Am I the only one lucky with my N900?

[sitemap]

I have N900 for two months with twice updated firmware in this period as well.
Every day I am reading the Maemo forum – looking for news, programs, information and etc. and I just couldn’t believe how it is possible. There are so many problems with N900, so many issues, and so many negative feelings that (if I haven’t got n900 already in my hands) can compel me never to buy this tablet.
What I mean is reading these posts I am really astonished because I’ve never had such issues – how is it possible to happen? I’m not a power N900 user but I’ve already tested the most of the mentioned bad issues and I’m really impressed:

1. No unwanted reboots (uptime: 5 days, rebooted since the last firmware update)
2. No Wi-Fi issues
3. Bluetooth works perfect with my old BH-203 handset
4. The battery has recharged since 1 to 3 days - depends how often I play with the N900
5. The FM transmitter works fine (but I don’t like the quality of the sound)
6. No GPS issues
7. No Media player issues
8. No memory leaks – the behavior of my n900 is normal even I’ve installed so many applications on it
9. No scratches on it – even I’ve dropped it in the beginning
10. No camera/pictures quality issues
11. X-Terminal – I love it… and I have no related issues, Vim works perfect and other console related apps
12. No USB issues
13. No Sound or Mic related issues
14. No Infrared issues (Shutter works perfect)
15. Video calls (via gTalk) works perfect as well
16. No Skype and related programs issues
17. No network related issues – VNC works fine, SSH server/client works fine other similar apps works fine as well

I don’t see the sense to continue with this list.
I just want to ask you – am I the only one who don’t have such problems?:confused:

[Mazi]

mine works great too...no problem at all...

[Tex14]

mine works great too...no problem at all...

Mine too, except for the email

[groeit]

same here.

[Hotshot]

Mines running strong since day one no problems *knock on wood* but email is not up to par though other than that it's a great phone best I've ever had

[scooterx517]

mine works fine as well

[loukkis]

Mine is ok.

[cddiede]

Mine is also working like gangbusters. :)

[torpedo48]

I have had my N900 since November and I've never needed to flash it. It works great, and the strange thing is that I've tested nearly every app in Extras Testing and I've not had any problems - yet - .

[mukks]

i had it since nov,, n no issues till the last firmware, and my bad i updated using NSU in a 64bit machine,,, :) bricked and flashed,, now everything back to normal! happy happy...

[NokiaRocks]

Mine's working fine too.
The problem is, that just ppl with problems are posting here.
I'm sure the most ppl are really happy with their phone.

[schlicke]

I have N900 for two months with twice updated firmware in this period as well.
Every day I am reading the Maemo forum – looking for news, programs, information and etc. and I just couldn’t believe how it is possible.

...

I don’t see the sense to continue with this list.
I just want to ask you – am I the only one who don’t have such problems?:confused:

I'll continue: Even eMail sync to Microsoft Exchange works fine!

Ok, only geeks can make use of the full power of the thing, but sveral non.geek friends also bought one by now and are quite happy with it, in particular the communications integration (contacts, status displays, skype, IM, eMail, SMS, ...).

Cheers,
Wolf

[Brank]

Only problem I've had is that sometimes call volume drops, but after newest firmware I haven't noticed that either..

Device hasn't crashed once and only time I've rebooted is after a firmware update/app that requires it after install.
Haven't had to flash it once, works like a charm.
Oh and had it for 2.5months now.

[spoonbuddy]

I have a major issue with the N900.

I can't put the damn thing down!!!

I'm half way through my third battery for today.

[nergal]

nearly 2 month now and it works like a charm. of course there are things with place for improvement ... but that's the fun with this device, it's getting even better step by step.
and just started hacking my own widget to tweet the current song via last.fm - 100% on the device. i think that is what this makes a mobile computer.

[Alan_Peery]

Mine is also working well. The only time it didn't was when I was loading a number of apps from extras-devel, which filled up the root filesystem.

Moral of the story: stick to the normal and Extras repositories, or install the rootsh package so you can work around this problem.

[calvin_42]

Mine works like a charm too. With extra-devel repositories and active development on it!

[quanganhzero1989]

best device ever, great

[Modell900]

Working as intended.

Only issue so far I can only blame myself for ;)

[StOoZ]

same here,just love it

[gohan2091]

Mine works fine apart from the single stuck white pixel at the bottom right

[adedasfreak]

Agreed, I had to flash once, but since recent firmwares i do not have any problems at all. LOVE my N900!:)

[niqbal]

I love it, never had to flash it and dont have hazy camera image issues. My n900 is Made in Finland

[NotTheMessiah]

had mine since early december and everything is great. do have a very small bright spot on screen but that was my own fault. removing the inivisible sheild was not very friendly to the device! the device is great tho, especially since installing easy debian. people are always amazed to see a full blown desktop running, especially when i show them gimp. in short, i love this device and i think its rock solid.

[galf]

I'm also perfectly happy :)

[shanakin]

i have it since 2 months and all OK except that battery only lasts less than day if using 3g/wifi

[maluka]

I've never had any real problems. It does what I need it to do.

[philh]

No problems here, had it since december, updated ota once, Im in the UK so no second update for me yet, does exactly what I want it to do.

[Oracle]

overal I'm very happy with my N900. No problems like dead pixels orso. The big complaind I have are the bad (foggy) pictures that are taken with the flash on.

[allmine1976]

Had mine since nov 24th and has still never let me down ,

[maxximuscool]

Mine is perfect, has no problem no troubles at all since opened up the box until now. 2 months old.

[Eric G]

The only bugs I've complained about have all been fixed by the last major firmware update. This last "pre-update" upgrade also make it run a little faster too. The battery life is less than stellar, but I live in a fringe reception area and every phone I've used in the past few years needs charged up every night.

However, I do get some Nexus 1 envy... voice commands would be great when driving.

[msa]

i'm happy as well.
mine is on since 20 days now. although i'm going to reboot sometime, as it seems that it got a bit slow now. i think a reboot will "refresh" he device.

[Arif]

Overall I'm pretty pleased with my N900. I just have a few gripes that annoy me :)

[rebhana]

Same with me! Four weeks ago by reading http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/openoffice-org-and-the-gimp-on-the-n900/ I discovered Easy Debian, aka easy-deb-chroot, and the N900 doubled its usefulness for me. Without any danger of messing up the firmware, this gives a load of extremely powerful applications: openoffice, gimp, network printing through cups, evince, djview, latex, vpnc, firefox as alternative browser with java and flash, and more. Everything very stable and surprisingly usable on this little device.

[Kee]

No issues here either :)

[ashyk36]

same here touch wood :D

[davidh101]

same here, all perfect, everyone I show it to is wowed by the product.......I even have avid iPhone users that will be moving back to Nokia when they can upgrade

[Ronaldo]

same here, all perfect, everyone I show it to is wowed by the product.......I even have avid iPhone users that will be moving back to Nokia when they can upgrade

lol thats what most of my iphone mates said.

but n900 needs support from more app makers, iphone got laods of unless apps but do have many useful and fun apps which 900 could do with

[Doonie]

No problems to report with mine either. The only slight issue is the amount oftime I spend on it! lol

[ZackMorris]

My N900 and I came to an understanding soon after I got it, I made a promise to it that I'm Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and desert you, Never gonna make you cry, Never gonna say goodbye, Never gonna tell a lie or hurt you...

and everything has been fine since... :-)

[etuoyo]

Wish I was lucky. Mine reboots at least once every two days, freezes alot alot and it has now decided it wants to be charged at least three times a day.

[davidh101]

My N900 and I came to an understanding soon after I got it, I made a promise to it that I'm Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and desert you, Never gonna make you cry, Never gonna say goodbye, Never gonna tell a lie or hurt you...

and everything has been fine since... :-)

good song!!!

[jdr93]

best nokia i've had so far, they've all been great.
no bangs, no booms, no bobbles, no guff.

thank you nokia

[maxximuscool]

Well the best Nokia Device period. But not for long lol.. X10 is already coming close to its official release date. It has the same hardwares and even better at some part and it is a better phone than N900. I guess our N900 won't be the top for long

[toto29820]

count me in

[DaKing]

just for the record isn't all N900 devices made in korea ? thats what i suppose ? since i bought mine from amazon usa , my friend bought it from noka UK, and my other friend from UAE and all were made in korea! how come?

[venusrising]

Mine works great too BUT I need to be able to use my BT keyboard and still no luck.

[gabby131]

I have N900 for two months with twice updated firmware in this period as well.
Every day I am reading the Maemo forum – looking for news, programs, information and etc. and I just couldn’t believe how it is possible. There are so many problems with N900, so many issues, and so many negative feelings that (if I haven’t got n900 already in my hands) can compel me never to buy this tablet.
What I mean is reading these posts I am really astonished because I’ve never had such issues – how is it possible to happen? I’m not a power N900 user but I’ve already tested the most of the mentioned bad issues and I’m really impressed:

1. No unwanted reboots (uptime: 5 days, rebooted since the last firmware update)
2. No Wi-Fi issues
3. Bluetooth works perfect with my old BH-203 handset
4. The battery has recharged since 1 to 3 days - depends how often I play with the N900
5. The FM transmitter works fine (but I don’t like the quality of the sound)
6. No GPS issues
7. No Media player issues
8. No memory leaks – the behavior of my n900 is normal even I’ve installed so many applications on it
9. No scratches on it – even I’ve dropped it in the beginning
10. No camera/pictures quality issues
11. X-Terminal – I love it… and I have no related issues, Vim works perfect and other console related apps
12. No USB issues
13. No Sound or Mic related issues
14. No Infrared issues (Shutter works perfect)
15. Video calls (via gTalk) works perfect as well
16. No Skype and related programs issues
17. No network related issues – VNC works fine, SSH server/client works fine other similar apps works fine as well

I don’t see the sense to continue with this list.
I just want to ask you – am I the only one who don’t have such problems?:confused:


when did you purchase your n900?

mine is doing good too, love it, and also my mom, havin fun with the geweled game

[rmarcus]

Mine works like a charm! No problems at all...
just waiting for a nice gps software!

:)

[Dontales]

Still happy, the only thing that I hate is, that I'm the only one in the train with a N900 xD

[SR90]

I love it, never had to flash it and dont have hazy camera image issues. My n900 is Made in Finland

You have a made in finland n900 ? I thought n900 was only made in korea .:confused:

[NotTheMessiah]

Same with me! Four weeks ago by reading http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/openoffice-org-and-the-gimp-on-the-n900/ I discovered Easy Debian, aka easy-deb-chroot, and the N900 doubled its usefulness for me. Without any danger of messing up the firmware, this gives a load of extremely powerful applications: openoffice, gimp, network printing through cups, evince, djview, latex, vpnc, firefox as alternative browser with java and flash, and more. Everything very stable and surprisingly usable on this little device.

yeah exactly! isnt easy debian the best! i played around with desktop a fair bit so its just like a proper pc install. so awesome running full desktop software on the device.

[HRZ]

Mine is also running like a champ. Just missing a good GPS/Nav App and MMS (haven't tried fmms yet because I'm steering clear of devel after one app made me reflash)

navit didnt do anything for me (no map showed up and does not exactly have a finished menu) Maep is good for now.

[dharder]

I have been in love with it since I bought it. Does everything I hoped and still discovering new things. It's my first unlocked phone and I am thrilled not to have to wait for carriers to make updates available. Just works! Yesterday I spent the day with it shooting a ton of pix. I felt great uploading them all to Flickr without having to carry another device, download a card or anything. These moments make me happy that this was the right decision.

[cloudstrife1ph]

love my n900 =)

the only issue for me is the email set up w/c i don't know why it's rejecting my second yahoo email add and telling me that username/password is wrong when it's not. the second is the media player is very picky and can't be minimized...

[Kajko]

Mine works perfectly. Zero complaints!

[Scottlfa]

Indeed mines worked fine for me too, and I have been pushing it. Ran into the low root space issue, but quickly freed up 50 or megs from it with judicious moving of directories.

[reviver]

I'm really happy with my N900. I've had it since November and it has worked great.

I bet there are a lot more people who are happy with their N900 than those who complain. It is just that as usual the unhappy ones are the loudest.

[ravas]

I'm glad you made this post since I was thinking that a post like this should be made...

yeah, I love my n9, no biggie problems and if I didn't have one, and read all these posts, I'd have to think twice...but I'm definitely glad I got one. I just want to hug it sometimes :)

my biggest issues are flaky-ness with sync'ing work's outlook 2007 sometimes and the occasional stopping when playing encoded DVDs (which maybe I'm encoding them incorrectly, or the microsd isn't sufficient...need to investigate).

Of course, I'd love to see better on-board GPS mapping and sync capability with ovi suite, but it'll get there...

[sitemap]

when did you purchase your n900?


From Bulgaria

[mackan1]

i have had my phone for a bit and no Problems yet apart from the camra flash back do to the blue strip on the cover. easy to fix tho. just need a black marker.

[Glasswalker]

Hi there,

finaly got my N900 a week ago und I'm allready in love with it. Just one thing: maybe I'm blind but I can't find an option to set the volume of the systemsounds. Not the ringing when someone calls me but the "click" when you tap the screen, Got the vulome up to max in the power-button-volume but it is still to low. Can't tun it off either. Just right now it's just loud enough to irritate me... Anything I've missed???

Regards,
Glasswalker

[Omkar]

I am using mine since December 15. And no issues. *Touch wood* I also pulled off the trick of updating the firmware on the Airport OTA. Was worried of data loss, But the N900 dint let me down :) And guess wat.. The chick sitting next to me couldnt get her eyes off it :) :D

[somekeystrokes]

thts correct..!
even i dnt face 90% of the problems listed there....Touch Wood.!

[niqbal]

You have a made in finland n900 ? I thought n900 was only made in korea .:confused:

so yeah my n900 is made in Finland. any other finish n900s here ~

[Diginixy]

my bluetooth doesn't like to talk to my computer and I have a few dead pixles but thats it. loving this little machine

[amihalceanu]

Mine is working fine too. I was really scared of the reboot issues, but I've had it for a month already and have had 0 unwanted reboots.
Sure there are still some minor software annoyances, and I already scratched the screen but otherwise I love mine, none of the showstopper problems people keep complaining about in here.
The feeling of a portable computer is amazing with this thing. It really is that good.

[qwazix]

I got the wifi battery drain bug all of a sudden, but tg two days later the update was released. Apart from that, everything fine.

Good thread to have because only the problems get to the surface and I was starting to believe that having a fine N900 was a chance in a thousand or sth.
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[sajin900007]

I was having the best time with my phone, until the camera and SD card issues arised....whenever I take a photo or video with automatic save to my SD card, it wipes those pics and videos off after few hours....still haven't figured a solution for this....I connected the phone to the pc....did the chk disk and fix and all that but those pics n videos were gone.....happened twice.....but apart from that the phone is AMAZING ! but would really love to find a solution for my camera and SD card issue....when the photos and videos are wiped out, it won't let me take any further photos or videos unless I connect it to the pc and do a chk disk......i wont always have a pc or laptop with me.....if anyone know of a solution to fix this then do feel free to share....but N900 is great overall

[willem43]

mine works perfect since december.
Does all I want it to do. Great GPS. Several email accounts. Good agenda, fine browser.
Waiting for maps 3 or Sygic car navigation however.

[mbo]

i'm quite happy with my n900, too.

The only annoyance is a clicking noise in the top-middle part of the screen. But on the software side i'm really satisfied...

[yogi900]

Hi,

Mine is also very good.

Only issue is USSD which is known bug. But, I can live without that. I have installed USSD widget which gives me balance whenever I tap on it.

Only thing I do not know is how to send file from file manager using bluetooth.

I need more applications and games for this. I would love to have personal finance or Home bank kind of application for my N900. I also want free office applications. (especially spreadsheet).

Yogi900

[SR90]

so yeah my n900 is made in Finland. any other finish n900s here ~

That is weird , I should have got the made in finland one :D


What is the difference except the keyboard ?

[pyromaniac]

same here .. works very well .. no flashing required (knock on wood) ..
need to manual reboot sometimes due to unresponsive desktop issue sometimes though ..

[NotTheMessiah]

My N900 and I came to an understanding soon after I got it, I made a promise to it that I'm Never gonna give you up, Never gonna let you down, Never gonna run around and desert you, Never gonna make you cry, Never gonna say goodbye, Never gonna tell a lie or hurt you...

and everything has been fine since... :-)

you rick rolled your N900!
the poor thing, are you sure its still working ok?

[x61]

Mine just stopped making me coffee in the morning. Other than that, everything is perfectly sound.

[NotTheMessiah]

i'm quite happy with my n900, too.

The only annoyance is a clicking noise in the top-middle part of the screen. But on the software side i'm really satisfied...

This might just be the flexible layer of the touch screen sticking to the surrounding plastic. try gentley cleaing the edges with something like a baby wipe. i had this with my n900 after an unfortunate incident where half a bottle of beer got spilt all over my device. was i scared? yes, but not as much as i should have been cos i was completely smashed. does the device still work? yes, and flawless as ever.

[Duffer]

I had to RMA my first N900 as the microphone was dead however its replacement is working fine.

[dp333]

i have 2 bright see-through cirlces in my screen, the inside of these 2 cirlces are significantly brighter than the rest of the screen, you can really see it when looking at bright colors or an all white background,
does anyone else have the same problem? or know what this might be caused by or a way to fix it>?

[NotTheMessiah]

i have 2 bright see-through cirlces in my screen, the inside of these 2 cirlces are significantly brighter than the rest of the screen, you can really see it when looking at bright colors or an all white background,
does anyone else have the same problem? or know what this might be caused by or a way to fix it>?

i got a very small one of these and it was my own fault for removing my invisible sheild screen protector. those things do not come off easy! bad news is it never faded but like i said its really small so i dont notice it most of the time. as far as i know there is no fix for this. i think its probably an idea to take it to a nokia service centre and see about having the screen replaced.

[niqbal]

That is weird , I should have got the made in finland one :D


What is the difference except the keyboard ?

i know i feel privileged all of a sudden hearing everyone has made in korea. I do not know the difference and neither could i find any website stating so. I would love to know the difference myself

[Laughingstok]

Mine also works great.

[mbo]

This might just be the flexible layer of the touch screen sticking to the surrounding plastic. try gentley cleaing the edges with something like a baby wipe.

thanks for the tip! Seems to work so far... :)

I've removed the dust grains residing between my screen protector and the sides. Since then, the clicks almost disappered. Hope, it will last...

[Patola]

I have my N900 for two weeks now.
I can't say how much I love this little guy. Having a full-blown Linux as a cellphone? No words can describe it. Easy to program, easy to hack, easy to understand.
I only had one issue with wifi not reconnecting. And it occured only once, two days after I got it. Never occured again.

I am so very satisfied with this phone. I'd really really really like it to be a commercial success. Oh, and I'd like 3G videocalls too. ;)

[ZackMorris]

you rick rolled your N900!
the poor thing, are you sure its still working ok?

Haha it's still working fine, it's never gonna let me down! :-P

[frankd14321]

Mine is the same, perfect no flaws!!

[gabby131]

i'm quite happy with my n900, too.

The only annoyance is a clicking noise in the top-middle part of the screen. But on the software side i'm really satisfied...

same here, that is what i first noticed, but there's nothing wrong, that is all that matters

[gabby131]

mine is made in korea which is like a bit of fresh air for me, for the reason that the first production of n900's that have problems mostly came from europe, that is just based on what i read in this forum.

[JohnLF]

Had mine 1 month, absolutely perfect. Best phone I've ever had, and finally (after years of waiting) a decent replacement for my much missed Psion 5mx. Very minor issues with slowness or music skipping for maybe half a second, usually when I am running twelve things at once though! Love this phone!

[CaSPeRFXX]

mine works perfect but need to learn xterminal for the real stuff

[Erebo]

I have mine since dec 10th, everything works flawless since then , now I'm just waiting for updates, my N900 even better ;)

[rulsky]

I'm a happy customer as well, I haven't had any issues whatsoever with my N900 which is about 13 weeks old now. :D:D

The lack of navigation is not a problem for me, I have to carry 2 phones anyway......the N900 with a Mexico's sim card and my old N95-8G with a UK sim and the best thing of all, I don't have to carry around my laptop anymore while conducting business outside the office.:o

[jchammons]

Both my N900's (one remains--a tragic accident, I don't talk about it much) have been really great. My N810w is also a dream. It's really the software platform and community that make it so worthwhile. I wish I had more hands and time.

[gabby131]

I have N900 for two months with twice updated firmware in this period as well.
Every day I am reading the Maemo forum – looking for news, programs, information and etc. and I just couldn’t believe how it is possible. There are so many problems with N900, so many issues, and so many negative feelings that (if I haven’t got n900 already in my hands) can compel me never to buy this tablet.
What I mean is reading these posts I am really astonished because I’ve never had such issues – how is it possible to happen? I’m not a power N900 user but I’ve already tested the most of the mentioned bad issues and I’m really impressed:

1. No unwanted reboots (uptime: 5 days, rebooted since the last firmware update)
2. No Wi-Fi issues
3. Bluetooth works perfect with my old BH-203 handset
4. The battery has recharged since 1 to 3 days - depends how often I play with the N900
5. The FM transmitter works fine (but I don’t like the quality of the sound)
6. No GPS issues
7. No Media player issues
8. No memory leaks – the behavior of my n900 is normal even I’ve installed so many applications on it
9. No scratches on it – even I’ve dropped it in the beginning
10. No camera/pictures quality issues
11. X-Terminal – I love it… and I have no related issues, Vim works perfect and other console related apps
12. No USB issues
13. No Sound or Mic related issues
14. No Infrared issues (Shutter works perfect)
15. Video calls (via gTalk) works perfect as well
16. No Skype and related programs issues
17. No network related issues – VNC works fine, SSH server/client works fine other similar apps works fine as well

I don’t see the sense to continue with this list.
I just want to ask you – am I the only one who don’t have such problems?:confused:

more issues are coming out day by day, if you dont experience such issues on your n900, i believe you are so lucky

[de_gallux]

Mine works great since early December 2009. I decided to give it to my wife since her phone was dead and so far no complaint from her except for a few bugs (Does not accept GSM code) that hopefully will be resolved with the next firmware update.

[gabby131]

Mine works great since early December 2009. I decided to give it to my wife since her phone was dead and so far no complaint from her except for a few bugs (Does not accept GSM code) that hopefully will be resolved with the next firmware update.

well thats awesome, maybe nokia is not kidding when they said that only a "limited" number of n900 has hardware or somewhat software issues.

I'll watch this over and over,

[teh]

Had mine since december. No problems, no crashes, no failures. Everything works as expected.

Only issue is I had to reflash to global firmware because the UK firmware didn't get an update recently but all is well and this device replaces most functions of my laptop when I am away from the home.

[buxz777]

we have two in the household and both have been fine since the start of january

it coming up for around 8 weeks now

both phones have been used daily and recieved lots of use as main phones over the weeks and i havent experienced any problems whatsoever with either of them

i might add that they are used hard and used ina physical job with no case and not treated with silk gloves like some users talk of and they are fine , no scratches , no creaks , no faults , touch wood , pretty solid handset in my eyes

your allways going to read of faulty handsets on the net but to be honest the n900 has not been hitting the headlines with faults like the n97

if you have a dodgy n900 just send it back for repair/replacement as it isnt normal and most work just as they should

really enjoying the n900 its a beast and a tough one at that

[davidh101]

Mine works great since early December 2009. I decided to give it to my wife since her phone was dead and so far no complaint from her except for a few bugs (Does not accept GSM code) that hopefully will be resolved with the next firmware update.

I asasume you are talking about ussd commands........there is an app that does them i think