Thank You Nokia.
 

Just thought I'd say thank you, Nokia and everyone involved in PR1.2. Heard about the update today, downloaded the update today, sh*t myself when I thought my phone had died today, and am now sitting here with PR1.2 running and my N900 just as tweaked as it was before I started -and running a hundred times better. I know it's not the easiest phone to get on with, in fact I've actively dissuaded certain people from getting it, but that's half the reason I like it and it's the closest I've come to a phone with a full desktop experience.

I still can't believe half the stuff this f***er can do.

Anyway, in contrast to all the moaning again a big thank you to all involved, keep up the good work.

D4rKlar

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Indeed thx alot

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Agreed, keep them coming :D

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all those information (cpu, temperature, etc.) are coming as default with pr1.2 or are you using some program/widget?

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Thank you so much for reminding us that we still need to thank Nokia. Further can you please name the application you used for the clock on your desktop as well as for changing the battery icon in status bar.

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I must say, I fully flashed the N900 including mmc, reinstalled some of my favorite applications, OC'd and I am now have all my wishes complete, this is THE SUPERPHONE.

I was IM'ing my wife, sms'ing with a buddy, playing music and receiving emails through Nokia messaging with a couple of web windows open in the background and everything was just humming along when a buddy called me over Googletalk and I suggested we try video call and it worked seamlessly with ZERO slowdown on anything. It was truly a wow moment of how far mobiles have come and an experience no other device can give me.

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Dam. Can't wait for tommorow. I am in the US and to make situation worse, I have Win 7 64 bit so I am stuck with "Suitable USB device not found, Waiting" message.

PS - Thanks Nokia!

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lol..same here... cantdo flashing so still waiting for tom... ill go to sleep so time will go by fast... haha

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many thanks from me too Nokia!

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@adnanmbs &
Patroclo

go to the link in his sig. it is an awesome site!!!!

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If possible, try to find a PC/laptop with Ubuntu or any Linux. Flashing will be a breeze :)

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THANK you Nokia for CANCELING MEEGO AND USING OUR IMPATIENCE TO GET THIS USELESS UPDATE TO ANNOUNCE THE BAD NEWS!

N900 = No more future official support!

Thank you!!!!!

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Thank you for your persistant trolling...............:o

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You know there's a "thank you" button for that...

Trolling? no...

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http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php...1&d=1274824879

o_O the 2001 eye has to be made into a live desktop.
throbbing to music.

you have awesome style, thank you for sharing :)

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dude Reggie already closed your stupid thread, get a big cup of STFU and GTFO unless you wanna get banned :D

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Your posts contribute nothing of value. Insults, mockery, and generally being an *** does no one here any good. I suggest you GTFO, but if you don't I'm sure the mods will be more than willing to oblige.

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im not being funny in anyway but thanking nokia. i dont get it.
they make really good products and we buy the products.

that's like me buying a x6 bmw then thanking bmw for added extras
that they previously promised.

ill thank nokia when they do something good to the phone that is outside
of their service level agreement. (or any other agreement)

who you should be thanking is the community who will be writing free
apps for this baby, thank the guys who sit behind their monitor testing
and hacking this baby making sure its working ok

i bought my phone from nokia and they didnt say thanks i guess i can understand that since we both got something for something.

CN

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Everything is tweaked. All the buttons and meters are using the Desktop Command Execution Widget, scripts are available here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Desktop_Comman...Widget_scripts

In short you create a button (picking height, length and how you want it to operate ie: on startup/refresh at set interval, normal button), and use the script to tell it what to do.

You need to have Titans advanced Kernel and Kernel settings installed in addition to the Command Execution Widget

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The clock is just a clock widget from the extras-devel repository, changing the battery icon is a hack. You need to have OpenSSH (extras-testing repo I think) and WinSCP (on a windows PC) installed.

Follow this guide to access your files:

http://www.nokian900applications.com...on-nokia-n900/

You then replace any icon you want with one of your choosing of the same size. Loads of icons/mods are available for download on the Mods thread

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...896#post675896

For instance the aluminium volume control icon set shown below (also within the above thread) can be downloaded from:

http://meego.de/menueuser/downloads/...erby,2/page,3/

Edit: Make your own icons, convert and re-size any pic online with:

http://www.picresize.com/

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nclock or what?

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I agree entirely that the community needs thanking and I've done that, they are incredible but with this being the first phone I've had on contract absolutely de-branded, no Vodafone Live crap, no **** red theme... That's Nokia. On top of that I've had the phone a couple of months and upgraded the firmware twice, twice more than in the 18 months I had my last phone (due to vodafone firmware issues). Yes, the community tested but Nokia pushed out the updates.

As for following up... MeeGo is carrying on, in 18 months time there will be other phones to upgrade to which'll make this one look silly. Meantime I'm sitting there with a phone runnin an overclocked CPU playing my favorite childhood games on various emulators at full speed over bluetooth using a PS3 controller, and I pay nothing other than my monthly bill because all apps and modifications are completely free?

I couldn't give 2 f*cks if my conversations widget doesn't work, who cares? Look at what does.

I'm gonna go ahead and stick with thank you to both Nokia and everyone involved (^_^)

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Sorry I've just remembered! It's called World Clock Widget (^_^)

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Thank you Nokia.

Now is the time that the community (me too) will code great qt apps instead of waiting for pr 1.3 ;)

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Yes me too big thanks to everyone who has worked on PR1.2 everything seems smoother and quicker. God I love this phone.

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What you said.

+1000000000

There is simply nothing else like the N900/Maemo/MeeGo. Nothing! The whiners complaining about stupid stuff like not having individual ringtones or having paranoid delusions of lack support from Nokia, etc. etc. etc...just don't get it. Don't understand what this is really all about. You do.

Thanks for the positive vibe.

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Thank you, but World Clock Widget is to small and no settings for resize ( Or do you have Skin for this?

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@ Crashdamage:

Nice one mate, much appreciated and completely worth a mention- Nokia support? For what exactly? On here you can speak first hand with the guys that write the apps! LOL

If anyone needs a hand with any of the mods (I know I've only briefly explained) give me a shout an I'll do my best to help.

D4rKlar

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Yes, i want many mod's ))) Thank you!

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Yeah it's small, if you're talking about the big red circle that's the wallpaper, I've just put the clock dead center.

Wallpaper is available here:

http://d4rklar.deviantart.com/#/d1bahp7

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how did you change the signal like that?

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Tough guy on his keyboard. What's wrong fanboy?

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can i buy your n900?

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yes....for once a thread to thank nokia instead of moaning about the phone.....thank u nokia

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Sheesh, no kidding. It's Nokia that doesn't provide MMS, but frals comes through. Nokia should be thanking HIM (or paying him). Even Patty Hearst didn't have Stockholm Syndrome as bad as the rest of these guys.

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You don't get it. these Linux boys are ridiculous, and with the hardware Nokia has given us there really isn't much this phone can't do. I knew before I bought the phone that it didn't have MMS, but I was pretty sure that the community would deliver- and they did. Within reason almost anything that'll work on Linux will work on this, so as long as enough people want something rest assured it'll happen.

Very satisfied customer.

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You need to overwrite the actual system icons with your own. To do that you need to use OpenSSH to access you phones files.

Follow this guide to use OpenSSH to access your files:

http://www.nokian900applications.com...on-nokia-n900/

You then replace any icon you want with one of your choosing of the same size. Loads of icons/mods are available for download/to see on the Mods thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...896#post675896

Here are the Cell Level Bar icons I used:

http://meego.de/menueuser/downloads/...erby,2/page,1/

To use them overwrite the files of the same name in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/hildon, reboot and job done!

Once you've enabled access via OpneSSH you can literally change almost anything (^_^)

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Many thanks to you!

HAL-N9000 (^_^)

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Today's the day eh? Good luck guys!

EDIT: VERT SMS Version 0.5-1 for PR1.2 is now in Extras-Devel for all you portrait texters out there.

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Exactly!

The hardware is nice, but like any computer, the OS is what really matters. Nokia gave us both. The best support Nokia could provide is FREEDOM and they've pretty much done that too.

I'll never forget when I realized I had to have a N900. I was sick of the Android phone I was using, surfing around to see what else was in the works. Found out about the N900 and got to the maemo.org home page where there was an article kinda announcing Maemo 5/N900. It had a screenshot of a terminal with a '#' prompt and said something like "You can do what you want. We trust you with your device."

I was stunned. I mean, jaw-dropping, got-goosebumps stunned. I couldn't believe a huge commercial enterprise like Nokia would not only actually put a full-stack linux distro in my pocket but then happily allow root access to it! Well, I knew what that meant, in a big-picture kinda way - but I also knew most ordinary users who bought a N900 would have no clue, none. Sadly, all the whiners have proven me right. Wish I'd been wrong.

Anyway, I'm no fanboi for any company, I'll buy whatever is best for me. But I gotta admit that since that shocking moment I've had a bit of a soft spot for Nokia.

Same here!