Hello Maemo!
 

This is my first post here, and I know, I am a little bit too late. About 2 months ago I bought my first Nokia N900 device, after testing a whole lots of phones, from Samsung, LG and many others. Everything disappointed me until I got my hands on my second hand N900. I was pure brilliant. But at first I didn't know it was such a fragile phone... so one night, I tripped over the cable and it broke the USB port... My heart was broken...

Two weeks passed and I bought my second N900, because you know... You can't run away from love at the first sight. The second, was like brand new, no problems, untouched, never opened. Only problem I had with this one was the problem with the "All phone functions disabled..." but I fixed it by cleaning up the sim chip and the small metallic pads from the sim reader.

Now the second device have the latest update, every tweak I could possibly find and that would work like charm on the test N900, Smart-Reflex active and much more. I even use WinSCP not to stress the USB port.

Now, please tell me, how can I take care even better of this device, how can I make it least 1-2 years more without any problems? And also, I hope that you can still welcome here the late guys.

P.S. Also had N800 for ~2 years.
I attached 2 photos of my little babys.

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Re: Hello Maemo!
 

Well your not late, but surprised you haven't been around before.

USB port maybe fixable, it's advisable to reinforce them anyway.
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=75920

As for modem issues there are multiple threads on the matter.
The correct way to fix is to "reball/reflow" the motherboard, AFAIK nobody has done this yet.

Paper in the battery tray, two sim cards stacked, hammer and a center punch and pen springs have all been used as "solutions" before now.

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

Thank you for your reply!

For the USB port protection I did this: http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...61&postcount=2

I don't really want to open this device up, since it's unopened.

With the SIM card problem, i saw it was a SIM PROBLEM not a phone hardware problem, and I wrote here how I fixed it http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=199

Some other tips? Also, I am waiting for a hard leather case http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEATHER-PREM...item43ac555e8f to protect it!

Also, I was around here for a while, just didn't register. But after a while I decided I maybe could help someone, or post my own questions, so, tonight I made an account! :)

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

Congrats my mate and have fun with it!

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

Thank you, glad to be here with all of you! :p

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Oh yeah get a good screen protector because of the stylus.

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

I was thinking to buy a screen protection, they are preety cheap, and I found many for this model, but I don't use stylus too much, I have thin fingers so I can do whatever with them without using a stylus. I also heard there could be problems with screen protectors and proximity sensor and I quote:

Can you confirm this?

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

You'll want screen protector as the screen is easily scratchable. If you have problems with the protector, you can always remove/replace it

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

Okay, thank you, I will get a screen protector with the protection case, so I will apply it ASAP when I will get my order! Thanks.

Any other tips? Basic or pro, I am all ears!

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

Personally, I like the N900's support for a lanyard, something that many high-end phones lack these days. (Particularly when I'm taking photos.) Having that strap around my wrist has saved me from dropping the phone onto the ground several times now. (Expensive cell phones and clumsy fingers can be a bad combination... :) )

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

Yeah, I know, that's how I broke my first N900 device. Now I bought a hard leather case from e-bay, and I am going to attach a wrist band to it. Safety first! :D

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

http://wiki.maemo.org/Category:Beginners
It's all the basic information you never knew :)

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

tell me about it...
The one and only fall of my white N9 still gives me the chills

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

Thank you, with the phone functions I am very familiar. I wanted tips and tricks about how to keep the device physically intact without problems like the usb port, the sim reader. What to do, and what not to do.

Re: Hello Maemo!
 

The fall of my N900 was because my headphones cable got tied up with the charger, the headphones got stuck under my chair, i tripped on the cable, n900 falls down with the power of a thousand suns with the port facing exact the impact point... I was like f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck... Picked up, pulled out the cable and the port just came out with the cable... I allmost had tears in my eyes.

Now after that, my new (s-h) N900 is being treated better than a princess!