Re: Unable to flash the N900 after screwing up the kernel
 

Most probably an empty battery, emergency charging should kick in.
Connect the charger and leave it for 30 minutes or so

Re: Unable to flash the N900 after screwing up the kernel
 

Here is a solution i found on here ok...

What finally worked for me was to remove the (charged) battery, connect to PC, start flasher program in cold-flash mode (-c -h RX-51:2201 (or possibly 2101) -S usb -F <fiasco image> -f -R) and then plug in the battery. There's an exceedingly short moment where the flasher can detect the N900 and do its cold-flash thing.

Provided by TA-t3 on "Pr1.1 Has bricked my N900" give it a try ok.

Re: Unable to flash the N900 after screwing up the kernel
 

i have bootmenu installed and it lets me flash fine - turn off phone hold u and then connect usb and phone will boot to the flash mode and will sit thaier happily for as long as usb is connected

Re: Unable to flash the N900 after screwing up the kernel
 

I think I also have the battery problem that makes it go into emergency charging. But, when I connect it to the wall charger it keeps rebooting itself (it vibrates, the Nokia logo appears for a few seconds and then disappears) and it won't respond to anything anymore. I left it there for a while but it doesn't seem to be charging..
does this mean I need to find someone with another N900 or perhaps a 5800 to charge the battery for me?