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Well, at least I did not realize that 02-6 version is actually more recent, since the numbers 39-5 looks like bigger to me...

With only a little time that I've been able to use with N950 stuff so far, those PR1.x numbers did not catch my attention at any web page - at least they give the obvious order for the released firmwares. So thanks for noting this and good links!

I know there is PR1.3 version, but isn't that the leaked one? In other words, it is not official release from Nokia or is it? Is it safe to use?

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@ikkysleepy Ok, so here is how I got my n950 alive again:

1) downloaded the OCF from here: http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/release/N950/firmware/

2) Unpacked it with WinRAR (I used Windows)

3) Used flasher.exe -F img.bin -F emmc.bin -f to charge the device - when it stops charging, reconnect the device and start the flasher again. Repeat until it starts copying the files. Worked for me.

The problem here was that for some reason the secure erase did not work so I just didn't :)

Result: pr1.1 works. Next up: Get pr1.3 to work :)

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I'll try this when I get home, but I don't know that it will work. The phone does begin to charge when the one-click terminal says the phone is too low to flash. The terminal says charging, but after the phone is 1% charged, the phone turns on/off causing the battery to drain to 0%.

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After using the N9 for a few days, I can say this: I was sad when Nokia abandoned the N900 because it was the last of a niche product, a hacker phone. Now I'm annoyed that Elop abandoned the N9, because this phone could have beat the iPhone!

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Quick Update. I'm still having the same issue with the phone looping at 1%. I'm gonna wait till tuesday and try a new charged battery. I don't know if the new battery will fit but if it does it will be awesome because it's rated at 1550mAh;

http://www.amazon.com/1550mAh-Li-ion...keywords=BV-4D

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Well, summary of all available/leaked information ensure us, that it wasn't "just elop faul" - it was end of loooooong process inside Nokia, starting as threating symbian as an religion, some power games between internal departments, etc.

Elop just came as last act of tragedy, but most bad things were set in stone *much* before he arrived. It's just that he appeared to be poison for curing already mortally ill organism ;)

/Estel

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I hope you're not relying on that recently published article that claimed to be the exact chronological account of where/when everything went wrong/why, & has since been heavily promoted as such throughout the entire internet.
The writer himself is an advocate of the current WP-only strategy, & despite not being able to tell us WHO his several sources were (for obvious reasons), did say that most of them STILL work for Nokia & were based in Finland at the time.*
Many elements of it corroborate what some well-known to the community (& others not) have already blogged about, but some of it has never been broached before, & remains highly questionable/fishy.
I'll be waiting for a time when several folks well-known to the maemo/meego/qt community can collaborate on a uncorrupted/detailed account of what happened, when it's safer to do so, which could be yrs/never.
Apologies for the massive derailment, carry-on lucky devs who are getting White "Unicorn" 64GB N950's and N9's! ;-P

*for those that dont know, Harmattan & Meltemi were highly distributed protects, most of those closely involved where everywhere BUT Finland.

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No, I haven't seend that article yet - my interest in post-mortem Nokia's affair is quite limited, to say at least ;) I was referring to many "signs of doom" through years.

/Estel

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It feels like we haven't had any happy "I got my DHL email" / "I received my device" emails for a couple of days - looking at the updated list is there any happy news from the folks below?

• Paolo Angelelli
• fcrochik
• netvandal (not yet)
• kesrut
• marmistrz
• marrat
• saidinesh5
• Wikiwide (not yet)

Oh by the way guys - before you rush to install a leaked pre-release 1.3 on your N950s please remember you have the last of the last in your hands - if you're not 100% confident what you're doing then please take the time to read up on the 1.3 installation, possible problems, and please take a little time to enjoy it first! Hopefully those with problems will get them sorted soon :)

I know i'm sounding very 'square' here, but the idea of new N950s stuck in boot loops give me the creeps..

I'm still rocking PR1.1 on my N950 - I'm keeping it old skool! :cool:

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My package arrived to Israel in two days, but got stuck 5 day in "clearance delay" :(
Today i got phone calll that my package in the way to my address, but i can't get it (work).. Hopefully tomorrow..

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No DHL mail at this time... still waiting and hoping! :)
Thanks

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kojacker: Thanks for your concern.
The n950 arrived at my country on wednesday last week and till today it's status was "Clearance delay". Today, a DHL representative contacted me and told me that the n950 is out of the customs and hopefully will be in my hands tommorow. (I will post again when it arrives)

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Finally my N950 received ! :D
Thank you very much to organizers, voters and other developers !
We have a greate community :)

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Been there, got the boot loop, now running 1.3 :)

The only problem I have so far is that the touch input for the top 20 or so pixels of the n950 don't work - which annoys the hell out of me - no status bar, not top icons for fullscreen apps.. grr! But I got used to tilting the device and sliding for closing apps :)

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Where to download 1.3 ?

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it might be better keeping '1.3 for n950' questions onto more relevent threads, I'd like to keep this one for competition queries as much as possible. There's a few out there already, this is the first search returned - PR 1.3 for N950?

Can you all have a think about our most patient winners - the bounty share winners :)

Way back in june i proposed there would be two bounty shares for each of the 7 categories. From the category share (ie total/7), these would be split 55% for the biggest share and the smaller share 45%. i didn't receive any negative feedback on it, so I'm assuming you're all reasonably happy with that...

We have 100% of the category share left over from the "Location & Navigation" category, but could split it between the two categories with the most entries - "Desktop, Systems, and Utilities" and "Updates.." - 50% to each. it would mean an additional two prizes to each of, e.g., 30% and 20% of a total category share.

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Where's my bounty!!!!! :mad:

Now you don't have to feel bad about us not waiting with baited breath like the N9/N950 winners :). It would have gotten really welcomed to me during this month, but let me tell you whether it comes this or next month it comes to a very dire need indeed.

So I much appreciate it - big thanks to all who donated to the bounty and all who voted for ProfileMatic! And not least big thanks to kojacker for the countless amount of hours you've put into this competition.

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At least everybody here should just post current status, just waiting or already contacted or received. This is not too much to ask for.
As I understood kojacker correctly, there are still people out not having given any feedback of their current status right? I can not believe and would like to use some to-be-moderated-words! :angry:
Please do post/mail/PM your status, even it is just silently waiting. It feel this is the minimum respect to kojacker and the 'bounty sharers'.


Yes, exactly my feeling.
Maybe we/me/any should start a new thread for N950 newbies?
I am already following your linked thread (@schturmann: You find all info here) since I knew I would get one. And did not see any problems or concerns to use PR1.3. Have everything here, but still on 'cute developer' version ....
Here is another interesting thread about N950.
And another :( one.

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http://twitter.com/SfietKonstantin/s...21030793318401
Looks like Lucien_XU got his N9 ;-)

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Great news! I got my n950 today. So busy setting everything up...

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Quick reply...
Silently waiting. Nothing ever heard about any parcel/DHL/whatever. No letter received from Nokia about it, yet.
Best wishes.
__________________
Per aspera ad astra...

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This is what you get (now), when trying to access
http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/release/N950/firmware/

Seems like Nokia is closing down (already)? :(
Or just temporary?

Hopefully everybody has saved what he needs ...

@wikiwide
Thanks for reply and be patient another few days ...

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I guess I won't be doing any N950 development this weekend...

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Does anybody have any insight into the harmattan-dev website being down?

My new N950 is useless to me without the documentation that was there a few days ago.

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I am also wonder what has happend to the sdk repository. I need libsdl1.2-dev and libsdl-image1.2-dev for harmattan in order to port my game...
If someone has these packages or knows where else to find them please tell me :)

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I guess you should be able to configure apt-get to use copy of repository under http://maemo-archive.wedrop.it/ , please refer to threads http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=87815&page=2 and http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...61#post1292861 for more info or ask user "CrashandDie" directly (it's his backup).

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Hi guys, just a note that qwazix will be our council contact for device distribution :)

The wiki isn't currently editable, but from my understanding the following people have either not received or not reported their device status to us:

• Paolo Angelelli
• fcrochik
• netvandal (not received yet)
• kesrut
• marmistrz
• marrat
• saidinesh5
• Wikiwide (not received yet)

Please give us an update (especially if it's good news :) )

Onto Jack..

I'm a bit worried about this whole "my new N950 is useless to me without the documentation that was there a few days ago".

I don't even remember the website, but there should be enough documentation and help around without what was specifically on this website. There's little you'll be doing that someone hasn't done before, and if you stick with Qt and the sdk the only worry might be adding the correct Aegis credentials for device functionality that requires those - but if you can't find a doc on that then simply google/ask!! Pretty much everything will simply build and install from the sdk, and if you used the Qt sdk for Maemo development there'll be no surprises. Same for python apps, or plain javascript/web apps, or whatever else you want to run. I promise you, the documentation and assistance out there now is a great deal more than what was available when the N950s were first distributed :p You proved you have all the skills you need, have the confidence to get stuck in.

I have a feeling that a lot of the info on that site was contained in a pdf somewhere, someone might have saved that and can provide it for you.

But onto another point.. please raise issues here, but this is not the best place to ask for development help :o A lot of the folks who have experience in developing Haramattan apps in our community are most likely not reading this thread, I suggest for a better response to bring your concerns into the Development forum here, the handset section of the MeeGo forum, on twitter to the #N950club, the Nokia forum.. yadda yadda.. It's going to be your best way to relieve your frustrations and get answers :)

What I'm saying is please don't feel discouraged so quickly! The N950 is a prototype device, running a niche Operating System, it may give you many headaches but it'll also give you a lot of joy if you stick with it.

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/k...er-AimHigh.jpg

If it's genuinely useless to you, the best I can do for you is check with one of the bounty winners if they'd like to swap their money prize with your N950 and I'll pay the cost of shipping personally. That's if you want to keep the prize within the contest community.

Thanks misiak (and CrashandDie too ofcourse for taking the initiative) :)

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Hi Kojacker, the website I was using to get up to speed on Harmattan development was:
http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/docs/library/

I also believe that is where the instructions were to download scratchbox with SDK. To your point, I only plan on sticking to the SDK and to Qt.

The site is now unavailable. I was reading through a lot of the material there and was building up in my mind where/how I could start my development on the N950. I had not yet had a chance to set up my environment as I'm still working on N900 stuff, but now I cannot start without scratchbox or the developer library. Also, the documentation on Aegis was there, too.

I have no clue where else to go for scratchbox and the other harmattan API documentation suite.

Also, I just uploaded my latest version of the app that won me the N950 and I see the autobuilder's last build is from 5 days ago. Is somebody pulling the plug on all of us (officially or non-officially)?

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@aStrike: here is your package. Waiting for reply in backup thread to upload all ~ 7-6GB of harmattan-dev.nokia.com. Someone interested pm me with ftp/ssh details.

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I have received mine in the meantime, I'm so happy :)

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look like harmattan-dev is in maintenance and not closed if i refer to the tweet posted by Ville M. Vainio ‏@vivainio

FYI: harmattan-dev is under maintenance, not terminated /cc

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Hi Kojacker, hi all

sorry to bother you, although I fear it's kinda pointless to ask: what are the chances of getting a replacement N950?

As mentioned I'm having problems with the touch area of the display. I first noticed it when it was impossible to swipe down to close apps. After some testing it turned out that the touch area between 10px and 110px are not responding at all. Meaning: most of the status bar as well top buttons are pretty much "unreachable" for me.

The actual display is working well, it's just the touch area that had a problem from the beginning.

In the mean time I tried multiple versions of MeeGo but it seems it's a hardware issue. Or is that normal for the n950?

Alternative 1: Does anybody know where to get a new screen unit? There is a thread here but the company that once did replacements now doesn't do them anymore.

Alternative 2: Does anybody have a dead device with a working screen unit that he or she is willing to trade for something? Would love to get in touch with you.

Any thoughts / hints? Would love to hear from you all.

p.s. All in all it's not the end of the world - it's still ok to test my software on it, so it's a convenience issue mostly.

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It is not normal. This is the only question I can answer in your post.

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This is great news. Hope to see the maintenance end soon.

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SO happy you received it marrat :) Also, I can confirm that saidenesh5 has received his too.. so that's 2 from our list, here's who we have left to confirm:

• Paolo Angelelli
• fcrochik
• netvandal (not yet)
• kesrut
• marmistrz
• Wikiwide (not yet)

Thanks Khertan, yep. Btw all you twitter users, Ville is a great source of help, news and updates on Qt development so you should all add him to your twitter feed if you haven't already. Also, I like to think of him as the Kerry King look-a-like of Qt.

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k2...erryKingQt.png

Oh no dirksonguer.. that's rotten luck :( Hmm.. I'm not sure if there's any warranty with the N950 and I believe we have posted out the very last of the last remaining at Nokia. What we can do is to ask qwazix to reach out to the Nokia rep (once he gets all the details, hopefully later in the week) just to see if there's anything they can suggest. I think that might be a long shot though :( Hopefully we can get you some help from within the community. I understand what you mean about the convenience issue.. a lot of the options for networks etc are available from the status bar press.

Get with the times jackburton :p Yep twitter is definitely your friend. I don't know anything about scratchbox as I don't develop on linux, could you use the Qt Creator IDE to develop within instead? For the meantime anyway?

If you're completely stuck without anything for Harmattan, I believe a version of the Qt SDK containing the Harmattan target, compilation tool chain and Qt creator is currently available for download via the following link:

http://www.developer.nokia.com/info/...f8/Qt_SDK.html

But yes, the sooner the maintenance is over the better.

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Haven't been much of a Twitter user before, but now I have a reason to check it out. Thanks. Looking forward to the maintenance to end.

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Jack, is this the resource from harmattan-dev you were waiting for?

http://www.developer.nokia.com/info/...n_Library.html

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Excellent! This is exactly the documentation I need.

Now all I need is scratchbox installer.

According to the documentation (which I downloaded from the link you gave, thanks so much again!):

Problem is that the download link is under maintenance, too.
http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/platform-sdk

Does anybody have a mirror or copy of the scratchbox sdk installer?

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here you go...

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sweeeeeeet.