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How to enable Reboot button?
plus more..

in power button settings!




When you press the Power button, a menu is shown containing options to e.g. Switch off or lock the device. And what if you just want to reboot it? Sure, you can use the "Switch off" function and then just press the Power button again to turn the N900 back on. But it can be made simpler and quicker as you can add a separate "Reboot" button to the menu, which will automatically reboot the device without you having to do anything.

All you need to do is to edit one config file and "uncomment" its part responsible for showing the button, disabled by default.

In order to do this, you will to:

* Download and install rootsh from the Extras repository, which will give you root access in the X-Terminal
* Download and install Midnight Commander, the well known file manager which also contains a convenient text editor.



Now the actual modification:

Launch X-Terminal
* type sudo gainroot to enable root access
* type mc to launch Midnight Commander
* in the Midnight Commander, using the keyboard arrows, browse to the /ect/systemui/ folder and select the systemui.xml file
* make a copy of that file, just in case that you do something wrong, so that you can simply restore its original version anytime
* tap the 4 Edit button (at the bottom) to open the text editor
* at the bottom of the file you will notice that part of it (consisting of three ... entries) is disabled within the "comment" marks (starting ).
* move the "comment" marks mentioned above "<!--" (e.g. by deleting and re-typing them in other place) so that the two remaining entries ("Soft poweroff" and "Top in XTerm") are still within them but the "Reboot" entry gets outside of them
* tap 10 Quit button at the bottom of the editor and confirm in the requester that you want to save the file (if you don't see the 10 Quit button you may need to change the X-Terminal font size to 10)
* exit Midnight Commander, close X-Terminal and reboot the device
* after the N900 reboots, you should see the new "Reboot" option in the Menu.


When using the X-Terminal with root access enabled, be EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS! Root access enables you to modify (and thus also DAMAGE) all system files, which can even result in BRICKING the device. If you don't know what you are doing, better don't do it.

Change LED light colour and vibrator settings:


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Install MC (midnight commander)

open xterminal
type 'sudo gainroot'
then 'mc'
go to etc/mce/mce.ini

down the bottom of file is the area you need to be..
just read the file and its self explaining...
its as simple as changing 'r' to 'b' (change red to blue)
save file, exit mc and reboot.

So which service provider is the best? I think I'm going with optus or three. I want data cheap...(who doesn't)

Virgin aren't too bad. On any plan you can pay $5/month extra and get 300mb downloads.

I second this sounds cool. Im a Kiwi in NZ had mine for 2 weeks now and loving it; purchased from Nokia USA via a freinds family in the US.

I do have one issue with the 3.5mm jack not working but hopefully have a few options on what I will need to do to get it sorted.

Im new to all this root access and command line stuff and can see that if you have the know how this device is a treasure box.
One quistion could someone point me in the right direction for flashing the device, Im running windows 7 64bit.

Cheers.

Another satisfied aussie N900 user here to . Great device for my needs but I could see the ordinary phone user being a bit overwhelmed by the functionality of this device; certainly not for everyone.

It runs fine for me on the 3 network with 1gig data.

read previous pages for two MODs ive done myself...
ive flashed my n900 once, using XP..





To flash directly from the XP/Vista/Windows 7 command line, follow these steps:

* Download and install the latest version of Flasher (e.g. maemo_flasher-3.5_2.5.2.2.exe)
* Download the latest firmware (.bin) file and save to %ProgramFiles%\maemo\flasher-3.5\ (default installation path of Flasher) or to the custom path of your choice.
* Fully charge the battery.
* Unplug charger and switch off the device.
* Open the Command Prompt by going to Start then Run (or Windows Logo key + R) and type cmd then press Enter.
* Change directory to the flasher's program path (TIP: Use the TAB key to auto-complete the commands and file-names)

cd "%ProgramFiles%\maemo\flasher-3.5"

* Connect the USB cable while pressing 'u' key on the N900 (details on the wiki)
* Run the following command:

flasher-3.5.exe -F RX-51_2009SE_1.2009.42-11_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R

Remember to replace the RX-51_2009SE_1.2009.42-11_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin with the firmware you wish to update with.

The update will take about 3 minutes after which the N900 will reboot and display the Welcome screen with Regional settings.

could we return to oz-related issues?

such as, which providers does the N900 work with?

i'm with virgin, works a treat! but wanna get with 3, we have same issue as those in Uk?

Hi whirlpoolian's and OCAU'ians(?)

I've discovered that my TPG (optus) connection on my phone uploads faster then my TPG ADSL2+ connection (150KB/s vs 100KB/s) according to speedtest.net

As I mentioned a few posts ago the N900 works just fine with 3 here in Australia. I use it with the X-Series Ultimate I think it's called. If you would like to know for sure just take your phone into 3 and they will test it with the store simcard .