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Forum: General 2011-08-21, 14:38
Replies: 15
Views: 4,347
Posted By bfritsch
Re: N900, terrible !!!

tinysmb is your friend - the n900 will show up as a shared folder on your home network.
Forum: Nokia N900 2011-07-28, 20:04
Replies: 19
Views: 7,072
Posted By bfritsch
Re: N900 SIM Problem

I have the same problem.

Because the problem can initially be delayed by putting pressure on the sim card slot I have a feeling it's a broken/loose connection on the mother board. There may be a...
Forum: Nokia N900 2011-07-16, 15:00
Replies: 243
Views: 163,352
Posted By bfritsch
Re: all telephony functions ... are disabled due to a communication error - anyone else experiencing this?

hope it works for you, but...

the same kind of solution worked for me for about 3 or 4 days and then the problem came back and would not go away no matter what i did.
Forum: Nokia N900 2011-06-22, 11:35
Replies: 243
Views: 163,352
Posted By bfritsch
Re: all telephony functions ... are disabled due to a communication error - anyone else experiencing this?

I've had this problem for about a week now. Intermittent at first but now it has reached the point where I have lost all ability to use the N900 as a phone.

It seems to be a hardware problem...
Forum: General 2011-03-30, 13:11
Replies: 11
Views: 3,301
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Youtube, WTF?

Youtube on MicroB works for me.
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-10-31, 12:00
Replies: 48
Views: 12,551
Posted By bfritsch
Re: SIM card "disconnects" all the time after PR1.3

I have the same issue but it only happens with my second battery (cheap no-brand immitation). It never happens with the original OEM battery that came with the N900.

My guess is that it has to do...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-10-12, 18:34
Replies: 30
Views: 8,629
Posted By bfritsch
Re: N900 water damage solution

Nokia 5800 uses the same battery and is far more common than the N900
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-10-12, 10:51
Replies: 2,626
Views: 1,210,889
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Problems with N900 USB port becoming broken / loose and resulting warranty & repair issues

There have been reports of USB ports becoming loose despite grinding the connector teeth.
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-10-11, 23:26
Replies: 631
Views: 253,699
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Firmware 1.3 on its way????

For some reason someone posted the following on the "Jaaksi leaving" thread (not sure about the source):

Good news pups;

Code:
Comment #30 from Eero Tamminen (Nokia) 2010-09-30 14:17:27...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-10-11, 23:16
Replies: 2,626
Views: 1,210,889
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Problems with N900 USB port becoming broken / loose and resulting warranty & repair issues

Just wanted to say that, being across the ocean from the US where I got my N900 - and therefore warranty service would be a major pain, I am so scared of this USB thing happening to me I reduced my...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-09-26, 17:02
Replies: 12
Views: 4,851
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Did you know you can..

Someone posted about this somewhere once -

One of the big advantages of this for me is that I can place pointers to files on the desktop by adding a browser shortcut to the file address.

This...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-09-02, 09:19
Replies: 42
Views: 20,071
Posted By bfritsch
Re: [Poll] Does your N900 'forget' time & date after battery change?

I change the battery every day (avoiding usb issues...)

It never resets the time/date, but then again i never have it out for more than five seconds.
Forum: General 2010-09-02, 05:48
Replies: 29
Views: 9,757
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Important: Ovi Files Service Notice

Ovi Files may not have been natively supported on the N900, but it definitely was accessible through the web interface.

I know because I used it.

It was a primitive service, and probably not...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-07-29, 09:39
Replies: 153
Views: 49,362
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Screen glitches on incomming call with PR1.2

Download the file to your "n900" folder - that's what the "MyDocs" folder is called in the file download box in your phone's browser.
Forum: Applications 2010-07-13, 21:59
Replies: 278
Views: 122,155
Posted By bfritsch
Forum: Applications 2010-07-02, 16:59
Replies: 145
Views: 52,411
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Documents To Go Premium Trial on Ovi store

downloaded and installed, but i am getting an "unknown error" message when i try to start a new doc. existing docs open fine most of the time, if they are in office 97 format

uninstalled and...
Forum: Applications 2010-06-24, 10:58
Replies: 145
Views: 52,411
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Documents To Go Premium Trial on Ovi store

I agree it looks like someone jumped the gun on this, but it does show everything is set up for the premium edition to come out shortly.

This is both on the ovi store and on dataviz's website,...
Forum: Competitors 2010-06-17, 19:35
Replies: 20
Views: 6,093
Posted By bfritsch
Forum: Applications 2010-06-17, 13:07
Replies: 168
Views: 317,276
Posted By bfritsch
Re: how to play ms office files on n900?

Open Office (in easy debian) works with only minor bugs, but takes a lifetime to start up.

Abiword is much quicker but buggy as hell.

Documents to go costs $20, is viewer only, but fairly...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-06-02, 19:30
Replies: 21
Views: 6,662
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Problem with extras-devel in PR1.2 (helpdesk thread closed)

Yeah, you have to be very careful with the settings - they are case sensitive and space sensitive.
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-06-02, 19:07
Replies: 21
Views: 6,662
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Problem with extras-devel in PR1.2 (helpdesk thread closed)

That's similar to the notice I got.

could you post a screen shot showing the other fields in the repository configuration? (catalog name etc.)
Forum: Applications 2010-06-02, 19:03
Replies: 61
Views: 46,145
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Abiword now on n900

Installed it a couple of days ago and the font styles (bold/underline etc.) buttons are there.

However, I am having another problem. In the paragraph format menu, when I check/uncheck the "right...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-06-02, 18:50
Replies: 21
Views: 6,662
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Problem with extras-devel in PR1.2 (helpdesk thread closed)

Had the same problem. Had to fill in the other fields in the repository definitions as they appear for the testing repository with the obvious changes:
Catalog Name: Maemo.org Extras-Devel
Web...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-05-13, 09:41
Replies: 2,355
Views: 1,170,173
Posted By bfritsch
Re: Adobe Flash Player 10: When will the update arrive?

Just a side note -

The TBS website that Adobe used to demonstrate "Flash 10.1" on the N900 back in October runs just fine with the Micro b as is.

Funny...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-05-12, 19:40
Replies: 2,355
Views: 1,170,173
Posted By bfritsch
Re: latest news about flash 10

Who is that Tam Alan guy?

Is he from Adobe? Doesn't seem to be an admin or anything like that on the forum.

edit: oops, he's a senior product manager at Adobe. guess he knows what he's talking...
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