Enable R&D Mode. No interaction with the N900 is required - just flasher-3.5 running on the computer and a USB cable. This will allow for the "sudo gainroot" command to work

Hi guys,
Just a quick note to say how fantastic everyones been with their suggestions and methods to get this working!

I was soooo close its just fecking depressing lol. I mananged to load the rootsh installation link in xterm and the wifi net connection was selected because the dent in my phones screen lay on top of the wifi choice button. By sheer chance lol. Looks like the dent is pressing down on the screen just there. Anyhow... the link directs to the installation and it loads the app manager... and thats when it falls apart. I need to tick that fecking little tick box and then press done to start the rootsh installation!

Arrgh lol The screen wont let me select anything along the bottom.

I tried space bar and return plus some other keys in case one might tick the box. Was hoping for a TAB key I could select the box then press space to select then TAB to the done key and press return/space.

So... Im kinda stuck with that method unless anyone has further suggestions. So close!!

Im going to try installing that remote access program as Mrsellout suggested. @Mrsellout Do you think the instructions from magick777 (On the first page) might help it connect? "install x11vnc and start it manually with x11vnc -many & - this will let you VNC into the phone using a normal VNC client"

Also...Jstokes mentioned an R&D mode. Would I be able to install stuff ok with that enabled or does it screw things up? Is it a point of no return?

Many thanks guys

You can take your phone into and out of R&D mode using the flasher program no problem - it's not a one-way change. It's not recommended to leave it in R&D mode forever, but in your circumstances it should get you out of a pickle. See http://wiki.maemo.org/R%26D_mode