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2019-08-18 , 10:35
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And of my linux knowledge: I have used and installed the last ten years different linux distros for very old low end computers as well as for some newer. Main problems have been with too little ram, resolution, wifi, 3D acceleration and printers. For these I have found answers with google search or from youtube. I have never needed to know more but with N900 it is different. The systems lacks as a default many commands, it is armel, there is cssu with default apps but then testing which only has some that work or you only find from devel repos. Repos have been hard to find. Then on the forum when people talk they mention needed packages to get things done which are found only from development repo. And then suddenly I can't install packages needed cause they conflict with my distribution which I have put together as guided from a scratch. So in here there are many challenges for me.
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Decided that I give peace to you all and gonna reflash my device. Thanks again for everybody of your help and shared wisdom. Try my best to hear and follow.

Case closed. Over and out.
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Done reflash. Installed cssu testing. Enabled cssu devel. Installed KP53 and battery patch. Installing apps and changing settings. It takes time.Have not yet understood the cloning stuff.
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Originally Posted by maemish
Have not yet understood the cloning stuff
- install bootmenu
- switch off
- if not already done, install an additional uSD card if you don't have it
- switch your device on with open keyboard
- select backupmenu
- select option B
- select option T (backup both OptFS and RootFS)
- wait
done, reboot

Next time you need to bring your device at that very specific point in time:
- switch it off
- switch it on
- select backupmenu
- and chose restore backup optioin

that's it.

I am currently on my 5th -scavenged and frankesteinezed- N900, never lost any single bit of my data tanks to very recent backups when the worst happened on me (two faulty digitizers, one usb port broken and one 'missing telephony' modem fault)
 

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There is backupmenu and bootmenu. Do you know differencies? I recall that in some instructions/thread there was a mention "unless you use fanoush bootmenu". So there should not be any problem with cssu testing/devel or with kernel-power? Or is it the same if I use the backupmenu?
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Originally Posted by jurop88 View Post
- install bootmenu
- switch off
- if not already done, install an additional uSD card if you don't have it
- switch your device on with open keyboard
- select backupmenu
- select option B
- select option T (backup both OptFS and RootFS)
- wait
done, reboot

Next time you need to bring your device at that very specific point in time:
- switch it off
- switch it on
- select backupmenu
- and chose restore backup optioin

that's it.

I am currently on my 5th -scavenged and frankesteinezed- N900, never lost any single bit of my data tanks to very recent backups when the worst happened on me (two faulty digitizers, one usb port broken and one 'missing telephony' modem fault)
Well that is actually a very good tip! Thanks a lot mate! Does it save messages (sms) and programs data too (mostly Opera, since they ended opera link back in the days all the data and bookmarks I backed up are on the N900) ? I have not flashed my n900 since 2014, I was too afraid to lose those files and messages but if there is a way to, like you said, "bring the device at the very specific point in time" I would take it
Thanks again! Very good tip!
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installed it, I have an sdcard in (not empty though and it is ext3). It only shows two options: either to boot maemo 5 or then another about power off. Doesn't give any backupmenu options.
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ouch, my fault, you need to install backupmenu too, of course. That's the real deal and why bootmenu does not offer you the backupmenu option
It had been a long time since I did this on all of my N900s and memories fade with time, specially with a working setup
 

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Hyvä hyvä.. Yritänpä uusiks. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by jurop88 View Post
ouch, my fault, you need to install backupmenu too, of course. That's the real deal and why bootmenu does not offer you the backupmenu option
It had been a long time since I did this on all of my N900s and memories fade with time, specially with a working setup
It's been a long time for me too, but isn't backupmenu a dependency of bootmenu? How can you even install the latter without having the former?
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