Thread: my Nokia N900 cant install and uninstall application
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2010-08-09 , 00:06
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Originally Posted by lekan09 View Post
Im pretty sorry about this but i have little knowledge about the flash or take backups.maybe i will have to use the xterminal.pls can you help with the necessary codes?i previously installed about 4 or 5 app and im certain the problem might have occurred as a result of this.incoorpurating the codes in the xterminal,hope i wont lose some default app from my N900.kindly advice...
someone correct me if i'm wrong, but try this:

sudo gainroot
apt-get remove "the name of your app (without the quotation marks)"
apt-get autoremove
and see if that works. The name of your app isn't necessary the actual name of the app, but rather the file name. To find the actual file name of your app, do a search here:

http://repository.maemo.org/extras-t...antle/install/


so for example, the very first app in that list is: 100boxes.install, then the appname would just be "100boxes", without the .install extension.


But i strongly suggest you flash your device, both the image (firmware) and also the eMMC.

I'm sure you can borrow your friend's PC with XP installed, i did that and flashed it very quick, the whole process took me literally 5 minutes



Originally Posted by Wikiwide View Post
Maemo Flasher-3.5 tool does not support any 64-bit operating systems.

If Flasher-3.5 is not supported on your operating system you can try to install Maemo SDK Virtual Image from Maemo Development Environment Downloads page and flash Maemo device from Virtual Image (which includes Ubuntu). This may or may not work for you depending on how well virtualization technology you use supports USB on your HW.
http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-d...-downloads.php

Ya that's what i did before actually.....i'm running Windows 7 x64 and had to install VMWare, and then install XP, and basically run it as a virtual PC and flash my N900. However, i could only flash the firmware, whereas flashing the eMMc doens't work, so the 2nd time i had to borrow my friend's laptop with XP installed on it....
Last edited by chaoscreater; 2010-08-09 at 00:23.