Only thing to keep in mind is havoc is essentially an ugly hack (Maemo doesn't really support concurrent connections) and carries with in a 1 in a thousand chance of borking things out.

As per usual with Maemo, and *nix in general.

Today's run, underclocked to 500 to save battery life.



Another hidden side to the N900, GarnetVM! Take a modern 2k smartphone and run a late 90s OS on it lol.




This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 29 2010, 12:48 PM

Mine:
1. Palm Zire
2. Clie SJ22
3. Clie TJ37
4. Dell Axim X51V
5. Nokia 5800
6. Nokia N97 Mini
7. Nokia Advanced Experimental Half-Baked Computer Phone Thing (aka N900 aka the Chuck Norris Phone)

It's been a looooong journey lol... And just for comparison, the N900 is MILES more stable then my modded Axim ever was, so I can say I'm happy (and used to using devices whose makers have forgotten about lol).

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 29 2010, 02:54 PM

A great Clie I might add.

It was a long, nearly decade long search for the perfect computer in a pocket, and I think I've finally found it: my Kyureii-tan.

Dang, can't help but be amazed with what she can do, bugs and all...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 29 2010, 02:58 PM

Ooooh the MPX series, I really thought they were "THE FUTURE" back then lol.

And the X51V really was great, though it showed early on how Qualcomm processors were battery guzzlers compared to OMAP.

BTW, pre-Cortex OMAP were painfully slow lol.

It steps down according to your N900's needs. So, if it needs 500, it will go down to 500, if 250, it will go down to 250.

And it's hotly contested, but it seems that a minimum of 125 is somewhat problematic, and 250 seems to save about the same power. And the N900 doesn't idle at minimum, it idles (when screen is locked and nothing is running in the background) at 0mhz.

Also, it saves more battery to set a lower maximum then a lower minimum, or at least it seems as per my experiments.

Good luck testing!

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 30 2010, 02:11 PM

If you mean hard rubber, better get from aspire, easier. I'm STILL waiting for my personal shipment from DC Mugen, and it's been more than two weeks.

As for TPU rubber, there's only TWO guys in freakin ebay that sells em, and they only ship to UK. Did contact but they did not respond.

OR, if you can't wait, find a cheap tipu leather case with plastic case, and rip the plastic case out and use it as a hardcase, like I'm doing.

Make sure under "distribution" you've written threre "fremantle" (actually make sure the whole thing properly written, with caps in the right places). Should be okay.

Aiyooor, edi x tahan with my loosening keyboard, and have liberally sprinkled electrical tape around my N900 to increase grip. Now working fine and dandy, nice and tight.

My N900 looks more "industrial workhorse" now too lol.

Oh, and for those who couldn't get the pac man lockslider running, you sure you dumped the files into the theme folder of THE THEME YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING?

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 31 2010, 08:41 AM

Main difference is in aftersales service actually, aka the warranty. Original sets (or authorised sets) would be able to claim warranty at any of the Nokia Care centres nationwide (for free as long as your warranty holds). For AP sets, free warranty = AP company service centres. You'll have to pay for service at Nokia Care, but they would STILL provide service.

As long as you buy from a reputable AP company, it's all original. Though there have been AP part swap scare stories going around, with ori parts changed with lawya parts.

But NSU and stuff, yeah it's all cool. Especially with the N900, as it isn't as region specific as Symbian units (for instance).

This is the funny part, some users (me included) found that the new firmware is smoother and faster, though it likes to lock up for a short while (stutter) sometimes now, but most of the time its never a full on permanent freeze (which was common pre-PR1.2).

Plus Hildon-Desktop isn't as freeze happy as it used to be lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 31 2010, 01:39 PM

Funny that PR1.2 bugs are like chipsmore buscuits, now you have them - now you don't.

Frankly the only real trouble I have with PR1.2 is the fact that Hildon .desktop and .menu files don't like to be edited through terminal and leafpad any more (phone freezes), other than that all's smooth sailing over here.

And I didn't even flash eMMC. No problems at all.

Minus is my slider is loose (and AP set = cannot really go to Nokia Care and complain rite?) and needs a couple of layers of elec tape to improve, but life's fair that way lol.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 1 2010, 11:17 AM

Portrait keyboard hack:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=692890#post692890

Read that too... But right now the only way to get portrait keyboard action on the N90p, pending the promising T9 keyboard coming out...

You have a new phone right? Flash the Firmware and eMMC manually (check frontpage) and you should be far, far happier then if you update through App Man.

You WILL lose all settinga, contacts, etc. But it's a new device amirite?

If 2nd hand even better if you manually reflash both firmware and eMMC, because then you will have a clean N900, almost like a new phone (at least inside).

Check the steps on frontpage (page 1).

Also, first make sure your USB Cable and USB Port is working properly (cucuk into computer, see if you can access mass memory mode), if not you're in trouble.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 1 2010, 01:44 PM

New OVI Store items up... Angry Birds level pack, Morpho Panorama Pro...

But kenot buy with my any of my CC lorr... Sakit hati onli...

Oh, and I have Transmission installed edi, though I rarely use it nowadays... Used to do the whole mobile torrenting thing (Symtorrent + 5800) back when I didn't have a stable net connection.

But it's a good backup. Just add torrent files and go. And if you're lucky (and in a good location) Sialcom also can reach 120kbps...

... for about 3 hours on 3G lol...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 2 2010, 01:19 AM

It's kinda sorta hidden and messed up. Select Games... Then down to the Recommended part (near the GO button), select Best Sellers and then GO... It should be there on top... Angry Bird Level pack lar...

For the Morpho thing, search apps.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 2 2010, 01:27 AM

Yep, the flasher DOES NOT WORK on 64bit Windows, IINM.

Oh, and I don't have the scroll bug, prolly because I've disabled BLUR in Transition Control, plus overclock to 700 makes everything so much faster.

Though App Man is still a friggin resource hog when installing stuff. Pain heart only.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 3 2010, 10:08 AM

Is it just me or do I always end up in the fastest growing threads lol...

Anyhow, congrats fellow Meamoians... May we live long and prosper (even if Nokia doesn't want us to lol)...

There's always Emacs...

This post has been edited by Eiraku: Jun 5 2010, 09:56 AM