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Nokia N900 Necromancy

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366 points yaky | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 00:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.26s | 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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secult ◴[12 Dec 25 09:37 UTC] No.46242442[source]▶
In Europe we keep 2G as a failsafe, deprecating only 3G.
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1. gbil ◴[12 Dec 25 10:10 UTC] No.46242630[source]▶
nope, check the link I posted in another comment: https://onomondo.com/blog/2g-3g-sunset-2/#europe

please note that the list is not fully up to date, eg. in Germany Voda and Telekom have said that they will sunset 2G in summer 2028.