The camera on my n900 hasn't been working for some time, or so I thought. Whenever I would open the camera App it would tell me to open lens cover even if it's already opened or sometimes it's just a black screen.
Later I tried gst-launch v4l2src device=/dev/video1 ! autovideosink to check the front camera, and it worked. Then I had the idea to check the back camera (normal camera) by switching "video1" to "video0" and it worked. Meaning that the camera does work.
So the problem is that the lens cover sensor doesn't detect the lens cover. What I need is a way for the camera app to bypass the sensor so it would work without needing the lens cover to be open.

Can an x-terminal command be used to make the phone think its cover is open?