[maemo-users] [maemo-users] Re: Bricked a third time

[From: Neil MacLeod]

Richard Pickler wrote:
> The second time, I was installing some packages I built myself, and it 
> crashed, which I could not recover from. (this one I'll take the blame 
> for).

Why should you take the blame? This is a consumer oriented device and software installation is promoted as a user feature - it should not brick the device, period!

What actually happened though - did the device end up in a reboot loop?

> 
> This last time, I did nothing.  The battery probably drained all the way 
> over the weekend, and when I plugged it back in, it wouldn't boot again.
> 
Wouldn't boot at all or stuck in a reboot loop?

> Any thoughts?  Anybody else having problems like this?
> 

You may need to provide more details, but quite a few people are experiencing reboot loops for no apparent reason, check https://maemo.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=999 for more details.