To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

Yello,

After two solitary years of having to explain to people who see my phone that it does NOT run on Android, I have finally met another n900 owner! YAY ;)

Anyways it turns out that his phone has a faulty USB port and has had to put it to one side to rest. He was never a big power user, even to the point of keeping the original maemo theme (you should seen his face when he saw my screen rotate) but he is still a big maemo fan!

So now I have the opportunity to buy it off him for £50 and was wanting to know if that is too much?

My other idea was a little more charitable, ask to borrow the device and attempt to repair it so I can give it back to him. Then IF for some unlikely reason I mess it up big time, then I give him the money and keep the broken n900 for spares.


I'm undecided right now as to what I should do or if to forget the idea completely. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated :)

Re: To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

if i were you i would buy it to test some stuff that im scared to do it with my own old N900 :) and for playing multiplayer in Webos games :D

./sifo

Re: To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

That was my thinking initially sifo, but I have the n9 now so can use my own for testing.

Still it would be nice to have a secondary unit for the really scary stuff to test before putting it on my own I guess :]

Re: To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

well I was in the same situation, it was a brand new device, i thought I coul repair the broken USB like I did with mine but I was wrong, cuz the camera rubber was cuted so dead forever, he told me that it was a faulty camera app... well now I keep it here waiting, if ever my screen broke (i touch wood) i'll replace it :)
So try to ask him if he already tried to repaire it.
hope this will help you

Re: To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

Sounds like it's worth a shot at fixing for £50.
Only going to waste sitting there...

Re: To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

Good point! I don't believe he has tried to fix it as he would have said, but I will certainly ask.


It is, that's for sure. If I do buy it out right I may have to take a closure look at it for scratches and all that.

I'm still half tempted to go for the more charitable option. I can't code for the life of me to make any awesome apps but I'm pretty good with my hands so if I can get one persons n900 working again, then it would be my little contribution back to the maemo community. :)

Re: To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

i would return it to him if i would fix it successfully though

Re: To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

So your "upgrade" is that you're now going to spend the next couple of years explaining to people that what you're holding is not a Lumia?

(sorry couldn't resist)

Re: To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

And install all my usefull stuff on it and get in return a "Wooaaawww! :eek: impossible!" lol
:cool:

Re: To buy a faulty n900 or...
 

exactly :D
i was doing it with s60v2 phones :D