Hi all!

New and feverishly experimenting with my also relatively new Nokia N900, it simply happens that the whole thing sometimes doesn't want to boot after some experiment. That means reflashing, boring time consuming etc. Also because there is no 'real' back-up app for the Nokia, all previously installed software needs to be re-downloaded and installed. Now THAT starts to be really annoying.

Isn't it a practical idea to make some kind of program that can boot the phone in some kind of emergency recovery mode and put back an earlier made 'image' of the N900 memory? Now I am not a programmer and not a Linux-expert at all. For Windows Mobile there are such kind of programs. Problem with the N900 is that there is no hard reset, so you can't easily return to some status with basic functionality. Actually, when you think about that this is a bit scary cause it means that when a big crash happens while 'on the road' there is no way to return to a working phone without a computer. And thus, phone conversations ( a rather useful part of a mobile PHONE...) are not possible anymore. It would have been handy if Nokia would have programmed some 'emergency boot' with at least a phone option (and maybe the earlier mentioned recovery option) available.

Maybe there is anyone here who sees such an emergency recovery/phone-option as a challenge to make...?


Greetings,

Ronald.