Your phone is OK. You only need to flash it properly. If you don't have Linux (Ubuntu preferably) installed on your PC, but got Windows XP, or worse - Win7, you may in fact not be able to do that. Technically this is due to rather undesirable features of Windows, but ultimately this is Nokia's responsibility. Anyway, whose fault it is, is uninteresting if you want a working phone.

If you indeed have flashed it properly, and it still does not work, then there is something wrong with your phone, but this is unlikely judging by your posts.

actually one thing that would be necessary is to allow infinite bashing of person using devel and a little bashing to person using testing, except if he has done packagetesting and who come here to whine instead of spesific questions/help requests. and banning nicks who tries to defend them here.

but no, nokia gives you the freedom and with it comes responsibility. still everyone wants to throw the ball back to nokia if some problems occur....

read the wiki. there are 5 options ATM for flashing with win 7 x64.......

http://wiki.maemo.org/Flashing

But it doesn't really help. The USB problems is still there.

what usb problems exactly?

ok so i tried updating through nokia software updater but it doesnt even support the n900. i have windows vista so i should be able to flash it right? when i open maemo flasher 3.5 the first line (after the the top 2 that says all the copyright crap) reads:

c:\ProgramFiles <x86>\maemo\flasher-3.5>

then i copy and paste this line right next to it:

flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f

then the whole command screen looks like this:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright <c> 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

c:\ProgramFiles <x86>\maemo\flasher-3.5>flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f
flasher v2.5.2 <Sep 24 2009>

RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.19-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin %m

c:\ProgramFiles <x86>\maemo\flasher-3.5>
c:\ProgramFiles <x86>\maemo\flasher-3.5>

so...what did i screw up here?

flasher-3.5.exe?

yes. it goes to the black command screen thing.

You tried the easy way (copy paste commands). That´s were your screwed up :|

READ the wiki page. I agree that structure of guide is not too clear and easy but people who are able to read english should understand it.

For example one sentence picked up from guide:
"(TIP: Use the TAB key to auto-complete commands and file-names)"

SUCCESSFULLY FLASHED!!! Big thanks to EVERYONE who replied. and sorry for starting this thread with epic stupidity. SCREW THE iPHONE!!!!!