i might get the n8 or n10 or n11 or n20.... but my n900 is here to stay...

hang and no respond or reboot itself ?

afaik OC wont cause hang and no respond.

but OC might cause hang and reboot if you applied one of the low voltage profile...

time to read the front page if you dont know what is reflash.

for comparison, on a PC, you format and reinstall windows.

for mobile phones, you reflash...

what OC kenel are you using ? titan's or lehto's ?

you are absolutely right.

there is no way to do a repair install like windows.

reflashing means right back to factory settings.

on n900, there is system flash = fiasco image

and user space flash = emmc.

user files mostly on emmc.

you can choose to just flash system = fiasco and ignore emmc, in which case your files will still be there...

but its not advisable as its like reinstalling windows but not deleting my documents, program files and desktop folder.

better to backup and reflash both = complete restore to factory settings.

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Added on October 18, 2010, 4:31 pmi guess you are using lehto's fixed OC kernel then.

try to flash something lower if its not stable...

This post has been edited by jananan: Oct 18 2010, 04:31 PM

did you try the 800mhz ?

repeat the same steps but try the 750 or 700mhz...

with the amount of apps for n900, they (admin) should create a new category in Technical Support Area.

wah... i wonder what else inside his dropbox...

you have to ask the owner of the dropbox...

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Added on October 19, 2010, 2:44 pmbought a cheap nokia X2 yesterday for a friend,

guess what, the camera app saves the image in .NRW (nokia raw) format before processing it and saving a jpeg copy and then deletes the .NRW file.

RAW support in series 40 is here... built-in and hidden from normal user.

anyway the nokia X2 is kinda loud and noisy. beats both n900 and n8 in raw audio loudness, not so much in quality audio reproduction.

This post has been edited by jananan: Oct 19 2010, 02:44 PM

havent try the OTG yet...

kinda weird... series 40 with OTG...

i am too busy to be the TS... i might go missing for 2-3 days and you guys might make police report !!

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Added on October 20, 2010, 6:17 amGPU needs power as well. running 2 chips uses more power than running just one.

look at intel core i series systems - integrated processor / graphics = less power consumption

and compare to, lets say, amd rig + some pci express graphics = more power consumption


imho, why symbian (as well as series 40) devices dont drain battery as badly as n900, i have to use the word 'badly' since it is bad.


- symbian/series 40 somewhat closed ecosystem (even though symbian is now Open Source, not as open as Maemo)

- more integrated processes running in background (highly integrated, rogue processes can be 100% eliminated)

- no extra daemons / services running in background (n900 has tons running - some rogue even, some not 100% nokia tested, some that is borrowed directly from debian/ubuntu code (code that is meant to run on desktops mostly and code that is not aware of system-wide power policies), which in turn kills the battery quickly even during standby

- and look at series 40 devices, even lesser background processes (everything is loaded only when needed and no multitasking) and 100% closed ecosystem (somewhat like the iphone) that translates to even lesser power consumption when idle

- conclusion - the simpler the system is - the better the battery life.

- nokia's answer to that prayer = Meego.

- Meego is being developed from scratch while Maemo was thrown together from code snippets from various Unix/Linux based desktop OSes and vague routines were applied in the OS to (try to) save power while providing an usable environment.

- with Meego, i dare predict that battery life, at least standby battery life will increase drastically. But of course you cant expect that in Meego v1.x since Meego is made to be "code once, run on many devices" (just like Android is, we all know how sucky Android 1.6 was)

It will take some time before they get it right with Meego, but when they do, expect stellar battery life with almost Maemo like experience.

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Added on October 20, 2010, 6:27 amat least u can pinch zoom now... (the entire multi-touch agenda is based on pinch zoom and gaming).

no pun intended.

i dont think multi-touch has benefited the smartphone revolution that much.

This post has been edited by jananan: Oct 20 2010, 06:27 AM

what the.... just found out nokia X2 can charge from standard nokia 2mm charger as well as the micro-usb port...

nokia is full of surprises recently...

next thing you know - monochrome candybars will have WLAN...

Multitouch is just an extra gesture that can be used for gaming. it has certainly not revolutionized gaming.

Consoles / Handheld Consoles and the humble PC have revolutionized gaming.

take for example, the Nintendo Wii, the wireless motion sensing controller is just a new interface for gaming, nothing revolutionary.

Nintendo has been making consoles and games for ages...

Joysticks were revolutionary. The mouse was revolutionary. Touch screen was revolutionary.

Multitouch is just an added advantage when playing games on touch based interface.

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Added on October 20, 2010, 7:47 amof course i know the N8 does that...

the year is 2010, nokia would be dumb if they did not enable usb charging on all their usb equipped devices...

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Added on October 20, 2010, 7:53 amlets hope these are just rumors... and lets hope the actual PR 1.3 is going to have more stuff and more bugs squashed.

a lot of the bugs submitted are being ignored by nokia... its like 'we know, but who cares'

for starters i dont think n900 has issues with autofocus speed...

and only slight improvements in the map application ? if they were planning to ignore the map application on maemo platform, why ship n900 with GPS ?

might as well just ditch the GPS chip and antenna and save some cost.

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Added on October 20, 2010, 7:54 amusually i leave my browser open on my office PC.

when i come in the morning

- n900 thread - maybe 100 new posts overnight

- n8 thread - 600+ new posts overnight

they sure are an excited bunch over there....

This post has been edited by jananan: Oct 20 2010, 07:54 AM

http://gizmodo.com/5667723/why-were-not-re...ng-the-nokia-n8

biased sh...

This post has been edited by jananan: Oct 20 2010, 08:54 AM

you guys have to pardon Gizmodo, they dont have time to review N8...

because they are busy reviewing more important things...

http://gizmodo.com/5667719/app-turns-every...-justin-biebers

i am talking about Gizmodo as a whole.

but this guy's article is quite good actually. Quality article.

http://gizmodo.com/5634258/the-most-popula...ne-in-the-world

i am not saying that because he is talking about Nokia. I like the way he writes about simple things that we take for granted.

I, for one, like to keep a bit of fingernail. cutting nails too short just does not feel right.

i look like an idiot when i try to hit the buttons and links with the flesh on the side of my fat thumb to get things going on capacitive screen.

"Android is a complete mess when it comes to OS maintenance and developers targeting and testing for different models"

uncle steve said android is bad because its fragmented.

but that would also mean windows xp and windows 7 is bad as well, since it runs on most, if not all x86 PC hardware...

actually if you turn it the other way round, Android is good because they can run it on most devices running on ARM architecture as well as x86 (unix/linux roots anyway)

iOS su*ks since it only runs on a single device.

why these games are called HD games ? the game 3D engine renders at 720p or 1080p resolution ?

guess not...

just marketing gimmick. now everything is about 3D and HD...

btw i am getting sick of all those advertisements in newspaper about 3D HDTVs that cost RM20k above...