Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

sir topet try ko po ung turo ni vetsin, and it goes like this:

C:\Windows\system32>cd "C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5"
C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5> flasher-3.5.exe -F RX_51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f
flasher v2.5.2 <Sep 24 2009>
RX_51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin: %m

I have tried flashing the N900 in Ubuntu, Windows XP, and Windows 7. All of them use the same instructions (except in Ubuntu where you type "sudo" and a space before the command), and all are working and easy. Perhaps you are talking about Windows 7 64-bit that is difficult to use the flasher on, and not Windows 7 32-bit?

Hi Bebek,

Please read these posts to make it easier for you.

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=911
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=915

If still you can't do it correctly, there is a YouTube video tutorial in the Wiki Page itself. Just watch it and follow it. :)[/QUOTE]

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

C:\Windows\system32>cd C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5
C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5> flasher-3.5.exe -F RX_51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f

@bebek, try nyo po ulit. i didn't notice that you had quotation marks around C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5. dapat po wala.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

@ vetsin
with quotation or not ganun pa rin ang lumalabas.

C:\Windows\system32>cd C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5
C:\Program Files\maemo\flasher-3.5> flasher-3.5.exe -F RX_51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f
flasher v2.5.2 <Sep 24 2009>
RX_51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin: %m

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Friend,

Yun bang mga ni-download mong image files eh nasa same location where you are running the flasher command? The error message you got means (in human language): "I can't find the file that you are asking me to use for flashing." :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

sir lahat po ng mga downloaded files ko is automatically saved sa download folder.paulit-ulit kong binabasa mga threads na binigay mo,pero ganun pa rin lumalabas.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

kung sinasabi nya na lahat ng dinownload nyang images eh nasa download folder malamang wala yun sa folder ng flasher-3.5.

punta ka sa Computer choose C:/Program files> maemo> flasher-3.5
dapat meron ka nito sa loob ng folder na yan
RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM
RX-51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

@bebek
this is probably the best advise that i can give...
go here:http://www.symbianize.com/showthread.php?t=321834
read the instructions carefully maybe at least three times before going forward. raise question on that thread as there are more active users there, but still drop by at TMO. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

try ko download ulit at ilagay sa flasher-3.5 folder ung file pero ganun pa rin lumalabas.nakakainis! parang gusto ko na tuloy ipalit ng E7 phone ko.:(

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Friend,

When you hit "Enter" on your computer's keyboard to initiate the command:

1. Is your N900 turned off?
2. Does it contain enough charged/is the battery charged well?
3. Is the N900's keyboard slid out open?
4. Did you press and hold the "U" key (letter "U") on the N900's keyboard before hitting Enter on your computer keyboard to initiate the command?
5. Is your Nokia N900 plugged to your computer to the front USB port (or a USB hub/extension)? Or is it plugged in to your main USB ports (yung mga USB ports sa likod ng CPU if you're using a desktop computer)?
6. Can you share to us a screenshot of your Windows Explorer showing the contents of "flasher-3.5" folder? I just need to check something just to be sure.

EDIT: By the way I appreciate you reading the threads...pero may Wiki Page din for Flashing the N900. Nabasa mo ba yun? May YouTube video din dun na puwede mong panoorin. Eto, Ultra-Newbie Guide for Flashing the N900: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O54KdLvTA2U

Selling N900 for E7? Naku sayang ang pera mo, just my opinion. May inaabangan ang mga members dito na medyo "more updated" version of the N900 (will be called N9 or N950), you might want to wait for that first. On second thought...well depende rin kung mapanghihinayangan mo or hindi. It will depend kung ano ang hilig mong gawin sa isang gadget/device. As for me, since I got the Nokia N900 I really enjoyed it and I plan to stay with it for a year or two. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

hahaha! at last i did it! i just restarted my laptop and try it again, nagulat na lang ako when i hit enter bigla syang nag-response. thanks po sa lahat ng mga tumulong! indi ko na ipapalit ito!:)try ko naman ngaun gawing 8GB memory ko.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

thanks po sir topet,vetsin, hurriane,changegames!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

This might be a little too late. Pero ang ginagawa ko pag nag fla-flash ako. (haven't done it since march) is yung pinaka RX_51_2009SE_20.2010.36-2_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin file is dina-drag ko mula sa containing folder sa window ng maemo_flasher.

Automatic na masasama yung location ng file. Hope it will help in the future.. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

mga bossing may nakapagtry na ba nito? > http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=73315

Just want to be sure na safe siya sa unit ko ?any encountered issues ?pros and Con?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Friend,

Garcel's feedback was actually quoted by the thread starter so the answer is yes...Garcel tried it. Check the link you gave us and read the first post again.:)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

planning to install U-May. hopefully i wont run into any problems with it hehe whats up guys

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Nawalan na ko ng gana sa meego devices >.< yung screenshots ng n9 parang laruan lang. Hahaha stick nalang ako sa n900 I doubt maraming devs ang magffocus jan eh 2 device lang yung nirelease. Buti pa maemo at least may n770, n800, n810 at n900

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

I agree. Let's wait for the N950 and hope that it will be like the N900 (or better). In any case, I think they released the N9 to target the typical user and to compete with iOS and Android...so there's not much tinkering we can do like the N900.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

It will be easy as long as you will follow the instructions carefully and to-the-dot. :) I also uploaded a couple of YouTube videos and they're linked to the Wiki Page of NITDroid so you won't get lost.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

oo nga chief e i saw your videos. i was watching nga and i was just staring blankly at the x-term (i have no linux exp whatsoever)

one question tho

CSSU is bugging me for some reason my update would not go through. hassle. gusto ko tuloy tanggalin but i do not know how.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

The trick to installing NITDroid is to make use of the "auto-complete" feature (by pressing the "Tab" that you see on the screen). This helps reduce human errors brought about by typing whole commands. I would recommend this approach even to pros/expert users as it's always possible to commit an error when typing.

For CSSU, try to refresh all your repositories/catalogs and check that you have enabled all of them. I haven't encountered any problems so far with CSSU updates. Or yes, you can uninstall that for the meantime if you want.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

boss topet this was the message i was getting

Conflict with application packages: libqt4-test 4.7.0~git20100909-0maemo1+0m5

that shows up when i try to update my cssu

:(

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Just a quick question: are you using the 9-homescreen thingie (a.k.a. modified hildon desktop)? Because apparently, someone else has already encountered that same problem: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=71000.

You may need to remove the 9 home screen modification first if you want to install CSSU: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...postcount=2265

You might want to see this as well: http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU/Installation_FAQ. This will revert your homescreen to default (4 home screens). Then proceed to installing CSSU.

If you still want the 9 homescreens, follow this (after installing CSSU): http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...8&postcount=12

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Nope I am not using the 9 homescreen mod. i only have 3 active. disabled one..

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

hi pips! nasubukan nyo na ba yung CuteTube QML? pangdownload po siya ng Youtube Videos (ngayon eh sinusubukan na rin ni marxian yung vimeo saka dailymotion).

the developer, marxian, joined the Meego coding competition and since i'm a newbie, i can't vote (marxian told me that you need to be at least a four-month-old member to vote). hope you guys can vote for him. you can try the app, it's in extras-devel. it's really good and is not lacking in the looks department either.

edit: i just checked the competition website. seems like the poll isn't up yet. hehe magfofollowup post na lang po ako dito kapag may poll na. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Yep, you can see the competition rules on the wiki page here along with a list of entries so far and details how you can take part yourself :) Voting won't take place until after the July 31st deadline.

By the way, im heading back to Phils in September - anything exciting happening then?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

hi kojacker!
are you by any chance a filipino (even by a tiny fraction)?
exciting? not so sure about that. it'll probably be raining when you arrive. hehe

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Im from the UK and I'm afraid i don't have any filipino in my ancestory. I'm Northern Irish, my family were originally from Scotland, and before that their ancestors were Vikings i believe! So I'm almost everything except filipino :P

I'm glad you get some rain, you can't have beautiful weather all the time! That's greedy! We have rain almost 24*7 in UK, except when it snows, and it never gets too hot unfortunately.. If you have some spare sunshine perhaps you can share with us? We will gladly share some snow in return ;)

What's the mobile scene like in Phils? I know everyone has a mobile (or 'cp' as I hear it called a lot there) and everyone's always texting, are there many mobile app development companies or developers there? How about on this thread, many of you guys develop something for the N900 (for example)?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Oh we had too much sunshine for the quite a while here. I work for a water utility and we almost had some serious problems in our water supply, good thing rain started pouring again. hehe Maybe because of my job, I'm not one to share your dislike for some downpour. ;)

Mobile scene here in the Philippines? Much of the young ones replace phones quite frequently, buy-and-sell's of relatively new units are common online.
Nokia still sells much on the lower priced units, though I'm sure they're having some problems with lots of cheaper phones from China being locally rebranded. We still got some Nokia fanboys here but they're getting somewhat endangered. Android's got great pull here too. Most discussions in "cp" forums are about android this and that. iphone's got some shares though I'm not so sure where it currently stands here, it's pretty pricey and this is a developing country afterall. hehe Plus I don't work in the metro so I'm not so sure about the in things in the big city.

I'm not sure about mobile development companies, I'm from a different field. Totally non-IT. hehe I actually posted a question in this thread asking who among us develops app. I got no replies so far. hehe And the N900's a pretty old device so our thread's also a bit low on traffic.

So you've been to the Philippines before? I hope you enjoy your return visit. We got lots of great places here, too bad I can't recommend much based on first hand experience, I'm not much of a traveller. hehe But I've been to Bohol, that I can say is a great place!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Ah Bohol - that's the chocolate hills place, right? i asked a tour guide if I could taste the hill to confirm it was chocolate and she said that it would not be possible, and that I shouldnt come to Bohol as there was no chocolate there at all. So sad. Maybe someday i will visit. I been a few times to Philippines, mainly Makati and Boracay. I prefer the beach more than the city, and I would like to try Palawan next time. Where abouts in Phils are you from?

Thanks for the Phils mobile background, it seems strange that a developer's phone like the N900 wouldnt have any developers from Phils. Maybe we should try encourage that more, with a Filipino themed app. Although I don't know what it could be.. maybe a slideshow of Manny Ps knock outs with Jovit singing in the background... "faaaaiithfulllllyyyy"..

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

haha. Is Jovit that popular? I think Arnel Pineda, Apol of BEP, or Charice Pempengco would be better.
Makati and Boracay? There are lots of better places here! Bohol and/or Palawan should definitely be in your itinerary.
I work in Olongapo. It's actually a nice place. There are lots of tourist spots here and in nearby towns.

edit: Yup. Bohol is the Chocolate Hills place. I doubt you'll see the chocolate if you'll arrive in Sept, they are usually green during that season. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hey there. :)

Where to travel in the Philippines? Well...the Philippines is an archipelago so if you are the "outdoors-type" of person you will enjoy it here. Beaches are abundant; fishing and agriculture are the main highlights of the country. Climate is generally tropical (we're near the equator, about South of it). We have two seasons; at this time of the year we're in the rainy season. We get visited by an average of 23 typhoons in a year, lol...

I'm from the nation's capital (Metro Manila) and I work in Makati. There are a lot to see in the main city though traffic is horrible here. If you're the urban-type and can withstand traffic, you may be interested in the metro.

There are a lot of I.T. guys here in the Philippines but most go abroad/out of the country. As for developers specific to the N900...well, Linux patronage in the Philippines is very low and is common only in the work environment (server admins, etc. who don't use Nokia). Perhaps that's the reason why.

Hope you will enjoy your visit. We could probably accompany you (we have friends who are also N900 users) in case you want to visit Metro Manila. I can do so on weekends only though. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

sir topet, dapat ata may sahod tayo galing sa dept of tourism. hehe todo endorse eh. :)
translation (not word for word): i think we should be getting some compensation from the dept of tourism for our active endorsement. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

How I wish, lol...

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Thanks for all the info and ideas!

is there an 'official' Philippines Maemo/MeeGo/N900 Group? Perhaps we should set up an international meetup lol

Definitely!

ok to bring it mildy back on topic i'll share a N900 in the Philippines story. On a previous trip I took a yellow metered taxi from NAIA to my hotel in Makati and was wearing those baggy type of tracksuit trousers - unkown to me my N900 fell out of my pocket into the backseat of the taxi! i had no idea it was gone, checked into the hotel, and 20 mins later i got a call - the taxi driver had returned it! He refused a tip, but ofcourse I made sure he got one for his honestly and his time/petrol cost. I heard many bad things about taxi drivers in Manila, but that was a good experience.

Although.. the last taxi I took got lost on the way back from Mall of Asia, turned his car across some lanes he shouldnt have, and got picked up by the cops. So you can't win all the time :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

It's not official but we do have a facebook group. hehe
We also have a pretty active thread here.
It's hosted by none other than Sir Topet, our local maemo idol. :)
Another TMO user, Garcel, has been very helpful in keeping the thread alive. They give answers, we ask questions. We are still growing despite the N900's demise. ;)

And I gotta say, you're pretty lucky to have your phone back!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

You are indeed pretty lucky. :) Perhaps because you're not a Filipino (no offense). If it were a local he/she would never have it back. :( In fairness, there had been good publicity on honest drivers in the news a couple of weeks ago (i.e. passenger left PHP70,000 cash and was returned).

As for cops, it's going to be a different story. If it were you driving and got caught, they will feast upon you for bribe money instead of having to surrender your license. :D

EDIT: the thread that Vetsin referred to is basically a "Filipinized" version of the TMO thread. Just a quick disclaimer, we practically read stuff from here and we share it on that thread as there are others who may not be comfortable writing/reading in English...so to set expectations as well, the langauge being used on that thread is a mix of Tagalog/English (we're practically bi-lingual speakers of the said languages).

EDIT AGAIN: Saw one of your links in your signatures, seems like you're on to learning how to program. There are currently no programmers/developers interested in the N900. I'm no programmer too but I'm interested to learn. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

wow :) proud owner here :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

happy weekend TMO!

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Thanks for checking out the link. i've been programming mobile projects for quite a few years now since I started with J2ME and Symbian on the 6600, I have a few Maemo projects and I'm one of the lucky developers receiving a N950 through the MeeGo developer program.

The tutorials I link to in my sig are pretty basic and were created for beginners, and all you really need is the Qt SDK which is a free download... so if you're interested in learning then what's stopping you from learning? :)

I think i'm gonna make it my mission to find or create (build Frankenstein style, if need be) a filipino Maemo/MeeGo application developer by the end of 2011! Call Ai-Ai and Kris, let them know Pilipinas Got Mobile App Talent is coming soon! If im going to be able to have my dream job in the future (creating applications on Boracay beach) I need the Philippines mobile app industry to get started asap! ;)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Work? ;)
I already have the Qt SDK in my laptop but there still are loads of things to learn. hehe


Seems like you're really interested in tapping our local talents! And I think you're quite fond of our country or you just love watching PGT? hehe

EDIT: Plus I need to learn more about Linux first. hehe