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atmasphere at atmasphere

Jan 19, 2007, 12:10 PM

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Striped Screen of Death?

http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/archives/2007/01/19/is-my-nokia-770-down-for-the-count

Is this it for the N770? It had a reasonably full charge and ran out
of memory... I shut things down and then shut it off hoping to clear
things with a nice restart ... the picture in my post sums it up.

Has this happened to anyone and is there any way to work around this for a fix?

Thanks,
JG

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harwoodr at linux

Jan 19, 2007, 12:31 PM

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Re: Striped Screen of Death? [In reply to]

On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 15:10 -0500, Jonathan Greene wrote:
> http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/archives/2007/01/19/is-my-nokia-770-down-for-the-count
>
> Is this it for the N770? It had a reasonably full charge and ran out
> of memory... I shut things down and then shut it off hoping to clear
> things with a nice restart ... the picture in my post sums it up.
>
> Has this happened to anyone and is there any way to work around this for a fix?
>
> Thanks,
> JG
>

That's very similar to what my screen looks like (the streaks are much
less pronounced on mine though.

I've called nokia and they've told me to send it in...

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atmasphere at atmasphere

Jan 19, 2007, 12:32 PM

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Re: Striped Screen of Death? [In reply to]

thanks - guess I need to make the call then. I was hoping there was
some sort of fix we could run from a computer....

On 1/19/07, Ron Harwood <harwoodr[at]linux.ca> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 15:10 -0500, Jonathan Greene wrote:
> > http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/archives/2007/01/19/is-my-nokia-770-down-for-the-count
> >
> > Is this it for the N770? It had a reasonably full charge and ran out
> > of memory... I shut things down and then shut it off hoping to clear
> > things with a nice restart ... the picture in my post sums it up.
> >
> > Has this happened to anyone and is there any way to work around this for a fix?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > JG
> >
>
> That's very similar to what my screen looks like (the streaks are much
> less pronounced on mine though.
>
> I've called nokia and they've told me to send it in...
>
>

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mklein at vxappliance

Jan 19, 2007, 12:34 PM

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Re: Striped Screen of Death? [In reply to]

Doesn't Nokia provide a means of re-flashing the device? Or do you need
SDK installed for this?

mike

Jonathan Greene wrote:
> thanks - guess I need to make the call then. I was hoping there was
> some sort of fix we could run from a computer....
>
> On 1/19/07, Ron Harwood <harwoodr[at]linux.ca> wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 15:10 -0500, Jonathan Greene wrote:
>> >
>> http://www.atmasphere.net/wp/archives/2007/01/19/is-my-nokia-770-down-for-the-count
>>
>> >
>> > Is this it for the N770? It had a reasonably full charge and ran out
>> > of memory... I shut things down and then shut it off hoping to clear
>> > things with a nice restart ... the picture in my post sums it up.
>> >
>> > Has this happened to anyone and is there any way to work around
>> this for a fix?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > JG
>> >
>>
>> That's very similar to what my screen looks like (the streaks are much
>> less pronounced on mine though.
>>
>> I've called nokia and they've told me to send it in...
>>
>>
>
>
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mpl22 at cornell

Jan 19, 2007, 12:43 PM

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Re: Striped Screen of Death? [In reply to]

Mike Klein wrote:

>> thanks - guess I need to make the call then. I was hoping there was
>> some sort of fix we could run from a computer....

> Doesn't Nokia provide a means of re-flashing the device? Or do you need
> SDK installed for this?

There is a means of reflashing the device, it does not require the SDK
installed, but the problem described is a hardware failure that has no
end user solution. A number of folks have reported such screen
failures, which are often misdiagnosed as software failures because they
are prone to happen during reboots which often happen after software
changes.

Send the device in for service or replace it.

Thanks,
Mike
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atmasphere at atmasphere

Jan 19, 2007, 12:45 PM

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Re: Striped Screen of Death? [In reply to]

Mine was definitely in reboot mode when it happened... ahhh! My
friend is dead. ;(

On 1/19/07, Mike Lococo <mpl22[at]cornell.edu> wrote:
> Mike Klein wrote:
>
> >> thanks - guess I need to make the call then. I was hoping there was
> >> some sort of fix we could run from a computer....
>
> > Doesn't Nokia provide a means of re-flashing the device? Or do you need
> > SDK installed for this?
>
> There is a means of reflashing the device, it does not require the SDK
> installed, but the problem described is a hardware failure that has no
> end user solution. A number of folks have reported such screen
> failures, which are often misdiagnosed as software failures because they
> are prone to happen during reboots which often happen after software
> changes.
>
> Send the device in for service or replace it.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>

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harwoodr at linux

Jan 19, 2007, 12:46 PM

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Re: Striped Screen of Death? [In reply to]

On Fri, 2007-01-19 at 12:34 -0800, Mike Klein wrote:
> Doesn't Nokia provide a means of re-flashing the device? Or do you need
> SDK installed for this?

Apparently, from what I've learnt on this list and various web sites...
the WSOD isn't software fixable. It has to do with some faulty chip and
a kind of race condition that can happen with an odd power up that
actually damages the screen. :P

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