I absolutely agree with you there lol because Mikeallen does stretch everyone's patience somewhat lol.
Seems to me he is finally reading the manual and advice given on here but he does not seem to heed a lot lol.
I got to say though i have never before seen such a problematic device from the Nokia stable as this one lol but if only he would just comply with some of the advice given it would be problems solved done finished by now.
Mikeallen the people trying to help you on here are very much dedicated users of the N900 and the problems your having are very BASIC issues well documented on here so it is indeed worth digging up as much info as your time will allow from this forum and you might even get to enjoy the wonderful experience of screwing up your device and being able to put it right again in a flash (pardon the pun lol).
Your making it hard work for yourself trying to argue.
10 out of 10 for everyone's patience lol.