Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2023-02-12, 23:00
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,885
Re: I'm back!
I still think there are many great use cases for N900, just not as a linux phone, browser, navigation.
Mypaint with stylus is still fun.
It is a good device for growing stuff, you can monitor...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2023-02-11, 20:49
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,885
Re: I'm back!
termux proot can run emacs (even gui versions) in newer versions on faster hardware (you allready have) on larger screens, which allow bigger (better?) onscreen keyboards, very well. No need to carry...
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2023-02-10, 14:18
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,885
Re: I'm back!
Best way is to flash your self over the years maintained and evolved backup image. But since there are so many bugs and so many ways to fix a bug depending on your needs everyone has his own version....
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Forum: Maemo 7 / Leste
2021-12-05, 23:35
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Replies: 666
Views: 296,819
Re: Maemo-Leste pre-alpha announcement
if you are booted in leste and like an adventure you can try fstrim -v /dev/mmcblk1p1 (not sure it maybe /dev/mmcblk0p1)
to finally service "maemos vfat MyDocs" partition and maybe speed up your...
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Forum: Applications
2020-10-20, 00:54
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,570
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Forum: Applications
2020-10-20, 00:25
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,570
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Forum: Nokia N900
2020-04-30, 21:57
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,366
Re: Baking N900.in the oven
wow, thats work. How many tries did you need before you got your first working? How many did you mess up (ripped pins)? Did you have a stencil for reball? How did you test them?
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Forum: Nokia N900
2020-04-29, 13:19
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,366
Re: Baking N900.in the oven
I love to break it to you :p
You underestimateing the difficulty of this.
This is way more complicated than most other devices not only because of small pin size and count. But because of ram...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2020-04-18, 10:03
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Replies: 29
Views: 6,366
Re: Baking N900.in the oven
I cut a razer blade to fit in both sides.
I press them down (very gently) with a screwdriver.
So you may not need that special (depending on how many devices you need to fix ;) )
fun fact: the...
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Forum: Maemo 7 / Leste
2020-04-10, 12:31
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Replies: 666
Views: 296,819
Re: Maemo-Leste pre-alpha announcement
just a guess
sh root@droid4-IP => "root" user id ( swapon most probalbly in /sbin root only command)
local X Terminal => "user" user id ( /sbin not in path)
try "id" command to get your...
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Forum: Nokia N810
2020-01-12, 17:31
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,947
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Forum: Maemo 7 / Leste
2020-01-07, 17:31
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,576
Re: Maemo Leste default theme
On Mameo 5 you can disable both, and at least change the Nokia hands and it is not that difficult ;)
Maybe it is a good idea to have different themes on different devices..
It seems im not the...
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Forum: Games
2019-12-21, 18:31
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Replies: 53
Views: 14,139
Re: Game advices for N900
Alex Kid in Mircale World runs on MasterGear emulator on mameo.
But i would not try it without a controller (or GameGripper) and at least 4 arrow keys..
Tower Toppler is a native nebulous clown.
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Forum: Nokia N900
2019-05-12, 21:59
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,695
Re: N900 strange behaviours
The strange battery behaviour you saw is "normal".
The battery state is kind of saved on the n900, not on battery. (it is a flaw)
That gets confused if you switch batteries. So probably your old...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2019-05-12, 21:54
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,695
Re: N900 strange behaviours
So your Battery seems to work.. but discharges a little too fast..
I would not run it with battery in this state.
Look for an equal hot spot on the pcb.
Since you have two devices (and your...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2019-05-12, 21:22
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Replies: 28
Views: 9,695
Re: N900 strange behaviours
Find the heat source..
Get a dual-use thermal camera.
Become the louis rossmann of the N900 community!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLSO0D67lOA#t=01m45s
If you get one you can help check...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2019-03-13, 05:26
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,806
Re: N900 as an external monitor and keyboard?
If you dont care for camera, the upper keys, and it still fits in your pockets, that might work. I still like to hear an experience about such nice modular design. Post pictures of the beast, if you...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2019-03-11, 18:08
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,806
Re: N900 as an external monitor and keyboard?
My knowlegde of usb is limited, but currently the n900 draws about 18ma in device mode propably through pullup detection resitors (1.5K+15K) when conneted.
But it may even drain the battery fast if...
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Forum: Nokia N900
2019-03-10, 19:06
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Replies: 29
Views: 4,806
Re: N900 as an external monitor and keyboard?
Connection of the 2 device will be a problem.
USB on N900 is too power hungry for a always on connection, even if you dont charge or do anything. You have to pull the plug.
Running a wifi hotspot...
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Forum: Applications
2019-02-25, 10:07
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Replies: 35
Views: 5,395
Re: Chromium 57 on ED Jessie on N900
If you havent already tried, you can try the simple keyboard focus fix for bluemaemo from http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=457097&postcount=453
to narrow it down
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Forum: Applications
2019-02-21, 21:03
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,819
take a picture from command line with torch
Hack of the day:
take a picture from camera from command line in the dark with torch (less powerful than flash).
get v4l2-ctl [apt-get install lfocus installs to /opt/lfocus/v4l2-ctl or a newer...
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Forum: Community
2019-02-17, 00:36
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Replies: 243
Views: 48,714
Re: To amuse the community
You may facing known problems.
some newer ext4 filesystems doesnt mount on maemos old kernel.
try "dmesg" after your "sudo mount loop -t ext4" and see its output.
Dont mess with /etc/fstab...
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Forum: Accessories
2018-12-20, 22:27
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Replies: 4
Views: 23,343
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Forum: Buy & Sell
2018-11-30, 14:47
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,280
Re: Looking for defective N900 in Germany
I may have an upper half in optical ok condition and a german keyboard (no white foil), but did not test if it is still working. If you dont find a better solution, and or want to test it yourself...
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Forum: Alternatives
2018-10-29, 16:52
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Replies: 635
Views: 353,982
Re: Arch Linux ARM on N900
I remember too there where problems with wifi in older kernels.
So i can only second sicelo too skip to a newer kernel.
But as long as postmarketOS still has trouble with wifi...
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