Just bought Nokia n900
 

Hi Guys,

Sorry for being a dumb, but really need your help on this one.

I have just bought a nokia n900 from a guy who didn't even know what to do with it, so I took the opportunity to buy from him with a low price :D, So here is the thing, We don't know the password to install the application via xterminal, when I type for Exp :

asks me to type the password, I don't really know the passwd neither the seller.

Would guys help me on this one please.



Regards.

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your purchase of a Nokia N900!

Please have a read here on how to gain root access:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Root_access

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

The application you want is called Rootsh, but before you start using it, maybe you can do a lot of reading about it....
both here on TMO and perhaps also on google, it's a very strong tool who can mess up your new toy in 2 minutes

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

I believe that the password is : gainroot

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

Thank you guys for the quick reply, I will try what it mentioned above and get back to you in case I have any questions.

Thank you all.

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

this password didn't work, sadly.

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

ouam3r, congratulations and welcome. This place is where the good people hang out!

BTW, try typing 'root'
Don't do "sudo" anything. First you just issue the 'root' command and then you have access are the root user.

Once having root access, for apt-get update, just type that:

apt-get update

Thats it!

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

Personally, I would re-flash the device with a PR1.3 image from Nokia. That will make sure you're dealing with a solid base and there are no "left over" crap apps from previous owners.

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

You don't need a password !!
Just install rootsh to get root acces and open X-terminal
now type sudo gainroot and enter

But be very careful then !!!! and read the wiki-page first
http://wiki.maemo.org/Terminal#Gain_root_access

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

I would like to show me how, I can't re-flash my phone by my own self, last time I tried with a diffrent device I screwed up :(. If you can help me I will appreciate it.

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

well i can assure you its fairly hard to break the n900 just by flashing

http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware

first thing you should install is rootsh, and the second thing is adding the rest of the repos, and then install faster application manager

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

Thanks alot, it works for me now :)

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

I think my question will contribute to OP´s post.

I just flashed my N900, smooth sailing all the way, took less than 15 minutes.

I was now searching for a way to make it a bit faster, and found 2 different start points.

One is this (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=73315), and the other is swappolube, which as I understand is a script that does something somewhat similar.

I would need some more reference since I don´t fully understand what to do. Thanx!

Re: Just bought Nokia n900
 

Do what you want, but have in mind that "patches" in the linked thread are also known as crappatch and batterysuckpatch. In short DO NOT INSTALL THOSE.

swappolube should be ok. In general, the best think you can do to get rid of stuttering and lag that happens from time to time is to move swap to sdcard (along with installing swappolube). Slight overclock helps too (up to 720-805). If you want descent battery life install kernel-power v50 (should be in extras-devel in a matter of days or pre50 from kernel-power thread if you are on a hurry) and make "default" your default profile.

Search the forum for threads howto move swap and howto OC.