danramos | # 11 | 2010-10-26, 07:47 | Report

I recommend you just go out and buy a new one. It's easier that way. It's the Nokia way. :P

geneven | # 12 | 2010-10-26, 07:59 | Report

Why do you think that comment was worth making?

danramos | # 13 | 2010-10-26, 08:29 | Report

Why do you think it was worth even pointing it out? :P

tlex26 | # 14 | 2010-10-26, 08:48 | Report

Thanks for your condolences.


I'm a very frequent reader of these forums and because I regularly tryout different apps from testing i decided to always keep a spare battery fully charged on the side. Just in case.

It would be nice indeed if Nokia would report what they found, but unfortunately this is not my first Nokia device I had to send to Nokia. The reports i got in the past didn't make much sense.


Memory card and sim card where also removed, when i removed the battery.
I even Cleaned the sim card, because I read somewhere that dirty sim cards could mess up the booting process as well.
Actually, I flashed my device with and without memory card, since i was kind of desperate you know ;-)
I had to try everything I could think of first before sending it to Nokia

RobbieThe1st | # 15 | 2010-10-26, 08:52 | Report

I'd try flashing a framebuffer kernel: http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/public/...s/framebuffer/ Then, you can watch it boot up and see where it fails.

Venemo | # 16 | 2010-10-26, 09:03 | Report

Well, such situations is when warranty is good to have.

tlex26 | # 17 | 2010-10-26, 09:07 | Report

If I could I would have bought 2 of them in the first place :-)
Unfortunately my financial situation forces me to have faith in Nokia's care center and/or the insurance company.


I would have tried this if I had this tip sooner :-)
My device is already somewhere between me and Nokia.

Just out of curiosity.
Would it actually made any difference if i knew where it fails during booting?
What i mean by that is this.
If fully reflashing a device doesn't make my device boot beyond the Nokia logo, could I have fixed it if I knew where it fails?


Warranty and insurance :-)

RobbieThe1st | # 18 | 2010-10-26, 09:32 | Report

It depends - Either it'd let you know -where- it fails, or one of us could (probably) figure out a solution involving a custom fix of some sort. Say the problem was the RootFS NAND had some odd issue involving bad blocks - a complete reformat of it(which -doesn't- happen with just a flash) could help.

dynomot | # 19 | 2010-10-26, 09:38 | Report

My condolonces. I live in fear of that happening. My old N95 is now my sisters. It is having a lovely retirement not being hacked to death. My N97 was sold in disgust.

Nokia will (hopefully) give you a new one. I hope you have all your media and a backup on your PC. I've just lost all Octobers photos after forgetting to back them up, when I reflashed the eMMC ("A Homer moment" for sure). Good luck.

tlex26 | # 20 | 2010-10-26, 10:40 | Report

Ahh I assumed that with flashing a reformat was done as well.
I know, I know. Assumption is the mother of all f*ckups

At this point I can't try it out anymore since my N900 is on it's way to Nokia.