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Forum: Alternatives 2010-02-25, 07:15
Replies: 119
Views: 44,307
Posted By Johnx
Re: Debian Mobile: MeeGo on Debian (for N900?)

@titan:
Well, that seemed like the logical thing to do from my point of view, but then again...it didn't really work for us. And at this point I think most of the Mer people are going to be putting...
Forum: Alternatives 2010-02-24, 19:19
Replies: 119
Views: 44,307
Posted By Johnx
Re: Debian Mobile: MeeGo on Debian (for N900?)

(quick post 'cause I'm at work. more later.)
AFAIK, Nokia *tried* to push their gtk+ patches upstream, but upstream wasn't interested because they change some really core gtk+ stuff. Essentially...
Forum: Alternatives 2010-02-24, 10:14
Replies: 119
Views: 44,307
Posted By Johnx
Re: Debian Mobile: MeeGo on Debian (for N900?)

Hi titan and yoush,
I thought I should take a second here and chime in. Seeing as you registered here in October and December and don't seem to be big IRC users, you might not have caught the early...
Forum: Development 2009-12-31, 08:42
Replies: 2
Views: 1,554
Posted By Johnx
Re: How to install javascript apps?

How about do it the way they do for the ovi store? I'll paste in the .desktop file for it in case you don't have a physical N900 on hand:
/usr/share/applications/hildon $ cat ovi.desktop
[Desktop...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2009-12-13, 06:30
Replies: 12
Views: 8,631
Posted By Johnx
Re: How secured is the N900 with Maemo5?

I've had a password set for 'user' and 'root' on the N800 (since mid-2007) and N900 both, and have seen zero problems so far. I also set the hostname in /etc/hostname. ;) Now, I'm not saying there's...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2009-12-08, 07:41
Replies: 33
Views: 9,366
Posted By Johnx
Re: Anyone "jailbreaked" the N900 yet?

The Maemo 5 "jailbreak" is called "rootsh" and it's in Extras and available as a "one-click" install from http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/rootsh/
Forum: Applications 2009-12-05, 23:13
Replies: 9
Views: 12,562
Posted By Johnx
Re: How do you use X Terminal to install .deb files

0.) You should be aware that installing random .deb files is a good way to end up having to reflash. Say to yourself, out loud, "I'm ok losing all the data on my N900 when this goes wrong."
1.)...
Forum: Alternatives 2009-11-30, 08:57
Replies: 2
Views: 2,670
Posted By Johnx
Re: Windows Moble on N810

@trekkie711: Please use the "Power Search" (top item on the right column) and search for "windows mobile"

Thank you.

-John
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2009-11-29, 10:23
Replies: 773
Views: 354,416
Posted By Johnx
Re: Maemo6 as update for N900?

"multitouch" refers to the ability of a touchscreen to track more than one finger at a time. Basically this lets you do things like two, three or four fingered gestures. "lbt" is a term that refers...
Forum: General 2009-11-28, 21:58
Replies: 9
Views: 5,826
Posted By Johnx
Re: WARNING - if you find anything on google that says "nokia n900 easy guide for disassembly.*" DONīT DOWNLOAD IT! - itīs a Trojan!

@giladmttw: We have lots of people who use Windows, Mac OS X and/or Linux on the desktop here for various reasons . Why don't we leave the OS/distro wars for other forums to cover...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-24, 05:38
Replies: 39
Views: 15,367
Posted By Johnx
Re: Import to Aus:N900 differences btw US and Middle East

1) Almost certainly, but don't take our word for it. Check what frequencies for GSM/EDGE and 3G (CDMA) your carrier supports and compare them against those supported by the device. At very least the...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-23, 10:15
Replies: 39
Views: 15,367
Posted By Johnx
Re: N900: Regional Differences?

@jalyst: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=nokia+customer+support
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2009-11-22, 04:54
Replies: 35
Views: 8,739
Posted By Johnx
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-22, 04:49
Replies: 32
Views: 22,479
Posted By Johnx
Re: Dyndns & SSH

On t-mobile's (USA) cheapest data plan, I can't seem to ssh back into my n900 by the IP. I'm thinking of having it ssh into my webhost and maintain a reverse ssh tunnel, so I can get into it that...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-12, 10:44
Replies: 148
Views: 39,288
Posted By Johnx
Re: 300 testers and not a single bit of info

@0Dark Knight0: Yes. To find out what those are, go into your browser preferences on your desktop and disable Java. Leave Javascript enabled. Now browse around the web until you find a site that...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-10, 10:01
Replies: 148
Views: 39,288
Posted By Johnx
Re: 300 testers and not a single bit of info

Battery life is hitting a full work day for me. I stay logged onto MSN, AIM and GTalk all day and I only have battery life problems when forgetting to turn the FM transmitter off. The ovi maps app...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-08, 04:43
Replies: 1,091
Views: 599,942
Posted By Johnx
Re: N900 will not allow USB OTG!

That "enable usb host mode" was (AFAIK) aimed strictly at the 770, which could only be switched between gadget and host by the flasher. (Feel free to correct me).

Looking around in /sys yields...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-07, 07:22
Replies: 98
Views: 24,388
Posted By Johnx
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)

@Arrancamos: Alright. You figured it out. There were no technical, marketing or demographic reasons. We all tried to trick you but you were too smart for us. Nokia specifically crippled the N900...
Forum: General 2009-11-06, 10:32
Replies: 8
Views: 3,159
Posted By Johnx
Re: The Right to Choose

bocaJ and Cherrypie sum it up pretty well for me. Now having said that, I'll go off on a slight tangent. Somehow the word "consumer" always bothered me. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-06, 05:52
Replies: 98
Views: 24,388
Posted By Johnx
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)

@Arrancamos: Great analogy about the FM radios. It applies more than you think. Try taking your old FM radio from the US (87.8 - 107.7MHz) to Japan (76 - 90MHz). And that's just on the receiving...
Forum: General 2009-11-02, 00:20
Replies: 7
Views: 3,074
Posted By Johnx
Re: Some thoughts on Nokia

I imagine one of the biggest problems they have with the whole survey thing is selection bias and actually asking the people who are most likely to be their customers. If they had an online survey...
Forum: Competitors 2009-10-28, 05:24
Replies: 28
Views: 10,463
Posted By Johnx
Re: Nokia N900 Vs XPPHONE...Why N900?

That xpPhone looks pretty huge, and how's it's battery life? I won't even get into how usabale xp will be on a 4.8" screen: That's personal preference I guess. If it suits your needs, then go for it,...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-10-28, 04:22
Replies: 98
Views: 24,388
Posted By Johnx
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)

@danramos: So, these modular radio chip/antenna/sim-holder combos will come from where? I haven't really seen anything like that available off-the-shelf. If you have seen something like that...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-10-27, 09:22
Replies: 13
Views: 19,252
Posted By Johnx
Re: Flasher USB problem, yes, I RTFF before posting

Do you happen to have an old Jaunty-era kernel lying around you could boot into? You could at least verify if it's a kernel level thing or a libusb level thing.

-John
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-10-27, 04:14
Replies: 98
Views: 24,388
Posted By Johnx
Re: Why not support AT&T 3G Bands? (Peter please respond)

@Bruce: Out of curiosity, how long ago do you think they made the decision to support T-Mobile USA's 3G bands? and how long do you think almost entirely finished N900 hardware has existed? I'm just...
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