Would be great to have an app like this (available for Android), which allows adjustment of clock speed at runtime, there're also several profiles and failsafe settings, profiles are good for limiting the processing for different situation.
Example: If we know we would watch long hour video, might not be a good idea to run > 600Mhz which running at constant 100% CPU, higher risk of damaging the CPU. Probably just set it at max 550Mhz or 600Mhz.

http://rootyourdroid.info/guides/overclocking-the-droid/


As for the USB port issue, AFAIK, it only affected pre-production model, it should be fixed for Production models. Maybe they're some unlucky ones which still face this problem? No idea.

Huh? what instruction? Just download it from App Manager, as long as you have enable the extras-testing and extras-devel.

You might notice the battery drops faster from 96%/97% to around 80%++
It depends on your charge. Usually, if you left it charging after it's full, it actually stops charging (cut off).
So, if you leave it and later when you unplugged the charge, it will still show 96%/97%, but it usually drops very fast down to around 80%++. This I believe is because the battery actually already discharged during the cut off.
It won't recharge until your battery drops below certain percentage, I believe should be 85% (safety feature).
But if you let it charge full and unplugged immediately, it can retain longer.
Or you can try charging it when the battery below 85%, when it's full, try unplug the charger and see the difference.

Another thing is try turn off the other 3 desktop and leave your main desktop less widget, to preserve more battery.
For the battery widget, you can set it's refresh interval to longer/etc so that it don't use too much power.
If you have "System Info Widget", check and make sure the processor and ram usage is normal.

Also depends on the other 3 desktop what you put. If you put any widget that has refresh capabilities or updates, etc. It will definitely consume battery even very little.
If you just put shortcut, then I think there might have no difference or too little to tell.

Simply put, to conserve more battery, make your phone as simple as possible.

Another rumour is in June, after the competition:

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=666733#post666733

The updates in leaked PR1.2 is disappointing, hope they actual PR1.2 is a MAJOR difference. And yes, you NOT only required to re-install eveything, you need to re-DOWNLOAD everything; Unless you keep the installation files, actually they should give the option to save the installation files. Plus, the App Manager is resource heavy, when it's running, better to let it finish its job first. Hope they're able to improve on that.

I've never experience the wifi batt drain bug honestly. Maybe there's something you installed?

They need more stable hildon-desktop and all the core processes, better memory management for these processes so it doesn't hang or stop responding to ensure smoothness.

Anyway, Android 2.2 Froyo update list looks extremely promising, with Flash 10.1 and claimed improvements of up to 5X and it's coming in June???. The Droid/Milestone running 2.1 is already very smooth. Nokia has lotsa catch-up to do, and they should pay more attention to N900 as I see them concerntrates a lot on MeeGo project, and also Symbian^3. N900 is sort of like an unfinished product, they should first emphasize on it first, but seems to me, they're preparing for MeeGo device to replace this N900 and save all the hassle. Hope they can really put more attention on N900. It's a superb device but with very poor support and updates from Nokia, the community support is far far better.

This post has been edited by Andy214: May 21 2010, 02:24 PM

Basically no need setting from N900. It's very simple and straighforward.

Just need to set port forwarding from the router, and set static IP for your PC/laptop.
Need to configure the Windows Firewall too (or any other firewall or possibly security one may have that may block access).

Yea, but actually, just check your Internet IP everyday before you leave home, then most of the time, the IP won't change so you can still VNC/Remote to your PC.
Else go for Dynamic DNS, or subscribe for static IP, haha

Haha, famous ma

Anyway, so far, for VNC, if you check daily your IP, it's still OK la. Sometimes I notice the same IP maintain for quite long. Another way is, disconnect and re-connect everyday, get the new IP when you leave.
AFAIK, for Dynamic IP, they don't allow the same IP to be used for long sessions.

They emphasize a lot on MeeGo, it's development is consistent and very fast, but PR1.2 takes ages. Previous MeeGo release (console version) there was a date mentioned and accurately it was launch on that date. Now they announce MeeGo 1.0. They're really neglecting PR1.2, it's very sad....

Btw, Android 2.2 already available for Nexus One, and it comes with Flash 10.
The others will need to wait as there is customization for each manufacturer.


It's zee battery... even when you put your phone to charge, you'll feel the warmness, or you can call it hot.
If you have the DC-11 Nokia Charger, when you used it to charge you can feel the DC-11 gets warm, or you can call it hot.

Android is not overrated if compared with iPhone OS. If you're talking about technicals and hardcore/intermediate-advance users, iPhone OS just doesn't fit, it's too strict, basic and simplified, there's no advance options, everything is controlled, it's far worst than my the first generation Nokia Symbian phones or the first Pocket PC OS (now Windows Mobile).

No offence, but true smartphones users are ALWAYS looking for a device that is as close to a computer as possible, thus a mobile computer. Even the first generation Nokia Symbian have better flexibility and works more like a computer.

iPhone OS excels in it's graphics, smoothness, animations; There's no doubt about that and I have to give it to Apple, they have the best graphics and/or animation so far, nobody even able to come close. Even Windows after so many generation, can't really come close to Apple OS.

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Added on May 25, 2010, 9:26 amThe changelog for froyo sounds promising (especially performance improvements, even 2.0 to 2.1, there's improvements in terms of performance), but the change log for PR1.2 isn't; they still didn't add those basic features that a phone should have, Nokia has so many experiencein Symbian and they should know what's important and good, they should at least provide those. There's a recent interview with one of the MD, seems they didn't plan for many of the features to be included as of the interview. That's really disappointing man...
I've been using the leaked PR1.2, it's more stable than PR1.1.1, but the changes is really really *not much*

Don't get me wrong, I like this phone, it's great, but doesn't mean we don't need a better software, improvements, etc.

Maemo and MeeGo looks quite different from the UI. From the screenshots of MeeGo, it feels like Android style to me. I like Maemo, it's totally different and unique from others. I hope MeeGo will follow suit.

Anyway, MeeGo is Meego, we should still have updates for PR1.2. It's not about bad thing or good thing, we're using the N900, but lack of support and attention, they're focusing on something that's not yet available and nobody is using. When MeeGo 1.0 is launch, it might still not be stable yet, they still need to go trough proper testing and so on. N900, if able to install MeeGo 1.0, is probably a white mouse to test this OS before they launch the actual MeeGo device. Honestly speaking.

I own a French car, also this is a French phone, sorry to say, both have similar problems. And from the french car company, I get to know a little on how the French works.
They have great products, but they lack of providing good support and attention to the owners.


This post has been edited by Andy214: May 25 2010, 09:26 AM

Go to NovaCell, there's a good car holder which you can twist for landscape or portrait view, it's using spring like can bengkok easily. AND, it's only RM15.

Yup, screw one would be better, but will cost more and harder to find.

Spring one, depend how you positioned it, so far mine is OK, can watch movie too.

Nokia is a France product right? Hehe.

Actually true, without the community, the N900 will be so dead and lack of apps, support and so on. Nokia should thank the community.

This one has no problem with it.

Oh darn, fail my geography

Thanks bro!

Already VNC home and downloading the firmware now... OMG, can't wait to go home...

Was using 2G/2.5G connect VNC, the refresh rate is real slow, and at first cannot find the firmware, keep reload the page still can't find... LoL! It was place on top! Usually the latest firmware as I remember is place at the bottom of the page... LoL

I also notice there's India PR1.2. Btw, I'm downloading the GLOBAL firmware.

OMG, can't wait to update!

This post has been edited by Andy214: May 25 2010, 03:22 PM

It's official. Or, do you mean from Nokia Software Updater?

Global Firmware is available bro! I'm downloading it!

The main thing is to set your router and PC security (e.g. Firewall).

Have you done port forwarding? You have to do it from the router. After you install VNC on your PC, start the VNC server, there you can configure the password, port, etc.

1. set up Static (fixed) IP for your PC
2. Select a Port number and go to your router configuration and set the port forwarding configuration. It's should be very straightforward where you input your PC IP address and the Port for the VNC.
3. Save the settings and restart your router.
4. If you have Windows Firewall enable, you need to add the port to EXCEPTIONS, and if you have other firewall/similar security, you need to add the port to the exceptions or allow access.

Once everything is set, start VNC Server on your PC.
Go to http://www.whatismyip.com
Get the Internet IP Address.

Start VNC Viewer on your N900
Input the IP Address and connect.
If the connection is successful you'll be prompted a password entry, else you'll need to wait for timeout.

If unable to connect, make sure the port forwarding is done correctly and no other security is blocking the connections.
You can try to connect from another PC to test also.

This post has been edited by Andy214: May 25 2010, 03:31 PM

Any Flash 10?

Android 2.2 already get Flash 10...

from tablet.nokia.dev site, it's official site for the firmware releases.

If your phone fails during NSU/AppMan, you'll need to rely on this, so doesn't matter if you don't plan to use the flasher tool, always download the firmware from there for backup. In case the NSU failure or something went wrong, you still have backup. If not, something happen only you want to download, it'll take some time to download the firmware, *especially now*, super slow.

At least with Flash 10, we can access Flash 10 sites and play games which requires Flash 10.....

It's not about overhyped or not, having something is better than not having. It's a NICE to have. Don't be like Apple or Steve, just because they can't provide, so they give excuses. N900 deserves update of Flash 10, there's a demo of Flash 10 on N900 long ago.


The leaked PR1.2 is same version with HK version.