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2010-09-16
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Background
• Installed power kernel at some point in the past few months.
• Over the last weekend the touch screen mysterously stopped working (literally put it down, picked it up and it wasn't working).
• The touch screen became sparodic so I decided I best send it back while it was still under warranty.
• Prior to the send back I decided I should uninstall the custom kernel.
• Tried to do this from the App Manager (which I now know you shouldn't!) and got an error.
• Some point later in the day I turned off the phone
• When I turned it back on it was in a reboot loop.
Now... I can't seem to get the thing to come out of this reboot loop - it doesn't even seem to charge, just keeps booting over and over flashing up the blue on white Nokia screen and vibrating.
I'm thinking that maybe because it can't/isn't charged the battery is too low and it won't go into update mode? Is this correct?
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2010-09-16
, 11:40
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@ London, UK
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2010-09-16
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2010-09-16
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2010-09-16
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@ London, UK
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2010-09-16
, 12:43
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You do realise overclocking the device is ill-advised, done solely at your own risk and any damage caused by it isn't covered by the warranty, right?
Right, you do. Note that even if you install the original kernel or even reflash there will probably still be traces of running the "power" kernel left in the log partition. You can still get it repaired for a fee.
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2010-09-16
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2010-09-16
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I don't know enough about the gritty details, but on the Summit, at the OMAP3 power presentation Igor Stoppa (and he's no n00b when it comes to Maemo HW ) very explicitly said - please don't overclock it - it WILL fry.
Overclocking is not in fact ill-advised.
If it is, you should immediately advise Nokia, because it is my understanding that the N900 has ALREADY been overclocked to a certain extent by Nokia.
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2010-09-17
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Background
• Installed power kernel at some point in the past few months.
• Over the last weekend the touch screen mysterously stopped working (literally put it down, picked it up and it wasn't working).
• The touch screen became sparodic so I decided I best send it back while it was still under warranty.
• Prior to the send back I decided I should uninstall the custom kernel.
• Tried to do this from the App Manager (which I now know you shouldn't!) and got an error.
• Some point later in the day I turned off the phone
• When I turned it back on it was in a reboot loop.
Now... I can't seem to get the thing to come out of this reboot loop - it doesn't even seem to charge, just keeps booting over and over flashing up the blue on white Nokia screen and vibrating.
I've flashed a few times in the past and am familiar with this process. The issue now is that I can't seem to get the computer to recognise the device - i.e. I can't get it into update mode on USB.
I've read through a few posts and tried different things, i.e. connecting the USB with the battery out and holding down 'u' while inseting the battery. I think I've probably tried every combination/order of holding down 'u', inserting the battery and plugging in the USB. I'm thinking that maybe because it can't/isn't charged the battery is too low and it won't go into update mode? Is this correct?
Anyone had any experience with a reboot loop this bad?
Nokia are a business and have chosen a path of using the OSS community phenomenon to reduce their overheads specifically after sales support and development. Unlike Apple who do the opposite and make a killing from their Applications store.