Nokia 9210 Problem, please help

[gsmcellular]

I have a 9210 which has a problem,
whenever you insert the battery
the screen on the front of the
phone flashes the backlight on & off.
Anyone out there have any ideas on this great forum


Cheers


Graeme

[gsmcellular]

What I mean is that when you insert the battery or plug in the charger the screen/backlight blinks on & off,
anyone have any idea's of whether this problem could be software or hardware related?

Cheers!!

Graeme

[lonegunman]

What about the inside screen? that come on as normal or flash as well?.

[Alta_Mente]

try to format!!!

but i think that is hardware malfunction
:confused:

[gsmcellular]

No it's just the outside screen that flashes the inside one stays blank, It's as if there isn't enough power to power up the phone.

I have tried a battery from another working phone & same effect!!

It isn't half an annoying problem!!

[zod]

get your fon checked ... you never know ... :p

[lonegunman]

Sounds like a hardware problem, Right not to far from you is John at COMPLETE (http://www.completegsm.com) give him a call and ask if he can do a software upgrade on the phone and see if that helps if not then it's off to the service center for them to have a look at which is going to cost a few quid.
Has the phone been dropped or had some water on it?

[gsmcellular]

I've done some research into the problem & downloaded the Nokia 9210 service manual, the screen flashes 3 times in a loop which apparently indicates a memory/software fault.

I also found a company called gizmo-direct and gave them a call this morning, they reckoned that all that would be needed would be a reflash of the phone & said £24.95 job done,

So I'll post results!!

@lonegunman:-

thanks for the suggestion I will bear it in mind, I purchased the phone over ebay as faulty & don't know about the history of the phone, water or otherwise!!!

[lonegunman]

OK, John did my 9210 for half that.