Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Andrea Borgia
Luke Reeves wrote: Couldn't the N900 share a 3G connection to multiple laptops as an access point though? There is some work in this area, please check out this discussion on t.m.o.: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=30916 HTH, Andrea. ___

Re: Bad experience with N900 onboard GPS.

2010-02-12 Thread Andrea Borgia
Bernard Tyers wrote: Can anyone else comment? Am I the only one? You're not the only one and bugs.maemo.org has a few entries on this issue. There's a diagnostic tool called, aptly, location-test which can be used among other things to force the GPS subsystem to acquire the lock using only a

Re: About alarms.

2010-01-26 Thread Andrea Borgia
- Original message - G'day, I've got two questions concerning different kinds of alarms on Fremantle: See here: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5784 ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org

Re: Deactivate buggy portrait mode on N900

2010-01-18 Thread Andrea Borgia
- Original message - since last week, I can use my N900 in portrait mode after using the phone app in portrait mode and hanging up. However, it is Seems like you hit a bug in the transition from portrait to landscape: afaik it is not yet possible to use the application manager in

Re: Switch automatically to WLAN (if available) AND back

2010-01-02 Thread Andrea Borgia
Rainer Dorsch wrote: my N900 has an option in the connection manager to switch automatically to WLAN if it is available. Now I am wondering if it can also automatically switch back to the GPRS/IUMTS network, if WLAN is not available anymore. It will do just that, if you enable auto-connect

Re: possible bug in N900 Maemo 5 desktop ??

2010-01-01 Thread Andrea Borgia
Alessio Stella wrote: page with a second list of icons and I found out that this second list of icons was on top of the first list, causing an annoying justapposition where the first icons were not clicckable, and we This is a known bug: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6361

Re: Does anyone see this?

2009-12-16 Thread Andrea Borgia
Thomas Waelti ha scritto: Not only did I see your post, but I can confirm your problem, as I have the same: My own emails sent to the list never arrive in my mailing list inboxes, even though I have the settings in the subscriper page set as you describe. Anyone else with that problem? We

Re: Problems with Backup Application on Nokia N900

2009-12-14 Thread Andrea Borgia
So Ju ha scritto: What I would like to know is if this is a known bug which eventually has consequences that it would be better to reflash to avoid data loss in the future or if it could be even a hardware failure. Anybody who experienced this problem too? Maybe you should check bugzilla,

Re: Contact imports

2009-12-08 Thread Andrea Borgia
Ramu wrote: N900 allows importing contacts through Bluetooth. ... provided that the other phone supports mass exporting of contacts, a Nokia 2600 for example won't sync anything. A. ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org

Re: N900 Questions from a new user

2009-12-07 Thread Andrea Borgia
Tim Ashman wrote: 1. GPS/Maps seems to suck. First I don't have a phone data plan and I'm not getting one. WiFi for me. So when I turn on GPS I leave the Assisted part off (network) I can not ever get the gps to actually lock. I've left it on for hours without touching it and it

Re: N900 GPS Problems

2009-12-01 Thread Andrea Borgia
Aniello Del Sorbo ha scritto: Do not compare these GPS chips with the ones in specialized navigators as they tend to be much more optimized and they usually store some I am comparing it to the N810, which also has A-GPS to the best of my knowledge. In that case, a fix IS possible (in the

3g/2g setting and data roaming

2009-11-01 Thread Andrea Borgia
Hi. A question for people with a N900 and a 3G subscription, H3G preferably: can you set the network mode (3g vs 2g vs dual) *separately* for voice and data? H3G Italy does not have perfect UMTS coverage so they give free roaming, but only for voice calls, while data traffic on other network is

Re: 3g/2g setting and data roaming

2009-11-01 Thread Andrea Borgia
Kai Thomsen ha scritto: As far as I can see it in the Phone settings you cannot set the network mode seperately for voice and data. What you can do though is prevent automatic Data Roaming. You can switch between always ask and always allow. Is it considered roaming if the network doesn't

Re: 3g/2g setting and data roaming

2009-11-01 Thread Andrea Borgia
Kai Thomsen ha scritto: So is it really the case that they charge you again in Italy for EDGE if you have a 3G data plan? We'll see hopefully at the end of the coming week, once the MNP procedure is carried out. For option Naviga 3, the official pricelist states: the offer can be used under