Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

Hey guys, if you guys know more information on which app or apps would cause our precious N900 to run down into the mud please post it here.

So far there are a few people experienced the battery issues with the Nokia N900.
It possible that some apps are not baked properly and causing it to hang and draining up the juice on the N900 that we do want to know and share with this community and warn those other users to avoid installing such utterly terrible app on our beloved N900.

Please passing it on thank guys.

Sorry I double posted.. here and General. First one was a wrong post tho lol

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

useful thread for all end users.......thanks
although can't make any useful post as still waiting for my n900..

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

I think what you are asking for may be a bit larger then just apps?

• Applications that potentially cause problems, use too much memory, slow the device, crash etc?
• Ways of using the device that could cause problems (Proven!) - ie using 999 apps at once... probably not sensible...
• Hardware issues with the device that could cause problems... (stylus snaps etc...)
• Miscellaneous..... Methods of doing things, right way v wrong way...

:) - i think there are lots of things that could cause the device to go wrong, and i agree a list of them, maybe wiki'fied would be good?

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

first, to avoid battery issues, stay out of extras-testing and extras-devel.

second, i'm not sure this is the optimal way to go about memory leaks and other application troubles. instead, you could be a part of the solution by filing very specific bug reports at bugs.maemo.org.

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

I wish if I have my N900 here in my hands lol Gotta wait for it to be shipped to me first from Amazon. But this thread would help many End Users of N900.

And it could be very useful at some point :)

Facebook apps might be a potential problem? list it here guys..

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Edgar2 said it allready, stay away from extras-testing and extras-devel repositories! Its plain stupidity to install those apps and then whine about problems (if you really wanna test, then create bug reports, not useless threads), problem is the user, not device/app.

Another thing that annoys me here, is the fact that people with NO device give advices to people with problems. Usually most are inaccurate or plain wrong.

Just my 2 cents...

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I just noticed that keeping a webpage with any flash component active in a window sucks a LOT of cpu cycles (and therefore presumably a lot of battery). Running Facebook and a local news page with a few flash ads in two backgrounded web windows gave me a constant cpu load of 40-80.

So if you have a lot of webpages open in their own windows and feel your N900 is slow, please consider closing the ones that have flash components and see if that makes your device snappier.

You can check cpu usage with "top". I've written a small tutorial on my N900 blog at n900experience.blogspot.com. Sorry if this sounds like spamming. I'll remove the mention of it if it offends people.

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

I think you misunderstood the context.

He's asking for apps in general which could cause such problems as "draining the battery". There's also apps on extras which may be causing a problem & an end user wouldn't know about it. Not to mention that your answer was totally irrelevant to the OP. Nobody is whining here, it's only you who's giving me nausea listening to your moan. Refrain from posting nonsense.

Just my 500 cents.

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

I think, that application, which shows CPU and memory usage (and adds ability to take screenshots and screencasts) has a memory leak. Whe I had it installed after ~12 hours usage phone rejected launching of new applications and said, that I must firstly close something to free memory.
After deinstallation I don't have this issue any more.
But I had deinstalled several other applications, so I'm not sure. And I don't have time right now to investigate the case.

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

Then this thread is mistitled. Cause if you find a bug in a extras app (extras app should be tested and stable, but of course, bugs can still pass through undetected) you shouldn't "avoid the application" but notify the authors (possibly by filing a bug or emailing him calmly exposing the situation in a clear way).

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And as bugs tracker are open, you can also read which bugs on which applications have been reported ...

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Disclaimer: I have never posted in these forums before, so it is very possible that my writing style violates the cultural norms established here. For that, I apologize ahead of time.

That being said, I was just curious as to if this kind of thing would serve the community better if established as a wiki page? I personally think it would be a more concise approach than someone having to try and extract relevant information from relevant posts.

Don't get me wrong, I think the topic at hand is a great one to be discussed; I just think it could be tackled at a different angle.

Also, is it possible to perhaps track trends that cause the battery to deplete at a more rapid rate? For example, I know that it was mentioned that RAM and CPU usage are factors. Is it feasible to come up with solid numbers such as "applications that use xMB of memory or consume x% of the CPU are known to drain the battery. I would think doing so would make tracking down culpret applications less daunting than say, hoping that they are all in bugzilla or that someone has posted about said application.

As for me helping out, I'm still waiting for my n900 to come in, so I am unable to do any of the above. I do look forward to being a more envolved part of this community though in the coming weeks ;-)

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

has this thread got forgotten about? a list would be great :-D

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

Many folks here did not get it, we still need a thread to expose apps that are crappy and not fully tested, and warn others not installing it if have options.

My list now is, NO APPS in n900 can play/download YouTube videos. The follow apps should avoid if you wanted to do that as no one cares to fix it:

ZouTube
CuteTube
MediaBox
@Scene

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I think that since this tread was started users have discovered that it is not always the apps fault, and that whilst an app may give problems on one N900, on another it runs perfectly giving no problems or issues. An example i guess would be cutetube (as listed by lljmt01) for me it is one of the best apps on my device, with no issues whatsoever.

I think the problems can more often than not be put down to conflicks (not cornflakes) with other apps (testing, devel?) an therefore a list would be neither acurate nor fair.

my opinion.

Dan

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

That catblocker program is pretty worthless.

Re: Apps that we should be avoid on N900
 

Catblock bricks the phone.... !!

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CuteTube is GREAT! I'm having so much fun with it! check the thread on CuteTube to get yours working.

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For me, one App I've had to remove is "Custom Ringtones." It slowed down my phone (I'm always listening to Podcasts over bluetooth) so much that I never was able to answer a call before it went to voicemail.

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Actually I have no problem with Cutetube/Ytube and I believe @marxian is still developing cutetube IIRC.