Nokia N900: Video 1 - Flashing to factory defaults

I have used my N900 for 3 weeks as a regular personal phone. I have learned the ins and outs, but I have not really seen what the device can do. I have switched back to my HTC TYTN II so I can reset my N900 back to factory defaults and test its capabilities.

Let's see what happens.

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• nokia
• n900
• maemo
• flash
• reset
• factory
• defaults
• debian
• linux

[blesson87]

dude ... i ve been tryin to flash my phone for the past three months ! followed everythin on wiki-maemo page .... after i plug in the phone holding down the u button n execute the command .... nothing happens ! i get the usb symbol in the dimmed out screen but thats it ! pls get back to me ... tryin to update firmware on vista using flasher 3.5

[jykazu]

@blesson87 Make sure you are using a powered USB port. No HUB. Sometimes the front USB on a computer is also not good. Use the back ports. What is your Operating System? Is it 64 or 32 bit?

[rdx3869]

-hello plz reply to this message asap! i wanna flash my n900 deleting everthing off of it for certain reasons...but i hav the new update version 21.2011.38-1...can u plz tell me how i go about flashing it plaeseeee!! thnx in a million

[gunjan12genx]

Hey Brother, I purchase N900 via Ebay, but when I got my ph i become very sad coz when I switched my phone it shows only square boxes.

I go to Nokia care in my City Bhagalur / Bihar /India.

they told me it ll take 1 day. after 1 day they shows my phone which shows home screen with boxes and asking phone lock code. I tried 12345 0000 0000 01234 012345 etc but it dont worked.

they told me it ll not work... now I m hopeless.

is my phone dead?? I m hopless my 15000/ INR amount lost

[singhbakshi]

im using maemo flasher 3.5 to flash the n900 as its internal 32 gb nt workign , many applications nt working like camera , browser , i want 2 hard reset n900 , but usb nt recognised and waiting it show every tym pls help me

[singhbakshi]

im facing problem hard disk suckz and 32 gb memory is tn working or shown wen i want 2 flash den it says usb nt recognised wat 2 do pls help me ?

[rpjitendra]

i am facing the same problem with back port. i am using windows 7 32 bit.

help please. thanks

[singhbakshi]

wen i turn off cell and put da cable and press u , den it hanges some tym , wat 2 do, mah cell memory is corrupted 32 gb internal memory , pls help me

[Soul12287]

i hard reset my n900 it is working but my sim card is not detect.. please help me with it..

[mx5master]

what exactly u wrote into the flasher?

i dont get it ...

i follow the instruction and still dont know>

when i copy my Vanilla file into flasher it just try to open it but i dont know what to do then ! >

can anyone help me maybe ?

[blesson87]

@jykazu its a 32 bit ... no worries n thank you for getting back to me. apparently windows seven doesnt support flashing. worked out on vista. thx a lot mate

[free2468]

Hello, I have been trying to flash my n900, do you type anything into the cmd to get it started.