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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2019-06-17, 16:57
Replies: 30
Views: 16,415
Posted By jdb2
Talking Re: New Nokia N900 in 2019

I'll need to find the link -- assuming it still works. I have the file. I guess anyone can just PM me and I'll send it to them. :) Better would be some place to host the file, but I don't want to get...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2019-06-17, 15:34
Replies: 30
Views: 16,415
Posted By jdb2
Talking Re: New Nokia N900 in 2019

Thanks so much! :D

Regards,

jdb2
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2019-06-17, 15:33
Replies: 30
Views: 16,415
Posted By jdb2
Smile Re: New Nokia N900 in 2019

I do have the PR 1.3.1 firmware image, which I think was the last to be released by Nokia ( found it after much googling ). The file is named "RX-51_2009SE_21.2011.38-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin". I...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2019-06-17, 14:57
Replies: 30
Views: 16,415
Posted By jdb2
Smile Re: New Nokia N900 in 2019

Thank you very much for all the info :) I just mistook your explanation of the situation as meaning that it wouldn't be worth it or something.

Thanks and regards,

jdb2
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2019-06-17, 14:53
Replies: 30
Views: 16,415
Posted By jdb2
Talking Re: New Nokia N900 in 2019

Well, my U.S. N900 which I bought when they were first released has PR1.3 and CSSU ( perhaps thumb? ) along with Uboot or Bootmenu ( I can't remember which ). It also has a re partitioned file system...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2019-06-16, 20:43
Replies: 30
Views: 16,415
Posted By jdb2
Talking Re: New Nokia N900 in 2019

Heh -- I hope you're just being facetious :D I now have two N900s and I'm refurbishing my older one. I just thought that your comments "Also in cssu instructions there are other repositories old...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2019-06-16, 19:59
Replies: 30
Views: 16,415
Posted By jdb2
Smile Re: New Nokia N900 in 2019

Thanks so much for the very informative reply! :D I've actually owned an N900 since when it was first released, but it's fallen into disrepair. My new N900 is really just a novelty and is a part of...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2019-06-16, 19:08
Replies: 30
Views: 16,415
Posted By jdb2
Smile New Nokia N900 in 2019

Hello :) I recently bought a new-in-box Nokia N900 off of eBay. It was the EU Finnish / Suomi version, but it was still qwerty so I didn't really care :)

To get to the question, the version of my...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-30, 16:38
Replies: 11
Views: 9,093
Posted By jdb2
Unhappy Re: Trying to resurrect dead Nokia N9

Well, after much research, it appears that the information on the Samsung eMMC part that is used in the Nokia N9 / N950 is proprietary and not available. I don't what what the structure of the FTL (...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-13, 17:19
Replies: 4
Views: 2,568
Posted By jdb2
Re: N9 battery clearance sale [Finland]

There are a few new BV-5JW batteries available from North America on eBay. See eg. :...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-13, 17:01
Replies: 4
Views: 2,568
Posted By jdb2
Smile Re: N9 battery clearance sale [Finland]

Well, Stellatech has them "on request" : https://stellatech.com/en/nokia-lumia-800-battery-li-ion-bv-5jw-1450mah,a,811567.html/ .

I have what seems to be an authentic N9 battery which I got new...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-13, 16:51
Replies: 11
Views: 9,093
Posted By jdb2
Unhappy Re: Trying to resurrect dead Nokia N9

Well, my N9 rootfs recovery efforts have hit an impasse. I tried all the backup superblocks ( whose block numbers have to be multiplied by 4 as I found out in my case ) but when I try to mount the...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-09, 18:55
Replies: 11
Views: 9,093
Posted By jdb2
Question Re: Trying to resurrect dead Nokia N9

Does anyone have the datasheet for the 64GiB eMMC? The only reference I could find to "JTAG" in the schematics were connections on the OMAP processor. I think that the part number for the eMMC is...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-09, 17:44
Replies: 11
Views: 9,093
Posted By jdb2
Question Re: Trying to resurrect dead Nokia N9

Well, after charging my N9 with the flasher tool and then letting it trickle charge for at least 12 hours, I loaded the Ubiboot rescue kernel into it. I then ran ddrescue 3 times having to recharge...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-03, 16:49
Replies: 11
Views: 9,093
Posted By jdb2
Question Re: Trying to resurrect dead Nokia N9

Thanks for your reply :) It seems that the N9 rescue initrd and kernel doesn't run or enable the charging code either. I say this because I had used it yesterday to export my N9's partitions in the...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-02, 18:03
Replies: 11
Views: 9,093
Posted By jdb2
Question Re: Trying to resurrect dead Nokia N9

Well, it's in /var/malf, but, I need to figure out how to mount the "ext4de" rootfs partition or possibly repair it via Testdisk after I suck off its data via ddrescue.

Thanks,

jdb2
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-02, 17:59
Replies: 11
Views: 9,093
Posted By jdb2
Question Re: Trying to resurrect dead Nokia N9

Thanks for all the replies! :D After having repeatedly trying to get the flasher tool to connect to my N9 by unplugging and re-plugging the USB cable, the flasher finally recognized my N9! :D I then...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2019-03-01, 18:06
Replies: 11
Views: 9,093
Posted By jdb2
Unhappy Trying to resurrect dead Nokia N9

I have a Nokia N9 64GB that I've used without problems for years. Some time ago, I started noticing that the N9 was getting slower and losing battery life. This progressed until the N9 would make a...
Forum: Nokia N900 2019-02-13, 16:29
Replies: 6
Views: 2,839
Posted By jdb2
Re: Where to get replacement parts to fix my N900?

Thanks for all the helpful replies! :)

I ended up buying a new screen, digitizer, keypad and battery off of eBay from the seller mentioned in this thread. Supposedly they're "OEM".

I still need...
Forum: Nokia N900 2019-02-12, 17:32
Replies: 6
Views: 2,839
Posted By jdb2
Where to get replacement parts to fix my N900?

Hello :) I haven't posted on this forum for a while :) I was wondering where one might get replacement parts for a Nokia N900. I need a new battery, a new digitizer, and I need to recase my phone. I...
Forum: Nokia N900 2011-10-06, 21:51
Replies: 0
Views: 1,777
Posted By jdb2
Stable and light-weight MMC based OS for system recovery?

I recently accidentally removed the Busybox package on my N900 but fortunately I'd come up with a plan to fix my rootfs and hopefully suffer zero data loss.

I had planned to back up my SD card...
Forum: Games 2011-09-09, 15:50
Replies: 49
Views: 25,762
Posted By jdb2
Smile Re: Star Trek Tricorder Simulator: ANNOUNCE

Heh. Thanks. :) I wouldn't be a good Trekkie otherwise. ;)

jdb2
Forum: Games 2011-09-09, 14:10
Replies: 49
Views: 25,762
Posted By jdb2
Smile Re: Star Trek Tricorder Simulator: ANNOUNCE

Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I came across this and just had to respond.



I couldn't disagree more. The tricoder was, and still is, ahead of its time. Not only was it a computer...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2011-09-08, 16:38
Replies: 289
Views: 104,865
Posted By jdb2
Exclamation Re: [ANNOUNCE] COMPCACHE on kernel-power (now with notifications)

How is one supposed to get this working with multiboot? When I installed the debs with 'sudo dpkg -i *.deb' and copied the module into /lib/modules/2.6.28.10-power48, rebooted, selected kernel power...
Forum: General 2011-06-05, 02:33
Replies: 5
Views: 3,361
Posted By jdb2
Re: Play HD videos in browser

The Youtube plugin for Mediabox Media Center (http://mediabox.garage.maemo.org/) ( both available in extras-devel ) is similar and I also use it quite often. It works great IMO.

jdb2
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