In my case (and a lot of others) I lost somehow the ability to receive (view, found out after debugging to hell that first download seems to fetch the MMS but on pressing view it downloads again empty one) MMS. Sending works fine.
But that is kinda OT, will do some more research and post in fMMS thread.

I believe dodgevipergts has witnessed the passion and exuberance of this community in this and other threads......

Thought I'd mention I've just bought a second hand N900 for £65, and a PolarCell 1500mah battery.

I have two myself. 1 for using tranmission at my mothers and the other as my main phone. You've just got one but thought I'd post this link anyway.

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=93016

Just got my N900 all seems good. Have flashed it and installed CSSU Testing edition but I think something isn't right, can anyone help?

- I have no orientation lock button in the top menu and the three other small buttons are missing (i saw this stuff in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...id=P8CbujOdlHw maybe it was taken out for whatever reason or changed?

- I have no Google, calendar or OVI widget (ovi doesn't really matter). Also is there supposed to be a FM transmitter widget.

- Also i have no contacts menu on the homesreen but i think thats because i haven't put a SIM in it yet.

Thanks in advance.

Dodgevipergts, these are not missing.
These are just not installed:

Check this out if you want these buttons: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/M...ection-applet/


Regarding calendar, I have no idea but you could install calendar home wdiget: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/M...l-home-widget/

Google widget, well you shouldn't miss it. It's just a shortcut to google, unless you mean a application called "TouchSearch"

Contacts is probably due you don't have any saved contacts yet. My 2nd N900 DOES show contacts even without SIM but I have got saved contacts.

FM transmitter widget is also installable, just take a look in the application manager to see what's available If you need a cool application to remote control TV's and other IR enabled devices check out Pierogi.

Take a look in the repositories to see what's available and convenient however avoid speedpatch en batterypatch at all costs, it's garbage!

Cheers i'll check that stuff out.

New here, and in the exact same quandary over buying a new N900 for use as a regular phone.

I have the advantage of migrating from a non-touch device (my 8-year old Nokia N70) which should negate any screen usability issues, and having played around with a second-hand N900 (but with a patchy screen, as the seller readily admitted) for a month now.

Loving the N900 experience. Being from a Linux and coding background, I was able to set up custom firmware, try little hacks, etc. without feeling too much out of depth. I'm not averse to hardware hacking either, if it comes to that. I've had one issue so far, never being able to get the wireless hotspot feature to work. Does not matter much, though, and I'm sure there are a few other means.

My primary usage would be voice calling, texts, SSHing into my other machines, web browsing, watching the occassional video, and mostly just fiddling around. If it were 2012, I would have jumped at the next N900. Being 2014 as it is, could I still justify buying a N900? Or better put - would there be any compelling reason not to buy one?

Afraid the Neo900 is out of reach for now.

Also, would you recommend buying new N900s on sale on Ebay? This, for example - http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-NOKIA-N9...-/151268865507

Thank you!

If the price was right and the seller was the previous owner (ie knew what was ok what was not) then why not? You can replace screens etc, even though quality issues pertain there too, but advice is available on this forum.

"New" n900s are a lottery in many cases. All are refurbished, to varying standards. Anyone who says "no, it really is new!" be suspicious of them. Some folk have had luck, some duds. Search this forum as the stories are scattered across various threads... I believe that honest dealers on Ebay etc acknowledge the refurbishment.

Properly new "n900s" are "knock-offs" and AFAIK do not run Maemo

There is no such thing as "new n900". What you can get is the refurbished one.