Facebook chat not working in N900

I had problems with the integrated Facebook chat. It did not connect even after several restarts and network change.

The solution was to delete the Facebook account and add it again. Had to merge all the contacts again, which was painful.

Badly outdated fossile?

Ultimately, I have not been very satisfied with my N900. The device feels to be too slow in basic tasks, to not even think about keeping multiple applications open at the same time.. Since one year I use it daily, and in my opinion, this brick is way outdated. There are so many more potential devices on the market, that I can not see any reason why anyone would voluntarily choose to use the N900 anymore.

How to update to PR1.2 OTA

Finally!

I found a solution to my updating problem, and I definitely want to share it with the world, so annoying it was not to be able to upgrade the firmware of my N900.

All you who have the mysterious message obligating to use Nokia Software Updater for upgrading to PR1.2, go and read these tips in Maemo Wiki. The headline is about PR1.1 Troubleshooting, but it's valid also for the PR1.2. I got my problem solved with these instructions, and in my case it was the Brain Party application that was installed.

Ok, go on, here you are, the instructions HERE!

The pain of the PR 1.2

We heard the big news with hype and fanfares few days ago, but why the fact, that thousands (?) of N900 users are struggling to update their device, is not on the headlines?

I'm still trying with OTA and NSU, and bad luck, no bonus. And still no PR 1.2 in my N900!

The OTA says I have to connect my device to a computer to do the update, and NSU says the new firmware could not be downloaded from the server... what on earth should I do?!

I'm losing my confidence to Nokia little by little, and knowing N900 will be the only Maemo device does not cheer me up either.

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Just tested to post a photo taken with N900 straight to blogger.
Well, it went well. Only thing I do not like is that I can not write a text comment at the same time but have to do it manually later.

MaStory test

This is a test of a blogging software MaStory.

My first own application

Finally I managed to run a couple of my own Qt applications on my N900!
The applications are not very complex, but I am still excited!
Check the beautiful screenshots!