Originally Posted by adammesz

hi there. I've been following this topic for months now, and all I can say is you guys are amazing! thanks a million for bringing Android to the n900!

I have some comments on the latest build though:

- everything works fine at the OS level but when it comes to the applications they tend to force close. (haven't been able to launch Youtube and google maps for example)

- on the market the furthest I could get is the "Starting download" screen, I was not able to install anything yet (my partition is 1.9 GB). Is this working for others? If yes, I will try to reflash, that never hurts

- there are at least two applications pre-installed on this build that use the camera, but AFAIK the support for it has not been looked at yet (correct me if I'm wrong). Are you planning to include this in the to do list? Again, please shoot me if I'm the only one without working camera.

Sorry for the long post, just wanted to add my feedback on the new (otherwise awesome) build. Thumbs up, keep up the good work guys!

Originally Posted by mdb666

I decided to bite the bullet and installed NitDroid on my phone. Thanks for all the hard work to the people involved.

I get the same issue as adammesz above in that I can start to download apps from market but can get no further than that.

Has anybody resolved this issue who has had that problem?

Also I have the same problem with the up arrow not working.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by dj_steve

!!UPDATE!!UPDATE!!UPDATE!!

Code:

#include <std_disclaimer.h>
/*
 * Your warranty is now void.
 *
 * I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
 * thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
 * do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this Alt OS
 * before Installing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
 * you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.
 */

cheers to Cyanogen for the above

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Ok here it is folks, you waited patiently for this one i admit but i wanted to make sure it was stable first

First Up Lets Have a Changelog

-- CHANGELOG --
FroYo 2.2 Based(as always for the moment)
Local Version 0.0.5-3
FULL GOOGLE APPS SUPPORT!!! - works perfectly
Lcd density reduced from 240 to 200 - little bit more screen space
Touch Screen Calibration Sorted, near perfect accuracy
Various apps included as per previous changelogs
Init scripts edited in prep for further phone development(no progress as yet)
Restored old Boot Animation
Edited memory management settings to provide speedier experience (in my opin)
Sensors and Accell libs integrated - accell is not perfect

** here come the good parts folks **
Bluetooth Added
Charging (via Mains) works
Battery Reporting Fixed (obviously LOL)
Swap Partition from maemo activated in android(rarely used but hey try finding an android device with 1gb ram )

---------------
Ok thats the changelog done

I was hoping to be able to get emmc mounting going but alas havent been able to yet, also have plans to add other features from cyanogenmod into nitdroid (bt obex/ftp, adhoc wifi support, etc)

ok now for the main howto for install as this one is a bit more involved:

RootFS: http://downloads.nitdroid.com/NITDro...0.5-3-BIG.tbz2 | http://files2.nitdroid.com/NITDroid-...0.5-3-BIG.tbz2 | http://nitdroid.webs.com/NITDroid-N900-0.0.5-3-BIG.tbz2 | http://newsycat.com/android/n900/NIT...0.5-3-BIG.tbz2
MD5 for above: 7e2b384989c4913d9181ff23ca461e86
** Below items ARE REQUIRED **
MultiBoot(Jay-C's new bootmenu app): http://downloads.nitdroid.com/Jay-c/...t-0.1.1.tar.gz | http://files2.nitdroid.com/multiboot-0.1.1.tar.gz |http://nitdroid.webs.com/multiboot-0.1.1.tar.gz
Partitioned Microsd Card (1st fat32 and second partition ext3 MUST BE UNDER 2gb - this is due to a bug in android itself ive discovered)

Install How-To:

ALL INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE PERFORMED ON YOUR N900
if this is your first install of NITDroid please jump down past this section to the PARTITION YOUR microsd section.

You will need the following packages installed on your n900 first:

Code:

apt-get install wget bzip2 rootsh nano

Better to have 2 xterm windows open also with both at a root shell

Code:

sudo gainroot

1. Extract Your Devices Bluetooth Mac Address Firstly:

Code:

sysinfo-tool -g /certs/npc/esn/bt_id

write this down somewhere for the moment

2. Download And Install MultiBoot:

Code:

cd /home/user/MyDocs/
wget http://downloads.nitdroid.com/Jay-c/multiboot-0.1.1.tar.gz
cd /
tar xzvf /home/user/MyDocs/multiboot-0.1.1.tar.gz

3. Mount your MicroSD and download the NEW RootFS:

Code:

mkdir /and
mount -o noatime,rw /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and
cd /home/user/MyDocs
wget http://downloads.nitdroid.com/NITDroid-N900-0.0.5-3-BIG.tbz2
cd /and
rm -rf *
bzcat /home/user/MyDocs/NITDroid-N900-0.0.5-3-BIG.tbz2 | tar xvf -

4. ok lets add your mac address to the file needing it. you require skills with a text editor here
i use nano but pick whatever editor you wish

Code:

cd /and/system/bin
nano load_modules.sh

find the BDADDR line (third line)
and change the text after = to the address you have from above then save the file and exit , eg below

Code:

BDADDR="0cddef0a0e6d"

change the part in red

5. Unmount microsd

Code:

cd /
umount /and

Thats it, done finished, kaput
no need to worry about flashing anymore we have a clever way of solving that problem now.

please pick option 4 to boot nitdroid NOT 4 (03 kernel not 02)

hopefully this has been worth waiting for

more progress to come especially on microsd/emmc mount

PARTITION YOUR MICROSD
Howto Follows:

1. open up xterm as root

Code:

sudo gainroot

2. un mount the microsd card first

Code:

umount /dev/mmcblk1p1

3. find out the capacity of your memory card - mine is 8gb so im going to partition 6.1gb fat32 and remainder as ext3 (1.9gbish)
then follow the below guide substitubing the <fat32> with the size you have choosen for your fat 32 partition. the EXT3 PARTITION MUST be under 2gb in size.

Code:

sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk1 << EOF
,<fat32>,C
,,L
,,
,,
EOF

4. unmount microsd again as maemo sometimes tried to mount

Code:

umount /dev/mmcblk1p1

5. format partitions

Code:

mkdosfs /dev/mmcblk1p1
mke2fs -j -m0 /dev/mmcblk1p2

thats it for partitioning, now proceed with above