N770 Help

I think I need a Linux expert and a mobile phone expert for this one!

I have an Nokia 770 and trying to connect to the internet via my Samsung
SGH-X820.

I can pair them Ok and set the N770 up to use Vodafone GPRS internet.
However the DUN fails. I have found this page

http://maemo.org/community/wiki/BluetoothDUN

It discusses DUN with the N770 and says about the X820 -

"DUN seems to be broken, PPP connection is failing. Power users can fix this
manually by adding receive-all flag. Add 'receive-all' to
'/etc/ppp/options'. You may or may not want to disable PPP compression."

I have no idea how to do this. Any help would be welcomed!

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Mr Muffin Top wrote:
<snip>
I'm thinking of getting one of these, would you recommend it?


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"We are the robots" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Mr Muffin Top wrote:
> <snip>
> I'm thinking of getting one of these, would you recommend it?
>

For £74 yes! It's amazing for that price! I got mine from Expansys.

http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019

Mr Muffin Top <no.spam> wrote:

> "We are the robots" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Mr Muffin Top wrote:
> > <snip>
> > I'm thinking of getting one of these, would you recommend it?
> >
>
> For £74 yes! It's amazing for that price! I got mine from Expansys.
>
> http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019

Mine was delivered yesterday.

I've spent quite a lot of time tweaking it the last 2 days.

So far, I've upgraded it to N800 firmware, got a Bluetooth keyboard
working with it, installed Abiword and GNUMeric (for editing MS
documents), and have PIM software on it (an iCal-alike calendar and
address book).

Have to say I'm very impressed so far.

It's just a shame that Nokia didn't implement USB host mode so it could
support external drives and USB keyboards.

Yes, I know there are workarounds, but they're a bit fiddly.
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Mr Muffin Top wrote:
<snip>
I am interested in connecting it to my Wireless Network at Home & also
when out & about, has any one achieved this?


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"Mr Muffin Top" <no.spam> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I think I need a Linux expert and a mobile phone expert for this one!
>
> I have an Nokia 770 and trying to connect to the internet via my Samsung
> SGH-X820.
>
> I can pair them Ok and set the N770 up to use Vodafone GPRS internet.
> However the DUN fails. I have found this page
>
> http://maemo.org/community/wiki/BluetoothDUN
>
> It discusses DUN with the N770 and says about the X820 -
>
> "DUN seems to be broken, PPP connection is failing. Power users can fix
> this manually by adding receive-all flag. Add 'receive-all' to
> '/etc/ppp/options'. You may or may not want to disable PPP compression."
>
> I have no idea how to do this. Any help would be welcomed!

Ok sorted!

Install Xterm
Become root
Use nano to edit the options file and reboot

Now works a treat!

"We are the robots" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mr Muffin Top wrote:
> <snip>
> I am interested in connecting it to my Wireless Network at Home & also
> when out & about, has any one achieved this?
>
>
> --
> And.
> CV12

At home yes set up very quickly - not been out and about with it yet but I
can see no problems!

"We are the robots" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mr Muffin Top wrote:
> <snip>
> I am interested in connecting it to my Wireless Network at Home & also
> when out & about, has any one achieved this?
>
>
> --
> And.
> CV12

Connect to the WiFi network to surf and check email etc is set up in
minutes. Accessing your PC takes a little longer

http://maemo.org/community/wiki/howtoaccesswindowscifs/

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:20:06 +0100, "Mr Muffin Top" <no.spam> wrote:

>"We are the robots" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Mr Muffin Top wrote:
>> <snip>
>> I'm thinking of getting one of these, would you recommend it?
>>
>
>For £74 yes! It's amazing for that price! I got mine from Expansys.
>
>http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019

*wow* excellent price.

Now... what can I do with it? Can I use some kind of Remote Desktop
Connection tool so that I can log into my Windows Vista PC, what's the
on-screen keyboard like, does it recognise Palm-style script or can I
do handwriting on it... can I get an ebook reader for it...!!
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Mr Muffin Top <no.spam> wrote:

> "We are the robots" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Mr Muffin Top wrote:
> > <snip>
> > I am interested in connecting it to my Wireless Network at Home & also
> > when out & about, has any one achieved this?

> Connect to the WiFi network to surf and check email etc is set up in
> minutes. Accessing your PC takes a little longer
>
> http://maemo.org/community/wiki/howtoaccesswindowscifs/

That doesn't appear to be working with the IT2007 OS, unfortunately.
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BGN <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:20:06 +0100, "Mr Muffin Top" <no.spam> wrote:
>
> >"We are the robots" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> Mr Muffin Top wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >> I'm thinking of getting one of these, would you recommend it?
> >>
> >
> >For £74 yes! It's amazing for that price! I got mine from Expansys.
> >
> >http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019
>
> *wow* excellent price.
>
> Now... what can I do with it?

It can effectively replace your PDA, if you install some free Linux
applications. Also does messaging, again with free Linux apps, erm and
loads of other stuff.

It's a Linux device, so you're only limited by the applications that are
being ported over.

Have a look at http://maemo.org

> Can I use some kind of Remote Desktop
> Connection tool so that I can log into my Windows Vista PC,

Yes.

> what's the on-screen keyboard like,

Better than it is on most Windows Mobile devices, but it's still crap.

Get a cheap foldable Bluetooth keyboard.

>does it recognise Palm-style script or can I
> do handwriting on it...

It has handwriting recognition, but I haven't tried it, 'cos I have a
folding BT keyboard.

> can I get an ebook reader for it...!!

Yes.

The only downsides are lack of USB host support and the memory slot only
takes relatively expensive RS-MMC cards - which also means you can't
just swap a 1GB SD card from your camera into it to view your shots.

--
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www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

"SteveH" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1i1gomd.4yti1xtsyg0N%[email protected]...
> Mr Muffin Top <no.spam> wrote:
>
>> "We are the robots" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> > Mr Muffin Top wrote:
>> > <snip>
>> > I'm thinking of getting one of these, would you recommend it?
>> >
>>
>> For £74 yes! It's amazing for that price! I got mine from Expansys.
>>
>> http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019
>
> Mine was delivered yesterday.
>
> I've spent quite a lot of time tweaking it the last 2 days.
>
> So far, I've upgraded it to N800 firmware, got a Bluetooth keyboard
> working with it, installed Abiword and GNUMeric (for editing MS
> documents), and have PIM software on it (an iCal-alike calendar and
> address book).
>
> Have to say I'm very impressed so far.
>
> It's just a shame that Nokia didn't implement USB host mode so it could
> support external drives and USB keyboards.
>
> Yes, I know there are workarounds, but they're a bit fiddly.
> --
> SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
> www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
> Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
> BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

You have flashed to the 2007 OS/N800 Firmware - can you install Skype?

http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/down...e/mobile/n800/

If you have not could you try it for me. If it does install I will upgrade
my firmware but I will need a bigger memory card first as the firmware will
not fit on the 64mb one it comes with!

Is the N800 firmware easy to install - I presume you used this one

http://maemo.org/community/wiki/os2007on770/

"SteveH" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1i1gvlm.t34bak1oyapc3N%[email protected]...
> BGN <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:20:06 +0100, "Mr Muffin Top" <no.spam> wrote:
>>
>> >"We are the robots" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected]...
>> >> Mr Muffin Top wrote:
>> >> <snip>
>> >> I'm thinking of getting one of these, would you recommend it?
>> >>
>> >
>> >For £74 yes! It's amazing for that price! I got mine from Expansys.
>> >
>> >http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019
>>
>> *wow* excellent price.
>>
>> Now... what can I do with it?
>
> It can effectively replace your PDA, if you install some free Linux
> applications. Also does messaging, again with free Linux apps, erm and
> loads of other stuff.
>
> It's a Linux device, so you're only limited by the applications that are
> being ported over.
>
> Have a look at http://maemo.org
>
>> Can I use some kind of Remote Desktop
>> Connection tool so that I can log into my Windows Vista PC,
>
> Yes.
>
>> what's the on-screen keyboard like,
>
> Better than it is on most Windows Mobile devices, but it's still crap.
>
> Get a cheap foldable Bluetooth keyboard.
>
>>does it recognise Palm-style script or can I
>> do handwriting on it...
>
> It has handwriting recognition, but I haven't tried it, 'cos I have a
> folding BT keyboard.
>
>> can I get an ebook reader for it...!!
>
> Yes.
>
> The only downsides are lack of USB host support and the memory slot only
> takes relatively expensive RS-MMC cards - which also means you can't
> just swap a 1GB SD card from your camera into it to view your shots.

1GB RS-MMC cards are £4.99 at SVP at the moment. The 2GB ones are showing
as out of stock but are apparantly £8.60 delivered.

HTH

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Richard Colton <[email protected]> wrote:

> > The only downsides are lack of USB host support and the memory slot only
> > takes relatively expensive RS-MMC cards - which also means you can't
> > just swap a 1GB SD card from your camera into it to view your shots.
>
> 1GB RS-MMC cards are £4.99 at SVP at the moment. The 2GB ones are showing
> as out of stock but are apparantly £8.60 delivered.

Oh, that's interesting.

I'm sure I paid more than that (I have a feeling it was double what an
equivalent SD card would have cost) - I may have to buy a few 2GB cards
to distribute around my various cameras / camcorders.
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www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark
Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL
BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:42:19 GMT, "Richard Colton"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> The only downsides are lack of USB host support and the memory slot only
>> takes relatively expensive RS-MMC cards - which also means you can't
>> just swap a 1GB SD card from your camera into it to view your shots.
>
>1GB RS-MMC cards are £4.99 at SVP at the moment. The 2GB ones are showing
>as out of stock but are apparantly £8.60 delivered.

AND, if you click on 'Bundles' on that Nokia 770 Expansys page you get
one with a 1Gb RS-MMC for £77.95
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