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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-10-12, 10:55
Replies: 4
Views: 3,931
Posted By pwm
Re: SD card gets mounted "read only"

Have you checked for file system corruption?

Problems found with the file system is a common cause for a file system being mounted read-only - giving the user a chance to save files before...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-10-10, 21:45
Replies: 28
Views: 8,972
Posted By pwm
Re: I'm about to let my N900 go because of thumbnailer daemon

I don't expect a new and high-end product to be released and working 100% perfect from day one. I can't release such software myself. But I expect a manufacturer to stand behind their product until...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-10-10, 19:26
Replies: 28
Views: 8,972
Posted By pwm
Re: I'm about to let my N900 go because of thumbnailer daemon

But are you claiming that Microsoft or Apple left it up to the users to figure out how to solve problems with their operating systems or their applications? Because if that isn't your claim, then...
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2010-10-03, 15:17
Replies: 97
Views: 44,765
Posted By pwm
Re: Meego 1.1 RC?

The term release candidate seems to have received a new meaning.

A release candidate is not an alpha or beta. It should contain the full functionality, be thought to be (almost) bug free and be...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-09-30, 13:45
Replies: 3
Views: 3,897
Posted By pwm
Re: N900 Headphones

Just notice that you may get some drop outs sometimes depending on amount of WLAN activity. Normally ok for me at home or at work but do happen when walking central city streets with huge numbers of...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-09-28, 20:17
Replies: 21
Views: 8,848
Posted By pwm
Re: How do I play Videos Full Screen ?

I'm a bit confused. Why do you want the video to fill the full screen?

When viewing a movie on an old-style 4:3 TV, there was two options.

1) The TV only shows the middle part of the movie....
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-09-11, 22:58
Replies: 19
Views: 5,002
Posted By pwm
Re: Is GPS radio-silent (not in A-GPS mode)?

Note that a lot of sites just uses your IP number to get a rough guestimate of location. This does not work well with mobile units using ppp, since the IP number your unit gets doesn't have a strong...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-09-11, 22:54
Replies: 19
Views: 5,002
Posted By pwm
Re: Is GPS radio-silent (not in A-GPS mode)?

With GPRS/3G/WLAN/BT off, it is almost silent. Yes - as all other electronics, there is a bit of EMI from the processor, any DC/DC, oscillators, ... But not much different from a more powerful...
Forum: Community 2010-09-08, 15:28
Replies: 35
Views: 10,857
Posted By pwm
Re: [Council] Influence Nokia by voting in a poll on N900 multitasking

Watch out a bit for more than a single reason.
We may on one hand like the phones. But we also have reasons to not like them. Thing like:
- what happend to commercial applications when Nokia...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-09-07, 16:52
Replies: 12
Views: 3,784
Posted By pwm
Re: N900 Boot Loop Water damaged

It may work after it has tried up.

You trying to start it while wet reduces your chances.

If it was salty water, your chances are very low. What kind of dusty environments the phone has been in...
Forum: Applications 2010-09-07, 07:47
Replies: 2
Views: 2,743
Posted By pwm
Re: [Request] Virtual partitions with dynamic size

Sorry, but having a file system in a partition or hidden in a file doesn't make much difference. How would you shrink a file, if the file system in the file is making use of most of the file but...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-09-06, 08:53
Replies: 3
Views: 2,545
Posted By pwm
Re: screen damaged

Your digitizer is damaged. The dent makes the digitizer see a false press when you remove the pen/finger, which means the digitizer reports a quick move from the correct location and to a neighbour...
Forum: General 2010-09-02, 08:35
Replies: 29
Views: 9,951
Posted By pwm
Re: Important: Ovi Files Service Notice

I have always been of he oppinion that the N900 software would have looked a lot different if important Nokia staff had been required to live with it for say a month - with no right to use any other...
Forum: General 2010-09-01, 09:53
Replies: 10
Views: 3,611
Posted By pwm
Re: Over Clock - Potential Issues

Having spent more than 10 years with embedded programming, I'm well familiar with sleeping processors, thank you, so don't blow a gasket ;)

But where did I claim that the processor would idle at...
Forum: General 2010-09-01, 07:52
Replies: 10
Views: 3,611
Posted By pwm
Re: Over Clock - Potential Issues

Definitely check with "top" where the CPU time gets consumed.

If the phone is slowing down, it is far better to fix the problem instead of throwing more MHz on the problem. You'll just get a...
Forum: General 2010-08-31, 12:58
Replies: 39
Views: 7,650
Posted By pwm
Re: Features for next device

My main interest: Support the current hardware with stable software.
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-08-25, 17:15
Replies: 8
Views: 2,981
Posted By pwm
Re: Female voices clear and loud, Male voices can't be separated

Note that GSM phones for different countries may also use different parameters when compressing voice data - such that a japanese phone handles frequency ranges differently than an european phone.
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-08-25, 14:50
Replies: 26
Views: 9,253
Posted By pwm
Re: N900 Sporadically Heats Up and Drains Battery Quickly

I have several times had a hildon process hang, drawing 100% CPU. Phone get really warm and runs quickly through the battery.

I can switch between desktops, make phone calls and use running...
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