did the experiment, when ever i just flash it work perfect then after 1 hour not using or u take out battery it can not boot again.
Any idea? thanks alot
THis phone runing linux it should be good phone but it becomes nightmare for me

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:07:35 +0000

@dao – Great news that you got it fixed

By: dao

dao — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 13:05:37 +0000

Thank you for fast response
i did flash it works back thanks god
i think it happens because i drain the battery
Thank you alot

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:30:01 +0000

@dao It sounds as though there might be a hardware fault if you haven’t flashed it or changed the software. You could try wiping it and reflashing with a fresh image from the Maemo site. The instructions in the article will work for that. Don’t know what else to suggest, sorry. Good luck!

By: dao

dao — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 06:59:44 +0000

hi there
i just got phone from us to do my 4th year project, im in ottawa canada
but i got problem the phone can not boot without reason i didnt update or flash it. it just buzzz the screen display some dot and then become black. im so scare now can u help me out what happen and how can i take it back
i really need this phone to test my program
thanks

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:03:19 +0000

I ran this through Babelfish translation from Spanish to English and here is the result

“I could do it since of as much she blocks flashear it completely; then what one becomes it is to retire the battery and to place leaving it at the same time pressed the key or in the keyboard (since nor the button to ignite it worked to me) I tried it to this by three times and I could mount the original image that I unloaded from the page of Nokia which asks for imei to you of your tablet. I hope serves east method to you”.

It’s probably not even close to right but this is a genuine comment so thank you. I wish I spoke Spanish.

By: gpuchi

gpuchi — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:53:44 +0000

Yo pude hacerlo ya que de tanto flashear lo bloquee por completo; entonces lo que se hace es retirar la bateria y colocarla dejando presionado al mismo tiempo la tecla u en el teclado (ya que ni el boton de encender me funcionaba) esto lo intenté por tres veces y pude montar la imagen original que descargué desde la página de Nokia la cual te solicita el imei de tu tablet.

Espero te sirva este método