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#41
Originally Posted by Sly21 View Post
had the same problem a few weeks ago. Took it back to carphone warehouse for repair and they reflashed it. Got it back and it lasted 10 minutes before giving the same message. Its not sim related as I tried 2 different network sim cards and got the same problem. As it failed again within 30 days of repair I got a refurbished phone. Works fine now.
I've gave mine back to car phone warehouse the other day too. I miss my n900 darn it. Thing is they will do the same thing with mine even though I flashed it already and it was still reporting the same error, like they can flash it differently to us. They want to send it to there own team to get flashed and pretend its fixed without testing properly rather then send it directly to Nokia. So it will end up being 4 weeks waiting I bet. Good luck to anyone with this problem.....
 
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#42
Originally Posted by HowlingWolf View Post
did anyone here tried to replace pcb board on their own - and were there any results?

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Where would one get a new N900 PCB?
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Here for example

http://www.ownta.com/compatible-noki...eparts-en.html

but there are more places if you google for it
 

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Cool, but AFAICT that requires de-soldering and re-soldering of SMD components? I was thinking complete board You know, screwdriver-level job, not soldering bath job.
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Originally Posted by ndi View Post
Cool, but AFAICT that requires de-soldering and re-soldering of SMD components? I was thinking complete board You know, screwdriver-level job, not soldering bath job.
I dont think that we can get them assembled the only chance is to get n900 with a broken screen maybe.
We can get the gsm antenna though - maybe that will fix a problem?

http://www.klc.fi/fin/tuotteet/Nokia-Varaosat-N900

In the end that solution is much simple (couple of screws)
 
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Unlikely. The error from the antenna would be loss of signal. My syslog shows the system is unable to communicate with modem, which means either power or comm lines are broken and gap when bent.

My phone can produce the telephony error on demand, by clamping one or both ends of the phone (the black areas, not covered by the screen. With screen popped, squeezing the shift-fn area gets the error. Also, if one removed the battery partially and squeezes the area under the battery, there's a funny "unstuck" noise and I get the issue. I can no longer carry the phone in any pocket that generates compression (that is, all pants pockets).

Worst part is, it sometimes fails silently. Signal is good, all is well, but can't call or get texts.
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I ended up with a piece of paper folded a couple of times placed under the battery where the SIM card is. Seems to work

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You hve a different issue. Your sim moves. I have a cracked board. Or a short, maybe.
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Originally Posted by ndi View Post
You hve a different issue. Your sim moves. I have a cracked board. Or a short, maybe.
Me too it seems.
I'll confirm on the weekend - i will disassembled my phone and check the board.
 
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Had same issue. Reflash didn't help.
Oddly enough, the issue always went away while connected to a wifi network.

Luckily Newegg gave me a refund. Unluckily, the n950 isn't out yet
 
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