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Forum: Nokia N900 2010-12-31, 12:09
Replies: 84
Views: 22,819
Posted By PhilE
Re: What's your N900 uptime?

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Can't remember why I had to reboot last time, but it may have been some messing about with memory cards I was doing.
Forum: Multimedia 2010-11-04, 22:48
Replies: 20
Views: 7,612
Posted By PhilE
Re: Cover art Media player bug

Folks, you're all banging your heads against the proverbial brick wall. Nokia have already decided that this is the way that they want the N900 media player application to work.

If you take a...
Forum: General 2010-10-20, 00:37
Replies: 51
Views: 12,618
Posted By PhilE
Re: This is why Nokia is in the mess it is and us with it

Okay, the article was a good read - could have been reduced to 2 pages instead of 4 by leaving out the apple pie, glass angels and creme brulee nonsense, but never mind...

My first ever Nokia...
Forum: Community 2010-01-22, 23:03
Replies: 19
Views: 3,495
Posted By PhilE
Re: This forum needs new rules

A more perfect example I couldn't have hoped to find. :)
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-18, 21:40
Replies: 533
Views: 109,377
Posted By PhilE
Re: Spotted, other N900 users....

One of our help desk guys has an N900, but apart from that I've not seen another one in the wild and as far as I know, noobmonkey is the next nearest N900 user to me.

92.3% of the population in...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-01-18, 13:06
Replies: 144
Views: 55,503
Posted By PhilE
Re: Warning - Exploit found, keep N900 to yourself until it's fixed!

Sigh....

I should be working, but I simply can't let that pass... :)

Firstly, I don't care about iPhones.

Secondly, there are several devices potentially in your possesion where I could...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-01-18, 12:31
Replies: 144
Views: 55,503
Posted By PhilE
Re: Warning - Exploit found, keep N900 to yourself until it's fixed!

Yup definitely a case of moleHill != Mountain

Regardless of whether you're talking about a mobile phone, PDA, laptop, desktop or even a server in a data centre, once the miscreant has physical...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-01-12, 12:32
Replies: 16
Views: 5,020
Posted By PhilE
Re: ssh to "root" works but to "user" don't

You can't SSH onto the N900 as 'user', because in /etc/passwd the second field, where the password would normally be, contains an exclamation mark. This effectively disables the account as far as...
Forum: Buy & Sell 2009-12-21, 07:50
Replies: 25
Views: 5,989
Posted By PhilE
Re: Vodafone Release News is confusing me

The word is that on January 4th, Nokia plan to release an OTA firmware update which will install Symbian on all N900's being used on any UK network apart from Vodafone. Anybody who bought their N900...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-12-20, 22:01
Replies: 495
Views: 186,456
Posted By PhilE
Re: N900 Unexpected reboots

After getting my N900 replaced last weekend (http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=425696&postcount=331) I've now had over 7 days without a reboot or any other problem.

I've been following the...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-12-13, 18:33
Replies: 495
Views: 186,456
Posted By PhilE
Re: N900 Unexpected reboots

You need to open the xterminal application and type the following command:

cat /proc/bootreason
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-12-13, 15:04
Replies: 495
Views: 186,456
Posted By PhilE
Re: N900 Unexpected reboots

Just on the train on my way back from NFS Regent Street. My original N900 was rebooting from day 1, so I've had it replaced. Jon in store couldn't have been more helpful and I've had no more reboots...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-12-12, 02:13
Replies: 202
Views: 87,626
Posted By PhilE
Re: N900 Camera Images Hazy

That's confirmed - here's 2 I took just now, firstly with the back on:

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And nextly with the back removed:

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I had the room lights off to eliminate reflections from any other source...
Forum: Buy & Sell 2009-12-08, 21:16
Replies: 4,178
Views: 634,068
Posted By PhilE
Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers

So, after cancelling my initial pre-order with MPD, I took a trip up to NFS Regent Street this afternoon. After a quick chat with John, I walked out with a shiny new N900 for thre princely sum of...
Forum: Buy & Sell 2009-11-30, 15:43
Replies: 4,178
Views: 634,068
Posted By PhilE
Re: Mobile Phones Direct N900 Customers

Interesting how they seem to be processing orders in different ways. I ordered on Oct 25th - upgrade to my existing contract, 18 months, £39 per month, £77.98 up front including £3.99 delivery. I saw...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-27, 10:59
Replies: 29
Views: 11,000
Posted By PhilE
Re: The N900 and its Killer Feature

I have a meeting to go to in about 6 minutes, so this won't be a lengthy reply. In a nutshell, I've never heard such nonsense in my life.

Nobody said anything about being restricted to a single...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-25, 01:56
Replies: 121
Views: 117,518
Posted By PhilE
Re: N900 Tips & Tricks

So if a firmware update has failed and your battery is flat, you can't switch the phone on to reflash it? How is this news exactly? Do you expect the N900 to suddenly acquire some sort of energy...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-23, 03:18
Replies: 2,070
Views: 355,967
Posted By PhilE
Re: Nokia N900 - UK Release Related Information

I may be wrong, but I'm sure that hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

off topic again,sorry...
Forum: General 2009-11-18, 22:17
Replies: 23
Views: 7,582
Posted By PhilE
Re: Risks of open source

The former leads irrevocably to the latter - In the case of Linux users who download a source code 'package' of one sort or another, the application is compiled locally. It's not possible to compile...
Forum: Nokia N900 2009-11-13, 01:11
Replies: 41
Views: 8,877
Posted By PhilE
Re: My N900 concerns

I challenge you to name any software project that is 'finished'

Edit:
Just to expand on that slightly...I sort of see where you're coming from, but I think the argument you're using to support...
Forum: Development 2009-11-10, 00:51
Replies: 50
Views: 12,989
Posted By PhilE
Re: Lets talk programming languages

Looks like it is, at least on my Mandriva 2008.1 server:

$ [phile@caprica:/home/phile]
cat /etc/mandriva-release
Mandriva Linux release 2008.1 (Official) for i586
[phile@caprica:/home/phile]
$...
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