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-   -   N900 shipping delayed (https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=33313)

pwannell 2009-10-29 22:41
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
Quote:
Michal Jerz wrote:


Testing this device already costed me quite a lot as it turned out that it had some bug reporting function working in the background and reporting each and every error via International SMS, without even informing about it or asking for permission. etc.)
http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopi...=asc&start=375

qole 2009-10-29 23:07
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
Interesting.

First, Jerz did not get his device as part of the 300 Summit devices. I'm not sure how he got his device; I don't remember him saying, actually. Perhaps Eldar gave him his one. That would explain the covert SMS messages!

Secondly, his story makes no sense. The crash reporter activated in most of the N900's earlier firmware builds sends data via the Internet, not SMS. The data being sent can easily be a megabyte or more, so SMS doesn't make any sense as a method to send reports.

Thirdly, covert SMS messages that leave no trace on the device is not a very Maemo Devices thing to do.

So I think there are three choices here, listed in order of likelihood: (1) The N900 didn't send any secret SMS messages at all, and Jerz is getting scammed by an identity thief or his carrier, (2) Jerz got an illegal device which had a "bug" or "tracer" put in it to track its location, or (3) Jerz' N900 was the first Maemo 5 device "in the wild" to get infected with a trojan!

sharper 2009-10-29 23:24
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by qole (Post 361185)
So I think there are three choices here, listed in order of likelihood: (1) The N900 didn't send any secret SMS messages at all, and Jerz is getting scammed by an identity thief or his carrier, (2) Jerz got an illegal device which had a "bug" or "tracer" put in it to track its location, or (3) Jerz' N900 was the first Maemo 5 device "in the wild" to get infected with a trojan!
Or the device had a random build of software with some developer debug code in it. The code might simply have been sending status reports for test purposes and not be related to the crash reporter or any other feature.

qole 2009-10-29 23:31
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sharper (Post 361201)
Or the device had a random build of software with some developer debug code in it. The code might simply have been sending status reports for test purposes and not be related to the crash reporter or any other feature.
That is also a possibility; it is a variant of (2) in my list, that he got an illegal / illicit device with firmware never intended to go outside the walls of Nokia. Reading through that entire thread, several comments Jerz makes suggests that this is probably what happened.

NvyUs 2009-10-29 23:56
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
this thread states he never got is n900 from nokia,
is followers started a petition b/c nokia recently turned him down for a production unit, maybe b/c they dont like that he got a proto unit leaked to him early so now they making him pay.
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...=petition+n900

hypnotik 2009-10-30 01:59
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
Interesting post:

http://bit.ly/8iJv9

zico 2009-10-30 02:22
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hypnotik (Post 361283)
Interesting post:

http://bit.ly/8iJv9
The website it self looks as a 12 years old kids blog. i wouldn't trust sites like that if i where you.

john12 2009-10-30 04:34
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
http://www.kokeytechnology.com/gadge...y-anticipated/

In the above link, the release date in US says Nov 2nd.
Also thats the latest news as on October 29th 2009. I dont know how true is this...

toratoko 2009-10-30 05:24
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
I love how with the creation of the internet came the wave of lacking to cite your sources. All respects to the owners and creators of sites like those but now I've realized that half of these places with "phone news" are just trash sites trying to rake in users for their google advertisements.

DOWN WITH THE INTERNET!



Quote:
Originally Posted by john12 (Post 361349)
http://www.kokeytechnology.com/gadge...y-anticipated/

In the above link, the release date in US says Nov 2nd.
Also thats the latest news as on October 29th 2009. I dont know how true is this...

les_garten 2009-10-30 05:28
Re: N900 shipping delayed
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by toratoko (Post 361355)
I love how with the creation of the internet came the wave of lacking to cite your sources. All respects to the owners and creators of sites like those but now I've realized that half of these places with "phone news" are just trash sites trying to rake in users for their google advertisements.

DOWN WITH THE INTERNET!
Betcha a dollar, we're his source!


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