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nosa101	2010-05-22 , 16:44
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Originally Posted by mikeallen

One removes the battery from this phone, and it forgets the date, country, language, etc. I have never met a phone so forgetful.

I've done that countless times and i haven't encountered this. Even fennec remembers the last page I visited.

jlpils	2010-05-22 , 16:48
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Originally Posted by mikeallen

Are you saying that the Nokia N900 data is backed up to the Nokia phone storage? And by implication this backup does not get overwritten during a firmware update?

yes...the sw updater doesn't overwrite all the music, files etc.
If you want to erease the flash you need to that in a different way.

	joppu	2010-05-22 , 16:50
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Originally Posted by mikeallen

Freudian slip - another crappy company - I meant USB 2.0.

No sign of /backup/ right of the root of my PC hard drive (there is no N900 folder on my PC).

I've done a search for "backup" of both my C and D drives with nothing to indicate a backup of my N900 data.

Uh...

1. Take an USB cord.
2. Connect your N900 to the computer.
3. Select "Mass Storage Mode" on the pop-up prompt on you N900.
4. Open My Computer on your computer.
5. Explore the correct drive.

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	Descalzo	2010-05-22 , 16:54
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Yes. Mine shows up in My Computer as Removable Disk (G

for the phone and Removable Disk (F

for the memory card. The G: drive icon even looks like the N900. When I open G:, the Backups directory is right there.

The forgetful-when-battery-is-removed thing is puzzling though.

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mikeallen	2010-05-22 , 17:52
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Originally Posted by joppu

Uh...

1. Take an USB cord.
2. Connect your N900 to the computer.
3. Select "Mass Storage Mode" on the pop-up prompt on you N900.
4. Open My Computer on your computer.
5. Explore the correct drive.

There is no N900 visible on my Vista PC.

mikeallen	2010-05-22 , 18:15
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Originally Posted by nosa101

I've done that countless times and i haven't encountered this. Even fennec remembers the last page I visited.

Fairly basic, black and white stuff - taking the battery out. If your experience is different, it tells me that the phones vary, and they have landed me with a really crappy one...

nosa101	2010-05-22 , 18:18
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you probably have a faulty device because i've never had that problem

	jflatt	2010-05-22 , 18:26
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Yeah, must be, yours didnt come with a Backup program or a UPC port, and the battery doesn't work.

zappa	2010-05-22 , 18:26
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Throw a live linux distro on a thumb drive or cd and see if that works for you.

abill_uk	2010-05-22 , 18:29
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Originally Posted by mikeallen

Are you saying that the Nokia N900 data is backed up to the Nokia phone storage? And by implication this backup does not get overwritten during a firmware update?

If you hit the backup button on your device it will actually ask you where you want the backup file to go if you got an SD card and for sure it goes onto the device NOT your pc.
How long you had your N900? because many weird and wonderful things can happen if the fw is not right, sounds to me like it only requires a flash and for that all you need to do is follow the flash instructions then all will be ok.
Follow the instructions in this link,

http://www.maemofanatics.com/how-to-...ur-nokia-n900/

Your symptoms sound like it only needs the fw flashed and start over after that.

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