I flashed it every which way possible and if you get it to boot (which is not easy) it's not a usable phone.

With so many GB's a built in recovery partition would be nice. Then Nokia Care could go home since all they do is flash.

I would never install a new OS on Windows without using Acronis - and I would never upgrade a Mac without CCCloner. Too bad I didn't have something similar for the N900 - certainly would have made things easier. Because "backup" is not enough - you need an image/clone in case of failure. And with no automatic incoming POP3 email - that firmware upgrade to me is a failure.

If somebody searches this in the future - I hope you have better luck than I did.

Sandy