Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

sorry only been following this thread..

Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

Anyone else not trusting the battery charging? I plugged it in at 10% last night and woke up with it at 7%. I quickly reflashed back to Maemo just so I could recharge it all morning, but I'm nervous that I'm going to wake to a completely dead battery one day and not be able to reflash back to Maemo.

Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

You can reboot to Maemo in "some way" is good enough. I got an iPhone last week, so this isn't such a big deal and I might wait, but good to know anyway.

Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

Switching between Nitdroid and Maemo is painless and takes under 2 minutes so long as you have your Linux host handy and the usb cable dangling from it. Power down the nit, run the appropriate nitdroid flasher depending on which direction you wish to switch, hook up the cable, boot the nit up in flash mode, and the flash takes under 5 seconds on my CentOS 5 box. But switching OSes while I'm away from my linux host? Not unless someone can post Windows instructions.

Booting ubuntu live on my thinkpad failed to detect the wifi or the RJ. No internet, no flashing. I would love to see a bootable USB key specifically for this project. I forgot to try Knoppix now that I think about it. Maybe Gentoo as well. I need to be able to flash from my laptop.

Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

You misunderstand, I don't want to reflash I just want to be able to boot to Maemo if Nitdroid is installed.. I though Solca had mentioned that was in the release he did after Christmas. I thought it was planned to boot to Maemo, but that you'd need to boot to Android first and then Maemo.

I don't have LINUX installed anymore as it imploded (hard drive died in the machine) and so I'd be using OS X to flash.

Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

Oh hey.. yeah i understood clearly.. that's why I clarified it for you. It appeared that you thought we can switch back and forth somewhat painlessly, but there is a 5 second flash still in the process no matter which way you want to switch. No soft switching at all yet.

Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

I got it to work...

The issues I had (btw, all are due to me being newbie... :) )
1. I used Mandriva. It doesn't come with 'sudo' by default. I had to install it. (took me sometime to figure it out..)
2. My N800 was turned off in the first few attempts... :confused:
3. The whole sfdisk part just refused to work using the complete script. I had to run it manually using the "easy-guide" (thanks jakemaheu again).

It works!!! and it is beautiful. Thanks Solca and thank you all for your AMAZING work!

Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

It seems I have the same problem, battery doesn't seem to be charging. (Or the battery meter doesn't show the right levels, but I think that's not the case because the device powers off a few minutes after I disconnect the charger)

Something does get very hot though, but that might also be wifi outputting on full power. (It tends to get hot in Maemo also on full TX power)

Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

I heard confirmation that the device does not charge (nor discharge, interestingly) when power is applied under nitdroid. I just flash it back to maemo before charging it overnight. Takes literally 15 seconds or less, and another 15 to switch back in the morning.

Re: Another Android port: NITdroid
 

I noticed this in an earlier version of NITdroid (haven't tried in a couple of weeks)
Try a neat trick:
1) connect to power
2) boot NITdroid
3) then remove battery

IIRC, NITdroid won't boot w/o a battery, but will run w/o it (Maemo doesn't).
Don't flame me if this doesn't work :)
Oh, and many many thanks to Solca.

EDIT:
Can't remember, but I'm almost certain NITdroid did charge the battery. When I had it in, that is :)