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2019-08-16
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aware of it as a maemo alt....yes...
fiddled with it on an n900 yet?
no.
"Back camera is close to supported in 4.14-rc1.
Voice calls work, but needs https://gitlab.com/libcmtspeechdata/libcmtspeechdata and has poor quality
There's bluetooth support at bluetooth-next, but that works on N950, not on N900. Bluetooth . There's a driver ported to 4.13 at bt-v4.13 tree, git.kernel.org, linux-n900
WiFi settings do not work across reboots
The MAC address of the N900 WiFi interface its being randomized at every boot, since the connection profile created with nmtui is bound to the MAC address, it won't work at the next boot.
To solve this, after connecting you can use nmtui to edit the created profile, and remove the MAC address from the "Device" section
Without NetworkManager
If NetworkManager should not work for you, make sure that it is not running and run the following commands to connect to an encrypted network manually: ....
Battery Protection
Currently, when battery gets below suitable operating voltage, the device dies. This is bad for the battery and the file system. Here is a script that monitors the battery, and powers the device off before the battery reaches critical state. For suggested usage, read the program's comments..."
and Hildon is pretty much a lost cause for use on postmarketos on the n900...
All in all...
Not bad...a little rough around the edges ...with the cam, connectivity issues and battery monitoring protection.
If one wishes to use their n900 as a different device ...that is...than familiar hildon...
They fix those few issues and it is pretty much prime time...as an os alt.
Last edited by endsormeans; 2019-08-16 at 22:09.
fiddled with it on an n900 yet?
no.
"Back camera is close to supported in 4.14-rc1.
Voice calls work, but needs https://gitlab.com/libcmtspeechdata/libcmtspeechdata and has poor quality
There's bluetooth support at bluetooth-next, but that works on N950, not on N900. Bluetooth . There's a driver ported to 4.13 at bt-v4.13 tree, git.kernel.org, linux-n900
WiFi settings do not work across reboots
The MAC address of the N900 WiFi interface its being randomized at every boot, since the connection profile created with nmtui is bound to the MAC address, it won't work at the next boot.
To solve this, after connecting you can use nmtui to edit the created profile, and remove the MAC address from the "Device" section
Without NetworkManager
If NetworkManager should not work for you, make sure that it is not running and run the following commands to connect to an encrypted network manually: ....
Battery Protection
Currently, when battery gets below suitable operating voltage, the device dies. This is bad for the battery and the file system. Here is a script that monitors the battery, and powers the device off before the battery reaches critical state. For suggested usage, read the program's comments..."
and Hildon is pretty much a lost cause for use on postmarketos on the n900...
All in all...
Not bad...a little rough around the edges ...with the cam, connectivity issues and battery monitoring protection.
If one wishes to use their n900 as a different device ...that is...than familiar hildon...
They fix those few issues and it is pretty much prime time...as an os alt.
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1-n770 (in retirement), 3-n800's / 3-n810's (still in daily use), 5-n900's ((3 are flawless, 1 loose usb ( parts), 1 has no telephony (parts))
3-nexus 5's : 1 w/ Floko Pie 9.1 (running beautifully) waiting for Stable Droid 10 rom, 1 w/ ̶Ubuntu Touch, 1 with Maru OS (intend maemo leste when ready)
1/2 - neo900 pre- "purchased" in 2013. N̶o̶w̶ ̶A̶w̶a̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶e̶f̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶e̶w̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ - neo900 start up declared officially dead -
Lost invested funds.
PIMP MY N8X0 (Idiot's Guide and a video walkthrough)http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94294
THE LOST GRONMAYER CATALOGShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ight=gronmayer
N8X0 VIDEO ENCODING THE EASY WAYhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ght=mediacoder
242gb ON N800http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=90634
THE PAIN-FREE MAEMO DEVELOPMENT LIVE DISTRO-ISO FOR THE NOOB TO THE PROhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=95567
AFFORDABLE MASS PRODUCTION FOR MAEMO PARTShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=93325
Meateo balloons now available @ Dave999's Meateo Emporium
Lurker since 2007, Member since 2013, Certifiable since 1972
Owner of :
1-n770 (in retirement), 3-n800's / 3-n810's (still in daily use), 5-n900's ((3 are flawless, 1 loose usb ( parts), 1 has no telephony (parts))
3-nexus 5's : 1 w/ Floko Pie 9.1 (running beautifully) waiting for Stable Droid 10 rom, 1 w/ ̶Ubuntu Touch, 1 with Maru OS (intend maemo leste when ready)
1/2 - neo900 pre- "purchased" in 2013. N̶o̶w̶ ̶A̶w̶a̶i̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶r̶e̶f̶u̶n̶d̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶c̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶l̶a̶s̶t̶ ̶f̶e̶w̶ ̶y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ - neo900 start up declared officially dead -
Lost invested funds.
PIMP MY N8X0 (Idiot's Guide and a video walkthrough)http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=94294
THE LOST GRONMAYER CATALOGShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ight=gronmayer
N8X0 VIDEO ENCODING THE EASY WAYhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ght=mediacoder
242gb ON N800http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=90634
THE PAIN-FREE MAEMO DEVELOPMENT LIVE DISTRO-ISO FOR THE NOOB TO THE PROhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=95567
AFFORDABLE MASS PRODUCTION FOR MAEMO PARTShttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=93325
Meateo balloons now available @ Dave999's Meateo Emporium
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2021-08-19
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Has anyone tried PostmarketOs on N810? It is included at device wishlist as a Low priority device and it says it should have mainline support. I would like to try it out but could not make sense of the installation instructions.
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2021-08-20
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Originally Posted by Maemish
Still trying to snag an N810 at a reasonable price, but if I do I'll be testing it right beside you.
Has anyone tried PostmarketOs on N810? It is included at device wishlist as a Low priority device and it says it should have mainline support. I would like to try it out but could not make sense of the installation instructions.
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2021-08-22
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N810 was really close to excellent. The speakers were incomparably good at the time. The 800x480 screen was still best available at the time. And it was transflective! Still readable messages with no backlight in full sun.
Those days are gone (maybe, there might be something good right around the corner).
The keyboard was no-bueno. The dome click and travel was too slight for solid tactile feedback. And Nokia could have made the cursor block usable as a gaming dpad, but they didn't. No biscuit, Nokia. Bad Nokia.
Then there's the sad tale of liqbase which really deserves an entry in computing hall of fame, and wikipedia, and journals. But nobody's told it yet.
Those days are gone (maybe, there might be something good right around the corner).
The keyboard was no-bueno. The dome click and travel was too slight for solid tactile feedback. And Nokia could have made the cursor block usable as a gaming dpad, but they didn't. No biscuit, Nokia. Bad Nokia.
Then there's the sad tale of liqbase which really deserves an entry in computing hall of fame, and wikipedia, and journals. But nobody's told it yet.
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2021-08-25
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PM was installed when I first got my Pinephone, it felt like it was not quite ready at least on that device; but it is a serious and important project which will mature or fork. We want a real OS on used consumer grade android hardware and PM is the way to get there, we have the hardware and PM is aiming to put a real linux soul into it and give it new life.
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2021-08-26
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Originally Posted by biketool
They don't like it to be called PM
PM was installed when I first got my Pinephone, it felt like it was not quite ready at least on that device; but it is a serious and important project which will mature or fork. We want a real OS on used consumer grade android hardware and PM is the way to get there, we have the hardware and PM is aiming to put a real linux soul into it and give it new life.
must be pmOS or postmarketOS
Don't forget Mobian as a great Debian-based alternative
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I am using mobian now. If I could get a good battery drain rate, and it is getting better with updates, the Pinephone w/mobian would be my daily driver at this point I think despite being beta in basic OS services and alpha in secondary services like video playback.
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https://postmarketos.org
and and a page showing how to implement it on N900
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Nokia_N900