Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Maximize the use? Hm, that's a bit broad of a question..."maximize" depends on a person's usage and needs. Anyway you may want to start here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo5_101
http://nokiaexperts.com/tips-shortcu...00-user-guide/
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=44309

If you ask me, for a fresh unit I would:

- Install NITDroid and then Install the Bleeding-Edge wireless drivers (you'd end up having a Nokia N900 that can do multi-booting)
- Download apps (you might want to try out Swappolube)
- Put music and games, or productivity apps
- Set up email and IM (I use my phone to check my corporate email - MS Exchange as well as chat on IM via Microsoft Office Communicator)
- Customize the phone to your delight :)
- Overclock your phone to give it a boost of speed (I have not yet done this yet)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

mga dudes and dudettes, pasali :) got mine last February lang, previous iphone user. sobrang convenient ng N900 for the 32gb built-in + memory card slot... without any itunes required to store media. :D

1. gviterbo
2. demannu
3. chase15
4. Sheepdog987
5. ocnsee6gurl
6. heybige
7. cloudstrife1ph
8. keinpry
9. merc248
10. s2kver02
11. NOKIAFAN
12. zaoltryence
13. Reggie
14. angelove
15. ROne21
16. m3-n900
17. wadedinasty23
18. gabby131
19. car_mo_na_po
20. bijoux
21. EE3547
22. JMacalinao
23. farianit0
24. romelk
25. ayos!
26. BongC36
27. pixel8
28. Pressure
29. topet2k12001
30. aldeen_nour
31. Rasta Mob
32. jellogwapo

Ask ko lang po, anyone here using the TV-out feature? pag ginagamit ko kasi sa lcd tv ko, sobrang labo ng display.. any way to fix this? :(

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

hi guyz, just got a hold of my N900 last week and been familiarizing myself with it. former N95 user here and. hopefully i could hang here as often as i i could to get more apps and updates on my mini computer. i don't need to use my laptop at home in checking my office mails. thisis awesome.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

sir topet gumagana na ba sms and call sa nitdroid?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Friend,

I think I already mentioned that in the other forum. :)

SMS - you can receive but not send.
Voice Calls - is working (the service), but the hardware (earpiece/mouth piece) is not

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

ok lang ba mag install ng nitriod hindi ba babagal yung phone?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Friend,

Nope it won't.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

sir topet pwede ka maka usap sa IM

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Yup I'm online right now on my Nokia N900. :) My username here is the same as my IM username (Yahoo)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

hmm question lang how do i mount a share on my pc para mag appear sa file manager ng n900 :D para accessible ko mga avis ko sa hd

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Sir Topet what should i install the

NITDroid 0.0.9 or Gingerbread

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi friend,

How do you exactly want to have ths to be set up? Kasi i have router at home and I can automatically see my connected computers in my network whenever I connect my N900 wirelessly and open the File Manager.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

pareho ba kailangan isntall?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Friend,

You may install either of them. The 0.0.9 is Android 2.2 (FroYo = Frozen Yogurt) and the other one is Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). :)

If you ask me, I tried both of them but I decided to use 2.2 (0.0.9) because I feel that it is the more stable one.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

having problem here

cant continue

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Friend, have you installed the following to your phone before starting everything?

bzip2 <- if you install FileBox, bzip2 will be included
wget
rootsh <- application manager
leafpad <- application manager

Also ensure that you have enabled all your repositories (extras, extras-devel, and of course the official repositories).

Finally: where is your installer located? If you brose it in File Manager, how do you navigate to that file (i.e. what exact location)?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

nakanetwork naman ako dito sa haus gusto ko lang yun shares ko sa pc magappear sa file manager ng n900 since i have some shared folders sa pc like yun hd ko na mga torrents

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

wget ang wala teka try ko ulit

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

opo sir nasagot nyo na. nagbakasakali lang po ako na may update na sa nitdroid

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Wala pa eh. :)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

hi guys! balita dito?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

@topet
sir topet. binasa ko na po yung threads na pinapatingin mo sakin. ask ko lang po lahat po ba ng pinapainstall mo sakin nasa application manager lang ba lahat? i`m a former android user. kaya po naguguluhan ako. ang gusto ko po kasi maoptimize yung phone. like changing the size of the internal memory from 2 gig to 4 or 8 gig, prolong the battery. but the problem is i don't know where to start. ^_^ hehehe

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Friend,

No, you're not required to install them all. :) I guess the best way to approach this so that we can help is to state what you want to achieve, and we'll guide you on your requirements.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

i like you're idea. hehehe to tell you the truth i really don't know what to do yet. hehehehe i was hoping you can lead me or suggest ideas on what i can do with my N900. as of now what i want is to make the battery last longer and to make the internal memory from 2 gig to 4 or 8 gig.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Okay, then we can start from there/ :)

To change the internal memory from 2GB to a larger one, you may want to read on the wiki for manually repartitioning the Internal Memory (the Flash). It requires some time and reading for you to understand.

Or if you want a "somehow" automated way of achieving this, you may want to visit the wiki about NITDroid installation. Throughout the wiki tutorial, there is a specific step where you can re-flash your phone with an already-customized eMMC (Internal Memory) image that is already configured to either have 5GB or 8GB partition. You don't need to follow all the instructions there, just go to this part of the tutorial if you only want to change the size of your "Home" partition without having to install NITDroid.

For improving the battery life...this is my opinion: I have read quite a number of threads about this here in talk.maemo.org (you can simply use the search field). There are apps that will let you switch to 2G mode automatically, or apps that will automatically disconnect you from wi-fi,etc. These are things that will automate tasks of conserving power, but the bottomline is that it will really depend on you. There's really no software/app that will extend the battery life of the N900, it's more on disabling those things that you don't need at the moment.

Tip: if you know that you really won't receive an MMS for an extended period of time and would just focus on voice calling, you might want to keep your phone at 2G mode (GSM) instead of 3G (HSDPA/GPRS). There's an app from the Application Manager that installs that kind of "switch".

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

pano maayos to?! pa help naman

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Friend,

Please read through this and ensure that you typed the repository correctly. :)

http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing
http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-devel

Also in Terminal please try to enter the command: apt-get update.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

got new error

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

never mind its ok now thanks for the help

iinstall ko kasi yung nitdroid ulit hehehehe

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

@topet
thanks sir i'll try your ideas on how to make a partition. i am just currently using 2g now my battery last for about 1 day and a half.


sir topet i read the links you gave me. the truth is im confused on what i should do. i downloaded the 8 gig partition here http://wiki.maemo.org/Nitdroid_easy_...ustom_EMMC.27s now my problem is how do i flash this on my phone. hehehehe im really sorry for causing you trouble.:)

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Friend,

Basically you will follow the regular flashing procedure, but you will replace the filename in the commands with the filename of the custom image that you want to flash your phone with...and make sure that the custom image file is saved in C:/Program Files/maemo/flasher-3.5, otherwise the command will give you a "cannot be found" error or something like that.

I have a thread in a Filipino forum where I uploaded video versions of tutorials that are written here in talk.maemo.org (for those who find it easier to follow a video than a written tutorial). Here it is: http://www.symbianize.com/showthread.php?t=321834. It has both written and video tutorials, by the way.

EDIT: Just wanted to remind that when you flash your phone, all data may be wiped out so back up everything important (save them in your PC or something) before doing this.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

@topet
so sir i just to have the nokia update software? and put the downloaded file on that path? am i right sir?
sir how can i make a back up of my apps and all the things inside the phone. btw i don't have memory card sir. tnx sir

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Friend,

Nokia Software Update? You mean you are planning to "re-flash" your phone using the application in your computer (the Nokia Software Updater)?

Have you read the link that I asked you to visit? The one from another forum? The instructions are there and it does not involve using the Nokia Software Updater. :)

For backing up...what I usually do is I would just re-install all my apps later on (assuming all of the apps that I installed are the same ones I downloaded/installed from the Application Manager). For files such as documents, music, videos, pictures, etc. you can just attach your N900 to your computer (Mass Storage Mode) and copy-paste them to your computer.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

oh? i have to download them again. shoot. hehehe sorry didn't read the thread first im downloading the files needed for the flash. hehehe am i right in what im downloading for maemo i downloaded the global and for the eMMC i downloaded the 10.2010.13 am i right?

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Hi Friend,

Just follow the instructions or the pictures that you see here: http://www.symbianize.com/showthread.php?t=321834.

So the tutorial has been categorized in different parts:

1. Preparation - talks about where to download the files you need and how to install the flasher application.
2. Flashing the Root File System (rootfs) - you will follow exactly what is written here, step by step.
3. Flashing the eMMC (the internal storage of the N900) - you will follow exactly what is written here, except that you will use the custom image that you downloaded from fayad, because that one is already customized to have either a 5GB or 8GB "home" partition. In other words, you will use the one you downloaded from fayad instead of the one you have downloaded from the "tablets-nokia" website.
4. Flashing the Root File System (rootfs) again with "-R" (restart) parameter - you will follow exactly what is written here, step by step.

The tutorial in that link I gave you even has YouTube videos so that you can visualize what is actually happening real-time...just compare the video with what you are doing/seeing on your computer to ensure that you are on the right track. Here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zvRjL-2cM

NOTES:

1. You have to register to that forum site so that you can see the embedded pictures/screenshots.
2. Since your objective is to flash your phone using a customized eMMC image, you can't do the steps for updating the firmware via the Nokia Software Updater because that method is for flashing the phone only with the official firmware.

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

ahm i have another question sir. in step 2 you used your eMMC in your tutorial how about the eMMC that has 8gig internal?

Firmware Flashing: Preparation
 

DISCLAIMER: I did not invent these steps. I merely followed the instructions at the official Wiki guide of Maemo 5 located here: http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_firmware. However, there are no pictures or illustrations in this wiki so I think there will be new users who may get confused, especially if they are new to Linux. So I decided to post the instructions that I followed but this time it has screenshots to help you better.

PREPARATION:
Download the Flasher first: http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-d...-downloads.php. If you're using a Debian-based Linux distro (such as Ubuntu), download the one with the .deb extension. For all other Linux distros that are not Debian-based (such as Fedora) you need to download the one with the .tar.gz extension. If you're using Windows, download the .exe file.

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...8&d=1293860374

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...9&d=1293860520

Download the firmware for your device: http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N900.php. You need to download 2 files:

1. Firmware for the Operating System
2. Firmware for the eMMC (32GB internal storage/memory card)

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...0&d=1293860785

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...1&d=1293860785

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...3&d=1293860893

Install the Flasher by opening Terminal (it's like the Command Prompt in Microsoft Windows) and typing the following, or copy-paste it. You will replace <flasher-package-name> with the actual file name of the Flasher application.

For Debian-based Linux OS (like Ubuntu) wher e you downloaded the .deb file:

If you're using a 64-bit system for Linux, type this:

For non Debian-based Linux OS (like Fedora)where you downloaded the .tar.gz file, extract the contents of the .tar.gz file into your desired folder/directory.

For Windows: the installer is in the form of an .exe file. Just run the file by double-clicking or right-click with the mouse and choose "Open".

NEXT: Actual steps for flashing the Nokia N900

Re: Nokia N900 Owners from Philippines
 

Please check my previous post again, I have edited it to give specific instructions. Basically the same, but you need to change the file name to the one that you want to flash (the filename of the custom image).

For example:

1. Let's say that the filename of the original eMMC image in the original tutorial is "orig_eMMC.bin"
2. Let's say that the filename of the custom eMMC image (the one that gives you the 8GB home partition) is "custom_8GB.bin"

So in the theoretical example given above, your command should look like this:

1. If flashing using the original eMMC image, the command should be:

1. If flashing using the custom eMMC image, the command should be:

REMINDER: make sure that the actual file (the custom image) is saved in C:/Program Files/maemo/flasher-3.5 (if using Windows).

Firmware Flashing: Step 1
 

As discussed during the "Preparation" phase, the following are the key steps in flashing the Nokia N900:

Step 1: Flash the Operating System (rootfs) first
Step 2: Flash the eMMC (the 32GB internal storage)
Step 3: Flash the Operating System again (VERY IMPORTANT)

In this post, we will focus on Step 1. We are going to flash the Operating System first. During this step, the firmware file that we need is the one that has the word "COMBINED" in the file name. DO NOT USE THE FILE THAT HAS THE WORD "VANILLA" OR "EMMC" ON IT. That file is for Step 2.

Open Terminal in Linux (for Windows, run the Command Line or "cmd"). Go to the directory where you have saved the firmware files. Here is an example. Since I saved my firmware files in my "Downloads" folder, I would type this from the Terminal and then press Enter:

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...6&d=1293862093

Windows: For Windows you just have to run the Flasher.exe and the Command Prompt will already open. For Windows also, make sure to move or copy/paste your firmware files in the same location where you have installed the Flasher Application (usually it's at c:\Program Files\Maemo\Flasher-3.5 so you may need to copy-paste the firmware files here).

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...5&d=1293904205

Next is to run the Flasher application. Type or copy-paste this command.

For Debian-based Linux OS (like Ubuntu), type or copy-paste this and then press Enter:

...where <firmware-image> is the filename of the image file.

For non Debian-based (like Fedora), type or copy-paste this and then press Enter:

For Windows, type or copy-paste this and then press Enter:

...where <firmware-image> is the filename of the image file. So if the filename of the image file is "RX-51_2009SE_2.2009.51-1_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin", then the command will look like this:

Linux:

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...7&d=1293862093

Windows:

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...1&d=1293903907

Terminal (for Linux) or DOS/Command Prompt (for Windows) will show you a lot of outputs and will say something like this at the end:

Here is an example.

Linux

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...8&d=1293862093

Windows

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...2&d=1293903907

Now, it's time to attach your Nokia N900 to your computer via USB.

1. Turn off the phone first.
2. Make sure to press and hold the "U" key on your phone's keyboard.
3. While pressing and holding the "U" key, attach the N900 to your PC via USB.
4. Wait until you see a dim screen on your N900 with a Nokia logo in the middle of your screen with an USB icon in the top right corner, and once you see the USB icon you may now release the "U" key.

The Flasher application will automatically start flashing your phone. You're done with Step 1. IMPORTANT: DO NOT RESET OR RESTART THE PHONE YET! ALSO DO NOT REMOVE THE USB CABLE YET; WE STILL HAVE TO DO STEP 2.

Linux

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...9&d=1293862093

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http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...7&d=1293862671

Windows

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...4&d=1293903907

Firmware Flashing: Step 2
 

In Step 1, we already flashed the Operating System. Next is to flash the 32GB internal storage (also called the eMMC). NOTE: All your files will be deleted (pictures, documents, music, etc. Make sure to back them up first!

Go to the directory where your firmware file is located. We will use the firmware file that has the word "VANILLA" or "EMMC". DO NOT USE THE FILE THAT HAS THE WORD "COMBINED". THAT FILE IS USED IN STEPS 1 AND 3.

For Windows: assuming you have already copied your firmware files to the same location of the Flasher as per Step 1, you don't have to do anything. Proceed with the next steps below.

Type or copy-paste this command and hit Enter. In the examples below, I already typed the actual name of the firmware file, which is the latest one. If you want to use an older one, please replace the file name.

For Debian-based Linux (like Ubuntu):

...where <firmware-image> is the filename of the eMMC image. So for example, if the filename of your eMMC image is "RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.13-2.VANILLA_PR_EMMC_MR0_ARM.bin" then the command should look like this:

For other Linux OS (like Fedora):

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...1&d=1293863453

The next screen will look like this:

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...2&d=1293863453

For Windows:

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...7&d=1293904478

This is how it should look like once it's done flashing the eMMC image:

Linux:

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...3&d=1293863453

Windows:

http://www.symbianize.com/attachment...8&d=1293904478

We're done with Step 2. NOTE: DO NOT REBOOT/RESTART IT YET! WE STILL NEED TO DO STEP 3.