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Forum: Applications 2009-09-13, 14:29
Replies: 16
Views: 6,447
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Police scanner?

Police, fire, etc (those that still use analog technology anyway) use what's called narrow band FM. FM radio uses wide band FM. Also, most of these service are frequency band well above the FM...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-07-26, 20:15
Replies: 33
Views: 6,870
Posted By n9mjg
Re: I've a vampire inside my N800!

I removed advanced backlight a few days ago and haven't had a battery problem since. Can't actually say that was the answer since my battery problems have always been intermittent, but so far so...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2009-07-22, 02:17
Replies: 33
Views: 6,870
Posted By n9mjg
Re: I've a vampire inside my N800!

Yes, I've been having exactly the same problem lately. Like you, I am not using modest and I don't have any music or videos on the machine. I also see nothing via top and have disabled...
Forum: Community 2009-05-06, 17:09
Replies: 46
Views: 9,242
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Poll: How can i stay informed? Please Vote

I think what we need is a gopher server ;)
Forum: Applications 2009-01-27, 16:16
Replies: 7
Views: 3,405
Posted By n9mjg
Re: New Bible Software

I know this is an old post, but just saw it today. Thanks coffeedrinker. This is a nice piece of software. Maybe not quite as versatile as a sword based program, but definitely quicker and more...
Forum: Development 2008-12-30, 14:15
Replies: 147
Views: 42,138
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Tear 0.2 - a simple maemo WebKit browser.

Tear is a really great addition to the NIT! I have one problem. Some links just don't work in tear.

Example: my.yahoo.com - sign in link in upper right corner of screen won't work
Example:...
Forum: General 2008-12-29, 11:37
Replies: 18
Views: 21,256
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Hulu performance (or lack of)

I've enjoyed hulu since the beta days and watch on an infrequent basis. As has been mentioned in this thread multiple times, it IS a resource hog. My experience is:

1. On my macbook pro with...
Forum: Applications 2008-12-26, 12:08
Replies: 440
Views: 108,084
Posted By n9mjg
Re: WebKit engine for default browser

Wow, just tried out gmail. I don't know if it's 12 times or not, but it is WAY faster! Thank You.
Forum: Nokia N810 2008-12-25, 15:40
Replies: 15
Views: 3,467
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Do firmware updates (e. g. 43-7) really improve ?

I am yet another user who has NOT had problems with the SSUs.
Forum: Nokia N800 2008-12-20, 12:35
Replies: 71
Views: 13,832
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Battery life not good -- problem?

Hmmm. In my case, I've had just the opposite experience. Up until the most recent SSU (43-7) my battery would die sometimes after just a couple of hours. But it wasn't consistent. Sometimes I'd...
Forum: Applications 2008-12-17, 16:51
Replies: 137
Views: 54,700
Posted By n9mjg
Re: AbiWord for Chinook and Diablo - Open Beta

Thank you yerga! It's great to see someone making progress on this. I've just installed your deb and the keyboard now works. Haven't had a chance to test other things yet, but for me this already...
Forum: Troubleshooting 2008-12-02, 15:42
Replies: 11
Views: 4,166
Posted By n9mjg
Re: alltel phone as modem issues

I used my Alltel phone as modem service over the weekend with no difficulties. If I had to wager a guess, I'd bet that they were doing some work on integrating the Alltel and Verizon networks which...
Forum: Alternatives 2008-11-24, 20:13
Replies: 859
Views: 317,275
Posted By n9mjg
Re: ANNOUNCE: Easy Debian Turbo-Charged Edition!

This sounds awesome qole!! I can't to install the new version
Forum: Development 2008-11-09, 23:25
Replies: 2
Views: 1,195
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Using sane on the n810

The first question would be; is your business card scanner officially supported by sane? Support for this type of scanner has always been spotty with sane.
Forum: Applications 2008-10-29, 14:46
Replies: 30
Views: 7,530
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Anyone interested in Privoxy?

Recently upgraded from an older privoxy build to your new build in extras. I had to hand edit a couple of the action files, but after that it worked wonderfully. Thank you for making this...
Forum: General 2008-10-29, 14:39
Replies: 37
Views: 12,524
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Internet Tablet School closing down

Your contributions to the community will be sorely missed.

Good Luck!
Forum: Applications 2008-10-19, 14:46
Replies: 30
Views: 7,530
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Anyone interested in Privoxy?

Do you have the extras-devel repository enabled? You'll find libpcre3 in there. Don't forget to disable it again after the install is done.
Forum: Nokia N810 2008-10-14, 13:01
Replies: 88
Views: 29,115
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Battery almost empty after 5 hours with locked N810

I had a very similar thing happen to me. For two days after the most recent ssu my N800 did almost exactly the same thing you described. Here's what I did.

1. Even though I have metalayer-crawler...
Forum: General 2008-10-06, 00:10
Replies: 20
Views: 7,467
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Finally a way to get a decent Bible Reader on the Nxxx

How is this better than Rapier? I've been using rapier for a couple of years now. It's not the speediest thing around, but it gets the job done.
Forum: Development 2008-09-22, 13:36
Replies: 5
Views: 3,904
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Default Diablo root password.

Try this from the xterm on your NIT:

ssh root@localhost

then use the root password you gave it when you installed ssh. This will log you in as root. From there you can use visudo to change the...
Forum: Nokia N800 2008-09-04, 13:19
Replies: 43
Views: 16,029
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Cheapest all-you-can-eat data plan?

I have been using Alltel's "unlimited" tethering plan. This plan is 25 dollars a month and does NOT require a separate data plan. I am able to use my Motorola razr to tether either my N800 or my...
Forum: General 2008-08-26, 18:32
Replies: 61
Views: 49,585
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Access hidden iPod Touch/iPhone websites

I have come up with a fix for using gmail and the iphone user-agent string on the N8x0:

I use privoxy for my ad blocking on my N800. So I simply setup a filter in privoxy to change the screen...
Forum: Accessories 2008-08-11, 21:31
Replies: 6
Views: 4,410
Posted By n9mjg
Re: DIY NIT "laptop adapter"

Very cool. I'd love to do something similar with my little BT keyboard!
Forum: General 2008-07-19, 18:35
Replies: 9
Views: 4,233
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Red Pill Mode Shows OS2008 Feature Upgrade

All you need to do is read the package details inside of Application Manager. This is a meta-package that contains things like the skype and rhapsody installers, a few games and a few other odd &...
Forum: Nokia N810 2008-07-15, 00:42
Replies: 88
Views: 29,115
Posted By n9mjg
Re: Battery almost empty after 5 hours with locked N810

Recharging early was a problem for NiCad batteries, but it doesn't effect Li-Ion batteries (at least not noticeably). What I would be more worried about would be overcharging. Perhaps someone who...
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