Nokia’s be-all do-it-all messaging service called Nokia Messaging had a bug (bug 8085) on the N900, where Nokia Messaging would not appear as an option in the Service Provider list. This would happen in unsupported regions or on certain mobile operators. Many N900 users were affected by this problem. This very same bug was reported here and here.
I’m happy to report that this bug has been fixed an Nokia Messaging is now finally available as an option in the Service Providers, without to reinstall the firmware or updates. I suspect that this had something to do with the detection of the region and or service providers (SIM Card) on Nokia servers and the service simply denying this functionality.
Update: Some of our readers have indicated that Nokia Messaging is still not an option in the list of providers. As some of you have recommended, you could try using a SIM card from a different provider and see if the options becomes available. In that case you can set it up and pop your old SIM card back into the N900. If that still doesn’t work, shoot a message to @Nokiamessaging on Twitter or report this bug (bug 8085).
Update 2: We finally got an official word from the guys behind Nokia Messaging: “We have been looking at this. Fixed most of them with that bug, but, still more to do.” So Nokia is aware of this bug and is actively working to fix this problem. Judging by the fact that I can now access Nokia Messaging on the N900 and a month ago I couldn’t is a good sign of things going in the right direction. This means that if Nokia Messaging is not yet an option, just hang in their as more regions and carriers are enabled.
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still not fixed
im on tmobile
please nokia fix this epic fail
Good post, and yet I was able to set up my accounts like Ovi, Hotmail and Gmail without the help of Nokia Messaging. The beauty of the N900 is it went out to those servers for me and obtained the required info so I can access my accounts. No need for a middle-ware for me as I sync directly to my mail providers.
does not show up on my list of accounts. went thru the whole processes, but does not work for me.
i already have an account with nokia messaging. any suggestions?
It doesn’t work for me….
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it does not work for me either.
Fantastic, email is a pleasure now! very nice!
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