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Re: Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

Alright!. I have successfully installed NITdroid and installed an android application on it. But there's one problem. Whenever I choose to power off android, it restarts. Is this normal? Is there another way to power down the tablet??

Re: [Android] Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

fyi N810 crashes a lot, and you cant access internal mmc after you flash the device with nitroid

Re: [Android] Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

I've successfully flashed my N800 with NITdroid. I'm a newbie in the Linux world so I will offer a few of my findings and mistakes so that others might find useful:
*one problem with open source stuff is lack of documentation or I should say thorough documentation.

In the nitdroid_complete.sh:
"echo NOTE: This program should NOT be run as root.
echo It has specific parts that need to run as root."
What does this mean? confusing huh? What I found out is that... I'm logged in as my own username, but the shell script uses sudo (so the user will be root after the sudo command). There's this $USER variable that refers to the current user. So essentially I'm running part of the script on my username/Desktop while other stuff is running on root/Desktop, one way or another. An easy fix is to replace $USER with your current username in the .sh file. Save and run as: sudo ./nitdroid_complete.sh so everything will be in your own home / Desktop folders.

I have this N800 from the early days so the internal SDK card (the one besides the battery) has only 128MB of memory. I thought I should flash/install the OS into the external SD card since the internal one is less than 512MB. So that's my mistake #2.
Make sure you use the internal SD w/ at least 512MB of RAM and remove the external SD. My internal SD shows as /dev/sdc1 and the external shows as /dev/sdd1 if plugged in.

First boot of android, showing a few force close exception due to MMS, Alarm, etc.
Then black screen. Took out battery and reboot, much better now. Wifi works like a charm. However, the soft keyboard crashes all the time. So install this one instead:
http://code.google.com/p/netgents/

Now I got some hacking to do on it, besides my G1... ^_^

Re: [Android] Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

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Originally Posted by CodeShogun (Post 276496)

In the nitdroid_complete.sh:
"echo NOTE: This program should NOT be run as root.
echo It has specific parts that need to run as root."
What does this mean? confusing huh? What I found out is that... I'm logged in as my own username, but the shell script uses sudo (so the user will be root after the sudo command). There's this $USER variable that refers to the current user. So essentially I'm running part of the script on my username/Desktop while other stuff is running on root/Desktop, one way or another. An easy fix is to replace $USER with your current username in the .sh file. Save and run as: sudo ./nitdroid_complete.sh so everything will be in your own home / Desktop folders.

What are you talking about?

That part of the script just lets you know NOT to run it as "sudo ./nitdroid_complete.sh". The commands that do run as root need to do so and they don't actually run on "Root/Desktop". The sudo commands actually are for things like mounting, unmounting, and partitioning. Those REQUIRE root privileges.

$USER simply makes it so that you DON'T have to modify the script.

tl;dr: Ignore him. The script is doing what it is supposed to.

Re: Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

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Originally Posted by wzero (Post 271783)

Pouble Doast!

Yes, that is normal. NITdroid has some bugs; that's one that is being worked on. ^^

Re: Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

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Originally Posted by wzero (Post 271331)

I'm planning to install the NITdroid on my tablet, but I'm a bit confused about one of the later steps:

Quote:

Originally Posted by my script

Execute this command, then AFTER you have run it, plug in the USB cable and hold the power and home keys to put it into flashing mode.

Isn't the USB cable always plugged in since the beginning?

AUGH TRIPLE POST COMBO

Actually, I unplug it after the other steps. I guess I'm just paranoid about it.

Re: [Android] Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

I got it installed on my N810. Everything was very smooth and quick. Nice instructions.
I did not have to do the adb part. My sliding keyboard works like a charm.

A few questions more related to the Android: Calendar doesn't work, Contact Synch doesn't work either. Anyone having the same problems with Calendar?

Can we download and add more widgets?

Cheers

Re: [Android] Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

Dear community members,

I have got both N800 hardware and N810 hardware. When I tried to follow the NITdroid installation instructions, it works okay for the N800, but failed on N810. The obstacle I got on N810 is similar to what sarathmenon described: 'When I start the tablet, it shows the Nokia logo, with the picture of a spanner inside the tablet, and does not proceed further." Any clues?

My N810 hardware is currently running Chinook. Should I upgrade it to Diablo first, before I attempt to install NITdroid?

Thanks for your kind attention!

Alex Leung.

Re: [Android] Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

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Originally Posted by atwleung (Post 277791)

@atwleung: What is the hardware revision of your tablet? You can get it by running cat /proc/component_version on xterm in the tablet.

Re: [Android] Guide to getting NITdroid to run.

Dear team,

cat /proc/component_version
product RX-44
hw-build 0805
nolo 1.1.11

Any insights?

Alex Leung.