has anyone ever bricked a N900? - Page 4 - maemo.org

rmerren | # 31 | 2010-11-21, 04:55 | Report

Deep thought: is the N900 a great device because it is so hard to brick it, or should we complain that the device is not powerful enough or open enough to allow itself to be bricked?

RobbieThe1st | # 32 | 2010-11-21, 04:57 | Report

Originally Posted by ammyt View Post

ha ha this doesn't bricks it at all here's the code for unbrickicng it:

Code:

play xomap

seeeeeeee

Ah, but can you run that command (blindly) after rebooting your n900? (I'm not sure, myself).

mas5acre | # 33 | 2010-11-21, 05:08 | Report

Originally Posted by RobbieThe1st View Post

Ah, but can you run that command (blindly) after rebooting your n900? (I'm not sure, myself).

dont know much about this, but was guessing tv out still worked.

number41 | # 34 | 2010-11-21, 06:43 | Report

Reboot the device
Wait for nokia tune to play, give a few more seconds.
Ctrl-Shift-X
gain root, if needed, by typing "sudo gainroot"
"play xomap"

I presume this would fix the problem, not requiring any visual input whatsoever. I might be wrong, though.

(...)

Ok, so after going through this thread, we can only assume that this thing can't be bricked. Or at least perma-bricked.

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9000 | # 35 | 2010-11-21, 08:45 | Report

Originally Posted by ammyt View Post

ha ha this doesn't bricks it at all here's the code for unbrickicng it:

Code:

play xomap

seeeeeeee

Try rebooting the device after 'stop xomap' cowboy

9000 | # 36 | 2010-11-21, 08:46 | Report

Originally Posted by number41 View Post

Reboot the device
Wait for nokia tune to play, give a few more seconds.
Ctrl-Shift-X
gain root, if needed, by typing "sudo gainroot"
"play xomap"

I presume this would fix the problem, not requiring any visual input whatsoever. I might be wrong, though.

(...)

Ok, so after going through this thread, we can only assume that this thing can't be bricked. Or at least perma-bricked.

Did I say you couldn't run anything after 'stop xomap'?

Anyway it's nothing productive here. Just avoid issuing that command.

9000 | # 37 | 2010-11-21, 08:47 | Report

Originally Posted by mas5acre View Post

dont know much about this, but was guessing tv out still worked.

No, it's not that can couldn't see anything, you can still see the desktop and you can reboot; but you just couldn't run anything after issuing the command.

9000 | # 38 | 2010-11-21, 08:48 | Report

Originally Posted by kureyon View Post

If you can boot your device then it is NOT bricked. Non-fully-functional it may be, but nowhere near bricked.

Like I said before: dare you try it and come back to tell us if your N900 is not bricked?

9000 | # 39 | 2010-11-21, 08:55 | Report

Originally Posted by silbah View Post

What does it do?
I don't dare try it.

It's supposed to just stop the xserver. I meant to have it restarted itself after killing it, turned out it doesn't; I reboot and found that I couldn't issue any command...for some strange reason the system couldn't start xomap properly.

After hours of researching I reflash to return it to normal, so I sent warning to others not to try this command, turned out some people find it hard to believe.

9000 | # 40 | 2010-11-21, 08:57 | Report

Originally Posted by ossipena View Post

so your device is now enjoying its time as expensive paperweight?

...or you just reflashed your device and are still using it?

the second option means that the command doesn't brick anything.

Oic, by bricking it he meant not being able to save it by any means. I see.

Then bricking it is simple, just use a sledgehammer.....

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