Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

cann any one volunter and help...??? i mean a video totorial on utube? please?

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

Multi-boot screen in the beginning (after a restart/reboot/poweron) is expected. You have to make a choice on this screen. If your NITDroid installation went fine, you would have 2 options 1 & 2 on this multi-boot screen. Press 1 for booting into your regular/normal maemo and 2 for trying out NITDroid.

Press either one and you are set.

If the installation of NITDroid didn't go fine, then there will be only 1 option in the multi-boot screen which would only be for maemo.

So, I don't think you have bricked your phone yet.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

when in settings how do i go back to setting home menu same question for music player how to get out from recently added to main music tabs?

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

i thought this is froyo? i tried youtube and it redirects me to the mobile site. i can't play the videos either...:(

some people said it has flash 10 in the early parts of this thread...

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

i tried to press everything and the camera button seems to do job. not really as i can't find if there's a "back" button. just the exit one....

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

sorry i'm... taken.. :S

my dear, froyo is the codename for android 2.2

the lock switch is back.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

anyone having a problem getting the gallery and media players detecting your content?

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

I understand a video would be much helpful for starters. But honestly, the installation process is so neat, there is no need for it yet.

Let me try to to see if I can explain again the same in a bit more detail.

Understanding the names:

• nitdroid-installer : This is the installer.
• nitdroid : The above installer installs this installer.
• NITDroid : This is the name given to the Android port of OS that runs on your N900.

Installation Steps:

1. 1. Plug in your microSD card. Cover our back cover. Charge your N900.
2. 2. Connect to internet
3. 3. Disable extras-devel and extras-testing repos/catalogues from app manager if these were enabled.
4. 4. install rootsh either from App Manager or by any other alternate methods (dpkg, apt-get, fapman, etc)
5. 5. open x-terminal app.
6. 6. Type "sudo gainroot" without the quotes (") on the x-terminal.
7. 7. Now, type "apt-get install nitdroid-installer"
8. 8. Now type "nitdroid"
9. 9. type "YES" if you want you agree to the terms presented here
10. 10. Once everything goes successful, you will be presented the prompt on the x-terminal again. Type "reboot" here or you can either power-off and power-on.
11. 11. Now you will see a multi-boot screen with 2 options. Press 1 for maemo. Press 2 for NITDroid.

Explanation:
"apt-get nitdroid-installer" command asks the "apt-get" to install "nitdroid-installer".
"apt-get" downloads it (automatically based on the repo/catalogues information) and installs it on your N900.
"nitdroid" command is to execute the installer.
The initial installation of "rootsh" is to run "apt-get" without trouble. Software installation by "apt-get" tool/application needs "root" permissions/privileges.
"sudo gainroot" command is to enter into "root" mode. This is required so that "apt-get" instructions can be performed trouble-free.

Now once you run "nitdroid", it asks you if are sure to install NITDroid or not. READ the warning there and If you want to go ahead, you type "YES" there.

What running "nitdroid" does:
"nitdroid" will first prepare (formatting, partioning if needed) your external microSD card and then download all the necessary files for NITDroid to run.
The downloads are about ~80MB in size here.
Once downloaded, it installs it on your N900.
Once everything goes fine, you reboot the N900 and you will see a multi-boot screen. Press option 1 to enter into your regular/normal "maemo". Press 2 to enter into "NITDroid".

If this is so simple, then where is the confusion?
Now where people are getting confused is the place where the "nitdroid" installer is "preparing" your microSD card.
<Remember: All this happens automatically by the "nitdroid". No need for the user to intervene or enter anything until and unless the process gets stuck somewhere>.
This "preparing" involves:

1. 1. uninstalling conflicting packages/applications/softwaresfrom your N900
2. 2. unmounting your microSD card so that it can be formatted
3. 3. Actual formatting of your microSD card
4. 4. Partitioning your microSD (if greater than 2GB) card to 2GB size. Maximum size for NITDroid and the Android market to run well on your N900.
5. 5. Downloading necessary files to run microSD. The downloads size here is approximately 80MB.
6. 6. Once downloaded, it installs them on your N900.

How to tell if your N900 got stuck somewhere?
If text on your N900 screen doesn't change for a long time (around 10 mins), then probably your N900 got stuck somewhere.
If your N900 gets stuck at any of the above steps (more likely between 2-3-4), there is ABSOLUTELY nothing to panic.
Do a "ctrl-c" on the x-terminal to come out from the current stuck process. Then, run steps 1 to 5 from http://www.nitdroid.com/index.php?title=N900-install

These are the steps from that above linked page.
Steps below are for a 4GB microSD card.
If you are using a 4GB card, then use the number 2100 in the 3rd command below.
If you have a 8GB card, replace 2100 from the below 3rd command with 6100.
If you are using a microSD card with less than 2GB, replace 2100 with 1.

Enter the below code line-by-line in the x-terminal.
Now once this is done. Run "nitdroid" again from the x-terminal and type "YES" when it asks are you sure to install NITDroid.
Now, things should work smoothly. "preparing" your card will be done. Proper files will be downloaded and then installed.

Once all the above is done, reboot your N900. A multi-boot screen will appear with 2 options. Press 1 to enter into your normal/regular maemo. Press 2 to enter into NITDroid.

Once done booting to NITDroid, don't forget to Thank The NITDroid team!

That's it!!

Share your experiences!!

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

i know 2.2 is froyo. it's just i have no idea if this is a 2.2 w/c requires for flash. i don't know if it's something that needs to be installed as i can't find it in the market or like someone said that it is built in w/c doesn't seem to be as i can't play youtube vids...

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

how come i got 3 options? i can't open the 3rd one and all i can get is an error...

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

some one put a dam video for 2gb memory card so we (new people) can follow like kids... i really dont know what x TERMINAL is ?????????????????

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

what exactly are the 3 options that you see. Also, before installing nitdroid-installer, did you had multiboot or backupmenu installed? if yes, then this could be result of a conflict.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

u can think of x-terminal as just another app. but the one on our n900 is truly a god-sent one. you should be able to find x-term in the apps section. it comes by default.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

i opened it.. but i dont understand what to do or type in there to install the android !!!! please video on utube?

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

Don't meen to be rude here, so if you don't know what xterm is you must google it and read up on it and then come back and install NITdroid. You need to understand the basics of xterm to use it for anything like this ;)

On a side note really funny how these new NITdroid threads turns in to help threads and how people just keep asking the same questions instead of spending a little time on reading/searching through the thread(s). Further more not using the dedicated forum for all stuff regarding NITdroid :D

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

maybe cause all people really like android and thanks to those who actually made it for n900 !

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

2 - NITdroid 2.6.28.NIT.06 on mmcblk1p2

3 - NITdroid on MMCp2 - 2.6.28.NIT.05

number 2 is working but 3 isn't working...

can't flash kernel, required files not found
guru meditation #00000025.62017712

any ideas how i can remove number 3?

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

what music formats does the music player play, i'm still having trouble detecting all my media. also which memory does nitdroid look for media.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

Hello

I followed http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-devel#H...e_Extras-devel to enable the extra-devel but cant find the nitdroid installer.

Any idea why?

Markus

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

type the apt-get nitdroid install thingy in the x-terminal and you can see it in in your apps list. systems section to be exact

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

One quick question.

Is it possible to update NITDroid when you have allready installed it or will it require a reinstall and then a new install?

oestR

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

when i type root in x Terminal I get: root: not found

Reading this: To install via apt-get: You need to have the rootsh package installed from the Application manager so you could run apt-get as root.

I was under the impression I dont need the rootsh package if I want to install from Hildon Application Manager.

Questions

1) Did anyone see the NITDroid installer in Hildon Application Manager without dooing x terminal stuff?

2) why the error when I write root in X terminal? Do I need to install rootsh from extra-devel?

Markus

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

i dont think update to this new version is possible. u would need to de-install and thrn install it back again.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

guess, u r using a card greater than 4gb in size. something probably went wrong in the partition i beleive. u would need to wait for an expert to help you more on this.

but in any case, there is no need to panic. don't use option 3 for the time being.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

So I downloades rootsh from extra devel

root now works
when I enter apt-get install nitroid-installer I get the following:

Radingin packeage lists ... Done
Building dependenxy tree ... Done
Reading Stage information ... Done
E: Couldn't find package nitroid-installer

Any idea why I get the last line?

Markus

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

sir, it is nitdroid-installer - not nitroid

sudo gainroot
apt-get install nitdroid-installer

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

yeah! i am using an 8gb. i guess i should stop messing up things now. might as well wait for a way more convenient / safer update for dummies...:D

any idea how to put flash 10 on the browser? i can't find it in the market and it's not built-in as i can't play flash vids...

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

it was an typo here not on root. So still stuck with the problem.

Markus

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

BTW

I tried with root -> take me to: Nokia-N900-51-1:~#

and

sudo gainroot -> takes me to: /home/user #

can anyone tell me the difference?

I tried with Wifi as well as 3G since sometimes I had the problem that some app-repositories would not be resolved. Both ways did not work.

Markus

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

Try this link:
http://repository.maemo.org/extras-d....6-3_armel.deb

Just downlad it to /home/user/MyDocs.

Then as root type this in xterm:
cd /home/user/MyDocs 'enter'
dpkg -i nitdroid-installer_0.2.6-3_armel.deb 'enter'

Then in xterm still as root type:
nitdroid 'enter'
YES 'enter'

Hope this helps ;)

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

Any problem in running maemo after nitdroid multiboot???

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

nope they both run fine

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

"BTW, I don't use this on the N900 but as others have stated, the fact that I can is one of the reasons why I like the N900 in the first place."

Absolutely! Just the fact that you guys are able to port Android to N900!

I was just thinking, now that the USB OTG on N900 thread is closed for the time being, wouldn't it have been great if you could install NITDroid on a USB pendrive and somehow do a boot from USB from the N900 to boot NITDroid?

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

"root" logs you back into as root to it's home directory. That's why you see that "Nokia-N900-51-1:~#"

"sudo gainroot" gives you root privileges there itself. So, your present working directory is retained.

Guess, "root" internally calls "sudo gainroot" and then it does some things extra.

"whoami" will return "root" for both the above ways.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

Looks like you haven't enabled "extras" repository. Search the forums to find out how to enable it.

Alternatively, you can follow http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=151 post to install "nitdroid-installer" on your N900.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

I'd really like to try this but I'd like to see the speed first. What SD card class is recommended? Are there any videos showing performance?

Thanks.

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

I fixed my issue!
Thanks for trying to help mate

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

I think I am in over my had. Not enough (no unix) know-ledge at all.

Downloaded it to my N900 by clicking on the link provided.

Now I guess I need to move the file to /home/user/MyDocs

Looked a bit at http://freeengineer.org/learnUNIXin1...es.html#Moving but don't even find the files on x terminal

And it seems its no way just to drag and drop it someplace in Win XP Explorer :-)

So I guess not to bother you guys to much I hope it will show up on extra-devel for me (maybe with router at home)

Thanks for everything so far.

Markus

Re: Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression
 

When downloading just choose /home/user/MyDocs in the pop up window of the download screen. Tap on the arrow in the left corner untill you're at the N900 directory and then choose that. N900 and /home/user/MyDocs is the same directory ;) It's named the first in the directory browser on the phone and the latter in xterm.

Find the location of the file and move it to N900, Just tap and hold and then choose 'move' and then choose directory the same way as when downloading ;)

Then do the commands in my other post :)

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