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Forum: Nokia N900 2011-01-03, 12:00
Replies: 13
Views: 3,851
Posted By don.ebright
Re: Problem wifi+ssh

You probably need to turn off power saving for this connection on your N900.

Some routers just don't work well with the N900's power saving feature, and this leads to a confusing situation where...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-07-07, 11:47
Replies: 26
Views: 4,633
Posted By don.ebright
Re: strange n900 behaviour

Even if you haven't installed rootsh, the gainroot command works if the N900 is running in R&D mode. The same flasher program that is used to reflash the firmware can also set this mode so you might...
Forum: Accessories 2010-07-07, 02:28
Replies: 18
Views: 5,744
Posted By don.ebright
Re: Cheap N900 Batteries

I bought a "genuine" Nokia BL-5J from dealextreme.com two months ago for 16.77 US and it is indistinguishable in appearance, function, and capacity from the one that came with the N900 so I think...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-07-03, 12:55
Replies: 14
Views: 4,281
Posted By don.ebright
Re: Future N900 owner, finding a Wireless provider.

My situation is similar to yours. Before I got the N900, I used an unlocked phone with a T-mobile US prepaid SIM and used a N800 with wifi when I wasn't near a laptop.

The T-mobile prepaid plan...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-06-18, 11:21
Replies: 23
Views: 8,151
Posted By don.ebright
Re: microSD or microSDHC?

The 8 GB microSDHC card in my N900 that works fine.

A 16GB SDHD card works fine in my N800 after updating the firmware to Diablo even though the original firmware only supported SD cards up to...
Forum: General 2010-06-01, 10:34
Replies: 2
Views: 2,809
Posted By don.ebright
Re: Going to Canada tomorrow and I have a T-Mobile contract. What do I do?

I would disable automatic connection to T-Mobile Internet data service (Settings -> Internet Connections -> Connect Automatically -> Always Ask).

The T-Mobile US prepaid SIM in my N900 roams onto...
Forum: Buy & Sell 2010-05-31, 14:41
Replies: 2
Views: 2,228
Posted By don.ebright
Re: FS: Custom N800 with 16GB rootfs

Early N800 OS2007 firmware had problems with SDHC corruption and it couldn't format SDHC cards properly, so you may need to reflash your N800 to get reliable SDHC support.

I used an inexpensive...
Forum: Applications 2010-05-28, 11:36
Replies: 1
Views: 2,090
Posted By don.ebright
Re: Mail for Exchange after update to PR 1.2

I have been using MfE and Exchange 2003 since the day PR 1.1.1 became available. I was originally unable to sync either email or calendar or send any email. Installing mfefolders and disabling the...
Forum: Applications 2010-05-27, 12:00
Replies: 7
Views: 7,543
Posted By don.ebright
Re: x terminal command history

The command added a line to the end of your profile, which is a hidden file in your home directory. If you hadn't done anything previously to create a profile, it made a new file containing just...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-05-04, 10:36
Replies: 13
Views: 10,978
Posted By don.ebright
Re: Nokia n900 broken screen

If it were mine, I would try to fix it myself. This video shows how to disassemble the N900.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVEHm325-z8

It looks easy - just remove the screws and disconnect...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-05-03, 12:46
Replies: 7
Views: 9,668
Posted By don.ebright
Re: N900 connection to secure networks with certificates (using certificates, adding certificates , wpa_supplicant)

This configuration worked for me with PEAP / EAP MSCHAPv2:

Select "None" for certificate and continue to the next page to enter your user id and password. Go to the next page and press the...
Forum: Applications 2010-04-07, 13:16
Replies: 5
Views: 3,052
Posted By don.ebright
Re: Mail for Exchange problems

My experience using MfE with a corporate Exchange 2003 server has been almost identical to yours. I have seen all of the symptoms that you mentioned and mfefolders helped a lot in improving the...
Forum: Applications 2010-04-07, 12:36
Replies: 336
Views: 510,899
Posted By don.ebright
Re: What are the 5 most important apps you've installed on your N900?

mfefolders
openssh
personal-ip-address
wifieye
tcpdump
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-04-01, 12:40
Replies: 62
Views: 15,912
Posted By don.ebright
Re: 'Typical' data usage

The data plan counter doesn't measure some types of traffic (non-IP packets for example) and I suspect that the widget just reports the same number in a more convenient way. What the carrier chooses...
Forum: General 2010-04-01, 12:01
Replies: 8
Views: 2,572
Posted By don.ebright
Re: SSH Connection PROBLEM!! PLEASE HELP ME!!

Wifi power saving can cause the N900 to become very unresponsive to incoming traffic such as SSH and SCP with some types of routers.

You can keep the Wifi active while you are using SSH by...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-03-31, 03:06
Replies: 62
Views: 15,912
Posted By don.ebright
Re: 'Typical' data usage

If you will need to do this frequently, there is a widget named Personal Dataplan Monitor (available in App Manager).
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