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zifis 2013-04-10 11:20
The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
After almost three and a half years of usage, this unbelievable device gave me directions, entertained me, kept my notes and files flawlessly and never ceased to amaze me with it's possibilities. Oh, and I made a few calls too... :p

Although she is still in perfect condition, she has lately been very laggy and irresponsive and in dire need of reflashing... so I removed the sim for the first time in all 3.5 years :(

Thank you all great people of this community for giving a linux noob the tools to get the most of his N900.

A million thanks to maemo.org and to the developers for their mind-blowing efforts to keep the N900 alive and kicking for more than two years! Seriously we can't thank you enough! Seriously!

I hope I have also helped and I hope you used and enjoyed my wallpapers and my lockscreens :D

Thank you guys so very much, see ya around...

bingomion 2013-04-10 12:30
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
What replaced it?

sixwheeledbeast 2013-04-10 12:33
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
So why not reflash it and enjoy it for another 4 years?

Dave999 2013-04-10 12:41
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Åre you löpning for a disc phone as replacment?

HELLASISGREECE 2013-04-10 13:15
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
You'll be back

zifis 2013-04-10 13:23
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bingomion (Post 1335200)
What replaced it?
I use my SG note II as a phone as well now. Been using it without sim till today...

Quote:
Originally Posted by sixwheeledbeast (Post 1335202)
So why not reflash it and enjoy it for another 4 years?
I might just do that during the weekend ;) Never flashed her before and I'm a bit hesitant

Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave999 (Post 1335204)
Åre you löpning for a disc phone as replacment?
Nope... even better! I just ordered this beauty


Quote:
Originally Posted by HELLASISGREECE (Post 1335209)
You'll be back
I am not leaving :D just putting her in the background ;)

pichlo 2013-04-10 14:02
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
1 Attachment(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by zifis (Post 1335211)
I just ordered this beauty
I used to use this one, but the maintenance costs were a bit high:

nokiabot 2013-04-10 15:41
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
hesistant to flash???????????? jump in a cup of water\\\\////

sixwheeledbeast 2013-04-10 17:05
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zifis (Post 1335211)
I
I might just do that during the weekend ;) Never flashed her before and I'm a bit hesitant
This should get you started.
Sections 1 to 5 here:-
http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_The_Perfect_Setup

Make sure to read all linked pages before starting.

Any trouble your friendly maemo community will be waiting to help. :)

ShahoOod 2013-04-10 18:14
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
I sure hope you'll still be using "her"!!!

We would miss your amazing lockscreens!!!

panjgoori 2013-04-10 18:16
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
i also once sold my N900 to buy a fancy Android phone to enjoy multi-core processors but believe me after using Android for about 4 months i bought a N900 again.

Android phones have nice hardware but Android itself is just not for me. you can't even do N900 like multi-tasking on a multi-core cpu and with 1 gig of ram. apps and games restart again if you put them in background and have plans to resume them later at the same place you paused them.

don_falcone 2013-04-10 18:26
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Oh yeah? That's all well known! But way less intrusive than camera apps often freezing after 2nd image taken, alarms not sounding, and the likes.

Stop giving the OP silly replies like "just do a reflash" - it's his decision, it was already taken, and i assume he knows how to flash if he wants.
:rolleyes:

geekgirl74 2013-04-10 20:05
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by HELLASISGREECE (Post 1335209)
You'll be back
Listen to Hellasisgreece. He's right, I know that :)

misterc 2013-04-10 21:34
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by zifis (Post 1335184)
[...]

Although she is still in perfect condition, she has lately been very laggy and irresponsive and in dire need of reflashing... so I removed the sim for the first time in all 3.5 years :(

[...]
one BIG factor that slows down the N900 after a few months / a year or two is the message database in
Code:
/home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/el-vi.db
use dbbrowser or simply
Code:
sqlite3
to query it
obviously, it might be a good idea to do a backup with
Code:
~ $ root
Nokia-N900:~# cd /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger
Nokia-N900:/home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger# cp el-vi.db el-vi.db.bkp
also you may want to be OFF-line while editing ev-vi.db :eek: :rolleyes:
el-vi.db is also part of the standard Maemo backup in "Communication and Calendar"

cheve 2013-04-10 21:49
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by misterc (Post 1335315)
one BIG factor that slows down the N900 after a few months / a year or two is the message database in
Code:
/home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger/el-vi.db
use dbbrowser or simply
Code:
sqlite3
to query it
obviously, it might be a good idea to do a backup with
Code:
~ $ root
Nokia-N900:~# cd /home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger
Nokia-N900:/home/user/.rtcom-eventlogger# cp el-vi.db el-vi.db.bkp
also you may want to be OFF-line while editing ev-vi.db :eek: :rolleyes:
el-vi.db is also part of the standard Maemo backup in "Communication and Calendar"
How exactly to you go about trimming the message database? Could you provide some detail instruction(or a link)?

stickymick 2013-04-10 23:06
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
What misterc says.

The N900 is a mobile computer first and foremost. Phone call functions were an afterthought. It's bound to get clogged with temporary files, browsing history and message data.

Windows does the same, so we have CCleaner to clear all the left over junk that gets left behind after a day of surfing, gaming and whatever else we do. But because we don't have CCleaner for Maemo we have CleaN900 and Swappolube which go a long way to keeping things running well.

Boemien 2013-04-11 00:52
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by geekgirl74 (Post 1335299)
Listen to Hellasisgreece. He's right, I know that :)
Hahaha, i saw that you too were back in the forum. Believe me, there's a thing in the N900, when you taste it once, you can't abandon it.

I used The N900 also during almost two years, and i sold it in January 2012 to acquire a Galaxy Nexus. TBH, (I thought) the N900 was lacking applications like in Android and iOS.
But after one Year, using Android (i did never use it the way i used my N900, i mean, tweaking it, playing with xTerm, participating on Android Forum like i did with TMO), i'm missing maemo 5. Last week, i logged here and bought another N900. Delivering is still on it's way, but I'm excited as I was, when i bought my first N900 in Jan 2010.

One advice: Don't sell you N900, keep it as close as you can, it can always do things recent flagships can't.

zifis 2013-04-11 09:52
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
I am not selling her! Why would you say that... that's just mean!

:P

computerinfo21 2013-04-11 15:34
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by cheve (Post 1335319)
How exactly to you go about trimming the message database? Could you provide some detail instruction(or a link)?
You could do it with SQL editing the database itself, but that is rather complicated if you have never done anything like that before (If the instructions and code sections in this post look foreign it might be a good idea to brush up on SQL before trying to thin out your messages using it).

By far the easiest is the method I've found is outlined here. Use Glogarchive to keep an archive if you later want access to any of your messages, if not skip that part. But either way, renaming the database essentially clears the messages and you get to start all fresh. :)

HELLASISGREECE 2013-04-11 16:07
Re: The last day of N900 as my primary device [Another boring thank you thread]
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by geekgirl74 (Post 1335299)
Listen to Hellasisgreece. He's right, I know that :)
I tried to do the same thing 3 or 4 times (I'm an average user though, not a developer).

Thing is I couldn't last a week without using the N900.


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