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Nokia N900 Necromancy

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328 points yaky | 3 comments | 12 Dec 25 00:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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seba_dos1 ◴[12 Dec 25 01:02 UTC] No.46239655[source]▶
Why go through that device-breaking battery dance when you can still get a BL-5J battery pretty much everywhere?

Booting from an SD card, while possible, is rather impractical on N900 because it gets disconnected whenever you open the back cover.

The N900 that lays next to me right now still works as a phone. I have to replace its screen though, as recently it took some damage in my pocket and got a small crack in its bottom middle. Touch still works perfectly though, so I'm not in a hurry :D

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j16sdiz ◴[12 Dec 25 01:26 UTC] No.46239809[source]▶
> The N900 that lays next to me right now still works as a phone.

It soon won't be. 3G and 2G network are being depreciated quickly around the world

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seba_dos1 ◴[12 Dec 25 01:33 UTC] No.46239851[source]▶
Should still be fine for at least a few years here.
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1. gbil ◴[12 Dec 25 04:00 UTC] No.46240748[source]▶
Depends on the country and provider but is sooner than later in Europe and I hate it that 2G is going away since all my old devices are not going to work again…

https://onomondo.com/blog/2g-3g-sunset-2/

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2. bigiain ◴[12 Dec 25 04:50 UTC] No.46240977[source]▶
Here in Australia 3G is totally gone already. 2G went years ago.
3. daveoc64 ◴[12 Dec 25 10:17 UTC] No.46242668[source]▶
That article is full of made up slop - at least in terms of Europe.

Most of the dates stated are just plain wrong.

The UK dates are completely wrong - by 5 years in most cases.

All of the UK's 2G networks are still running, and the last won't be switched off until at least 2030.