I just reflashed my N900 using flasher and the PR 1.2 firmware, but on rebooting I found that a lot of things were still preserved, such as my previous GPRS APN, settings for a lot of my previous packages/apps.

I'm confused - I thought flashing the phone would erase everything?

Also, the flash process seems to have removed all my Nokia ring tones yet preserved other tones such as those for messaging/IM/email alerts.

Any help is appreciated,
-N900 (and Linux) newbie