When you connect your phone,go to control panel ->Devices and Printers & check whether there is N900(Update Mode)
You can only update if it's under update mode.

that is why you need to follow the instruction to the full.... when is big F you put big F and if small f you put small f.... hehe.. even R and r makes the difference....

ok the one in the red box that i have highlighted is not suppose to be there right?

PR1.2 still without handwritting features ?
Btw is the restoring feature in backup will be able to help to salvage back those installed apps previously ?

This post has been edited by calvinz: May 27 2010, 11:38 PM

yup, it showed Update Mode.

but, its been 15minutes now... still not found any USB device and still waiting.

yes but if there are corrupted files or mess it will be restore as well

take some shot on my desktops...









not much modification, almost stock look.....show yours

yes, it got... but only for hongkong, china and taiwan... it detect using imei before install. there is a way to pass though using that software. my advice, just forget about it, not user friendly and you still lost vkb after installation

yes~~~~finally success re-flash my device~~~~
nw my virtual keyboard is coming back~~~
thanks for the tutorial

but the command for format device code,stil cannot is show "suitable USB device not found, waiting." any1 facing this problem?

Can u try this let the phone boot up inside then only turn off and press the U key

haiz... still can't update my phone NSU fail, OTA also fail, and i've been waiting for more than 30minutes, still can't successfully update using the manual way. Stuck at the "searching for USB device.waiting"

aspire... if i downloaded the firmware frm http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N900.php...

then the file would be in BIN format ???

btw, i tried download ur file frm ur uploaded website... yet i couldnt download it successfully...

can u assisst me ?

Yes after u download the two files pm me ill guide u thru no problem.

thanx for the tablets-dev.nokia.com download links.

there is many to download there. and which should i get?
the Vanila? Vanilla version of the eMMC content for Nokia N900 246mb

or Maemo 5 Global release for Nokia N900 ? 161mb

the vanilla is only useful if u want to start EMPTY in your internal memory..so,every pictures,musics,documents,blablabla u saved in myDocs,will be wiped off clean..then you will need to install every apps one by one (not including apps that you have forgotten)

the global release is the firmware itself..it will not wipe your internal storage..but pls backup using the "BACKUP" application in the phone..after flashing,just press "RESTORE"..

mind that if you flash both firmware and EMMC,there will be no backup files unless you transfer it to external drive (pc,pendrive,laptop etc)

hope this helps

thanx i will get the global release then .

so late havent sleep yet? Lol.
happy wesak day~

Here's the much promised Titan Kernel Tut:

STEP 1: GET TITAN'S KERNEL

1) Enable Extras-Devel repos
2) Search for Enhanced Kernel (currently at version 38)
3) Install the Enhanced Kernel Settings package (it will automatically install the kernel)
4) Say yes to the "are you sure you want to risk borking your N900" question.
5) Restart after installation.

STEP 2: SET OVERCLOCKING

1) Go into xterminal
2) Make sure you have installed the rootsh package
3) As usual, start with "sudo gainroot"

Next:



To show the current config, which should be 250-600mhz, normal stock config. You would wanna save this to stock by typing the below.



You now have the "Stock" profile to return to if everything goes wrong. Now to load profile type:


For a battery saving ULV profile


For a faster, overclocked 500-850mhz profile

Profiles to choose between:
a) ulv - Normal battery saving, normal clock.
b) ideal - Balanced, overclock
c) xlv - More battery saving, underclock.
d) starving - Most battery saving, normal clock.

Also, you can set your OWN clock speeds after choosing a profile by typing:



For instance "kernel-config limits 500 900". This will clock whatever profile you have loaded before to 500mhz lower limit and 900mhz upper limit. IDEAL ONLY IS OPTIMISED FOR A 500MHZ LOWER LIMIT, all the other profiles accept 250mhz.

After setting the clock speed limits, type:



And load your OWN config as default by typing:



If ever you need to set it back to normal, type:




STEP 3: ON THE FLY OVERCLOCKING

1) Get the files in the zip below, unzip somewhere on your computer.

 CPUControl.zip ( 690bytes ) Number of downloads: 25


MIRROR: http://hotfile.com/dl/45149192/1a55994/CPUControl.zip.html

2) In each file (overclock, underclock, default) as per your needs, edit the part below with notepad in your computer:



3) Copy the files (using MC, xterm or WinSCP) to:



4) Place the shortcuts on your desktop.

5) <OPTIONAL> Create 3 48x48 PNG icons named uc.png, oc.png and def.png and put them in /usr/share/icons/scalable/hildon/ if you want icons for the shortcuts.

I'll be back tomorrow for the QBW widgets, which is actually the least hard part next to installing the kernel.

EDIT: Added mirror.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 28 2010, 11:25 AM

yeah..tomorow cuti meh..ahaha..

download the latest version k..

something 10.2010.19.-1

eiraku, cant download ur CPUControl.zip
shows index.php...???
thanks alot...b4 i could try out the previous instruction given by u, u come up wit a better 1...many many thank u...