New N900 checkup list
 

I will be buying an N900 in a couple of weeks. It happens that I do not live in the USA but will be travelling there soon, so, I will have it shipped to my hotel.

It turns out that there are known "problems" (improvement opportunities, others call it) with the N900; as I have read in the forum: the fragile USB issue, dead pixels, ...

What would be your checklist of things to, well, check or test, on a new N900 and make sure everything is all OK or, take the drastic decision of shipping it back ?

This should be an interesting exercise and, hopefully will help new buyers of N900, specially "remote" buyers as me.

Thanks in advance.

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Out of curiosity, how long will you be staying there?

If you're on a business trip, it may be better to ask a favor from your host/associate to receive the item before your arrival and probably go thru the QA check list.

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My healthcheck application may be out of development by then (Currently in extras devel) - will help test some/most of the hardware - still adding bits though.

Lionk is in my signature :) - latest version list is in the last post in the thread :D

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About 2 weeks....but not all the time at the same place....
will travel around Northern California up to Nevada and back to SFO for a day, then flight back. But, I will return to the same hotel on the last day of my trip.

To be honest, I'd rather check it myself... I can shipt it back if there is something wrong and ask for a refund. That is my worst case scenario. (which I know, for a fact, that works with Amazon, btw)

Thanks,

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noobmonkey:

That sounds really cool. Could you post here a link to (eventually, at least) download you app and test it on the -soon to have- N900. ?

Or...is it commercial ? :D (anyway...I'd try it)....

Thanks

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Hehe it's free :D

the repositories are put into 3 sections
Extras / Maemo.org + Repository
Extras - Testing - Repository
Extras - Devel - Repository

The bottom two can be risky to enter, as the apps have not been fully developed.
Mine is in development, works for me fine, but still adding code. So i will promote it for testing in the next week. If after all that and it's not buggy, a minimum of 10 days applies before it gets into extras :D

Search the wiki for repositories when you get your n900 - it will show you how to add them to your device, but beware :D - apps can damage your device if not properly tested.

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noobmonkey:

Thanks for your reply.

As for repos being risky (some of them), well, yes... I think its the same story as with the good old N810 I currently have...isn't it ? :)

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yup :D exactly the same :D
(Well the links in the app manager i think are different)
But the idea and execution is the same :)

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i am also interested in some sort of noob checklist. . . ;)

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there is quite a few posts on this aldreay tho, just search for checklist :D