Donating my N9
 

Hello all,

I have been an avid supporter of this forum since my N900, have donated a couple of thousand USD to devs and will continue to help in any way I can as I appreciate everything everyone has been doing for this dead platform, Meego Harmattan. I hope despite the Jolla phone coming out there are some generous souls that would still like to develop and keep the N9 fresh and exciting until it's become overwhelmingly apparent there is no need to do so. For this reason I am going to donate my Nokia N9 which I have owned since Nov. of 2011. I paid $865 for this thing and it has never let me down. It has fulfilled every expectation and need I required from my daily phone without a hitch. The phone is in relatively good shape with normal wear and tear and has been dropped a few times and nothing has broken as a result.

I am not abandoning this phone just yet. I have a backup N9 sitting brand new in the box that I'm going to use as the replacement until something else peaks my interest. Since Ancelad released the sailfish theme I feel like I have a new and improved N9 in my hands. Whether its all in my head or not I am happy with it. I am going to transfer everything over to my new N9, wipe the old one, and start with a fresh flash for the new owner. Any devs interested in having this phone please get a hold of me. I don't know who I will pick and maybe I'll have a private raffle to decide who gets it but I am hoping it will go to a dev that needs one to develop specifically for the N9. Please be honest and promise to continue to develop for the N9 and I will seriously consider you for donation. The recipient will only need to split the shipping with me to your location. That is all. Thanks again to everyone :)

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Yay, good offering...

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Solid support:)

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Thats really nice of you.

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I just logged in to say that I'm impressed by your donation offer. It is refreshing to see somebody going out of way to push for N9's development past the end-of-life.

Although who wouldn't like a free N9, I'll hesitate to ask because I'd rather let it be in the hands of a developer or somebody who has/can/will contribute(d) for maintaining the beautiful N9's legacy.

Good luck and thank you!

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Donate it to Cepiperez.he needs it most i guess

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Give it to Cepiperez! his got stolen.. Hasn't been able to put up money for a new one... As a result, whatsup dev is halted.

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Hildon Foundation would be pleased to receive it as prize for upcoming events, if you don't mind I can give you an address.

Cepi needs it!!!

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yes! for CepiPerez!!!!! :) :) :)

Very nice justadude! You're justarealdude! I read about Cepis fate.

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So far the only active Dev interested is cepiperez? Any other devs interested please PM me. I will make my decision by the weekend. Thanks all for your kind words.

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cepi needs it most. Most other devs have an N9 already :P

Cepi needs one N9 is a really good dev!! Is sad what happen to him.

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yup! Cepi deserves one!

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Hello all,

I have decided to donate my N9 to Cepiperez. I know it is going to a good home and that he will use it for future development with the N9. Thanks to all that were interested and I appreciate all of the support you have given to this great phone. The N9s continued growth would have surely halted without the tremendous group effort from everyone here.

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If it will work, I can sponsor a 64Gb black N9.
It is in good (as new) condition - but, I dont have the box :(
Not locked etc etc, it is a spare phone - which I can live without for this purpose :)

/Niel

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Yes. I am so sad he is not going to continue to make Meego N9 the envy of the smartphone world anymore.

Thanking him though for all of his hard work and hoping he doesn't abandon us because we need people like him.

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Still, very cool to think about donating your phone to a needy dev.

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no offense but n9 never had any decent community effort , ever.

I remember when n900 came out in '09 there were hell'a ton ports , emulators , hacks that even allowed for cable ethernet..

We are over glorifying people that add a few numbers on the standby screen or making a whatsapp replica.

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And you're understating the effort the community put into making the N9 a usable daily driver.

Also the community made much more than whatsapp and billboard. Please read through the forums before talking out of your hat. The diff between the N9 and the N900 is that meego is a bit more closed conpared to maemo.

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is devs being hit on here? or Nokia for their faillure to open the device and supporting community effort ?

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Idk. I am just pissed in general. When I went to an iphone 4 in '10 , I never looked back because it got the job done.

Never thought in my lifetime there would be a sucessor for the n900 , and on wiki 3 weeks ago I saw it. So I bought a 64gb n9 in a heartbeat , even though it costed a bit much.

I guess you could say I am pissed at both , but mainly at nokia , because devs have no motivation for them killing maemo 6..

But I expected more from this community , especially a MAEMO 6 DOWNLOADS section on maemo.org..

I mean n900 was really exciting.. I was running early osx , a unique emulator , and some 90s rpg ported to it..

This feels like a iphone copy , with a little better multitasking than ios.. Idk there just is nothing more to it , not more to discover about the device or applications.

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My god, you went there.

iPhones don't belong on TMO, they belong on Apple forums. If you don't like your N9, why don't you just return it or sell it? It's not like you're obligated to keep it. Devs are in need of devices like the one you have, and if you don't want it, get rid of it. No need to bash it because you're comparing it to a flagship device of the No. 1 company in the world. Apple has:

• More money and more resources
• Only one phone brand (flagship)
• A closed source OS

Don't compare MeeGo to iOS, the two are nothing alike.


Sorry if I sound rude, but you're seriously asking far too much from the community. The N9 is a much less hackable device, although it is somewhat hackable after openmode. If you prefer your N900, stick to that. New content comes out for it all the time, just as frequently as the N9.

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• A powerful PR department that twists every fact to their advantage

You forgot this important bullet point, especially talking about ccomparisons.

That's not because of the community. It's because of Nokia.

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Just lost my work and work mobile (=N9) since the company I worked for got bankruptcy this week :/ Glad I bought my Jolla in private.

And Btw. the person you replied just talk ********, the N9 community still alive:

* https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Nemo#Nemo_Mobile
* http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=90761

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Bad news Mike, hope you will get another job soon.

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I'm sorry to here. Guess you have more time to troll here...why not allay for job @ jolla?

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Sorry don't try to compare apple as a company to nokia. Talking about devices specifically. From the way it's boxed (box size barely bigger than the phone , same in iphone) To the apps , it's pretty alike.

This community didn't do a ton as it did to n900 period. There isn't even a downloads section on maemo.org for maemo6. Perhaps if there was , it wouldn't be as abandoned.

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If you don't like your N9, or this community then leave. Nobody's stopping you.

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You are correct, there is not a maemo 6 downloads section.
HOWEVER, there are TONS of applications that have been made or ported specifically for the N9. You have to TRY a little. Openrepos has a bevy of great programs. This board (though not collected), has thread after threat after thread filled with the amazing work of this community.
Just because you owned a N900 is the past does not give you the right to dismiss the N9 community as being lazy or unproductive. If it is not the phone for you, no problem. However, this community has made a forgotten platform viable several years after abandonment.

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I've donated the package costs to you, justadude. It's been a while now...
When are you going to send the package to CepiPerez?
We're all waiting....

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Cepi don't have a phone or what? I know the story but he still don't have a phone? Maybe he tricked you on the package costs...

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No, cepi still didn't receive the phone
It seems like justadude didn't sent the phone (yet)

I've payed the package costs directly to justadude.
He confirmed that he received the money

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Wasn't this incident months ago? Anyone know what'. Up with Cepi? How do you know where to send the phone. Cepi still a member?

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I think you didn't understand.
'justadude' was offering his phone. But he asked for the shipping costs. So I donated the shipping costs, so 'justadude' could send the phone to CepiPerez.

Yes, CepiPerez is still a member (I talk to him a lot, don't worry)

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There is so much iDon't understand. But I'm always trying to learn...