Nitdroid today, auto-installer and 1st impression and 0.0.8 installation AND PR 1.3 UPGRADE and Titan power45!
 

Using auto installer for Nitdroid 0.0.7, see below for 0.0.8 installation

Nitdroid - Android running on the Nokia internet tablet
Installation - an auto installater has arrived, just click and wait for 8 minute!
Running - ran for 24 hrs, no hiccup/freeze/reboot; speedwise, how does that measure to PR1.2? Honestly, I cannot tell if it is NOT running maemo.
Android market - dl and install, just like your favorite ovi store

Installation: N900 running PR1.2 or PR1.3; Nitdroid will be installed in a newly partitioned external 2G microSD; and it will be erased, so dont leave anything there (if you want to, a 0.5 G will work too). The auto installer will NOT touch your internal SD. There are million ways to install nitdroid, this is the way I did it. DJ_Steve auto installer, as of today, there is a slight hiccup, auto installer stuck at 2nd format "Format .... ext 3", you can partition manually (Step 1 Partition 1-3 and reboot, the rest will be done by the autoinstatller), and continue with auto installer, the whole process should take less than 8 minutes! I used a 4G Kingston, and partition 3.5G and .3G. Repo.nitdroid.com has been retired by author and wont work.
Yes, overclock works, a very minor extra step if you interested, thread #2.
Short and precise, good info: http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=27.0.

Running: Initial running will take you to setup wizard, to get out of setup wizard, scroll down on menu or touch 4 corners clockwise.
1) setup wifi, usual way, need to manually key in password
2) DO NOT Touch the airplane mode. It will turn off all wireless and is NOT strict forward to get out. Just leave it alone.

Android Market: In USA, go Android Market, search for OI file manager, dl and install, and have fun; to get "more" market, see below.
To uninstall, thread #3.
Keyboard get around, read it twice, you need it:
1) Ctrl + arrow key = arrow key in Android
2) camera key half press takes one back one screen, full press back to desktop
3) the small button between speaker and earphone jack is the menu key

Onscreen keyboard numeral is NOT working. Install Palm Graffiti or use different OSkeyboard.

From the wiki, http://wiki.nitdroid.com/index.php?title=N900-install
Once done booting to NITDroid, don't forget to Thank The NITDroid team!

Great thanks to the Nitdroid team, bring another excitement to the N900!

Edit: To install Nitdroid 0.0.8
Manual install: This is ONLY for people who already has Nitdroid 0.0.7 installed, auto-installer see below.
1) (Optional) Back up your installed apps to a maemo folder: copy all .apks from /and/data/app to a maemo folder say, /media/DCIM/myNitdroidapp
2) xterm/gainroot
3) cd ~/MyDocs
4) wget http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/NitDroid-0.0.8-Popov.tar.bz2
72952474 bytes (~72Mb)
5) bzip2 -d NitDroid-0.0.8-Popov.tar.bz2
mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and
cd /and
rm -rf *
tar xvf ~/MyDocs/NitDroid-0.0.8-Popov.tar
dpkg -i ~/MyDocs/.nitdroid/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb (Credits to : Nitdroid dev team and somedude, lohiaprateek)

Reboot
skip initial wizard by touching 4 corners of your screen in clockwise (you need to set up wifi 1st)
set up wifi
(optional) reboot to maemo to copy back all your apps from /media/DCIM/myNitdroidapp to /and/data/app
reboot back to Nitdroid>android market>finish your initial wizard by signing into your google acct.
done

Using the auto-installer for 0.0.8

Slightly faster boot, boot without animation:
from maemo
xterm/root
mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and
add to /default.prop
"debug.sf.nobootanimation=1"

Much improve in booting time on slow SD

Where do you get apps? Here, and see pics of beautiful nitdroid apps!!!

Get installation help from the master :)

Tips: For the linux non-initiated, a lot of file renaming/editing/etc, I did it from my winPC, it took 10 min to set it up, once it is set, you can then do everything on winPC to your N900, details here, http://forums.internettablettalk.com...d.php?p=228133

Want to play with your nitdroid gps? Not yet. But you can if you use BT GPS, http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...131#post813131, see thread #36, it even works with Google Navigation, yes, all the bell-whistle with voice/route/poi...

Hungry for maps? Dont have to.... at 44 map apps here thread #9, all about maps, USA, Europe, Germany, play with maps till your face turned androidgreen!

To back up your installed apps without losing them upon upgrade: copy your installed apps from /and/data/app into a maemo folder, e.g. /media/mmc1/mynitdroid, do your upgrade, then recopy back to /and/data/app.

Some Google apps and several social network apps requires gps to launch, otherwise it would crash. A temporary solution is to install BT GPS, it would at least allows one to run those apps before nitdroid GPS is ready. See BT GPS above.

Edit: 9/14/2010 HOT FROM THE PRESS: e-yes just released a patch for gps, you can run the gps required app after the patch without having to use a BT GPS, see here for details

10/10/10: Get your Skype.apk here today, http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...483#post837483

10/15/10: To get 'MORE' market, go to thread #508
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Edit 11/9/10 Titan 2.6.28-maemo45 (credit:http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=195, thread#195)
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You MUST have multiboot or some kind of bootmenu installed before attempt, otherwise, bootloop may result, If you are running nitdroid, you have nothing to be afraid, you ALREADY has multiboot installed

Install thru app manager or manually,
get extras-devel enabled
online
xterm
root
apt-get install kernel-power-bootimg kernel-power-modules

Your system MUST be clean from unfinished business, unfinished installation etc, otherwise the following 2 commands would update EVERYTHING!
==================
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Y
Reboot (may not be necessary)
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That should get you the zImage files of the latest.

Now you need to work on the bootmenu. It is much much easier to use winscp to do editting if you are not good at linux. I use winscp and the renaming and editing is totally effortless.

boot up omap1, no OC boot, boot option 1,

connect via winscp or whatever you are comfortable with editing and renaming.

go /boot/ , you should have:
multiboot folder
and zImage-2.6.28-maemo45 (winPC size 1,793,436)
copy the zImage into /boot/multiboot/ and rename it to vmlinuz-2.6.28.10power45

go /lib/modules/ to check, you should have:
2.6.28-omap1
2.6.28.10power45
2.6.28.NIT.06

in /boot/multiboot/ you should have:
vmlinuz-2.6.28-omap1
vmlinuz-2.6.28.10power45
vmlinuz-2.6.28.NIT.06

in /etc/multiboot.d/ you should have a file, 01-Maemo-kernel-power4x.item
rename the file to 01-Maemo-kernel-power45.item and edit the file:
ITEM_NAME="Maemo jerbek-power45"
ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28.10power45
ITEM_MODULES=ext3

Double check everything, please really double check typo etc, otherwise rebootloop, and then reboot

Some people are paranoid :), see pics below to check you have the correct power-kernel-modules

Pics are posted thread #638, enjoy

DONE
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To fix fcamera, dl new fcam...armel.deb , thread #130 to /home/user/MyDocs/.documents

xterm
root
dpkg - i ~/MyDocs/.documents/fcam*armel.deb (if you have only 1 file by this name, otherwise, spell out the whole filename)
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bun

addendum: Moderators: This is an advertisement for nitdroid, and is more catered towards about-to-be bordom N900 owners. People going to forum.nitdroid.com will NOT be interested in this. Thanks for your considerations

Useful links
[url]http://www.androlib.com/
http://www.androidapps.org/ android news
http://forum.nitdroid.com/
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...light=nitdroid
http://forums.internettablettalk.com...258#post767258
http://www.nitdroid.com/index.php?title=Addsoftware

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

I've resisted until now - though I'm interested. What are *you* getting from it apart from the kicks? :)

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

is it ready for every-day use? calls working?
as good as this sounds, there are still several reasons i want to wait ;)

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

- Going to the Android Market is quite eye opening
- running .apk in addition to .deb
- Seeing N900 running Android with very little 'overhead' is very satisfying
- maybe citrix driver one day?
- Most of all, the arrival of auto-installer makes it 'easy' enough for average joe like me :)

bun

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

Can I use this with the latest titan kernel?

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

There is quite a 'mile' difference from developer's point of view compare to average user's point of view. For example, speedwise/hiccup/running smooth - my appraisal "you cannot tell it is NOT running maemo" speaks for all AND NO reboot in 24 hr running. Seeing is believing. Sure, there are sporadic post - "hiccup, battery runs warm, slow...." see it yourself

What is NOT working today:
1) no phone yet - but hey, a reboot is only 15 seconds.
2) GPS is not there yet

What is NOW working today:
1) Wifi
2) BT
3) SSH (have NOT tried yet)
4) photo album
5) music
6) access to SD card
7) alarm clock?
8) so and so forth..... :)

I have tried google chat.... dont know about google talk/skype yet. Anyhow, this is NOT a replacement for maemo, but is certainly good enough for everyday use as a 'brand new' internet tablet with a large bank of software.

bun

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

I dont know. You need v40 (is this the latest?), that is what I have. earlier version will not work. I can boot into 850 MHz as I wish.

bun

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

Yes it's tempting. I'll wait until Backupmenu gets compatible with Multiboot - I *need* to backup my device at least twice weekly because I bork it at least thrice weekly ;)

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

Guys, as bun here is saying, Nitdroid now is somthing else. It's VERY good indeed. It's become fast and responsive. You will need a decent speed SD card. It's also very easy to install.

I would reccomand the following:

1. Backup you SD card in a folder on your computer.
2. Install through the autoinstaller (Will completely erase and partition your card - That is why you do point 1)
3. Copy back your SD card contents back you your newly formated card.
4. Use for fun and install LOADS of cool programs and games.
5. Get back to Maemo when ready for phone functionality
6. Amaze your friends with Asphalt 5 and show them how 'Pro' you are!(lol... this one is only if you want)

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

* is the android os the 2.2 froyo?

* is it possible to install flash 10 to the browser?

* how's the apps compatibility to the phone's keyboard and touch screen?

very tempting....

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

Try it.

You will be VERY pleased

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

I heard people called it Froyo. How can one tell? Please stop laughing... I already said I am a very average joe :)

Yes, flash 10 is installable and working, most of the time, not all the time.

Touch screen works just fine. HW keyboard also works. Virtual keyboard numeral is NOT working.

bun

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

still waiting for the phone (and sms) functions to work
because n900 is my only phone & i cant afford to not being able to be reached/contacted by my friends & office

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

help me what u said is an auto insaller !!! but what dat stuck i m nt able to understand. plzz temme how to because need to get micro sd card i dnt have now.. nd what backup . wil it affect my data on maemo . nd last thing xacheiver nt workng can any else give zip/rar extractor plzzz.

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

i think you can check its firmware. the reason why i'm asking if it's froyo because that's the requirement to be able to install flash 10

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

I havem't found it that impressive so far.

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

I did, it is version AOSP :) whatever it meant.
I checked with wiki, the desktop appearance looked 2.2 and also, as you said, flash 10 is installable and working.

bun

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

At least he speaks his mind!
Cheers mate

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

Everything is done by the auto-installer, one small hiccup is partition the microSD. just 3 lines of command for one to manually partition your microSD card in your N900, no need for Linux box or PC or whatnot. I already email to author Jay-C and it would be taken care of on a timely base.

bun

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

After installing Nitdroid, how to switch back to Maemo?

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

You are using multiboot, so you just reboot and pick the Maemo option.

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

Mine got stuk at 3 as well

i am now trying to do the workaround...
I am stuck with this command after sudo gainroot;;;;

umount /dev/mmcblk1p1

My x-terminal states invalid argument

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

I'm geting all sorts of errors when I try to install...

Now I'm back on default kernel..

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

i installed nitdroid last week with the auto installer, very simple and easy for what is being achieved, just follow the wiki guide, market works well for most apps and games, its still rather obvious its not native supported as there are plenty of minor glitches hanging around, but like i say MINOR glitches, and not having polish really doesn't detract too much from the experience.

those oc'd with titans kernel - it is still supported but you will have to re-install it after installing nitdroid, and add an option for multiboot too, easy to follow guide on the wiki.

its still not ready for use as a main OS yet, most noticably the lack of cellular modem support, i have to kick back to maemo every half hour to check for texts. (and whoever made the 15 second reboot claim is a little optimistic!) i would also reccomend ALWAYS choose 'turn off phone' rather than 'restart' from the power off option in nitdroid, i chose restart once and it messed up the phone signal for a while in maemo.

while i'm loving nitdroid for messing about and trying a new OS on my beloved n900, enjoyiing the wealth of apps and games from market, i must say bar the apps i much prefer the maemo experience, but everyone has their own taste.

unless you're a total noob i would definately reccomend people give it a try! much props to DJ steve and the rest of the nitdroid team.

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

Is the phone functionality supported by NITdroid yet?

Can it be installed on the rootfs?

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

Don't try to install this on a sandisk memory card....

It doesn't work, atleast with a cheap one.

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

Fixed my issues....
After the error the mmc was umount so gone....
After reboot it worked and after that all was good...
My other mistake was this:

I actually used the < > symbols!!!

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

what memory card do people reccommend?

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

how long is the installation?

mine's stuck at "formatting /dev/mmcblk1p2 (ext3)"

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

First question: not just now in this autoinstaller (but after a reboot; you can choose normal startup and then it is there in 10 seconds)

Second question:

Better to keep it seperated is my guess!

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

i got 16gb class 4 sandisk it worked for me, what i like about nitdroid once the phone function works and all IM's im switching to it for dailly use, its not bad to use portrait mode with keyboard on nitdroid... tnx for the devs workin on it.

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

Do you mind explaining step 3?

I have an 8gb card, so I should use 6100... but do I put in all the , and whatnot?

I'd really appreciate instructions on what to type into xterminal and be done with it =)

Thanks!

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

That was stated in the first post!

Exit x-terminal, reboot, and choose normal startup
Then go here:

and follow steps 1 through 5

Then in x-terminal type: nitdroid

There you go

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

Check my post above

All is smooth on my Sandisk 16 GB (used the numbers 14100)

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

You can only get a limited amount of apps at the moment, think its something at googles end! No phone no mic and no dedicated menu button yet. But it looks great!

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

Thanks! in the future, if I don't want nitdroid anymore how to get rid of it and dual boot?

do I just format sd or is there a different way to get rid of dualboot?

Thanks!

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

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

Step 1: Partitioning
followed this
sudo gainroot

umount /dev/mmcblk1p1

sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk1 << EOF,2100MB,C,,L,,,,EOF

sfdisk:bad input

what am i doing wrong?

got a 4gig card btw

heres what xterm said

BusyBox v1.10.2 (Debian 3:1.10.2.legal-1osso30+0m5) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

/home/user # umount /dev/mmcblk1p1
/home/user # sfdisk -uM /dev/mmcblk1 << EOF
> ,2100 MB,C
> ,,L
> ,,
> ,,
> EOF
Checking that no-one is using this disk right now ...
OK

Disk /dev/mmcblk1: 121008 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+ 3781- 3782- 3872248 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

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

Well, I installed Nitdroid the other day using the Autoinstaller and it is not very difficult.

Here is the step by step instruction.

It is recommended that you disable the 'extra-devel' in maemo, as the installer from that repo has errors. For more info visit this thread.

:)

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

Use the autoinstaller and it will partition for you automatically.