Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

oO ooh I know what happened. multiboot.

Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

ok , sandisk 8 is working now. Gonna check second flashdrive.
[Added] also works. :)

Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

I just ordered adaptor so I'll join to test asap.
Great job, it was only thing i missing in this device.

Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

As I posted before, I got it to work as expected, but since I use FCam from time to time and that drivers dosent work with hostmode kernel, so I reverted. Also I use OC to run a few PSX games to run smooth. but I will follow this thread, but I suggest this gets implemented in Kernel-Power. that way you get both world, that would be something to show your friends :)

Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

Do you guys think this will ever be an ordinary and simple app?

Also: Great job man! :-)

Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

it's kinda already is.

Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

can we use wlan usb host mod on this ? or its jjust hard driver host ?

Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

Hi Guys,

i tried to get the host mode kernel working but I'm having some problems.
I'm working with multiboot so I left out the installation of the flasher.
Instead I extracted the kernel image from the deb-package and put in into /boot/multiboot and added an appropriate item file for multiboot.
When I try to start with the kernel i get the white Nokia screen and after a few seconds the phone shuts off. When I switch it on again i get the same, not even the multiboot screen. I have to use flasher to reflash the kernel.
What's going on here? I'd really like to try hostmode.

Regards
Aydan

Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

A little update:
after reflashing the PR1.2 kernel with the flasher and then selecting the power40 kernel it won't boot either. It will only boot with the PR1.2 kernel. Booting the power kernel will exhibit the same behaviour like booting the hostmode kernel.

Re: [Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900
 

Had that same problem with multiboot as you... played with multiboot yesterday and no success here either :( I found that when i flashed the kernel only (omap1) i had to boot the default one first (omap1) and then do a reboot to power40 to make it work otherwise i ended up in the Nokia splash screen and no multiboot option screen, then after some time it turned off ;) Flexxxv wrote a small guide on how to make it work with multiboot a few pages back ;) Easy to do...

The guide works and you can boot into hostmode1 from multiboot, i'm not sure that if you do a reboot to another kernel and then back to hostmode that it will boot or go into Nokia splash screen and then nothing and then shot off? I think you need to flash the hostmode1 kernel before rebooting everytime you want to use the usb option. Note that after trying usb mode you can't charge your phone and you need to boot into another kernel to charge at the mom :)