To totally finish this story...

This week, my replacement 770 died via the "white screen of death". This is only about 6 months since the previous one died the same way.

Since Nokia has no clue about this problem, I'm walking away. The 770 can join my PDA graveyard box right away. I won't have to bother reloading the 2005 OS to regain debian arm compatibility, or restoring all my apps from backups.

The 770 had promised to be the tool I needed. It was very good when it wasn't broken. The move to non-debian armel was just another nail in the coffin. I needed that compatibility and it was becoming more trouble than it was worth.

Good luck, and I hope you do not see the "white screen of death"