cannot install any application
 

i have a serious problem with my nokia n900... i cannot install any application and the message is "unable to install"

i have the latest firmware update from nokia software update tool...!!

can anyone please help me... is there a posibility that my n900 has a hardware problem???

Re: cannot install any application
 

Hi there,

Launch the terminal app. type df

How is the memory usage?

Re: cannot install any application
 

rootfs 77% used
ubi0:rootfs 77% used
tmpfs : 9% used
/dev/mmcblk0p1 : 3% used

i have 101.5mbs free for installable apps...!!!

Re: cannot install any application
 

Open a terminal and type: apt-get update
Look for some errors in the last lines of the output.

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ok i managed to run the command but it posts some errors about dns list and stuff like that...

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Without knowing the errors is hard to guess, but should be some problem with your network connection (proxy, custom settings...), but never a HW problem, I guess :D

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ok i managed to start updating the phone by apt-get update and was succesfull.
when i try again to install any app (i have tried with bounce just to see the error.) the error i receive is when it tries to unpack bounce...
error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bounce_1.0.0_armel.deb
dpkg-deb subprocess paste killed by signal (broken pipe)
sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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i'm having the same problem. when i type apt-get update in terminal app i get unable to lock list directory. i just got my phone and havent been able to instal from the begining. the apps say in the directory broken but able to update. but wont update either.

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i have the same problem also

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@pokernemesis, mele:

Make sure you've closed the application manager before trying to apt-* anything, as you can't lock something that's already locked. Theoretically that should fix it...

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And these apt-get* commands need root permissions, don't forget that.

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i open a terminal and i type
sudo gainroot then i type any apt - get command.
also when i type sudo -i it asks for password...!!!!

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Nope, it doesnt fix it. For me it isnt a big problem because i have space at the rootfs, but still i would like know what is the problem and solution =)

ps...well actually it works now, i forgot that sudo gainroot part :D

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Did you guys stick stuff onto the N900 in mass storage mode that might confuse the N900?
Did you create or copy over any files or directories that look the same or have the same name as the ones on the N900?
Why confuse the device?
For example did you put any folders on to it called dev, bin, usr, opt, etc?

I am not a programmer or developer but i can tell you I got a lot of reboot problems when I started sticking folders onto it with those types of names and then i ignored it and started trying to use app manager to install apps.

I had to uninstall every app and delete every folder and file i stuck on the device (excluding music) and then the reboots went away.

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my device is totally empty... the problem i refer to appears exactly after reflashing my nokia n900... i dont have any app installed cause to this problem...

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nope i've had this problem straight out of the box

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I cannot install any apps after the firmware update.
I tried apt-get update and got errors saying

Resolving host timed out: downloads.maemo.nokia.com

and

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

When trying to install something like Facebook or Weather that came with the phone, the screen says "preparing for installation" and stays there for a long time, then stops to an error message.

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Have you got/had vpnc installed? If so, see http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=41 for how to fix this.

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I'm not sure about vpnc. I'm using home WLAN and it works fine.

Apps that require online connection in the install process cannot be installed. Small apps from the phone memory work ok.

Command #4 didn't work because there is no file called libicd_network_ipv4.script.dpkg-dist but there is a file libicd_network_ipv4.script

Edit: I changed the online connection from my home WLAN to 3G and all problems disappeared... I'd still like to know why my home WLAN doesn't work when installing apps and how to fix it.