N900 fixes
 

Over the past 2 weeks, I have been jotting down a list of things I feel that the N900 needs added or fixing. I would like to ask the community what they think about the list and if anyone would like to add to it. Some things have already been mentioned in the forum and might have already been sent to brainstorming or the bug list.

1. Microphone has failed to initialize a couple of times. Reboot fixed it but I cannot trust it as my primary phone until it is 100% working.
2. Get Gmail exchange settings working.
3. inability to choose which to answer (phone, sip, skype) if they ring at same time
4. needs seperate volume controls for phone, media player, and ringer. If I turn down media player ringer volume is lowered too.
5. FM transmitter is disabled when charger is connected.
6. Internet radio needs an adjustible buffer size setting.
7. Samba needs to be installed with a simple shared public folder.
8. Screen should light up for an incoming call. Slide to answer works great.
9. File manager needs a "send to" (email, and bluetooth) option
10. VNC server would rock.
11. Circular zoom should be universal across all apps that might need it (browser, picture viewer, office suite.
12. Need a command in terminal to reset back to factory defaults with the option to clear all user data.
13. Screen needs to come on when a usb cable is plugged into computer.
14. Skype needs a default country code so I can call out landlines or cellular from my contact list. Skype currently asks for a country code (+1 for the US).
15. Ability to set a certain ringtone to a contact.
16. Ability to use a shortcut more than once for different desktops.
17. MMS messaging.
18. When plugging into a computer through USB there needs to be a default setting option for either mass storage or pc suite.

Re: N900 fixes
 

+1....except the hardware problems as I haven't experienced any.

Still a very happy chappy with the device though. Love it.

Re: N900 fixes
 

Have you checked bugzilla to see how many of these have already been filed? You can vote for them, and add ones you think are missing.

You might also want to look in brainstorm - some of these are already being looked at. One (sending general files) has a work-around to my certain knowledge by using Petrovich.

Re: N900 fixes
 

Good list, thanks!
There is x11vnc "somewhere" and it works ok.
I do not know however what it does to your battery time :-)

Re: N900 fixes
 

Vnc viewer already exists. I believe the server is in the pipeline. (testing? devel?)

It will happen.

You might also want to vote on this brainstorm: Make spinning a universal gesture.

Re: N900 fixes
 

Hmm, what immediately comes to my mind:

- Support for USSD codes in the phone app. (Supposedly this is already underway)
- OMA-EMN support (Email Notification)

Regards,
Chris.

Re: N900 fixes
 

+1 for samba/windows share support

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A profile for battery and on power would be good. Similiar to a laptop. When on line power, max everything and no timers to turn off screen etc.

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VNC server will not happen because it's a bad solution to a problem that is already solved. What you should be doing is using X11 forwarding - although why you would want to run GUI apps on your phone remotely is beyond me.

Samba support by default is a bad idea, because it is not core functionality. This is what the repositories are for.

Why should the FM transmitter be disabled while charging?

Resetting to user default without destroying user data is hard, because unlike other devices there is no hard and fast separation between user data and device software.

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FM Transmitter works when charging, just not when connected to USB devices. My transmitter works with the included AC adapter and with my 12v adapter.

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X forwarding defeats the purpose, which is to get a remote display of your existing X session on your desktop. VNC solves some issues that not even X forwarding resolves yet.

I believe someone mentioned here on the forums that this was an FCC requirement, due to the cable potentially acting like an antenna?

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VNC server for me would be nice because I could log into my phone and check email, reply to text messages and answer posts on this forum :) while at my computer at work. Without ever having to pull my phone out of its holster. VNC is already on the Windows PCs at work and at home.


Samba in the extras repository would be fine with me. Just make it easy for a newbie like me to get it going. Simple sharing within a public folder on the N900 and let file manager browse the Windows network.

What brand 12v adapter is it? My generic brand will not let me use the FM transmitter while it is plugged in.

Sounds reasonable. I wonder if any of the European firmware versions have this limitation?

Re: N900 fixes
 

i wireless Micro USB VPA Model BEV9PI SKU 41260 34496
$9.99 at Ralph's Grocery.

I Have Two of them and they both work, sometimes I have to plug and unplug USB to get charging started, but once charging I can use FM transmitter. I could not get thru a whole days use with out them.

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Nobody uses X11 forwarding anymore, it's disabled by default in any modern X server. It's a security risk. If you are thinking of X11 forwarding via SSH, yes, that works (in general, I haven't tested on the N900), and is mostly OK security-wise. However, it's very inefficient as soon as there is any kind of latency on the connection. VNC is vastly more efficient because it enhances the protocol itself instead of just compressing it (which is the best SSH can do). Some stuff I start remotely from my desktop takes 10 minutes to come up, over compressed SSH, while with VNC there's no appreciable delay.

So, VNC will happen.

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+1 Yep, what he said. X11 forwarding is great for some things, but it's definitely not categorically better, even if performance wasn't a concern. Someone in another thread pointed out that if you lose the connection with X11 forwarding your running application goes kaput with the rest of your ssh session, wheras with vnc it could still be hanging out on your n900.

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I think VNC will happen, mostly based on the fact that x11vnc is already installed on my N900. This fella here gives a reason why you'd want it: to be able to use a mouse.

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I agree that setting up a inphone server share by default probably is a bad idea unless done in a thought through manner.

However, access to network shares in the file browsers and applications is per default missing, and this surprised me. That is why the lack of Samba in the repositories is a bit disappointing.

So, client support yes please, server support isn't as important.