ddiscodave, Thank you for asking this question and thank you maxximuscool for the answer. After installing and removing various programs I too had this problem and had never noticed it in 12 months...
My headset is now working. Running backup and performing a restore to the backup made before upgrade to PR1.3 left applications installed that were not installed when PR1.3 was...
Just restored my N900 with the backup I made before upgrading to PR1.3 and the headset still has the same problem, so I am guessing that the problem must be a bug with PR1.3.
@bandora...I am not 100% sure it is an OS problem at the moment. I am going to uninstall the apps that I have recently installed (Hope I can remember which ones) and see if that helps.
Atikin, are you running PR1.3? as I am not 100% certain weather I have used headset to make a call since firmware upgrade. I am pretty sure I have but now I am not so sure.
There is an app that does this on the n900 already it's called Showtime. The only problem is it is a little bit arkward to use at first and it wotks by sending SMS messages to SKY. (Which costs £.)
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