N900 bricked. Help!
 

i now need help as i have become the first in the world to have a bricked N900. my n900 was playing up a little so i thought it might be a good idea to re flash the device with the NSU. the firmware downloaded fine but halfway through the update it just stopped. i left the phone for 3 hours thinking this was normal but obviously its not.

is there a way to unbrick the device at home as i can recall fixing my Girlfriends Iphone through a few hardware combinations which launches hardware recovery mode and all you have to do is select is the firmware. does the N900 have such a feature as this could be a seller for the device?

if there is absolutely no way for my to fix the device at home i will be taking it to the nokia care centre in Melbourne Australian as soon as i wake up to see if they can re-flash it. there will be some kind of warranty issue with me going to the care centre in australia as its an OS model.

do you guys have any other ideas??

if you can help me i will be forever gratefully.

regards Jason

Re: N900 bricked hheellpp
 

by the way im running windows 7. if i plug-in the device to the PC the charging light stays solid and its vibrates but keeps restarting. if i try to turn the device on it shows nokia on the screen and the white light stays on till the device turns off.

by the way if you guys didnt realise i recieved this device through the nokia cityman contest on blogs.nokia.com

Re: N900 bricked hheellpp
 

You are actually the second one, who posted a thread here with a bricked device. Flashing should normally work. Did you do it exactly as shown in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw2ZMyvzg6M?
If yes, you have no other choice, than read what the posters below say. :/

Re: N900 bricked hheellpp
 

The link is that and dont hear bullshits. There is a way to fix your nokia.

Re: N900 bricked hheellpp
 

If there was a "Thumbs down" button in this forum I'd use it now because that's simply not true what you're writing.

Re: N900 bricked hheellpp
 

felbutss: What about trying a second time?

Re: N900 bricked hheellpp
 

lol i cant win another one. imm soo upset. the video you linked to was very very dark i couldnt see what he was doing. i need pritty much a step by step guide on how to do it with flasher lol. i already have the software and i tryed it but it says access denied

Re: N900 bricked hheellpp
 

felbutss: take it from someone who has done horrible horrible things to his tablet during the years. It is hard to really truely brick your device. 95% of the times, you are able to re-flash the OS. Make sure you have original USB cable, for good measure.

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware

Re: N900 bricked hheellpp
 

C:\Program Files (x86)\maemo\flasher-3.5>./flasher-3.5 -F <RX-51_2009SE_1.2009.4
2-11_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin> -f -R
Access is denied.


im getting this every time. what am i doing wrong????

im on windows 7

Re: N900 bricked hheellpp
 

You're on the right track, use this line:

flasher-3.5 -F RX-51_2009SE_1.2009.42-11_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R

You may need to run your command prompt as administrator first though. Right click on your command prompt, I think (haven't tested W7 yet)