yes I can access the internet... everything stated in my original post was done from my n900... the only thing not working is I can't download from ovi store.. i can access it fine just when i downoad it brings me to app manager like normal but then gets stuck and times out... all Maemo repositoreis are fine its just nokia, ovi, and nokia system updates that are not working. also as I wrote earlier I have flashed my phone...and although I value any and all help please read fully my post to get a good understanding before trying to respond as this might be a little more difficult than you might assume... thank you very much