Got my n900 a few days ago.it had the second firmware installed fro factoey.at first it was very very responsive and fast.but after i updated to the third firmware the n900 hot slowed down. it has become irresponsive and very scratchy.

then i decided toflash the device . downloaded maemo flasher on windows then downloaded the international version of the second firmware and then did all the steps in the cmd of windows xp 64 bit.but but my work stops when in the line i see that - it is waiting for a suitable usb device. im stuck there dont know what to do.

also i dont understand what is disabling driver signature checking.

any help would be helpful.

Dipu, same thing happend to me lastnight i waited about 5mins but nothing so i took the usb cable out turned the phone back on, then turned it off waited 30 seconds after it shut down held the u key again made sure it was in usb mode flash. Then proceeded to type the command to flash it worked the 2nd time so try that.

please use the threads that already exist.

e: for example the one from the active topics list:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=581670


ee: just read your problem.


USE THE FCKING WIKI!
(http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware)

Hi
I've just tried to flash my N900 to the global firmware using XP mode on my win7, however the cmd prompt hangs at 'not found suitable usb device waiting' any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong and what to do to correct it? I've read all the other threads and cannot find and answer. Thanks in advance.

R18

I found the best was was to use the Ubuntu Live CD process as described in the Wiki... you don't need to install Ubuntu just run it from the CD and you'll be done in 10 minutes.

ok so that's my next task lol

Moderators:

Please leash your dogs.

geneven,

I've read all the post, however I still can't get my N900 to flash to the global firmware, it stops at looking for a suitable usb device, do you have any suggestions? All greatly received

R18

It is the Window OS or USB Drivers within windows that is causing the problem, OS and Drivers are flaky from PC to PC. I had the same problem this weekend. I use a different PC with XP and it worked for me. I now have to debug my window 7 and its' USB drivers which is also causing problems with USB flash memory drives. I found a few problems and correct them but they are not related to USB connections issues

This is not the first post where I have seen you do this and no matter what size you make the text inside a post people will still ask stupid questions.

As the N900 spreads more, the more people will come here and ask annoying questions that have already been discussed. Take it as a good thing as the more stupid questions means the more this handset is spreading.

No matter how much you want to ram information into noobies heads this does'nt help.

I would expect more from a Maemo greeter