Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

~ $
~ $ ls -la /etc/hildon-desktop/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 872 Jan 15 00:22 .
drwxr-xr-x 82 root root 8752 Feb 18 18:17 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178 Oct 2 08:19 home.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 434 Nov 3 08:50 home.plugins
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1 Nov 13 12:28 home.plugins.real.dpkg-new
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 453 Nov 13 12:28 home.safe-set
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1810 Nov 13 12:28 notification-groups.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156 Oct 2 08:19 notification.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 77 Oct 2 08:19 notification.safe-set
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165 Sep 8 16:43 status-menu.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3044 Dec 3 08:54 status-menu.plugins

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Right, I am missing a file. Sorry to be a pain but..... could you

cat home.plugins

And post the result (assuming it contains nothing sensitive), thanks for the help. Annoyingly it doesn't seem to have broke anything.

TIA (again).

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

cat: can't open 'home.plugins': No such file or directory
~ $

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

sorry, the file's in that directory:
cat /etc/hildon-desktop/home.plugins

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

~ $ cat /etc/hildon-desktop/home.plugins
[tutorial-home.desktop]
X-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/tutorial-home.desktop

[ovi-promotion-widget.desktop]
X-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/ovi-promotion-widget.desktop

[google-search-widget.desktop]
X-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/google-search-widget.desktop

[calendar-home-applet.desktop]
X-Desktop-File=/usr/share/applications/hildon-home/calendar-home-applet.desktop

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Recharging:

1.1.0 once a day
1.1.1 twice a day
1.2.0 three times a day??? :-D

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

well i coudlnt wait more :) just flashed ok, but emmc flash wont go past 96%??? tried numerous times..the phone works ok and everything..did everyone elses go to 100%?
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Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

EMMC first:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_f...MC_in_the_N900

After the latest FW:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware#Linux

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

yeah i did it the other way round..image first then emmc?? would it really make any difference?

just wondered why no 100% yet in wiki -that one shows 74% and complete?

cheers

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Hello,

I didn't have the time to read all 100 pages, a few things I noticed:

The browser ist worse: On this thread I can see the links for the next and the last page, as the column is too small and not displayed correctly.

The update needs so much space on rootfs that I had to uninstall many loved apps. What do they do with that space?

When someone sends a file via skype to me, he tells me that the other side sent a file. But he doesn't tell me weather it has been received and I can't find it in my personal folder.

Just a litte comment,

Bye
MPW

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Just flashed mine using flasher, all seems good. I haven't had a chance to properly play.

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Interesting, this isn't out on UK codes right? Yet I just got a uk code n900 with 3.2010.02-8 on it from WOMWorld, just got it out the box...

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

i just got this update OTA in India..d first thing i looked was for enabling the USSD..sadly they havnt done it..i didnt notice any other difference..anybody has a log for the changes? sorry if asked and answered before, but i cant go thru these 130 pgs again

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Could be using global firmware - check whether the version string in Settings/About product is just "3.2010.02-8" or whether it has an added 203 or 205 at the end.

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

thanks rob1n...

this does not look that impressive an update to a moderate user like me. only thing that i feel looks good .deb install being enabled would give me access to more apps now...can anyone advise if they are safe to download?

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

No 203/205, ah so that means it's global firmware?

Cool. Well time to see what this can do, look forward to being part of the maemo community, if even only for a short while with this trial device!

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Unless they're specifically noted as being for the N900, no. Random .debs are likely to be non-optified and usually will be for the wrong architecture (i386 instead of armel).

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

http://mynokiablog.com/2010/01/05/fi...error-on-n900/

fix for my problem if anyone gets it :)

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

ok..i get this new update with new regions added. i switch to english(india)..n what happens is that in the app manager all catalogues from nokia and ovi to maemo.org and extras dev fail to refresh..well i could never refresh ovi and nokia in app manager catalogues and i had alwys thought this was because i was using the phone in india while i had bought it from d US..what is d use of giving me my region when it cant b used..i switched back to US region n maemo.org n extras dev work but not d others..anyone can suggest what i can do?

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Without wishing to be rude - it's nice you posted a fix and everything - but in a thread that's 130 pages long it's not actually a very helpful post if you don't describe the problem with the solution!:p

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

if you read back 2 pages you will see what problems i had :p

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

today was first time i've rebooted my phone since the new firmware update, and now i'm stuck in boot loop, **** in hell nokia cant you get anything stable instead of wasting time of the users.
now i have to reflash and sync, install everything

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

I have decided to flash my device using global firmware, as I think all the apps I installed/unistalled since November would have slowed my device down.

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

I went down the route of reflashing. It didn't go well :-( - ven after eMMC+fw flash my ex-203 handset is not working properly :-(

I started a new thread for that specific issue


http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=45102

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

I successfully flashed the firmware and eMMC and my phone is much much faster than before when Im going through the menus.
I purposely did not backup settings and applications list, because Im sure it reinstalls a load of unwanted crap on to the phone and that kind of defeats the purpose of flashing, its better to just have a clean phone and install all programmes manually etc

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

But that's exactly my point. Say i have a problem - do I search back in every thread where people say they have resolved an issue? Just quoting your original post would have been really helpful.

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Hi. I found a workaround to upgrade via OTA when N900 force you to upgrade via USB...

just temporary uninstall applets like cpu-mem-applet that are integrated with the desktop and then try again...It worked for me...!!!

Hope this helps anyone else.
Cheers!

Pablo.

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

I managed to resolve my problem (see http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...285#post537285 ) -- I could not get the "RX-51_2009SE_3.2010.02-8_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin" firmware to work properly, but eventually (!) installed the "gold" firmware and then applied updates.

Now on PR1.1.1 global

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

I cannot access Ovi Store anymore after this newest update, it says that i have to update newest firmware :D

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Seems the firmware was not the boot loop issue after all. http://www.andreagrandi.it/2010/02/2...-firmware-bug/

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Was this an update delivered over the air? I've not seen anything yet... Plenty of third-party updates but no maemo update. Am in the UK and advice appreciated. (Sorry if this is a muppet question...)

Ben

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

Quick summary - New firmware released.

UK build revisions (look for 203 and 205 in the firmware number) have yet to receive it over the air although it seems the rest of the world has. No news when UK is getting it - could be hours could be weeks.

The firmware has no major changes but sad people like me have flashed their devices to a global firmware as we can't bear being left out. We also don't want to be last to get any future, intersting releases.

You'll need to read all 130 odd pages of the thread for the full epic drama of the release.

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

i have an n900 with the 203 version for the moment. if i flash my device i have to download the software but the site says this must happen within the hour. is this so important?

second if i do the update will i lose my waranty?

and third nooby question: is flashing dificult and dangerous?

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

1 within the hour??

2. not sure. but you can flash back if needed to the uk one. (if and when it comes out)

3. not difficult. 5 mins to download, 10 mins to flash. then took me 45 mins to reinstall my apps. all settings got backed up.
dangerous..... can be..... But hopefully not to your personal health!

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

In order to download the software, you will need to provide your device's 15-digit IMEI number and accept the end-user software agreement. If you agree, you have 1 hours of time to download the software after which the acceptance must be renewed.

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

The most important thing about flashing is to make sure that the n900 is fully charged and you have a little time to reconfigure it afterwards. Do a backup before you start and it's a surprisingly easy process.

I can't imagine any warranty problems - I would be very shocked if I and all the others who have made the change were to be told that our kit was no longer guaranteed. The good thing about a community like this is that we help Nokia develop their product but we can probably make a significant amount of noise if they start doing something daft like saying that changing the locality of your firmware voids your warranty.

Flashing is not difficult or dangerous - search, read the guides, follow the preparation isntructions and you'll be fine.

That said, this version of the firmware is not a lifechanger and it's possible that the UK will get the next big change at the same time as everyone else with this one bundled in, so there is really no need to rush into it.

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

hilarious i think its about time nokia updated the damn front facing camera 1 maybe 2 mega pixels

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

reason why i want to flash is for the future that i don't have to wait. i use a uk phone in belgium:)

Re: New N900 firmware 3.2010.02-8 released today (16 Feb)
 

I can't wait for PR1.2. :D