[Android] NITDroid V2 Help/Tutorial Topic - Updated - Page 48 - maemo.org

contro | # 471 | 2010-07-10, 16:21 | Report

Ok I made it this far:

/home/user # umount /dev/mmcblk1p1
/home/user # sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk1 <<EOF
> <140100>,C
> L
>
> EOF
Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
OK

Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 490432 cylinders, 4 heads, 16 sectors/track
Old situation:
Units = mebibytes of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End MiB #blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk1p1 0+ 15325 15326- 15693816 b W95 FAT32
/dev/mmcblk1p2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/mmcblk1p3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/mmcblk1p4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
trailing junk after number

sfdisk: bad input
/home/user #
/home/user #

did i put the size to high?

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ArchiMark | # 472 | 2010-07-10, 16:22 | Report

KUDOS to dj_steve, Jay-c, and anyone else contributed to this great effort!

Got it installed and booted up OK this time....

OK, I found settings app and adjusted display timeout to 30 minutes. However, while using device with app open, screen just went black and then it's like it goes to sleep...almost impossible it seems to wake it back up again...

I'v tried tapping on screen, disconnect AC charger cord and then plugging back in again, etc....eventually, I seem to get to see display again, but I assume there's a better way....

Any suggestions???

Also, in middle of using Market app, screen went black and then after I tapped on screen a few times, device rebooted on its own....

Any suggestions???

Thanks!

UPDATE - Don't know what changed, but now, display doesn't go black on me at all, stays on...weird...

Also, find that using the up arrow key to get to home screen, works sporadically, not consistently....can't find way to close app windows easily...

Any suggestions?

Last edited by ArchiMark; 2010-07-10 at 23:09. Reason: More Questions

belaial | # 473 | 2010-07-10, 16:52 | Report

Originally Posted by Siggen View Post

Try to use these instructions from the wiki

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

Could this mean anything?

This text shows up in terminal after I try to format the card with the ext3 partition.

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geneven | # 474 | 2010-07-10, 17:08 | Report

It works for me, wireless too.

Slow even with animation off. Twitter crashes. I'm sure the best is yet to come.

Stonik | # 475 | 2010-07-10, 17:55 | Report

Works for me too. For wi-fi I had to disable mac address access list from the router. There's something wrong with the market in here too, it just doesn't download anything.

But generally I'm very impressed. Not that much because of Android, but you guys are amazing.

sepehrsfmech | # 476 | 2010-07-10, 19:21 | Report

Originally Posted by kingoddball View Post

This thread has been started to help members install Android on their N900 and to (attempt) to help answer questions and solve some issues.

This is not a thread for Bugs - All bugs should be report @: bugs.nitdroid.com

You will need to download the N900 Flasher-3.5 software

Download Android (Eclair-2.1) RootFS:

You will need a modified kernel.
Android ONLY Kernel You can not boot back into Maemo with this.

Code:

flasher-3.5 --set-rd-flags=no-ext-wd,no-lifeguard-reset --enable-rd-mode -f -k zImage-NITDroid-0.0.1 -R

DualBoot Kernel Boots Maemo, Android AND has overclocking enabled!

Code:

flasher-3.5 --set-rd-flags=no-ext-wd,no-lifeguard-reset --enable-rd-mode -f -k zImage-NITDroid-0.0.3-a -R

Now onto setup and installation!!
First, You need a computer running Linux, Linux VM or download a liveCD of: Debian, Mint Linux, Ubuntu or many others.

At this point, please keep the Android partition under 2GB.
Don't worry about the smaller size as Android has access to your 27GB on you N900

Open a Terminal window and type:

Code:

sudo fdisk /dev/sdb

o
n
p
1
<press enter>
+128M

t
c
n
p
2
<press enter>
<press enter>

w

sudo mkdosfs /dev/sdb1

sudo mke2fs -j /dev/sdb2 -m0

If you receive an error saying "mounted.... "

type:

sudo umount /dev/sdb1

Again if you get a mounted error for: mke2fs

sudo umount /dev/sdb2 (for mke2fs line)

mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt


Download the android file to your desktop

cd /mnt
sudo tar xjvvpf ../home/USERNAME/DesktopNITDroid-N900-0.0.3-1-Demo.tbz2


umount /mnt

One you have completed that on your PC.

Open up Maemo, package manager, download BOOTMENU, rootsh and nano

Or (sudo)
apt-get install bootmenu-n900
apt-get install nano
apt-get install rootsh

Once done, Open up XTERM on N900

Type:
[code]
root

cd ..
cd ..

cd etc/bootmenu.d/

type:

nano android.ext.item
Nano will open.
Type exactly:

Code:

ITEM_NAME="Android (external SD, partition 2)" 
ITEM_ID="android2" 
ITEM_DEVICE="${EXT_CARD}p2" 
ITEM_MODULES="mbcache jbd ext3 fat vfat" 
ITEM_FSTYPE="ext3" 
ITEM_FSOPTIONS="noatime"

CTRL (touch screen button)
Press W
Press Y

exit
Reboot

Have the keyboard slide OPEN (showing keyboard)
Select the android.

The device should begin to boot start android.

THE BACK COVER MUST BE IN PLACE OR THE SYSTEM WILL CRASH

I will provide you another little tutorial/guide to disable to keyboard flash that comes with RD mode if you do not like the blinking/active keypad lights.

Crack open xTerm:

Code:

root
cd ..

cd etc

nano pmconfig

Change "sleep_ind 1" to "sleep_ind 0".

sleep_ind 1 is generally the last line of pmconfig.

You do not need to use nano, I just like it's simplicity

Then reboot.
The keyboard may flash on the sides during bootup, this is fine.

Twitchers!

Installation video's:
part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7YPDufJc88
part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbjJ6_uarmA

Yes, you may press the "Thanks" button

Edit: Please be mindful that none of this would be possible without all the hard work provided by: e-yes and dj_steve.
Thanks for your hard work getting Android to work! THANKS!

in my country newsycat wont open...
can you upload the dual boot kernel somewhere else/?

Stonik | # 477 | 2010-07-10, 19:55 | Report

The NITDroid browser scored around 13 500 ms in SunSpider Javascript test, by the way, although there were a few programs running in the background (too stupid to shut them down at this point).

lostinmirkwood | # 478 | 2010-07-10, 21:32 | Report

Installed, Working Great with WiFi!

Thanks DJ_Steve

moepda | # 479 | 2010-07-10, 22:07 | Report

Originally Posted by contro View Post

Ok I made it this far:

/home/user # umount /dev/mmcblk1p1
/home/user # sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk1 <<EOF
> <14100>,C
> L
>
> EOF
Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
OK

Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 490432 cylinders, 4 heads, 16 sectors/track
Old situation:
Units = mebibytes of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0

Device Boot Start End MiB #blocks Id System
/dev/mmcblk1p1 0+ 15325 15326- 15693816 b W95 FAT32
/dev/mmcblk1p2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/mmcblk1p3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
/dev/mmcblk1p4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
trailing junk after number

sfdisk: bad input
/home/user #
/home/user #

did i put the size to high?

i used 13100 on 14.8gb card and same error , not sure why thogh , anyone can guide ??

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contro | # 480 | 2010-07-10, 22:17 | Report

Thought I was the only one...