F2thaK | # 1 | 2010-01-11, 04:44 | Report

Changing Themes and Rebooting Can Brick Youre N900





Changing themes to new buggy themes will brick youre device




This was the reason for me having to flash my N900 for the 1st time...

oh, and the 2nd time!!




But I have found that phone may be recoverable from this!

If it is only stuck while booting:
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Go here and try this! http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Jebba/Flash
I am yet to try this, so cannot say myself if it works
so be careful!!

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Last edited by F2thaK; 2010-01-11 at 04:56.

BrentDC | # 2 | 2010-01-11, 04:51 | Report

I wish people would stop using the word "brick" when they really mean "cause you to reflash".

HRZ | # 3 | 2010-01-11, 04:51 | Report

thanks for the heads up!

ps - anyone install the "extra decoders support"...i did but then my device was lagging a lot so i uninstalled it. plus i couldnt see my media - hmmm, perhaps i didnt restart?? is that working well with you guys?

F2thaK | # 4 | 2010-01-11, 04:57 | Report

its quicker *to write* and a well known term

plus i thought mine was bricked when it happened the 1st time..

F2thaK | # 5 | 2010-01-11, 04:59 | Report

ive had it installed but no idea if it added extra media support etc..

no real noticable lagging for me..

dick-richardson | # 6 | 2010-01-11, 05:03 | Report

Do you have the output from dmesg before you reflashed? Which themes do you feel were the problem. How did you install them? Had you installed any third party apps? Were any from the testing or devel repos?

F2thaK | # 7 | 2010-01-11, 05:05 | Report

no idea wat dmesg is

themes i was trying: marina, matrix, other themes made with theme maker and some N800 ones

and apps from all repos i think

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Last edited by F2thaK; 2010-01-11 at 05:09.

andrewfblack | # 8 | 2010-01-11, 05:06 | Report

this is why I'm trying to get people to stop posting themes that are not in proper packages.

F2thaK | # 9 | 2010-01-11, 05:07 | Report

half of them were in deb

andrewfblack | # 10 | 2010-01-11, 05:09 | Report

I still wouldn't install them in deb format right now since Theme Maker isn't working right. I would only get them from extras since those have all be repackaged after theme maker did its thing.