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Posts: 92 | Thanked: 13 times | Joined on Nov 2009 @ leicester UK
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Originally Posted by kwotski View Post
Well, mine arrived Friday - but I was out of the office, and just got in to pick it up today..

I'm very pleased that everything seems to be working - haven't had any spontaneous boots in first 4 hours or so, browser is pretty good, mic working (I'm in UK, so thought I'd mention that, customary apologies to poor old nuknuk)

I'm not used to touchscreen phones whatsoever and am finding the control hard going with fingers, so tending to use stylus which I'm more familiar with.

One problem I am having is that non-browser apps that want to access the net have a tendency to resolve things as 1.0.0.0 - if you search the forums for that IP, you'll find various problems this can cause.. It's actually a problem I've seen before to do with a mismatch between some resolver libraries and the dns service offered on some types of wireless routers.

Trouble is, I'm a bit stuck to fix it, because I need root access on the device to install a temporary /etc/resolv.conf to point to a working dns and I need application manager to work in order to get root access (I'd rather do this without having to take the red pill).

I think I'll have to use the t-mobile data connection to download becomeroot, in order to fix it.

If it is possible to fix the 1.0.0.0 problem in the next firmware, I think it will be well worth the time - it's a confusing and timewasting problem.

Other than that, nothing really to add to the various good writeups here and in other threads (I'm talking about the mostly-positive ones ) - it works with some aplomb (modulo the 1.0.0.0 problem) the screen is amazing, I'm probably going to have to start wearing glasses at some point...
Yeah with you, I'm seriously thinking of going to my opticians showing him my n900 and saying I want glasses that are of higher magnification than normal reading glasses, if you want to blow peoples minds just show them bounce, (you have to download it first) via App manager.