Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

Hi, yesterday Nitdroid gave me an error, my sd was corrupted. Now my n900 keep rebooting. I want to reflash and i have downloaded the flasher and the fiasco image.

i followed the tutorial to reflash but when i use the flasher in cmd window appears this message:

RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin:%m

someone can help me?

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

whats the command u typed into flasher?
and if ur sd is corrupt then u can try formatting it, but that would take off nitdroid completely :L

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

OS maemo file surely has been erased. I solved the "%m" problem but now the flasher tells me suitable usb device not found. I tried a lot of solution but no one worked...

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

when it said your sd is corrupt. you shouldn't have formatted it. because it formatted the emmc :(

so now do this

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware

take the battery out. plug the cable in. don't press any thing

run these commands in cmd:
cd "%ProgramFiles%\maemo\flasher-3.5"

flasher-3.5.exe -F RX-51_2009SE_2.2009.51-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f (change the file name to yours)

now it will say waiting for a suitable device. put the battery in (don't press any button) it should start automatically.

after when thats done
flash the emmc
flasher-3.5.exe -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f (change the file name)

good luck :D happened to me aswell

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

thanx a lot! flashed the os and now the n900 rebooted well, but it tells me that there is "insufficient memory to open camera". Havew i to reflash even with the vanilla file?

Have i made a mistake reflashing os and rebooting without reflashing with vanilla file?

EDIT:flashing os works but when i try to reflash emmc the phone exit update mode (the one with the little usb icon in the upper corner) and doesn't reflash...

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

damn :( :(
you have to flash your phone again. follow my steps again starting from the start which i said before and dont reboot this time!
flash kernel then emmv (vanilla)

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

Mmmmm reflashed but i can't reflash emmc, the n900 exit update mode and still stuck on the second dot...

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

this happens to me all the time, when I reflash, and here is what I do:
1. turn the phone off
2. take the battery out
3. connect it to the pc (with the battery out)
4. open flasher from start menu:
flasher-3.5.exe -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin -f
5. when it says suitable usb device not found waiting, insert your battery, preferably with your keyboard opened and the u button pressed.
6. reflashing takes a couple of min, and after it does so, leave everything the way it is
7. in flasher:
flasher-3.5.exe -F (your emmc image).bin -f
8. it will take a lil bit more time to detect the phone, no probs. Then once reflashing finishes, unplug your usb cable take out your battery, wait for a couple of mins., then insert it and reboot your phone. It will take a longer time booting, don't worry.

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

thanx for the help but the problem persists. When i send the command to flash the emmc the phone exits update mode and the loading dot appear. Then it freezes on the second dot. I found a lot of people with this problem on the net, maybe it's windows 7. I don't know what to do ;(

EDIT: Maybe solved!

EDIT2: Solved! In Windows 7 64bit to flash emmc we have to disable driver signature (reboot system and press F8 to show options) and then right click on the flasher 3.5 executable, select compatibility and select xp sp 3 option. Fiuuu!

EDIT3: I noticed that in the emmc image there are a lot of new wallpapers. How can i be sure i have downloaded the latest version?

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

I did the same mistake and now I can't get my N900 flashed. I've done it before and it wasn't that complicated when my phone was ok.

I've tried all those tricks with keeping the keyboard open and pressing u etc but it just keeps rebooting all the time and the flasher doesn't detect it. Using the Linux version of the flasher.

How could I prevent it from rebooting every third second and get the flasher to detect it?

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

I did a reflash recently and here are the instructions I followed:

Setting Maemo device to flashing mode

For Nokia N900 with a Fremantle image, flashing mode can be enabled by following these steps:

1. Switch off the Maemo device
2. Press and hold down the 'u' key
3. Connect a USB cable between the Maemo device and host PC while holding down the 'u' key
4. When the USB cable is connected, it powers the Maemo device and sets it to flashing mode
5. When the USB icon appears in the upper right-hand corner, the Maemo device is in flashing mode
6. Release the 'u' key

If performed correctly, the USB image is visible in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

The Maemo device waits indefinitely for Flasher-3.5 input when it is in flashing mode. If flashing is tried without first setting the Maemo device to flashing mode, image flashing may fail because the Maemo device may not be able to change to the flashing mode automatically.

The command to use: flasher-3.5.exe -F RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R

It will take about 2 minutes, and there will be a lot of action on the screen in the command prompt window.

I hope that helps.

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

I can't get the usb icon to appear in the upper right corner anymore after step 3. It just shows the dimmed Nokia logo at first and then switches to the brighter white screen with Nokia logo but still without the usb icon. This keeps repeating like this. It goes dark for two seconds then two seconds white and so on. The flasher just sits there waiting for a suitable device :(

I have to take out the battery to get it out of that crazy booting behaviour.

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

Bump......

Re: Keep Rebooting, Nitdroid problem...
 

Do you think it's bricked?