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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-11-09, 20:00
Replies: 14
Views: 6,870
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Restart the desktop

It definitely seems to be something to do with rotation and PR1.3 didn't fix it :(

I have also realised now that as well as the behaviour I described in my OP, it blocks notifications, meaning...
Forum: Applications 2010-09-12, 14:58
Replies: 21
Views: 7,350
Posted By benh_n900
Re: [Request] Android Notifier -> Maemo Notifier

I know this is a bit further on than what you are suggesting, but it would be great to be able to answer the call on your computer too and have the voices rerouted from your phone to the computer....
Forum: Development 2010-09-01, 19:10
Replies: 43
Views: 19,179
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Web Tracking/Anti theft/loss Tool

At the moment, no entries are deleted so it will be possible to get more than the last 25 in the future, however in terms of its intended use, I am not worried about bandwidth. Once you have setup...
Forum: Development 2010-08-12, 20:26
Replies: 43
Views: 19,179
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Web Tracking/Anti theft/loss Tool

Sorry - I have been away and without decent internet access for the last month...



Yep



The delete button doesn't delete it? What browser are you using?
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-07-26, 20:22
Replies: 1,037
Views: 481,410
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Show your best photos taken with N900

This one is pre-fcam (which I haven't installed, waiting on power kernel compatibility....)

12486
Forum: Brainstorm 2010-07-07, 23:21
Replies: 7
Views: 2,302
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Location of phone with gps

On the API page it explains how I have set them up - the 99_tracker script goes in the if.up directory, which means it will get run each time the network is brought up. That triggers the various...
Forum: Development 2010-05-22, 10:08
Replies: 659
Views: 212,779
Posted By benh_n900
Re: [ANNOUNCE] The First N900 Coding Competition! 21st May-21st June. Open to all!

As per http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=627494, please anyone feel free to use http://www.whereismydevice.com for their application :)
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-05-05, 20:42
Replies: 66
Views: 28,048
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Anti-theft solution?

I have also now created a website to track my n900 and if it gets lost/stolen I can tell it to do various things.

The tracking service is intended at this point for people interested in developing...
Forum: Applications 2010-05-05, 18:39
Replies: 208
Views: 63,537
Posted By benh_n900
Re: [ANNOUNCE] VertSMS - portrait sms'ing in extras-dev

I am not part of Nokia, but I have worked with SMS and telecomms a lot, there are a couple of possibilities, but I haven't time right now to download and analyse your code.

When you send a text...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-05-05, 14:43
Replies: 8
Views: 5,653
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Making Call using XTerminal?

Check out http://wiki.maemo.org/Phone_control - lots of xterm commands for doing all sorts of things :)
Forum: Development 2010-04-25, 23:58
Replies: 43
Views: 19,179
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Web Tracking/Anti theft/loss Tool

It depends of course on what options you choose.

In normal running mode, when your phone is "in your hand", it only makes one wget call when the network is started, using the scripts I am using,...
Forum: Development 2010-04-25, 22:08
Replies: 43
Views: 19,179
Posted By benh_n900
Web Tracking/Anti theft/loss Tool

Hi all,

I have been following with interest the various anti-theft/find my device threads and decided to put together a web application to help with this.

At the moment the service is in beta...
Forum: Applications 2010-04-23, 03:01
Replies: 46
Views: 15,620
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Desktop Icons Become Unclickable

I also have a similar problem - see http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=49386
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-04-08, 16:08
Replies: 14
Views: 6,870
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Restart the desktop

That would be great except ... A desktop shortcut can't be accessed :) Can it be an app/icon accessed via the "programs menu" (what's the official name for the page of application icons which you get...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-04-07, 19:48
Replies: 14
Views: 6,870
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Restart the desktop

Yes, restarting the device works of course (that's what I do at the moment). I don't need to take out the battery as I can still use the device, it's just the shortcuts/widgets that are no longer...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-04-07, 00:40
Replies: 14
Views: 6,870
Posted By benh_n900
Restart the desktop

Hi,

Everynow and then my desktop freezes and I cannot use the widgets or shortcuts. I can still use the task switcher in the top left to get to an application and I can still get the menu with...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-03-30, 00:23
Replies: 9
Views: 6,318
Posted By benh_n900
Re: "Image no longer available". Why?

#1 I read in the manual somewhere that once you choose a mode you can't change it without reconnecting, but if you start in charge only you can change it to mass media/pc suite while still connected...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-03-29, 14:47
Replies: 70
Views: 16,306
Posted By benh_n900
Re: N900 firmwire update

I was fed up with my slackwire version (harder to balance) so I took my n900 to the circus to get the new firmwire, but the engineers are a bunch of clowns and hadn't heard anything about it either ;)
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-03-12, 03:25
Replies: 6
Views: 3,959
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Chmod question

It looks like the first attempt (the second line) in the last screenshot worked - if you type:

ls -l

you will see whether or not it is executable.

You should see something like:

...
Forum: Design 2010-03-11, 00:19
Replies: 55
Views: 24,623
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Date on desktop? N900

You can get the extended symbol screen up by pressing the symbol key and ctrl together
Forum: Design 2010-03-09, 18:01
Replies: 55
Views: 24,623
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Date on desktop? N900

I did it like this:

1. Create a script "worldtimes.sh" and put your places and preferred date formatting in it. For me this looks like:

#!/bin/sh
echo "London : " `TZ=Europe/London date "+%a...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-02-21, 17:00
Replies: 66
Views: 28,048
Posted By benh_n900
Re: Anti-theft solution?

I like this idea, although maybe it doesn't need to alert the user at all. How about an app that lets you decide what to do when a sim change is detected. It could be "do nothing", "report by email",...
Forum: General 2010-02-21, 01:38
Replies: 8
Views: 3,051
Posted By benh_n900
Perform an action when an SMS is received

Hi,

Is it possible to perform an action on receipt of an SMS on an n900?

For example, if an SMS is received that says

'play [filename] [password]'

then a script is run that invokes media...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-02-09, 22:21
Replies: 26
Views: 6,864
Posted By benh_n900
Custom Back Cover

Hi,

I am hoping that manufacturers will soon start making some custom back covers for the n900. Here are my ideas for things that would be an improvement;

full length kickstand
make the camera...
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