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Durango	2011-04-19 , 18:09
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Reposting this from PMs because it will be more useful to other people here than locked away...

Originally Posted by gng554

can you please confirm the following:
i will be able to browse the web/install new applications/run applications if i do this fix ?
and i wont be able to send files from my computer to my n900 using the usb cable?

Correct correct and correct. Like I said, I haven't had a chance to play with it some more and figure out why it can't mount the USB, but I know it's fixable. I'll try to fix it in a future update.

Originally Posted by gng554

hey man can you tell me which line i should remove to keep arabic font? as i get arabic messages on my phone so i cannot delete that font...i also want the nokia hands logo to stay...

-edit this file:
emmcfix\run\startoverremove.txt

-At the bottom of the file, you'll see this:

Code:

# Nokia Hands Video - patch boot file & remove video file
echo "Patching/Removing Nokia Hands Boot Video..."
# replace default.conf; path to nokia 'hands' video becomes commented out
cp /media/mmc1/emmcfix/sysbak/etc_hildon-welcome.d_default.conf.txt /etc/hildon-welcome.d/default.conf
rm -r /usr/share/hildon-welcome # delete nokia 'hands' video

# Remove Misc Files/Dirs & unnecss parts of packages (lic agreements, fonts)
echo "Removing Asian Fonts and some other odds & ends..."
rm -r /usr/share/fonts/arabic # relatively large file size
rm -r /usr/share/cherry # IIRC this was a readme or documentation belonging to Nokia's feedback sender thingy

-Delete it. That will let you keep the Nokia startup video and the Arabic font.

Originally Posted by gng554

i have an 8gb sd card
i use this line to enable swap on sd card:
swapon /dev/mmcblk1p2
i have to type it every time i reboot my device as i don't know how to write a start up script....

ok. So you've partitioned your SD card, and now you have the swap partition on mmcblk1p2. I assume the first partition is Linux ext2, on mmcblk1p1?

What I really recommend doing is reformatting the card again, so that you have 3 partitions: fat32, Linux ext3 and Linux swap. Without a fat32 partition, you won't be able to access the SD card at all in Windows. Not without a lot of trouble, anyway. Read through the "ReadMe_Partitioning.txt" file for some tips, ask me if you have any specific questions.

If you just want to get the phone somewhat working for now, you have to make these changes:

-edit this file:
emmcfix\run\setupswap.txt

-find:

Code:

swapon /dev/mmcblk1p3

-replace with:

Code:

swapon /dev/mmcblk1p2

-edit this file:
emmcfix\run\copyhome.txt

-find:

Code:

mount -t ext3 /dev/mmcblk1p2 /mnt

-replace with:

Code:

mount -t ext2 /dev/mmcblk1p1 /mnt

-edit this file:
emmcfix\sysbak\etc_event.d_startup-script.txt

-find:

Code:

swapon /dev/mmcblk1p3

-replace with:

Code:

swapon /dev/mmcblk1p2

-edit this file:
emmcfix\sysbak\etc_event.d_rcS-late-NEW.txt

-find:

Code:

    echo "/dev/mmcblk1p2 /home ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,commit=1,data=writeback 0 0" >> $tmp_fstab
    echo "/home/opt /opt none bind" >> $tmp_fstab
    echo "/dev/mmcblk1p1 /home/user/MyDocs vfat noauto,nodev,noexec,nosuid,noatime,nodiratime,utf8,uid=29999,shortname=mixed,dmask=000,fmask=0133,rodir 0 0" >> $tmp_fstab

-replaced with:

Code:

    echo "/dev/mmcblk1p1 /home ext2 rw,noatime,errors=continue,commit=1,data=writeback 0 0" >> $tmp_fstab
    echo "/home/opt /opt none bind" >> $tmp_fstab

I THINK that's everything.. those changes assume that you have an ext2 partition setup on mmcblk1p1. If you partitioned it using ext3, just change "ext2" to "ext3" in all of the above changes. If you're not sure, ask me (-or post here-)

Last edited by Durango; 2011-04-19 at 18:32.

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