Hi, my name is Esther

i would really love some help with this, my phones Conversations don't save any more there register as a sms then once i have read it it disapears i have only had my phone ruffly a month and am still getting the hang of it and i love it to bits. I have tried all the basic things restart and restore to factory settings but still no luck =[ so here i am at 2am giving this commuinty thing ago

please help me & Merry Xmas Esther

reflashing always solves a problem wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware
but its like completely reinstalling the whole operating system (like when u just got your n900)
but u keep ur user files, like music and pictures.
and u can backup settings, contacts, calendar and application list
if you dont wanna do that then sorry i got nothing else

thanks very much for your reply =] how do i do that ? sorry i am not very tech savey haha well i sort off am but dont know how to do that!! =[ soz

E.

its really easy, just click on the webpage that i linked u and scroll down to the computer os u use (mac, windows or linux) and it has a step by step guide

ok please exuse my dumbness!!! but if my phone is standard in NZ vodafone it would be running linux?

no no no i mean the operating system for your COMPUTER

okay so i have a mac, are you going to on here for a bit i would love your help =] sorry for being such a dizzy chick!!! i even rand my smart asain friend and he is stumped!!! haha

i have to sleep soon, its midnight here
ill try and help as much as i can
haha dont worry!
ill try to make this as easy to understand as possible:

1. download the maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2_i386.dmg file from here: tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-dev-env-downloads.php

2. download the firmware image that you want from here tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N900.php
(this is the operating system for your phone)

3. copy it into the root of the flasher3.5 folder. to do this you right click on the application and click show package contents and just drag it. i suggest u rename ur firmware to something short because ur gonna have to type it out.

4. open maemo flasher 3.5

5. type in
sudo /usr/bin/flasher-3.5 -F <firmware-image> -f -R
but without the < and >

6. turn off ur n900 and connect it to the computer with usb while holding down the U button on the n900 keyboard.

if it works, it should simply reflash your n900.
if it doesnt, itll say whats wrong and u can maybe google that and find a solution.

and im sleeping now

hope i helped!

Esther,

It really isn't that complicated to be honest. I too was new to the whole "flashing of nokia n900" but then I did it once and it worked miracles. All you literally have to do is follow this link:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_f...ng_your_device

Just copy that into the internet explorer and literally follow the steps it gives for flashing your n900 on a MAC.

Let me know how it goes on for you.

mac doesnt have internet explorer :P