use the flasher to put the phone in r&d mode with disabled watchdogs. Code: flasher-3.5 --set-rd-flags=no-lifeguard-reset --enable-rd-mode -r then n900 will not reboot, connect to your network and to your n900 with ssh and switch portrait_wallpaper to false. Code: gconftool-2 --set /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/portrait_wallpaper -t bool false now put n900 back into production mode with flasher. Code: flasher-3.5 --disable-rd-mode -r
flasher-3.5 --set-rd-flags=no-lifeguard-reset --enable-rd-mode -r
gconftool-2 --set /apps/osso/hildon-desktop/portrait_wallpaper -t bool false
flasher-3.5 --disable-rd-mode -r