F2thaK | # 1 | 2010-01-07, 11:47 | Report

welcome to ..

* The Truly Epic Maemo 5 MODs Thread *

Ive got the full versions of duke nukem 3d atomic edition and quake 3,
plus openarena, doom (shareware) and they all work flawlessly.


so far ive hacked my N900 quite a bit:

-modified LED colours and vibrations
-removed boot video (can also use custom video, but i prefer none)
-added custom profiles with tweakr
-made camera button and proximity sensor shortcuts to task manager/phone
-customized operator name
-added 'reboot' function to power button

Wiki Links to MODs:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Customizing_Maemo

http://wiki.maemo.org/Category:N900
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Last edited by F2thaK; 2010-07-13 at 15:21. Reason: title

biggzy | # 2 | 2010-01-07, 11:50 | Report

hi, how did you add 'reboot' to power button? i found a tutorial on my-maemo but i couldnt follow the guide, it was using MC, is this the way you did it? thanx

F2thaK | # 3 | 2010-01-07, 11:55 | Report

WARNING: CHANGING THIS FILE OTHER THAN WHAT I ADVISE MAY BRICK YOUR DEVICE, I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE IF U BRICK UR DEVICE!!



How to enable Reboot button?
plus more..

in power button settings!




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

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

In order to do this, you will to:

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



Now the actual modification:

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


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

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Last edited by F2thaK; 2010-01-08 at 07:52.

biggzy | # 4 | 2010-01-07, 12:00 | Report

Thats the guide on my-maemo.com, i didnt understand the --- parts

F2thaK | # 5 | 2010-01-07, 12:05 | Report

not quite sure what u mean by --- parts but did u figure it out?

biggzy | # 6 | 2010-01-07, 12:14 | Report

not figured it out yet, i realy want reboot option but dnt want to brick my n900 lol, yes im a maemo noob, i was a previous s60 ownr with good moding skills, so i also want to start doing mods on my n900, thanx for the info, i will try and do it.

archebyte | # 7 | 2010-01-07, 12:19 | Report

another option to reboot would be to open a root terminal and simply type reboot.

F2thaK | # 8 | 2010-01-07, 12:24 | Report

im a first time linux user/maemo noob also.. i have messed with this and have added about 10 buttons to my power button - thats about the worst ive done...

F2thaK | # 9 | 2010-01-07, 12:27 | Report

this adds a nice looking 'reboot' button when u press the power button.. id love to upload screenshot!! there is also soft-power off

grumps312 | # 10 | 2010-01-07, 12:34 | Report

How did you mod the LED colors?