Motoroland | # 1 | 2015-12-12, 21:17 | Report

Hello there,

I am a newbie here, have read good things about N9 and Meego and got me one. Unfortunately everything seems to be outdated. And all possibilities to bring a new OS to the phone are outdated. Links are down, Nitdroid is down, N9-apps, you will know them all ....I

I really like Meego and think it is the best. I woud give sailfish a try but I cant get to root my N9. I have installed warehouse, but any try to get ino developer-mode fails. No root, no partitioning. Changed repo paths. nothing.

Has anyone an alternative for me. One first flash-try failed but I just re-flashed the original and it worked as before so I am not afraid to try things.

It is a pity that there is no "wine" like thing to make android apps run under Meego. That wound be THE solution. Are there still some people here or am I really way too late with my N9?

Boxeri | # 2 | 2015-12-12, 21:43 | Report

Hi

N9 and Meego Harmattan is still working somewhat good. But not out-of-the-box unfortunately. You must do some tweakin.

First check here how to replace the Nokias shut down repositories from here http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...t=Ancelad+Repo

Other important thing you might want to check out is how to make the navigation apps work again from here http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=95447


Welcome to the forum and congrats on buying phone with the best OS there ever was, to my oppinion. It is such a shame that idiots managed to get it killed.

P.S. Remember to use the search function or try searching with Google from maemo.talk. Many questions have already been answered

www.rzr.online.fr | # 3 | 2015-12-13, 13:20 | Report

If you want to contribute to Maemo Community, we invite you to join those active projects :

http://wiki.maemo.org/Projects

Motoroland | # 4 | 2015-12-13, 17:24 | Report

thank you guys for answering!! I am glad there are still people here!

@Boxeri: the first link operation failed. The repos are changed, updating still doesn't work. I had allready installed from Warehouse the N9repomirror and devel-su (which is not installable) for some reason. My phone wants to download a file to enable developer mode - which fails of course.

Second link 100% succes. I can navigate!!

@rzr.fr: I need programmer skills to contribute, n'est ce pas?

M

paolo_3_1415926 | # 5 | 2015-12-13, 21:47 | Report

To be completely honest, once you follow Boxeri's first advice and replace the dead repos with something working, you'll end up with a magnificent device. Have 2 N9s and firmly believe they are the best mobile devices I have ever had.

BTW, welcome!

MartinK | # 6 | 2015-12-13, 22:10 | Report

I think it depends on the project. In some it might be requirement, but in others there might be other way to help, like helping to document the project on the wiki or testing stuff.

vitaminj | # 7 | 2015-12-13, 22:10 | Report

If they added android compatibility, fixed the easily-spooked battery manager and swapped the pins on the headphone jack so it was standard for headsets, then the N9 would be absolutely be perfect.

The Jolla Phone fixes all three of those, though at the expense of a whole raft of other things. You win some you lose some.

www.rzr.online.fr | # 8 | 2015-12-13, 22:33 | Report

Maybe you can just document on wiki how to use n9 in 2015 (after nokia dropped support) like flashing OS, repos etc it would be helpful and appreciated

kazzie | # 9 | 2015-12-14, 05:40 | Report

This page may be a good start.

imaginaryenemy | # 10 | 2015-12-14, 16:03 | Report

A lot of people here are saying that only older versions of the repo mirror are working. Maybe try an older version if it is not working for you.