I think it may be related to one of the apps. My suspicions are with video center.... i may be wrong. But it started to act this way recently and the most recent app i installed is video center including the recent update. Another culprit may be canola.... after it finally boots up when i open the task manager it shows canola-conf- 267 cycles taking about 85 % cpu power....
I had installed VideoCenter both times, just before the issue arose.
But, I had uninstalled Canola prior to the first time, and not at all the second. When I had canola running, I kept killing the canola-conf process.
Yeah same thing here..... it should'nt be canola because ive been using canola for almost 6 months and there were no updates. I think the culprit is video center. Ill uninstall video center and see if the boot up is fast...
But did you try to swittch it on for more than 10 minutes? what happened?
When I tried booting it up and it wasn't working, it'd sit for several hours and not move from the 'Nokia' screen. It would come up with the 'Nokia' screen, then after a period of time (minutes) it would flash black, then back to the 'Nokia' screen, and so on.
I just uninstalled VideoCenter and the boot up was quick. But, only time will tell.
This sounds like you may have got a unit that developed a defect. If you can't reflash it (following the proper procedure) then it sounds like hardware. As it's 3 weeks old I would get a warranty replacement (hopefully you made a backup on the card at some stage, in case you have something you would like to keep).
I'd agree with this, if there's a hardware problem and it's only 3 weeks old then by far the best thing you can do is ask for a replacement.
When I tried booting it up and it wasn't working, it'd sit for several hours and not move from the 'Nokia' screen. It would come up with the 'Nokia' screen, then after a period of time (minutes) it would flash black, then back to the 'Nokia' screen, and so on.
I just uninstalled VideoCenter and the boot up was quick. But, only time will tell.
Do you have kagu and/or a2dp installed?
Yeah i have kaju and use a2dp a lot. But it has been a while since i installed kaju. The problem i see with the boot up is of recent so i dont think kaju is the reason. Yeah i think the recent update for video center made it worse.
After a few more tries I was able to re-flash my N800. It took pulling the battery and restarting with the Home button 3 times but I finally got the USB indicator. I jumped from the 26 to the 38 firmware.
Prior to the brickage, I had just installed VideoCenter. Well, maybe not "just" but I'm pretty sure that that the pre-brick power cycling was the first one since installing VideoCenter. I'd had Canola on there for a while with no issues.
thanks guys! I'm back up and running. This an awesome forum
It took pulling the battery and restarting with the Home button 3 times but I finally got the USB indicator.
Is that the part where you have powered down the N800, plugged the USB cable and started the PC flashing application? To 'turn on' the N800? If it is, then it's way simpler to just plug in the N800 charger at that point, which will switch it on. Much simpler than fiddling with the magic button combination.
