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Originally Posted by TheUnlockr.com View Post
Thanks for the suggestion!
I actually turned mine off soon as I got the phone, not too mention though that this OS is similar to Symbian in how it uses GPS and Wifi. With my old Nokia 5800, you could leave GPS on without an issue because the phone was smart enough to only actually turn it on when an application called for it (like Maps) and that phones battery life was awesome for me (and little sidenote, had the EXACT same battery our N900s do lol).

Anything else guys? Im willing to try whatever, anyone know how to use powertop? Does that help? Tried to bring it up with sudo powertop but it asks for a password...
I haven't got my N900 yet (should be tomorrow) but can you turn of GSM all together? Or would taking out the SIM card, stop the N900 from trying to search for a network?

I know that this wouldn't help in the long run but if you still have massive power drain with GSM, then it's something else running on the phone (some process somewhere). If your battery life is much improved, it could be what some said about your signal.

Might help?! Hope you get it sorted (and I don't have the same problem because that'd really annoy the hell out of me!)