The Grand NITDroid Thread - NITDroid ICS Upgrade!

[scoobydoo]

http://repository.maemo.org/pool/maemo5.0/free/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb

download it to mydocs and do dpkg -i bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb.

That should install it for you.

[qwazix]

check your catalogs. Make sure you have extras and extras-testing enabled. And run apt-get update with working internet connection.

[frozenholmes]

check your catalogs. Make sure you have extras and extras-testing enabled. And run apt-get update with working internet connection.

every cat is fine... app man is working fine its just bzip2 thats the problem. i fig if i get filebox ill be able to get it working but bzip2 isnt letting me get filebox either :( untill bzip2 error goes away im stuck :'( soo any solutions? how do i get bzip2?? :mad:

[s15tQ]

Execute 'apt-get update' then 'apt-get install --reinstall bzip2' then try 'apt-get nitdroid-installer' again.

[ammyt]

@frozenholmes:
Uninstall Wgames then:
apt-get -f install
reboot
Make sure all of your repositories (extras, extras-testing, extras-devel) are on then:
apt-get update
OR:
Look at a post of mine one or two pages back, I posted all dependencies you'll need.

[frozenholmes]

@frozenholmes:
Uninstall Wgames then:
apt-get -f install
reboot
Make sure all of your repositories (extras, extras-testing, extras-devel) are on then:
apt-get update
OR:
Look at a post of mine one or two pages back, I posted all dependencies you'll need.


could you be able to give me all the repos please... looks like iv got all of them wrong.

[frozenholmes]

keep getting the same error :( any 1 know all the repos?

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# apt-get install nitdroid-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nitdroid-installer: Depends: bzip2 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

still dont have a clue were im going wrong from lol.

[ammyt]

keep getting the same error :( any 1 know all the repos?

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# apt-get install nitdroid-installer
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
nitdroid-installer: Depends: bzip2 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

still dont have a clue were im going wrong from lol.

Did you try to apt-get update?

[frozenholmes]

Did you try to apt-get update?

yup i did and i still get the same error :mad: any ideas bud?

[scoobydoo]

i posted the deb for bzip2 a few posts back

[frozenholmes]

i posted the deb for bzip2 a few posts back

yeah... i got that lol and i placed it in myDocs and clicked on it, it took me to app man and it tried to install it then an error came up saying its an unhknown format or something cant remember.

ohh it said its incompatible

[scoobydoo]

yeah you'll need to do the dpkg bit through xterm possibly as root can't remember as opposed to clicking on it the command is in same post as deb hopefully that should work sorry if it don't

[frozenholmes]

yeah you'll need to do the dpkg bit through xterm possibly as root can't remember as opposed to clicking on it the command is in same post as deb hopefully that should work sorry if it don't

so i go to X term and do this

root

dpkg -i bzip2_1.0.5-3+3m5_armel.deb

[then it will come up its installing then 1nc its done just exit right?]

[frozenholmes]

this is what i got when i did try it dpkg way


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ root


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# dpkg -i bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb
dpkg: error processing bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#

any ideas you guys?

[frozenholmes]

anybody?? lol i bet you its got something to do with the repos... is it cool to give you guys what iv got?

EXTRAS = Application manager --> Application catalogs --> New
Catalog name: maemo.org
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/
Distribution: fremantle-1.3
Components: free non-free


EXTRA-DEVEL = catalog name of ‘Maemo extras-devel’
web address of http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel
distribution of ‘fremantle’
components of ‘free non-free’

EXTRA TESTING = Application manager, menu, Application catalogs, New
Catalog name: maemo.org extras-testing
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free

NOKIA APPLICATIONS = cat name Nokia Applications
Web address = https://downloads.amemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ssu/apps/
Distribution = ./
Components = [blank]

is this the right repos?

[frozenholmes]

anybody?? iv been trying the code again and still get the same error [no surprise] so does anyone have a clue on what im doing wrong because i dont lol.

[ammyt]

this is what i got when i did try it dpkg way


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ root


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# dpkg -i bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb
dpkg: error processing bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#

any ideas you guys?

Dude, sorry for saying that but if you cannot dpkg a file then you have a lot of things you need to learn.
Put the bzip2_1.0blablabla.deb in the root directory of your N900, i.e. in the folder where you see Sounds, Videos, Documents, etc.. then:
root
dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb
Your repositories are all correct, otherwise, apt-get update cannot complete.

[frozenholmes]

Dude, sorry for saying that but if you cannot dpkg a file then you have a lot of things you need to learn.
Put the bzip2_1.0blablabla.deb in the root directory of your N900, i.e. in the folder where you see Sounds, Videos, Documents, etc.. then:
root
dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb
Your repositories are all correct, otherwise, apt-get update cannot complete.

sorry about me being an idiot man! insomnia is bad!! the pills i got from the doc dont help and im not even sure what day it is LOL! but thanks a million buddy! im pretty sure ever 1 who is looking at my posts are thing "how restarted can you get!!" again sorry for being stupid haha blame the insomnia not me :D

[frozenholmes]

this is going to be mega painful to read folks but iv got another error! :S

BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ root


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb
dpkg: error processing /home/user/MyDocs/bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
/home/user/MyDocs/bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb

its not really my day today :/

[scoobydoo]

do this
sudo gianroot
cd /home/user/MyDocs
then
dpkg -i bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb.
this should work as just tested it myself

[skykooler]

What happens if after typing "root" you type "ls /home/user/MyDocs"? Check that the .deb file is actually there.

[frozenholmes]

i think im on the right tracks now :D


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ sudo gainroot
Root shell enabled


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/home/user # cd /home/user/MyDocs
/home/user/MyDocs # dpkg -i bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb
Selecting previously deselected package bzip2.
(Reading database ... 23576 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bzip2 (from bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb) ...
Setting up bzip2 (1:1.0.5-3+0m5) ...
/home/user/MyDocs #

am i on the right tracks?

[frozenholmes]

quick question is this code ment to be like this ----------->>>

cd /home/user/MyDocs
bzip2 -d nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2

or like this --------------->>>>>>>>>>>>>>

cd /home/user/MyDocs bzip2 -d nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2

[scoobydoo]

i think im on the right tracks now :D


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ sudo gainroot
Root shell enabled


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/home/user # cd /home/user/MyDocs
/home/user/MyDocs # dpkg -i bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb
Selecting previously deselected package bzip2.
(Reading database ... 23576 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking bzip2 (from bzip2_1.0.5-3+0m5_armel.deb) ...
Setting up bzip2 (1:1.0.5-3+0m5) ...
/home/user/MyDocs #

am i on the right tracks?

yes mate now try the install nitdroid bits and you should be good to go

[frozenholmes]

im stuck at this part... i keep getting an error


cd /home
mkdir /and

is it ment to be like that or like this

cd /home/mkdir /and

i keep getting

mkdir: cannot directory '/and': file exists

and body got a fix or how do i type it?

[frozenholmes]

got a new problem this time [i bet you guys are getting sick and tired of my errors but i dont wana fook it up and stuff... hopefully you guys will get what i mean]

BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

~ $ root


BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# cd /home/user/MyDocs bzip2 -d nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2
Nokia-N900-42-11:/home/user/MyDocs# cd /
Nokia-N900-42-11:/# mount /home /and
Nokia-N900-42-11:/# cd /and
Nokia-N900-42-11:/and# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroidarchivename.tar
tar: can't open '/home/user/MyDocs/nitdroidarchivename.tar': No such file or directory
Nokia-N900-42-11:/and#

its this part thats going wrong

Nokia-N900-42-11:/and# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroidarchivename.tar
tar: can't open '/home/user/MyDocs/nitdroidarchivename.tar': No such file or directory

im clueless as ever. plus this is my first time doing something THIS extrema [yeah my life is boring haha i dont do this kind of stuff :D] please help

[yorkey]

g
Nokia-N900-42-11:~# cd /home/user/MyDocs bzip2 -d nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2

you have two commands on one line here, a "cd" and a "bzip2". Only the cd did anything
so do them as two commands
cd /home/user/MyDocs
bzip2 -d nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2
Its written as two line because you need to type two separate lines


Nokia-N900-42-11:/# mount /home /and
Nokia-N900-42-11:/# cd /and
Nokia-N900-42-11:/and# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroidarchivename.tar
tar: can't open '/home/user/MyDocs/nitdroidarchivename.tar': No such file or directory

the tar fails because you didnt do the bzip2 in a way that actually did anything.

Oh! and where people have been putting "nitdroidarchivename" you actually need to put the right name. It will be the name of the file you downloaded for the bzip2 and the same name without ".bz2" on the end for the tar command

[frozenholmes]

you have two commands on one line here, a "cd" and a "bzip2". Only the cd did anything
so do them as two commands
cd /home/user/MyDocs
bzip2 -d nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2
Its written as two line because you need to type two separate lines


the tar fails because you didnt do the bzip2 in a way that actually did anything.

Oh! and where people have been putting "nitdroidarchivename" you actually need to put the right name. It will be the name of the file you downloaded for the bzip2 and the same name without ".bz2" on the end for the tar command

see at this part

bzip2 -d nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2

would it be

bzip2 -d NITDroid-0.0.9.tar.bz2

[yorkey]

see at this part

bzip2 -d nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2

would it be

bzip2 -d NITDroid-0.0.9.tar.bz2

That seems reasonable, if a bit old (Think most would install N12_UMay.tar.bz2 as its a much later build)

[frozenholmes]

That seems reasonable, if a bit old (Think most would install N12_UMay.tar.bz2 as its a much later build)

ok cool... only problem is i dont have it :( were could i find N12_UMay.tar.bz2

[yorkey]

ok cool... only problem is i dont have it :( were could i find N12_UMay.tar.bz2

there's a link in the wki (http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_install_on_EMMC#Installing_Nitdroid) where it says "image :http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/"

There are 7 ish big files in there, you want the newest.

[frozenholmes]

there's a link in the wki (http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_install_on_EMMC#Installing_Nitdroid) where it says "image :http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/"

There are 7 ish big files in there, you want the newest.

this 1

Saturday, May 07, 2011 11:15 AM 64579012 N12_UMay.tar.bz2

and thats it right? once its done just do the code alover again (step 4) and then hopefully it will work.

[yorkey]

this 1

Saturday, May 07, 2011 11:15 AM 64579012 N12_UMay.tar.bz2

and thats it right? once its done just do the code alover again (step 4) and then hopefully it will work.
yes, from step 4 in the wiki

[frozenholmes]

yes, from step 4 in the wiki

is this what was suposed to happen when i run this code?

Nokia-N900-42-11:/and# dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb
(Reading database ... 23683 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07 (from .../nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb) ...
Setting up nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07 (rc4) ...
Copying 2.6.28.NIT.07 essential modules to Maemo...
Running depmod...
Creating item file for multiboot
sh: /dev/mmcblk0p2: unknown operand
Nokia-N900-42-11:/and#


that ( sh:/dev/mmcblk0p2: unknown operand )part was that suposed to happen... do i got to step 5 now?

[yorkey]

Creating item file for multiboot
sh: /dev/mmcblk0p2: unknown operand
Nokia-N900-42-11:/and#

that ( sh:/dev/mmcblk0p2: unknown operand )part was that suposed to happen... do i got to step 5 now?
its a while since I did this, but, yes the unknown operand doesnt look right!

Did you go straight through step 4 in the same xterm?

The error is only for the multiboot so it might be fixable! and might be fixed by step 5.

Do the first command in step 5 and see if you get a blank file in leafpad. If it is blank then that means more fixing is required!

[frozenholmes]

its a while since I did this, but, yes the unknown operand doesnt look right!

Did you go straight through step 4 in the same xterm?

The error is only for the multiboot so it might be fixable! and might be fixed by step 5.

Do the first command in step 5 and see if you get a blank file in leafpad. If it is blank then that means more fixing is required!

yeah i did that and it was a blank page on leafpad :/ what do i need to fix? is it something to do with the kernel or something because every thing was running smoothly till i hit this wall lol.

[yorkey]

yeah i did that and it was a blank page on leafpad :/ what do i need to fix? is it something to do with the kernel or something because every thing was running smoothly till i hit this wall lol.

Not certain at this point :(! depends what has actually been missed out due to the error you got. As far as Im aware the install should have no errors, but it may depend on what else you have installed of course. e.g. the "apt-get install nitdroid-installer" you did first should have worked cleanly.

Didi you have a look at any youtube videos? This one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q1biPWvKOE&feature=related covers install of 0.0.9. You should get similar output from each command i.e. some produce big long lists other produce no output at all.

[frozenholmes]

Not certain at this point :(! depends what has actually been missed out due to the error you got. As far as Im aware the install should have no errors, but it may depend on what else you have installed of course. e.g. the "apt-get install nitdroid-installer" you did first should have worked cleanly.

Didi you have a look at any youtube videos? This one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q1biPWvKOE&feature=related covers install of 0.0.9. You should get similar output from each command i.e. some produce big long lists other produce no output at all.


yeah!! thats the 1 i was watching when i was confused. :O how the heck! wait! does leafpad to ages to open up and show words on it? because whn i typed it up (my phone was a lil bit slugish when i was getting the other stuff) it took its time and showd me a blank page... what if you manuly wrote the stuff on leafpad... would that work?

also! would it be because iv put

leafpad /etc/multiboot.d/11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06.item
the d/11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06 part?

[yorkey]

yeah!! thats the 1 i was watching when i was confused. :O how the heck! wait! does leafpad to ages to open up and show words on it? because whn i typed it up (my phone was a lil bit slugish when i was getting the other stuff) it took its time and showd me a blank page... what if you manuly wrote the stuff on leafpad... would that work?
leafpad might take a second or siz I guess. File stil shouldnt be empty though!

Well yes typing the whole file in should work if its just the file contents thats missing

THis is what my file has in it
ITEM_NAME="NITDroid 2.6.28.NIT.06 on mmcblk0p2"
ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28.NIT.06
ITEM_MODULES=ext3
ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p2
ITEM_FSTYPE=ext3
ITEM_FSOPTIONS=rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro

Yes its quite a big IF!

[frozenholmes]

leafpad might take a second or siz I guess. File stil shouldnt be empty though!

Well yes typing the whole file in should work if its just the file contents thats missing

THis is what my file has in it
ITEM_NAME="NITDroid 2.6.28.NIT.06 on mmcblk0p2"
ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28.NIT.06
ITEM_MODULES=ext3
ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p2
ITEM_FSTYPE=ext3
ITEM_FSOPTIONS=rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro

Yes its quite a big IF!

well... shall i try it? see what happens? i hope it wont fook up the phone tho.

[yorkey]

well... shall i try it? see what happens? i hope it wont fook up the phone tho.

Erm!

do
ls /etc/multiboot.d
and post the results. If there is a file starting 00- in there then pressing 0 at the multiboot menu shoudl always get the thing booted back to maemo

[frozenholmes]

Erm!

do
ls /etc/multiboot.d
and post the results. If there is a file starting 00- in there then pressing 0 at the multiboot menu shoudl always get the thing booted back to maemo

this is what i got.

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# ls /etc/multiboot.d
00-Maemo-2.6.28-omap1.item
11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06.item
README
examples
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#



will it boot nitdroid? hopefully

[yorkey]

this is what i got.

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# ls /etc/multiboot.d
00-Maemo-2.6.28-omap1.item
11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06.item
README
examples
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#

will it boot nitdroid? hopefully
erm!

WHat do you get for?
ls -l /boot/multiboot

If that folder has the right contents... ie at least a file called "vmlinuz-2.6.28.NIT.06"

and

If you put in what I said my file was into 11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06.item withouth spellign mistakes and you DONT have a micro cd card then it might! (past my area of experience at the "Unknown operand" error)

PS make sure you reboot with the keyboard open or you may just go back to maemo.

[frozenholmes]

erm!

WHat do you get for?
ls -l /boot/multiboot

If that folder has the right contents... ie at least a file called "vmlinuz-2.6.28.NIT.06"

and

If you put in what I said my file was into 11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06.item withouth spellign mistakes and you DONT have a micro cd card then it might! (past my area of experience at the "Unknown operand" error)

PS make sure you reboot with the keyboard open or you may just go back to maemo.

yeah!! i did a reboot :D but then i pressed 2 for NITdroid and it said somethng press any key to panic :S how do i fix this? any ideas?

oh btw in red writing it said
cannot flash kernel guru meditation required [and some numbers :S]

[yorkey]

yeah!! i did a reboot :D but then i pressed 2 for NITdroid and it said somethng press any key to panic :S how do i fix this? any ideas?
reboot again and press 0 (this worked for me)

PS what what the result of the ls I posted?

[frozenholmes]

reboot again and press 0 (this worked for me)

PS what what the result of the ls I posted?

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# ls /etc/multiboot.d
00-Maemo-2.6.28-omap1.item
11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06.item
README
examples
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#


so on the boot menu i press 0 and it will be A-OK right?

[yorkey]

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# ls /etc/multiboot.d
00-Maemo-2.6.28-omap1.item
11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06.item
README
examples
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#


so on the boot menu i press 0 and it will be A-OK right?

Should go back to maemo

[frozenholmes]

Should go back to maemo

so how do i fix the problem? do i run the whole code al over again from scratch?

[yorkey]

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# ls /etc/multiboot.d
00-Maemo-2.6.28-omap1.item
11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06.item
README
examples
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#


so on the boot menu i press 0 and it will be A-OK right?

The output of
ls -l /boot/multiboot
may show there's no kernel to boot nitdroid from, it should have "vmlinuz-2.6.28-omap1" though which is put ther ewhen multiboot is installed I think.

[frozenholmes]

The output of
ls -l /boot/multiboot
may show there's no kernel to boot nitdroid from, it should have "vmlinuz-2.6.28-omap1" though which is put ther ewhen multiboot is installed I think.

yeah iv got that... iv got another underneeth that 1

-rw-r--r-- 1root root 1751048 May 22 21:17 vmlinuz-2.6.28.NIT.07

i thinks its a problem with a kernal... os how would i fix the problem :'(

[yorkey]

yeah iv got that... iv got another underneeth that 1

-rw-r--r-- 1root root 1751048 May 22 21:17 vmlinuz-2.6.28.NIT.07

i thinks its a problem with a kernal... os how would i fix the problem :'(

ah! you need to chaneg the file you edited with leafpad. Change the

ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28.NIT.06
to say

ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28.NIT.07
(as this line is what tells multiboot which kernel to use)

may as well change the 06 to 07 in the line starting "ITEM_NAME" as well

[frozenholmes]

ah! you need to chaneg the file you edited with leafpad. Change the

ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28.NIT.06
to say

ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28.NIT.07
(as this line is what tells multiboot which kernel to use)

may as well change the 06 to 07 in the line starting "ITEM_NAME" as well

so that means doing all of step 4 again or do i just skip to step 5 and try it?

[yorkey]

so that means doing all of step 4 again or do i just skip to step 5 and try it?

Sorry! Just the editing of the file as I posted above (and save it of course). Then reboot and see it nitdroid works :)

[frozenholmes]

yeah this time it started loading the bios of the nitdroid then BALM!! it went back to the "hit any key to panic" :/ any ideas man! slowly getting it to work

[yorkey]

yeah this time it started loading the bios of the nitdroid then BALM!! it went back to the "hit any key to panic" :/ any ideas man! slowly getting it to work
Erm!
Iif you dont have a micro SD card installed, then it sounds like the error from the "dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb" has caused bits to be miissed out.

You could try the
dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb again.
Youll probably have to edit the file with leafpad again as per step 4. Problem is you may just get the same error as last time!

You sure you did everything as root?
Did the tar command produce any errors?

[frozenholmes]

Erm!
Iif you dont have a micro SD card installed, then it sounds like the error from the "dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb" has caused bits to be miissed out.

You could try the
dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb again.
Youll probably have to edit the file with leafpad again as per step 4. Problem is you may just get the same error as last time!

You sure you did everything as root?
Did the tar command produce any errors?

well... im trying step 4 from scratch and iv got an error >_>

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# cd /home/user/MyDocs
Nokia-N900-42-11:/home/user/MyDocs# bzip2 -d N12_UMay.tar.bz2
bzip2: Can't open input file N12_UMay.tar.bz2: No such file or directory.
Nokia-N900-42-11:/home/user/MyDocs#

why is this not working for mee!!! i think NITdroid hates my guts or my phone hates me lol. so what do i do now:mad:

[frozenholmes]

if i do dpkg i get this error

Nokia-N900-42-11:~# dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb
(Reading database ... 23931 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07 rc4 (using .../nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb) ...
Android not found. MUST be mounted on '/and'
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK.
Android not found. MUST be mounted on '/and'
dpkg: error processing /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb (--install):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb
Nokia-N900-42-11:~#

dude im not sure what to do anymore :( im sooo lost. been trying to get nitdroid for a week and im going no were fast (only came on yesterday because i lost all the codes :/ )

[yorkey]

dude im not sure what to do anymore :( im sooo lost. been trying to get nitdroid for a week and im going no were fast (only came on yesterday because i lost all the codes :/ )
As it says "Android not found. MUST be mounted on '/and'" you need to do all of step 4 .well you can only do the bzip2 line once so skip that, but all other steps are required.

In this case you missed "mount /home /and", but just do all the steps, skipping the bzip2 line/

[N900L]

when i had problems with nitdroid i did the following steps

But you have to backup your data first>

1.if possible, uninstall nitdroid with the official uninstallation tutorial
2.format your mmc (32 GB) internal memory from pc
3.format your Memory card from pc
4.reflash the n900 fw with maemo Flasher (it may work with the pc suite also (i think both do the same.

i hope this helps you all instead of breaking your heads about thing like those.

[yorkey]

Well, yes you could reflash and start from scratch. (that way should work 100% of the time I think) But its not very convenient if, lke me, youve got CSSU and lost of other things already installed.

[frozenholmes]

As it says "Android not found. MUST be mounted on '/and'" you need to do all of step 4 .well you can only do the bzip2 line once so skip that, but all other steps are required.

In this case you missed "mount /home /and", but just do all the steps, skipping the bzip2 line/

just done it all... now im going to reboot my phone and see if nitdroid works.

[yorkey]

just done it all... now im going to reboot my phone and see if nitdroid works.

OK! I was just about to post that you should do step 5 (cos Ive just split step4 in to two and noted that the old step 4 can only be done once)

[frozenholmes]

haha!! iv got it working all thanks to you chum :D thanks a million bud!!

[yorkey]

haha!! iv got it working all thanks to you chum :D thanks a million bud!!

Good news indeed!

I assuem the deb installed correctly this time then! Strange!

[frozenholmes]

Good news indeed!

I assuem the deb installed correctly this time then! Strange!

yup :D but it took ages to boot up :/ and it is littel bit laggy... im on maemo right now tho (forgot my WPA so no point on staying on nitdroid lol) but hopefully when the latest up date come it will be better because that way you can call people and stuff. but im not to worried about the because i just got it installed lol. but thanks to every 1 who helped me with this crazy ride lol. all i need are some good apps (any body got any decent apps to recoment?) and just unhide all my music, videos and pictures and ill be happy :D

[samipower]

Hello News

i listen my voice with nitdroid , Voice Yes .

I installed skype special with video included .

When i speak with my pc-microphone , i can listen perfectly in n900 my voice

but when i speak in n900 , in my pc speakers ,
I can hear a distorted sound like bubbles of water

but it is a advance.

[ammyt]

yup :D but it took ages to boot up :/ and it is littel bit laggy... im on maemo right now tho (forgot my WPA so no point on staying on nitdroid lol) but hopefully when the latest up date come it will be better because that way you can call people and stuff. but im not to worried about the because i just got it installed lol. but thanks to every 1 who helped me with this crazy ride lol. all i need are some good apps (any body got any decent apps to recoment?) and just unhide all my music, videos and pictures and ill be happy :D

Just give it 2 minutes to load up, it will be as silky smooth as Maemo I promise. Oh and BTW did you install SetCpu? You should install it, and set the limits to 250 805 as this really gives a boost to performance.

[ammyt]

As we all follow this forum's code, we're not supposed to post any links to cracks, paid apps for free, and all that junk, BUT posting what to look for in google is allowed eh?

_samipower has a great list of beautiful working/ how to get them working/ non-working Android games:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1017545&postcount=20

_bunanson's thread about NITDroid apps/games:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=62175
^^Wow I just had a look at this, grrrrr too much!

[ammyt]

frozenholmes, you're an adventurer, but yorkey, you followed frozenholmes in 4 pages! Dude, you've got heaps and heaps of patience, respect, respect, respect....

[samipower]

Ammyt

i can say that TODAY all android games are running in nokia n900

it can see

in youtube channel user http://www.youtube.com/ureosn900 or my chanell
http://www.youtube.com/samipower

new videos will added soon: real footbal 2011,contract, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, backstab ,MADDEN NFL 11 v2138

but with chainfire 3d all games can be played .

now i am doing a big list games running for publish in a wiki.nitdroid oficcial list, today i will put the link

edit: Ammyt you can add this list for first page in the post

http://wiki.nitdroid.com/index.php?title=Games


more game data will be filled soon but the game list as good,complete

[Boemien]

Ammyt

i can say that TODAY all android games are running in nokia n900

it can see

in youtube channel user http://www.youtube.com/ureosn900 or my chanell
http://www.youtube.com/samipower

new videos will added soon: real footbal 2011,contract, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, backstab ,MADDEN NFL 11 v2138

but with chainfire 3d all games can be played .

now i am doing a big list games running for publish in a wiki.nitdroid oficcial list, today i will put the link

edit: Ammyt you can add this list for first page in the post

http://wiki.nitdroid.com/index.php?title=Games


more game data will be filled soon but the game list as good,complete

SamiPower, You're the Best. I did a reflash and I'm planning to Reinstall NitDroid. Reading This kind of post makes me happy. :D Good Work. :cool:

I used to play some games under NitDroid, and some was lagging. Are there better if we download from an other version??

[frozenholmes]

frozenholmes, you're an adventurer, but yorkey, you followed frozenholmes in 4 pages! Dude, you've got heaps and heaps of patience, respect, respect, respect....

haha!! it was a pain to finally get it working on my phone tho :D but still thanks to yorkey for helping me through it all lol. alsojust some stuff i wanted to clear up... you can make calls and receive them but you cant hear anything nor can the person who your calling can hear your right? and the accelerometer dosent work very well and the camera is dosent show any thing lol. i guess some of the problems will be fixed in the update. but none the less at least iv got it working haha, anyway dose anybody have any good links to get games, apps and live wallpapers? thanks :D

[samipower]

Boemien , only 4 things,
cpu 805mhz,
chainfire 3d, for other gpu adreno,nvidia, or power vr
swap 1 enable in nitdroid.
games normally motorola/galaxyS galaxy more slow.

with it , all games are running very stable.

[frozenholmes]

Boemien , only 4 things,
cpu 805mhz,
chainfire 3d, for other gpu adreno,nvidia, or power vr
swap 1 enable in nitdroid.
games normally motorola/galaxyS galaxy more slow.

with it , all games are running very stable.

ok cool... so ill find this stuff on the market? thanks :D

[ammyt]

Boemien , only 4 things,
cpu 805mhz,
chainfire 3d, for other gpu adreno,nvidia, or power vr
swap 1 enable in nitdroid.
games normally motorola/galaxyS galaxy more slow.

with it , all games are running very stable.

Thanks a tonne man this is a very great contribution, but I've got some questions about swap memory. Can you post what changes have you done in your default.prop? What memory/partition are you using for swap (internal partition/mmc)? Didn't you experience any side effects by activating swap?

I heavily messed up NITDroid and I had to reflash my device that day when I enabled it (was using N11).

[frozenholmes]

Thanks a tonne man this is a very great contribution, but I've got some questions about swap memory. Can you post what changes have you done in your default.prop? What memory/partition are you using for swap (internal partition/mmc)? Didn't you experience any side effects by activating swap?

I heavily messed up NITDroid and I had to reflash my device that day when I enabled it (was using N11).

i didnt really have that many problems... instead of having android on my memory card iv got it on my HD. but now that im running android iv noticed that when ever i plug in the usb to get some stuff of the comp on to my n900 on android mode... i dosent notice that iv got the usb on it just sits their normal, also the battery runs out quicker now and when i go to recharge and when i lock the screen it stops recharging [weird]

[ammyt]

ok cool... so ill find this stuff on the market? thanks :D

Heeelloooo, Gooooooogle...

[ammyt]

i didnt really have that many problems... instead of having android on my memory card iv got it on my HD. but now that im running android iv noticed that when ever i plug in the usb to get some stuff of the comp on to my n900 on android mode... i dosent notice that iv got the usb on it just sits their normal, also the battery runs out quicker now and when i go to recharge and when i lock the screen it stops recharging [weird]

So did you enable swap?....

[ammyt]

@frozenholmes:
As said before,
apps-->settings-->applications-->Development-->Stay awake
This should let the screen stay awake when connected to a charger so you can charge your phone while in NITDroid.

[frozenholmes]

So did you enable swap?....

ermm... nope, not that i can recall something to do with swap :/

for contacts i used vcard because it couldn't find the sim card. but other then that iv got no problems what so ever.

[samipower]

Hello ammyt , i only in file default.prop in swap i put 1 .
My nitdroid in emmc installed .

changed: without swap many games reboots n900 or slow , with swap all more better.

the best example:

fast furious 5 galaxy S without swap very slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRqR-HDGT9w

fast furious 5 htc with chainfire with swap normal-fast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNHDMTPfP5A&feature=player_embedded#at=74

[Boemien]

I'm a little bit confused about all of these. Can you post a step by step guide about using chainfire 3d and the swap....
What do I need to install, what do I need to mod, How do I mod to have these games working near smoothly??? :confused:

[samipower]

boemien

it is very easy

for activate swap

in maemo

terminal :

sudo gainroot
mount /home /and

filebox manager and search file default.prop into /and

this file copy to your computer , open and modify swap 0 and put swap 1

chainfire download of the market , install

for chainfire installation look my post nvidia tegra games

for each game you can try two options for low level textures or normal

[m4r0v3r]

the problem for me is the new kernel. causes a lot of problems the rc4 i think it is. am going to go back tot he rc3 since the rc 4 is causing a lot of force quits.

[yeshwanthkv]

hi guys can anyone help me out on extending my internal phone partition on android as i m running out of memory.. current size is 1.35g plz.. some one help m out to extend the size..

[yorkey]

hi guys can anyone help me out on extending my internal phone partition on android as i m running out of memory.. current size is 1.35g plz.. some one help m out to extend the size..

You cant extend the "internal phone partition" you can however wipe everything and change its size by flashing the EMMC.

The things to flash are in the Custom EMMCs section (http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_install_on_EMMC#Custom_EMMC.27s)of the wiki. How to flash EMMC is also in the wiki (http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware#Flashing_the_eMMC_in_ the_N900). just use the custom bin file

[HwKok]

Hello all,
I've got a question, maybe it's a silly one, but I can't get a way to get this sorted.

I've installed the latest Nitdroid Gingerbread, working all fine with Multiboot. :)
Now I would like to overclock my N900 in Maemo.
I downloaded and installed the 'safe' power kernel from the extras-repository, it's 2.6.28-maemo42.
I also downloaded the power kernel settings thing from the repos.

Now...when I'm in X-terminal and I want to load the "ideal" settings, X-term says: "This kernel version 2.6.28-omap1 is not supported."

I rebooted several times. I have this idea that it's because all the things I installed for Nitdroid, but as I said i'm a noob at this things.

Pleasy tell me if it's possible to get the N900 overclocked in Maemo with Nitdroid installed and if so, how can I do this?
Thanx in advance. :)

[m4r0v3r]

thats an old version. find the maemo48 version.

[Boemien]

thats an old version. find the maemo48 version.

v48?? I thought that it was v47 which was available??? :confused:

[ammyt]

Ahh finally, I feel glory now looking at the properly compiled WIKI.

My internet is back, better than ever :D

Speedtest.net reports:
218.3 KB/s :D

[bunanson]

Unannounced easter bunny from Evil Google: the gingergreat has IPv6 built-in. If you dont know what is that. Dont worry, it is not for you. For the one interested. FREE INTERNET now with nitdroid. Hur Ray!

bun

[topet2k12001]

Unannounced easter bunny from Evil Google: the gingergreat has IPv6 built-in. If you dont know what is that. Dont worry, it is not for you. For the one interested. FREE INTERNET now with nitdroid. Hur Ray!

bun

Hm, I know it's illegal to talk about that in forums (or wherever part of the world we're at where it's legal or not). But only for the purpose of an "FYI", it's actually possible with the current version of NITDroid. How, you ask? Apologies but I don't think we're allowed to discuss that (or correct me if I'm wrong).

[bunanson]

Hm, I know it's illegal to talk about that in forums (or wherever part of the world we're at where it's legal or not). But only for the purpose of an "FYI", it's actually possible with the current version of NITDroid. How, you ask? Apologies but I don't think we're allowed to discuss that (or correct me if I'm wrong).

Thank for being a moral police. No appreciation at all. This is 120% legal. From t-mobile company asking people to help to launch IPv6. OMG.

bun

[topet2k12001]

Thank for being a moral police. No appreciation at all. This is 120% legal. From t-mobile company asking people to help to launch IPv6. OMG.

bun

Sorry about that. Not that I don't appreciate (not my intention), I'm just being careful since I saw a thread or two where someone tried to share something similar and "got a beating", so to speak. If there's consent from the folks here, then definitely I can share. :) Also I'm not from the US so whatever has worked from where I am right now may or may not be the same for others, and I may not have enough knowledge of what's allowed and not over there.

[abufaisal.o]

Hello ammyt,

I've noticed that the thread topic has been changed to "...- Sound While in A Call Achieved"

How is the quality of the sound during a call???

[blackjack4it]

Woohooo one step forward to the full Android port :D

[ammyt]

Hm, I know it's illegal to talk about that in forums (or wherever part of the world we're at where it's legal or not). But only for the purpose of an "FYI", it's actually possible with the current version of NITDroid. How, you ask? Apologies but I don't think we're allowed to discuss that (or correct me if I'm wrong).

Dude, you're wrong.
Haven't you heard about it before? F-aircrack? We've got about 4 huge threads discussing about ipv6 and WEP cracking, so it is definitely legal.

[ashujanu]

m excited.....
can we know how's the sound quality now..Mighty Ammyt... :)

[zurrain101]

hey any details or sneak peak about when is the next update coming? :)

[topet2k12001]

Dude, you're wrong.
Haven't you heard about it before? F-aircrack? We've got about 4 huge threads discussing about ipv6 and WEP cracking, so it is definitely legal.

Yup I know how to use aircrack-ng as well as WEP and WPA/WPA2 cracking. :) There are quite some posts, discussions, and debates though about that being legal or not, etc. As such I was just being cautious. But going to that topic was not my intention and agenda in the first place (there are separate threads for those kinds of discussion). As mentioned in my initial response, my intention was just to say that "free Internet" is already possible in the current NITDroid version.

[bunanson]

Yup I know how to use aircrack-ng as well as WEP and WPA/WPA2 cracking. :) There are quite some posts, discussions, and debates though about that being legal or not, etc. As such I was just being cautious. But going to that topic was not my intention and agenda in the first place (there are separate threads for those kinds of discussion). As mentioned in my initial response, my intention was just to say that "free Internet" is already possible in the current NITDroid version.

You guys talking things way above my head. No. I am not talking about cracking WEP or security code for free internet. Sorry if i misled anybody. I have no intention and plain NOT INTERESTED. Period.

I meant free internet are those have been legally recruited by tmobile, I am one, to help implement/test/IPv6 to the cellular system. For those are legally in, the pool has since closed, not more, again, maemo would provide free internet/free cellular if one turned the n900 into IPv6. However, android WAS not in, at least so far not publicly. I was so excited to see the hidden built-in IPv6 cellular and allow nitdroid to tap into the IPv6 cellular. Anyway, I am way too a newby to talk about it. Full details here (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1048350#post1048350).

Before, when I am in nitdroid, and on the street, I would have to reboot into maemo to get online. Now, with the implementation of IPv6, there is hope that I would NOT need to reboot into maemo even I am on the street. That is what I meant. This IPv6 is a big step for android/nitdroid. I have NOT actively searched about it, but is a sweet surprise to me.

bun

[ammyt]

I've finally done it, full HTC Sense on my NITDroid, I'm in love with it!
<yes, I'm obsessed with sense :D>
The location and temperature are also working on the flipclock, a small moon icon also appears but I'm not connected to the internet on my N900, a nice cloud and sun-glow-like animation also starts once unlocking the phone.
Gotta love Sense :)

[sansar95]

I've finally done it, full HTC Sense on my NITDroid, I'm in love with it!
<yes, I'm obsessed with sense :D>
The location and temperature are also working on the flipclock, a small moon icon also appears but I'm not connected to the internet on my N900, a nice cloud and sun-glow-like animation also starts once unlocking the phone.
Gotta love Sense :)

It looks great dear so i think that we might have whole working Android port on our N900 very soon...
Can't resist my self

[zurrain101]

hey any news on new features and a new update date?

[N900L]

looks nice ' hope we will get it soon.
with call function.
we have meego with calls but without apps
we have nitdroid running but without calls

it all is in the future

thats why the n900 is a good phone.

[skykooler]

we have nitdroid running but without calls

So how is the title of this thread "Sound While In A Call Achieved"?

[MyNokiaN900]

I've finally done it, full HTC Sense on my NITDroid, I'm in love with it!
<yes, I'm obsessed with sense :D>
The location and temperature are also working on the flipclock, a small moon icon also appears but I'm not connected to the internet on my N900, a nice cloud and sun-glow-like animation also starts once unlocking the phone.
Gotta love Sense :)

That looks absolutely incredibly awesome....

[arora.rohan]

Try installing the GO launcher from Market... it works really smooth on nitdroid.. its perfect for us i guess

[bunanson]

Nitdroid phone use today: It can receive incoming phone call. You can answer phone calls or missed phone calls. Missed phone calls are listed under missing calls. And that is all about it now. That is, people can call you to your n900 and everything functioned like a phone, except audio still work in progress.

bun

[Boemien]

I'm curently browsing the forum using android browser! It's a little bit slow but it's good! Ammyt, you ROCK. how did you do that?? The community can count on guys like you. Me I'm too lazy to go further in my experiences. Good job mate.

[sudarsan_avs]

So this means GPS will also work on Nitdroid... right?

[ericsson]

I can't get off flight mode. I tried the flight mode off, then restart, but it does not work. :mad:

[ammyt]

I can't get off flight mode. I tried the flight mode off, then restart, but it does not work. :mad:

Are you using N12? This got fixed long ago...

menu --> devtools --> terminal emulator
while in NITDroid's terminal, execute:
su
rr
wait for 2 mins and you shall be back online

[ericsson]

Are you using N12? This got fixed long ago...

menu --> devtools --> terminal emulator
while in NITDroid's terminal, execute:
su
rr
wait for 2 mins and you shall be back online

N12_UMay

Tried the rr, but it had no effect. Thanks anyway

[Boemien]

I am ready to post instructions on how to get Sensed in N12 but I fear that I'll have to post a link to a paid app which got removed from the market (it's not Fancy Widget at all) so...is this possible?

hahahaha! I think that some members here do have some minimal skills about using google. :D
I tried to test itching-thumb but the phone froze. I don't know why. I think i did not put the right preferences.

I can't get off flight mode. I tried the flight mode off, then restart, but it does not work. :mad:

Did you disable PIN Code check under Maemo???

Ok Guys, I'm going to have a sleep. I hope to see good news here tomorrow when i'll be awake. Good Night and Have a good week too! :cool:

[ammyt]

That's the best post I've read Boemin, I swear to god I forgot how does sleeping feel, too much travelling! I only had 3 hours of sleep yesterday so I'll just gunna put my N niiiiinehuundred *yawn* aside *snoring effect*...

[ericsson]

hahahaha! I think that some members here do have some minimal skills about using google. :D
I tried to test itching-thumb but the phone froze. I don't know why. I think i did not put the right preferences.



Did you disable PIN Code check under Maemo???

Ok Guys, I'm going to have a sleep. I hope to see good news here tomorrow when i'll be awake. Good Night and Have a good week too! :cool:

Thats it :) written on my gingerbread something. Why not add this info on the wiki page?

[Cobra]

Im installing nitdroid on the emmc whats the file name of the latest image at http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/

[HwKok]

Hello all,
I've got a question, maybe it's a silly one, but I can't get a way to get this sorted.

I've installed the latest Nitdroid Gingerbread, working all fine with Multiboot. :)
Now I would like to overclock my N900 in Maemo.
I downloaded and installed the 'safe' power kernel from the extras-repository, it's 2.6.28-maemo42.
I also downloaded the power kernel settings thing from the repos.

Now...when I'm in X-terminal and I want to load the "ideal" settings, X-term says: "This kernel version 2.6.28-omap1 is not supported."

I rebooted several times. I have this idea that it's because all the things I installed for Nitdroid, but as I said i'm a noob at this things.

Pleasy tell me if it's possible to get the N900 overclocked in Maemo with Nitdroid installed and if so, how can I do this?
Thanx in advance. :)

thats an old version. find the maemo48 version.

V47 is the most recent.
I tried it with that one, but the same problem.

Anyone else has an idea?

[Salvaged Soul]

Im installing nitdroid on the emmc whats the file name of the latest image at http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/

N12_UMay.tar.bz2

[dxh1011]

I have waited for a long time, but anything has been changed by nitdroid, what's happened?

[rb26vl]

I've finally done it, full HTC Sense on my NITDroid, I'm in love with it!
<yes, I'm obsessed with sense :D>
The location and temperature are also working on the flipclock, a small moon icon also appears but I'm not connected to the internet on my N900, a nice cloud and sun-glow-like animation also starts once unlocking the phone.
Gotta love Sense :)

Great stuff...is that the actual genuine HTC Sense launcher or a sudo using LauncherPro or something? If it's the genuine HTC Sense launcher, I'd love to know how you managed to port it to nit!

[Tiptronic]

Hey fellas, a couple of questions before I try nitdroid:

-Do I need to buy a microsd card to use nitdroid?
-Can you call and connect to the internet?
-Will all my data be lost (so do I have to backup everything)
-Is there anything I should be aware of before I install?

thanks in advance, looking forward to use nitdroid

[skykooler]

Hey fellas, a couple of questions before I try nitdroid:

-Do I need to buy a microsd card to use nitdroid?
-Can you call and connect to the internet?
-Will all my data be lost (so do I have to backup everything)
-Is there anything I should be aware of before I install?

thanks in advance, looking forward to use nitdroid

These questions have already been answered in this thread (except maybe the first one). But I will summarize:

-You do not need a microsd card, you can install it on the emmc instead.
-You can connect to the internet. Calls are a work in progress.
-Your data shouldn't be lost. However, if you mess up the install, you might need to reflash, which would destroy your data. Always back up whether you need to or not!
-Be aware that this is still very experimental and you will likely encounter some bugs. Don't install Nitdroid unless you can deal with such.

[Tiptronic]

Thanks a lot for your time.

Final question to be sure. These are the steps I have to follow, right?
- enable Extras-devel
- sudo gainroot
- rootapt-get install nitdroid-installer
- download and install http://downloads.nitdroid.com/nitinstaller/nitdroid-installer_0.2.7_armel.deb
- enter 'nitdroid'


Would that do the job for me?

[ammyt]

Thanks a lot for your time.

Final question to be sure. These are the steps I have to follow, right?
- enable Extras-devel
- sudo gainroot
- rootapt-get install nitdroid-installer
- download and install http://downloads.nitdroid.com/nitinstaller/nitdroid-installer_0.2.7_armel.deb
- enter 'nitdroid'


Would that do the job for me?


HA?!
Open the WIKI!
These instructions are for installing a very old build on your microSD card! READ!

[Tiptronic]

@tiptronic
Hey fella, I've got one question.

Do you know how to read?

I read first and final pages, you can't expect everyone to read all 260 pages, if you want to help, you help, if you don't ignore and don't try to be a smartass.

http://wiki.nitdroid.com/index.php?title=N900-Autoinstaller

and I READ the wiki, thats where I found it. wtf is your problem seriously.


*edit*
as topic creator, you should put the most important parts of info in mainpost.

[ammyt]

I read first and final pages, you can't expect everyone to read all 260 pages, if you want to help, you help, if you don't ignore and don't try to be a smartass.

http://wiki.nitdroid.com/index.php?title=N900-Autoinstaller

and I READ the wiki, thats where I found it. wtf is your problem seriously.


*edit*
as topic creator, you should put the most important parts of info in mainpost.

WTH can you shut up? Man you blind or something? I did put the link to the WIKI in my first post
IT SAYS:
NITDROID PORT WIKI

I know that some people get very excited about this s*it but you should at least open your eyes to the first post, and by WIKI I mean the WIKI not the thread you empty headed nutshell, now who's being a smartass?

[Tiptronic]

Are people supposed to smell you put 2 different wiki's on your post?

And not even your real wiki answers all my questions, how about reading all the questions before you try to be a smartass? With hot headed people like you ruining people's will to do something, I don't even want it anymore.

I get its free and all, but you still have to respect people. instead of beeing some mr smartass the whole time

[ammyt]

Are people supposed to smell you put 2 different wiki's on your post?

And not even your real wiki answers all my questions, how about reading all the questions before you try to be a smartass? With hot headed people like you ruining people's will to do something, I don't even want it anymore.

I get its free and all, but you still have to respect people. instead of beeing some mr smartass the whole time
How come everybody sees only one link to one WIKI? What are you talking about?!

http://wiki.maemo.org/NITDroid_FAQ#Answers_and_fixes_to_some_FAQs:

No it asnwers them all, I can just fill you with links and caches from the WIKI with the answers till tomorrow. Even if it doesn't, how about using the search function located up there? You know people didn't just build that for fun. This is just stupid, I'm not going to argue anymore.

[Boemien]

Okay Guys, stop discussing for Nothing and let's get back to the subject!!!
Hey Ammyt, whynot guide us about how to have the Sense UI in NitDroid??

[ammyt]

Okay Guys, stop discussing for Nothing and let's get back to the subject!!!
Hey Ammyt, whynot guide us about how to have the Sense UI in NitDroid??

I swear to god I was just going to upload the video tutorial I made until Tiptronic showed up from nowhere, duh...

[skykooler]

Is the sound in calls available in a build we can download, Ammyt?

[ammyt]

By following the next steps you should be able to get the full Sense theme in NITDroid:

Prerequisites:


NITDroid
A working network connection
FileManager to install the .apks for NITDroid (or similar) or use the terminal emulator to install the .apks (if you're familiar with adb)
https://rapidshare.com/files/1391344649/Sensible.zip

Dock:


Download the Sensible.zip file, I've put in it everything you shall need.
Unzip it tyour N900, you shall see 4 folders: SenseDock, SenseBkground, Launcherpro, Flipclock.
Boot NITDroid, open your file manager, go to Launcherpro and install LauncherPro Plus v0.8.6.apk
Hard click the camera key to return back to your homescreen, you should see a dialog prompting you to choose between launcher and launcher pro. Choose launcher pro and set it as default.
Slide the lockscreen button to get to the menu, tap preferences --> Appearance Settings --> Dock background --> Custom
Gallery 3D shall open, and you shall see thumbnail of the folder SenseDock, tap it, then select dock.
Go back to preferences, then tap on Dock Settings --> Number of docks, choose 1. Go back to preferences then tap Restart LauncherPro
Back to home, you shall see the HTC dock with some icons on it, pay attention to this. Hold down the left-most icon (keep tapping it) then tap on change shortcut then choose App Drawer.
Hold down the next icon --> change shortcut --> Applications --> Phone. Repeat this step for the next two icons.
Hold down the last icon --> change shortcut --> Activities --> LauncherPro --> Preferences
Now, the icons are neatly arranged accordingly, last step is to hold down the left-most icon again --> Change icon --> Custom icon. Gallery 3D shall open, select SenseDock --> icon. This shall hide the shortcut, repeat this step for all of the shortcuts on the dock.

Sense Clock:


Open your file manager, go to Flipclock folder, install every .apk there.
Back to homescreen, hold down an empty space in the homescreen --> Widgets --> Weather & Flip Clock.
You should be connected to the internet to start the download, should take a few seconds to finish.
Choose your location preferences, and auto update interval, Save.
Open the App menu --.> Weather & Toggle Widget --> Widget skin wizard --> Install market skins --> Install clock widget skin --> H7C Clock --> Install
Back to homescreen, voila!

Background:


Open your file manager, go to SenseBkground folder, hold down sense bkground.jpg and set it as a wallpaper.

[ammyt]

Is the sound in calls available in a build we can download, Ammyt?

When Sound is ready, I will post that in ULTRA BIG BOLD FONT I promise.

[ammyt]

Great stuff...is that the actual genuine HTC Sense launcher or a sudo using LauncherPro or something? If it's the genuine HTC Sense launcher, I'd love to know how you managed to port it to nit!

It's just a Widget Engine, and an htc dock I've gimped.
I've already tried to port Sense UI 2.1 albeit not hard, but this demands the whole htc framework to be ported which is way above my skills.

[Descalzo]

I'm getting reboots all the time. Like whenever I use Gallery it reboots while looking for new pictures. When I use the onscreen keyboard in portrait mode it will either reload Android or reboot the phone. I'm using all regular kernels and stuff.

It is guaranteed to crash each time I let Gallery run for more than 10 seconds.

Edit:

I had been using my El Cheapo eBay battery (the one NOT recommended the the superb battery thread) and when I switched to my real battery all those reboot problems went away. So any other rebooters out there: it's worth a shot.

[sudarsan_avs]

Thanks ammyt!!!

Can you please get Galaxy S2 theme on Nitdroid.

[Descalzo]

I got the Sense stuff to work. It looks great. I am going to be trying this on my Droid if I ever get it back.

[Khan_81]

Hi!

I've installed nitdroid on the EMMC using a custom EMMC image (5 GB for apps) and it runs beautifully but I can't install apps (it says it's downloading but then no progress bar and error later)

after searching a bit, it seems it has something to do with the home folder, where Nitdroid is installed, needing chmodding but it isn't as easy as typing "chmod +rwx /home". So I'm a clueless noob...

Some enlightenment would be very aprecciated :)

[MyNokiaN900]

By following the next steps you should be able to get the full Sense theme in NITDroid:

Prerequisites:


NITDroid
A working network connection
FileManager to install the .apks for NITDroid (or similar) or use the terminal emulator to install the .apks (if you're familiar with adb)
https://rapidshare.com/files/1391344649/Sensible.zip

Dock:


Download the Sensible.zip file, I've put in it everything you shall need.
Unzip it tyour N900, you shall see 4 folders: SenseDock, SenseBkground, Launcherpro, Flipclock.
Boot NITDroid, open your file manager, go to Launcherpro and install LauncherPro Plus v0.8.6.apk
Hard click the camera key to return back to your homescreen, you should see a dialog prompting you to choose between launcher and launcher pro. Choose launcher pro and set it as default.
Slide the lockscreen button to get to the menu, tap preferences --> Appearance Settings --> Dock background --> Custom
Gallery 3D shall open, and you shall see thumbnail of the folder SenseDock, tap it, then select dock.
Go back to preferences, then tap on Dock Settings --> Number of docks, choose 1. Go back to preferences then tap Restart LauncherPro
Back to home, you shall see the HTC dock with some icons on it, pay attention to this. Hold down the left-most icon (keep tapping it) then tap on change shortcut then choose App Drawer.
Hold down the next icon --> change shortcut --> Applications --> Phone. Repeat this step for the next two icons.
Hold down the last icon --> change shortcut --> Activities --> LauncherPro --> Preferences
Now, the icons are neatly arranged accordingly, last step is to hold down the left-most icon again --> Change icon --> Custom icon. Gallery 3D shall open, select SenseDock --> icon. This shall hide the shortcut, repeat this step for all of the shortcuts on the dock.

Sense Clock:


Open your file manager, go to Flipclock folder, install every .apk there.
Back to homescreen, hold down an empty space in the homescreen --> Widgets --> Weather & Flip Clock.
You should be connected to the internet to start the download, should take a few seconds to finish.
Choose your location preferences, and auto update interval, Save.
Open the App menu --.> Weather & Toggle Widget --> Widget skin wizard --> Install market skins --> Install clock widget skin --> H7C Clock --> Install
Back to homescreen, voila!

Background:


Open your file manager, go to SenseBkground folder, hold down sense bkground.jpg and set it as a wallpaper.


Incredible, amazing, absolutely awesome ammyt. Many many thanks for your mini detailed tutorial. It worked brilliantly, took a while to get around the menus but after repeating it a few times for the 5 icons at the bottom it all makes sense (excuse the pun).

It's brilliant!

Cheers and thank you again. Here is mine in all it's glory.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7EtwMxQeAnk/ThuHPWvoPvI/AAAAAAAAA1o/gWkjLhpyWyo/s640/20110712002728.png

[zurrain101]

hey any news on camera fix with the calls function enabled:)

[papa73]

hello :)

title : The Grand Nitdroid Thread - Sound While in A Call Achieved

and first page : voice calls are still under development.

:D:D:D

While no daily or weekly update?

[Alfred]

hello :)

title : The Grand Nitdroid Thread - Sound While in A Call Achieved

and first page : voice calls are still under development.

:D:D:D

While no daily or weekly update?
Hey why not be patient, and thank those who are behind this big project, ah?

[shafixx]

guys. there's a problem in my nitdroid. it seems that i cant add any contacts in the contact apps. why?

[Boemien]

Question from Papa73:

hello :)

title : The Grand Nitdroid Thread - Sound While in A Call Achieved

and first page : voice calls are still under development.

:D:D:D

While no daily or weekly update?

Answer From Ammyt:

When Sound is ready, I will post that in ULTRA BIG BOLD FONT I promise.

Answer from boemien

What can I say else?? :D

[Descalzo]

In case anyone is interested, the Sensible instructions do indeed work on other Android devices. I did it on my Droid and it works just as well (if not better).

[Juanma9]

OK guys i definately need help here. I got Nitdroid N12 working, but i cant get airplane mode off! ive tried everything;

1- Pin code on maemo has always been disabled, and tried enable and disable but still didnt work
2- from nitdroid, i entered the emulator and typed "su rr" but nothing, still didnt work
3-tried holding the on off key and disabling airplane mode to off, and it shows as off but i still get no signal and when i go to settings network, it shows airpplane mode as ON
4- also in maemo, mounted mmcblk0p2 and deleted everything on "and/data"

i dont get what is wrong cuz i seriusly have tried everything...

after i deleted everything in data, it took me back to the wizard when i restarted, and i did the same thing as before, set up my google account, etc. could that be the reason? help please!! i really want to get signal and sms working!

[Khan_81]

Hi again!

I sorted out my previous problem (being installed on EMMC, I chmodded the home folder recursively and then I could install apps) but now I have issues with superuser.

I can´t install setcpu: First, it was granted access by superuser, somehow, but it hung everytime you fiddled with settings.
After uninstalling it /deleting its config, I try again but superuser doesn´t allow access anymore.

Should I upgrade setcpu? Or is something related to folder permissions again?

PD: I have Nitdroid N12 UMay, kernel rc4

Cheers!

[ammyt]

New MOTOBLUR theme:
MOTOBLUR Hybrid based on Moto Defy + Moto Droid X
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[eefo]

tried installing NITdroid but faced an error while booting .
pressed 2 for NITdroid and it gave an error .

"boot filesystem mmcb1k0p2 not available"
now what ?


p.s MyNokiaN900 you can ignore my pm and thanks for your site :)
still need your site for updating :P
but for now need to solve this problem

and this is what it has done to my device:$

[eefo]

rebooting has solved the problem showed in image but now what to do with the boot problem ? :$

[eefo]

apology for posting too many .

should i try updating to N12 ?
or first get this problem solve ?

[skykooler]

I successfully installed N12_UMay. But one thing doesn't seem to be working. Whenever I try to install the Google+ app, the whole thing crashes. I can install other apps with no problems. Has anybody else tried installing this app (or has some idea how to debug?)

[skykooler]

It also tends to crash whenever I use the virtual keyboard, but not until after I have typed a few words.

[skykooler]

Should I have R&D mode enabled? Would this fix the reboots?

[da_nvncbl]

hey hi guys,

followed the exact same steps mentioned in wiki to instal N12 but whenever I give tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/N12_UMay.tar i get the following error message and then it stops extracting the files, please help as this same thing happens while installing N11

[mrbilli]

hey hi guys,

followed the exact same steps mentioned in wiki to instal N12 but whenever I give tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/N12_UMay.tar i get the following error message and then it stops extracting the files, please help as this same thing happens while installing N11

Format your sd card ... !

[da_nvncbl]

Format your sd card ... !

sd card is well formatted already, any other idea??

[eefo]

thanks alot to michaa62
had mmcb1k0p2 instead of mmcblk0p2 :$

again thanks buddy !

[ammyt]

sd card is well formatted already, any other idea??

mount /home /and
cd /and
rm -rf /and/*
tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/N12_UMay

[skykooler]

I got it running stable for several hours. I installed SetCPU on a whim, and it turned out it was set to 1150 MHz by default, while my phone is only stable up to about 950. I set it back to 850 to be safe, and it ran fine. But then it froze while trying a racing game, and hasn't booted completely up since. I think I will just re-install, and then install SetCPU right away.

[ammyt]

I got it running stable for several hours. I installed SetCPU on a whim, and it turned out it was set to 1150 MHz by default, while my phone is only stable up to about 950. I set it back to 850 to be safe, and it ran fine. But then it froze while trying a racing game, and hasn't booted completely up since. I think I will just re-install, and then install SetCPU right away.

I've done some serious testing and benchmarks for NITDroid, and the best settings I could get to were 250 805 with the conservative governor. Tuning down the up threshold a bit, and activating ignore nice load are also recommended.

[mahie]

I am having a new problem in my nitdroid n12
sms is working but partially . i am able to send msgs to only few mobiles like i cn send oly to android devices and java devices but i am not able to send it to symbian based phones ( this may sound stupid ) but i verified it with few phones
like i tested it with 3 s60 based phones and other java and android phones .
sms to symbian is not working for me ... Anybody else with this problem ??

[ammyt]

WIP MeeGo Theme for NITDroid
I'm fiddling around with the lockscreen
EDIT: I dunno why but the pictures here are of a very bad quality
(I'm using the same camera from my N97)

[skykooler]

Well, I got Android running semi-stably, and added the Sense theme. I love it! Thank you Ammyt!

P.S. Can't wait to test sound in calls, even if you can't make out what is being said!

[da_nvncbl]

mount /home /and
cd /and
rm -rf /and/*
tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/N12_UMay

Hey ammyt was waiting for u to reply only n guess wt?? it worked, though not in first attempt n I had to reflash my cell phone for the first time after an year I took it but no probs until and unless its working :D

thanks again

[Catacylsm]

Hey guys, i need to know something but because i am in cyprus i cannot read previous pages because the internet is so problematic at the moment.

a few days ago a large explosion knocked out a powerplant and other building etc, its been causing hassle ever since!

i got n12 working beautifully on the emmc, infact when i go home im going to fresh install both maemo and android however my device on android has been pretty dam hot :(

I proceeded to install setcpu but havent used it much until today, where the readout is showing 1.125ghz on the clock...

I have pushed android very hard since installing it so im garanteed for that clock to have been hit if setcpu is accurate,

i see from the above post that someone else has this very high cpu so my question is, how many people have stupid clocks??

And does running my device with clocks like that do alot of harm? hell thats nearly double ghz right there, how my machine hasnt exploded yet is beneath me! anyone put my mind at ease? ive been playing drag racing the whole day at stupid clock!

cheers,
Cata

[skykooler]

It all depends on your particular phone. Some are more stable at higher clock speeds than others. Mine, for instance, will crash often if it is above 1 GHz. Yours seems to handle those speeds better.

[nos4A2]

Camera Works!!

https://plus.google.com/photos/100981383708650736778/albums/5629312471577687169

[da_nvncbl]

mount /home /and
cd /and
rm -rf /and/*
tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/N12_UMay

hi ammyt,

i have no idea as what has went wrong because after i followed this step suggested by you i dint face the problem and it installed all files of N12 properly but when i restrt my cell phone and choose number 2 for nitdroid it runs some script on black screen before booting but i noticed there that one point of time on that black screen it shows ANDROID written this way and whatever script is run after that at the of every command or sentence its written as 'exited' or 'access denied' and then the cell phone boots again and brings me back to the screen where i can select os. plz help

[Catacylsm]

It all depends on your particular phone. Some are more stable at higher clock speeds than others. Mine, for instance, will crash often if it is above 1 GHz. Yours seems to handle those speeds better.

cheers mate, yeah mine seemed very stable at those, i use oc up to 900 on maemo but i want to learn to ULV volt the chip now as cool temperatures do help! i hope i havent hurt my device too bad, n900 is a definate king :D

Thanks man

[skykooler]

Camera Works!!

https://plus.google.com/photos/100981383708650736778/albums/5629312471577687169

How??? Can you use Google Goggles?

[Boemien]

Camera Works!!

https://plus.google.com/photos/100981383708650736778/albums/5629312471577687169

Those photos do not prove that they was taken from the N900 under NitDroid!!! :D:cool:

[ammyt]

First photos using Android/Nokla_N900.
Damn e-yes cracked that one right! :D

Gentlemen, await the explosion :cool:

[ammyt]

I guess I'll just open another Themes section for the WIKI instead of filling this thread with gimps.
I'll upload well-captured pics of a full Honeycomb theme for NITDroid,
and by full, I mean full :)
Just a few minutes till I get my cam from the workshop.

[ammyt]

Sense
MOTOBLUR
MeeGo
Honeycomb
--complete--
Off for Touchwiz

[panatha13]

i wanna install nitdroid but keep maemo intact

guide mentions:
NOTE: It is highly recomended that you flash the modded 8GB 20GB eMMC image.

how can i flash the moddes 8gb emmc image without affecting maemo and my files?

[skykooler]

Back up your files to your PC, flash the emmc, and restore your files to your N900.

[da_nvncbl]

hi ammyt,

i have no idea as what has went wrong because after i followed this step suggested by you i dint face the problem and it installed all files of N12 properly but when i restrt my cell phone and choose number 2 for nitdroid it runs some script on black screen before booting but i noticed there that one point of time on that black screen it shows ANDROID written this way and whatever script is run after that at the of every command or sentence its written as 'exited' or 'access denied' and then the cell phone boots again and brings me back to the screen where i can select os. plz help

hi guys,

can anyone plz plz plz help me out here as i followed d exact same steps mentioned in wiki and was able to install N12 but its not booting in android and i am not able to use it :( :(

[eefo]

hi guys,

can anyone plz plz plz help me out here as i followed d exact same steps mentioned in wiki and was able to install N12 but its not booting in android and i am not able to use it :( :(

i think you should try N11 first then upgrade it to N12 .
that's what i have done and succeeded

[da_nvncbl]

i think you should try N11 first then upgrade it to N12 .
that's what i have done and succeeded

hey thanks for the reply but i tried to install N11 and also gingerbread version but I noticed that its not booting for any version, what could be the problem?? any ideas??plz help :(

[panatha13]

Back up your files to your PC, flash the emmc, and restore your files to your N900.

that's what i wanted to avoid :P

isn't there any way to make a 8gb partition without formating?

[eefo]

a question ammyt .
as you mentioned about some overclocking settings.
does putting those values calm down the device as you mentioned android is really hot :P

[eefo]

hey thanks for the reply but i tried to install N11 and also gingerbread version but I noticed that its not booting for any version, what could be the problem?? any ideas??plz help :(

can you share the error with the N11 version ?
and yeah as i did the mistake in .item file typed 1 instead of l.

[ammyt]

hi guys,

can anyone plz plz plz help me out here as i followed d exact same steps mentioned in wiki and was able to install N12 but its not booting in android and i am not able to use it :( :(

Well I ate an apple and it sucked.
How can I help you if you don't post what errors are you encountering?

[panatha13]

that's what i wanted to avoid :P

isn't there any way to make a 8gb partition without formating?

ammyt can you help me so that i finally try nitdroid? :P

[da_nvncbl]

Well I ate an apple and it sucked.
How can I help you if you don't post what errors are you encountering?

Hey ammyt,

thanks for replying again, actually i mentioned my problem couple of post earlier, my problem is that the NITDROID(den b it any version) gets installed but when i reboot my phone an select number 2 for NOTDROID, it does not boot beyond the first black window, i canot take a screenshot of that screen as you an understand which screen I am talking about, still what I remember is from that screen is it always gives the message as

init: untracked pid 425, exited

and this way it give 4 untracked pid and then the last message it displays is

exited 4 times, 4 minutes: rebooting in recovery mode

and then it takes me to the OS selection screen

also still this is for your reference, this is a screen shot of my .item file of leafpad after I installed N12, please let me know if this helps you, I will capture a video of what I am talkling about soon and adda link in my next post, so plz plz plz reply me if this screenshot is helpful for you or not for me to put up the video on web for you to understand better :( :)

[skykooler]

still what I remember is from that screen is it always gives the message as

init: untracked pid 425, exited

and this way it give 4 untracked pid and then the last message it displays is

exited 4 times, 4 minutes: rebooting in recovery mode

and then it takes me to the OS selection screen

I sometimes get this when booting. But usually if I reboot enough times, Nitdroid starts up.

[da_nvncbl]

I sometimes get this when booting. But usually if I reboot enough times, Nitdroid starts up.

nop no luck for me :( any other idea???

[eefo]

nop no luck for me :( any other idea???



ammmm , i did mention it .
you haven't edit the item_device line or did you ?

[da_nvncbl]

ammmm , i did mention it .
you haven't edit the item_device line or did you ?

well the scfreenshot you see is the unedited, what needs to be edited in item_devie??? as i can everythng correct as mentioned in the intructions

[mahie]

Someone plz reply to this ...

sms is working but partially . i am able to send msgs to only few mobiles like i cn send oly to android devices and java devices but i am not able to send it to symbian based phones ( this may sound stupid ) but i verified it with few phones
like i tested it with 3 s60 based phones and other java and android phones .
sms to symbian is not working for me ... Anybody else with this problem ??

[eefo]

well the scfreenshot you see is the unedited, what needs to be edited in item_devie??? as i can everythng correct as mentioned in the intructions

nothing new :)
if you have followed the instructions then you have gone through this step fine.

but still .
you have changed that item_device with mmcb thingy with small L and not the digit 1 ?
that's where i went wrong and faced an error .

[da_nvncbl]

nothing new :)
if you have followed the instructions then you have gone through this step fine.

but still .
you have changed that item_device with mmcb thingy with small L and not the digit 1 ?
that's where i went wrong and faced an error .

sorry dude i still dint get you :(

do I need to edit that file or do not nned to edit??n if yes then what needs to be edited

[eefo]

http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_install_on_EMMC#Installing_Nitdroid

look at the 6th point this is what you have to done .

and this is how it will look after doing the 6th step mentioned in the wiki.

have you done this ?


p.s this is not 1 in between b and k it is small L

[da_nvncbl]

http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_install_on_EMMC#Installing_Nitdroid

look at the 6th point this is what you have to done .

and this is how it will look after doing the 6th step mentioned in the wiki.

have you done this ?


p.s this is not 1 in between b and k it is small L


ok i got it now as whta were you tryng to help me with but as per wiki item_device should be like your screenshot if you do not have memory card in you phone(which i assume you do not have it) but i have a 16gb memory card in my phone so i have to keep item_device as mentioned in wiki

so any other idea??

ya ne more thing the kernel version i see in your screenshot is 06 and the i have installed or as per wiki is 07(check my screenshot), question is, is that the problem??does it makes difference??

[ammyt]

ok i got it now as whta were you tryng to help me with but as per wiki item_device should be like your screenshot if you do not have memory card in you phone(which i assume you do not have it) but i have a 16gb memory card in my phone so i have to keep item_device as mentioned in wiki

so any other idea??

ya ne more thing the kernel version i see in your screenshot is 06 and the i have installed or as per wiki is 07(check my screenshot), question is, is that the problem??does it makes difference??
It is either the NITDroid archive you downloaded is corrupted, or the kernel didn't install properly. Can you report what files do you see under /home?
And after that mount /home /and and report wwhat files do you see under /home/and

[zurrain101]

nitdroid is the msot amazing thing on n900. cant wait for the full port. then ill forget about maemo :p and its gonna be all about the android :)

[erick2991]

ammyt please help me i did the clean install of nitdroid....but its really unstable it reboots all the time ...when i try to open the browser or an app it reboots ...sometimes i got wifi signal and sometimes i dont ...its constantly rebooting i dont know what is the problem ...i already searched in this thread but i cant find and answer...please help over here man

[skykooler]

ammyt please help me i did the clean install of nitdroid....but its really unstable it reboots all the time ...when i try to open the browser or an app it reboots ...sometimes i got wifi signal and sometimes i dont ...its constantly rebooting i dont know what is the problem ...i already searched in this thread but i cant find and answer...please help over here man

Most likely your max CPU speed is more than your phone can handle. Install SetCPU and set your max CPU to 805 MHz. Worked beautifully for me.

[erick2991]

well thats difficult because i need to open the browser and download astrofile manager ...then i have to open astro and install setcpu but my phone is so unstable that i cant even download the file manager...is there another way of install setcpu ???i mean without open the browser??? does nitdroid has a built in filemanager???so i wouldnt have to download astro??...

[skykooler]

I don't know any other way. It took me like 10 boots to install astro and setcpu, but it was stable after that.

[erick2991]

well ill try...thanks for the suggestion man ...

[erick2991]

skykooler i tried but its just impossible i cant open the browser it just reboots my phone...i dont know what to do ...its so unstable ...i have been trying for about an hour but its a waste of time ... i can only load google search then it reboots...are you sure its only a overclocking problem???...

[skykooler]

skykooler i tried but its just impossible i cant open the browser it just reboots my phone...i dont know what to do ...its so unstable ...i have been trying for about an hour but its a waste of time ... i can only load google search then it reboots...are you sure its only a overclocking problem???...

I downloaded setcpu in Maemo. I then just had to install it in nitdroid.

[erick2991]

yes i did that too but ...i dont have any file manager to access to the setcpu apk installed in nitdroid... i cant install anything because the market and the browser just crash....the only thing that i have to do is install astro but i cant open the market neither the browser...thats my problem

[skykooler]

yes i did that too but ...i dont have any file manager to access to the setcpu apk installed in nitdroid... i cant install anything because the market and the browser just crash....the only thing that i have to do is install astro but i cant open the market neither the browser...thats my problem

I had that too...I waited about half a minute after it booted to launch the market (to let it settle down a bit), then used it in landscape mode (so it didn't have to launch the virtual keyboard), then installed ASTRO. If that doesn't help then I'm afraid I've run out of suggestions, except to maybe get someone to make you a preinstalled image with the CPU set back - I would, but my internet is too slow.

[erick2991]

well ill try again doing it like you did ...thanks for your help man

[erick2991]

skykooler thanks man i did it i finally did it...thanks now it works perfect ..

[mahie]

This is the third time i am asking for a solution but not even a single person has replied to that. Then why the **** there is a thread !!!

[da_nvncbl]

It is either the NITDroid archive you downloaded is corrupted, or the kernel didn't install properly. Can you report what files do you see under /home?
And after that mount /home /and and report wwhat files do you see under /home/and

hey ammyt thanks again for replying

let me tell you that i tried with 06 version of kernel as well but no go :( as its doing the same thing, but still i will let you know what have you asked for

[arora.rohan]

This is the third time i am asking for a solution but not even a single person has replied to that. Then why the **** there is a thread !!!

Are you using Country codes when sending to Symbian numbers?

[da_nvncbl]

It is either the NITDroid archive you downloaded is corrupted, or the kernel didn't install properly. Can you report what files do you see under /home?
And after that mount /home /and and report wwhat files do you see under /home/and

hey ammyt,

I have attached the screenshots of whta you have asked for, I hope this is helpful for you, please let me know if you need anything else :)

P.S: currently nitdroid is installed on my phone, but I am unable to boot into it

[ammyt]

yes i did that too but ...i dont have any file manager to access to the setcpu apk installed in nitdroid... i cant install anything because the market and the browser just crash....the only thing that i have to do is install astro but i cant open the market neither the browser...thats my problem

Actually there is another way to install .apks.
In maemo open Xterminal then copy the .apk to ./and/system/app
then reboot into NITDroid an you'll find that the .apk you've copied is installed, however this method doesn't work with most games but it does actually work with SetCPU
root
mount /home /and
mv /home/user/MyDocs/SetCPUblabla /home/and/system/app/

[ammyt]

@da_nvncbl
I suggest you to uninstall NITDroid, remove its folders, and re-download N12_UMay.tar.bz2 and the RC3 kernel and begin a fresh install.
Uninstall by: http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_install_on_EMMC#Method_1_2

Why don't you give repartitioning a shot?

[mahie]

Are you using Country codes when sending to Symbian numbers?

first of all thank you....thanks a lot for replying

yea i tried both ways with and without country codes it s not working

maybe i may be the only one with this prob
you jus try and see it send sms to any s60v3 or v5 devices ..

[ammyt]

@mahie
If you're not getting any reply, that's not because we're ignoring you. Obviously, we're not all Einsteins in here.

[mahie]

@ ammyt
thank you man i get it .. COOL :-)

[panatha13]

that's what i wanted to avoid :P

isn't there any way to make a 8gb partition without formating?

any reply on this?
how can i install nitdroid in emmc whilw keeping maemo and its data intact?

[ammyt]

any reply on this?
how can i install nitdroid in emmc whilw keeping maemo and its data intact?

There is no other way!
Backup - reflash - restore
That's it!
or install it in the ordinary 2GB /home without having 8GBs of memory

[santiago]

i want to try to compile the keyboard for my italian n900, where can i get the source code for the keyboard ?

[ammyt]

i want to try to compile the keyboard for my italian n900, where can i get the source code for the keyboard ?

Why not having both hardware layouts on the same boot?
Anysoftkeyboard allows it.

Install http://code.google.com/p/softkeyboard/
then install the desired language packs (you can install more than one) from http://code.google.com/p/softkeyboard/downloads/list

Once you installed everything you will need to turn on the softkeyboard and deactivate the built-in android keyboard (settings->languages and keyboards). Once you done that activate the layouts from the anysoftkeyboard settings app and you can switch between them by clicking the blue arrow and space keys.

If you think you can understand it, have a look at the keyboard mapping config file in
/and/system/usr/keylayout/opmap_tw14030keypad.kl

[Tiger62651]

any reply on this?
how can i install nitdroid in emmc whilw keeping maemo and its data intact?

well there technicaly is. its called backupmenu. i increased my home to 9gb and worked fine. run backupmenu make backups, increase /home then restore the backups (need to nstall rootsh and backupmenu first). worked fine for me and now i have 9gb home and phone back way it ws.

[santiago]

Why not having both hardware layouts on the same boot?
Anysoftkeyboard allows it.

Install http://code.google.com/p/softkeyboard/downloads/detail?name=AnySoftKeyboard_20100829.apk&can=2&q=
then install the desired language packs (you can install more than one) from http://code.google.com/p/softkeyboard/downloads/list

Once you installed everything you will need to turn on the the anysoftkeyboard and off with the builtin android keyboard (settings->languages and keyboards). Once you done that activate the layouts from the anysoftkeyboard settings app and you can switch between them by clicking the blue arrow and space keys.

If you think you can understand it, have a look at the keyboard mapping config file in
/and/system/usr/keylayout/opmap_tw14030keypad.kl

1st link isnt found, i want to compile that becouse it is bad on my layout i have the arrows in 2nd fuction not the up/down left/right keys like in the new n900 layout (is not the same like in the UK keyboard)

i need to remap the keys for my layout i mean

[ammyt]

1st link isnt found, i want to compile that becouse it is bad on my layout i have the arrows in 2nd fuction not the up/down left/right keys like in the new n900 layout (is not the same like in the UK keyboard)

Fixed the link.
There is no need to recompile nothing, just edit the config file or install softkeyboard which supports the physical keyboard.

[santiago]

Fixed the link.
There is no need to recompile nothing, just edit the config file or install softkeyboard which supports the physical keyboard.

u made my day!!! thx

[ammyt]

u made my day!!! thx

Not at all, happy mapping!

NEWS: Camera officially works in NITDroid now, me wondering, 720p will this turn to reality?

[santiago]

Not at all, happy mapping!

NEWS: Camera officially works in NITDroid now, me wondering, 720p will this turn to reality?

is it possible to print the key mapping?
how can i do that ?

Someone used the camera, but mine doesnt work too i removed from the apps

[Radicalz38]

Hi ammyt! Just saw this changelog now

Current Port Info:
* Dual Boot With overclocking in maemo And Fairly Stable
* Using FroYo 2.2
* WiFi Works
* Fairly Fast System
* Keyboard Works
* Sound via Speakers and phone headset.
* Sound recording should work too
keyboard has been remapped as follows:
left + right arrows = duplicate volume controls
up arrow = home (hold for tasklist)
down arrow = back
backspace = backspace
From http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=49811
How come your info says call voice calls is still under development? isn't sound the only showstopper bug for voice calls?

[da_nvncbl]

@da_nvncbl
I suggest you to uninstall NITDroid, remove its folders, and re-download N12_UMay.tar.bz2 and the RC3 kernel and begin a fresh install.
Uninstall by: http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_install_on_EMMC#Method_1_2

Why don't you give repartitioning a shot?

hey ammyt,

tried with rc3 kernel but same thing again :( its not booting :( :( and talking about repartioting I do not mind doing that but I am a noob and it tuk me ages to understand these steps but still will give a try but 1 question before that:
y is it not working right now??as it was working before??

[Tiger62651]

Hi ammyt! Just saw this changelog now


From http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=49811
How come your info says call voice calls is still under development? isn't sound the only showstopper bug for voice calls?

cause the person working on it sent tweet about getting it working but of course hasnt been distributed to the public yet as he needs to continue testing it. he also sent tweet getting camera working with pics from phone. hes getting there.

[shafixx]

@ammyt is the camera working now??? :)

hope to see the update with photos :)

[shafixx]

i have a problem. whenever i connect the phone to my laptop..it can detect the usb tethering and mass storage..but when i turn on mass storage mode it still loading and cannot connect. why does this happen?

any help will be appreciated much :)

[skykooler]

NEWS: Camera officially works in NITDroid now, me wondering, 720p will this turn to reality?

I can't wait!!

[jerryfreak]

hey all, i have the first gingerbread nitdroid (9?) installed on emmc is it easy to upgrade to umay without wiping my maemo?

[batarawatson]

Camera finally works :), call service is way to go soon :) but unfortunately, still... i can only read and receive incoming message up to 110 character :(

[ammyt]

hey all, i have the first gingerbread nitdroid (9?) installed on emmc is it easy to upgrade to umay without wiping my maemo?

Yes, read the WIKI.

[skykooler]

Camera finally works :), call service is way to go soon :) but unfortunately, still... i can only read and receive incoming message up to 110 character :(

Do you have the camera working too? How is this done?

[anapospastos]

I want to inform you that Alexey didn't receive a community N950 device and he is kinda angry with that. Some of his tweets prove it. I don't want to predict anything or blame him but I think that nitdroid's journey is probably over. I was supporting him, still doing it and I ll be doing it, but this is my opinion. I hope he will continue to make nitdroid better and prove that my words are false. He did a great job with nitdroid for our N900 and he didn't receive a free device which surely deserves. I hope this gonna change too.

Thank you again Alexey:)

[Radicalz38]

But what has n900/nitdroid gotta have to do with a n950?

[funkmunk]

@ ammyt

How did u get the camera working??

Also is the RC3 kernel stable enough to use?? cause the earlier RC would not boot NITDroid & i had to to a full reflash...

[joeljad]

hmmmmm just dled angry bird rio tapped on it... shows a loading page----> N900 gaining some heat------> N900 burning my hand-----> N900 restarts :( stop trying guys if you need an android OS just sell your n900 and go buy a galaxy s2 or something >.>

[eefo]

hmmmmm just dled angry bird rio tapped on it... shows a loading page----> N900 gaining some heat------> N900 burning my hand-----> N900 restarts :( stop trying guys if you need an android OS just sell your n900 and go buy a galaxy s2 or something >.>

do you have setcpu installed ?

[ammyt]

hmmmmm just dled angry bird rio tapped on it... shows a loading page----> N900 gaining some heat------> N900 burning my hand-----> N900 restarts :( stop trying guys if you need an android OS just sell your n900 and go buy a galaxy s2 or something >.>

Dude WTH? If you don't like it do not install it you dumb *bleep* *bleep* *bleeeeep*
Seriously, search a bit before you start spitting crap okay? If you feel uncomfortable and you think NITDroid doesn't meet your extraordinary royal standards then reflash your device and go find a tree to bump your head in.
Otherwise, ask nicely to get answers and use the "search the thread" located just at the top of this page.
For the heating problem, install SetCPU, then open it, tap autodetect speeds recomended, slide the max slider to 805, the min slider to 250, scaling conservative.
I can see that you're a new user, so play it gentle and play it cool, otherwise, you would turn up just like alfonso.bastos and die old and sick.

[eefo]

and to know who was alfonso bastos .
make a new thread with the title "who was alfonso bastos2"

trust me you will get amazing replies you wont ever forget :P


p.s nothing offensive and yeah welcome to the community and congrats if you will learn a lesson from here through ammyt's post that how to write in here or else you will get comments like this .

second p.s :P

again nothing offensive dude .

[PutoMaluko]

u made my day!!! thx

Hi santiago, I have the same problem with my keyboard.
My layout is Portuguese, so the up and down arrows are on the same keys as the left and right arrows [amongst lots of other changes].
Did you manage to solve your problem?
Can you give me a little help about changing the HW keyboard layout to match my device?
Thanks!

[papa73]

The Grand Nitdroid Thread - Sound While in A Call Achieved <((---why you say this?)) if you dont post the link for this version??

OR

voice calls are still under development?????

+thanks

[zurrain101]

papa73 this means that nitdroid is developing and sound is achieved while in a call. this does not mean that the version is ready. it means that its still developing and they successfully managed to get sound working. when the update releases, they are gonna mention it in the first post :)

[pelago]

I think it would have been better to wait until the "sound in phone calls" version or patch was released before renaming the thread. You're bound to get lots of queries and raise false hopes otherwise.