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Originally Posted by TiagoTiago View Post
Could someone post a tutorial on what exactly need to be changed in that file and what each of the involved lines do (and also what that faker prog does) please? I don't wanna just replace a system file with a version someone is distributing on the net without knowing thst is going on
There is no harm to your device. The N900 is an opensource device. You can modify anything you would like.

First off if you have SSH installed then you will find this process much easier to achieve. fmtxd is just the same file as the original file, the only things different is removal of restriction of frequencies range.

Originally is 88.1Mhz to 107.9Mhz.
Modified fmtxd frequency is: 76.1Mhz to 107.9Mhz

FM-Faker is an app to enable FM-transmitter on a device that got it disabled by default. Some country has a law against usage of FM-Transmitter. So it is illegal to have FM-trasmitter on any mobile device. FM-Fake enable the disable FM-Transmitter and make it usable like the device that got it enable by default.


Requirement:
1. SSH client and Server and set a password
2. Download WinSCP and install it to your WIndows PC

3. Connect to WIFI network (home network)

4. Download "fmtxd" file and unzip it on your computer.

5. connect your computer to your N900 via WinSCP (your N900 has to be connected to WIFI).

6. Once connected, browse through in "root", look for a folder called "usr" and in the folder "usr" there are many other folders. So look for the folder called "sbin". In there you'll find fmtxd file. Copy it to your computer as a backup incase you want to go back to factory Radio frequency.

7. copy the modified version of fmtxd and replace the file inside /usr/sbin

8. Go to your FM-transmitter and check if your range has been change. Enable it and you'll get "Unable to use FM transmitter". Because of the standard app doesn't know the frequency range in the modified fmtxd . Don't panic it will be fixed later.

9. If you see the "Unable to use FM...blah" then quickly Open up Xterminal and type:
sudo gainroot
killall fmtxd
fmtxd -d
"this will restart the FM transmitter daemon"


10. Now go to Application Manager and enable Extra-Devel, look for an application called FM-Faker, install it (read the description if you like) then your FM Transmitter will back up online again. With the frequency variations from 0 - 9, where as originally 1,3,5,7,9

Now you should see like the screenshots above in post 1.

Last edited by maxximuscool; 2010-08-19 at 10:21.
 

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