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Didn't much matter for me or anyone else who installed the other one and had to run FM Faker it turns out.

In preparation of loading your newer file I uninstalled FM Faker and found that fmtx worked now without it on board. After reading your explanation I think I better understand qwerty12's effort. It seems it is more of a patch than an app that needs to run every time.

Not having to provide any overhead that FM Faker might have needed was all that I was after anyway so I didn't bother loading your newest file. Things are just peachy now.

I also thought that it may have been possible to be in the same situation after loading your newer file after patching with qwerty12's file. This would only end up creating more confusion in this already confusing thread.

Thanks

Can anyone make a detailed instruction for clean install on PR 1.3 as i have never installed earlier Fmtxd before.
First post, third post and basically all the posts have confused me completely.

Note: My FM transmitter is disabled by default

0. Turn off FM Transmitter, "killall fmtxd", something like that.

1. Backup
/usr/sbin/fmtxd

2. Replace
/usr/sbin/fmtxd
with
fmtxd1.3
from
http://jacekowski.org/Maemo/FMTXD1.3

Now you have file named "/usr/sbin/fmtxd" but originating from jacekowski instead of Nokia.

3. In X Terminal (as root?)
chmod +x /usr/sbin/fmtxd
so that this file could be executed

4. Start Media Player, some song in it, and in menu choose FM Transmitter.
First, try transmitting on normal frequencies.
If it doesn't work, reboot.
If it works, try going to lower frequencies.

5. Probably, you will need to install FM Faker application after that.

EDIT:
0. Install rootsh package through standard Hildon App Manager.
1. Download fmtxd1.3 file from webpage
http://jacekowski.org/Maemo/FMTXD1.3

and place it into MyDocs folder
("Nokia N900" in File Manager,
"/home/user/MyDocs" in X Terminal,
"Nokia N900 (?" drive in Windows when Nokia N900 is attached to PC in Mass Storage Mode)

3. Disconnect the device from PC, if it was connected in Mass Storage Mode; and turn off FM Transmitter, if it was turned on

4. Open X Terminal

5. commands:

sudo gainroot

killall fmtxd

mv /usr/sbin/fmtxd /usr/sbin/fmtxd.old

mv /home/user/MyDocs/fmtxd1.3 /usr/sbin/fmtxd

chmod +x /usr/sbin/fmtxd

6. Try to use FM Transmitter.

7. If it doesn't work, reboot.

8. If it doesn't work, install FM Faker.

Could you start packaging this as a deb and putting it on the repos so i can get a warning about new versions and also can update using HAM please?

You pretty much got it.

After downloading Jace's FMTXD1.3 file from the links provided, place it in the MyDocs directory on the N900.

For the uninitiated perhaps a little more detail can be added...

...like the xTerm commands @ root to make a backup of:
/usr/sbin/fmtxd and adding an extension like .old to it.

(I will add this to this post when I find it or others provide it. )


Once that is done, rename Jace's file to fmtxd. You can do that using the N900's file manager.


Once that is done an xTerm command @ root can be used to move this renamed file to /usr/sbin/

(I will add this to this post when I find it or others provide it. )


After that is done then an xTerm command can be used to enable this new file...

I use chmod 755 and am not familiar with Wikiwide's chmod +x command.

(I will add what's determined to be the best way to this post when I find it or others provide it. )


If the FM transmitter is not enabled by default on your N900 you will pro'ly have to use FM Faker and that's no big deal. You can remove it later...

That is what started this thread in the first place dude.

1. It ain't that easy.

2. Things are different depending on the firmware loaded on the device.

3. Other FM widgets and apps installed on the device will affect your outcome and not always in a positive way.

One Jace's FMTXD file is downloaded it is just a matter of 4 simple steps that include 3 xTerm commands @ root.

Besides, who will maintain the package so you could HAM it up?

After we fill in the commands in my previous post I will start a new thread giving props to the people who first explored the possibility (qole, etc.), the person who first provided the patches to make it possible and the status bar app that makes it useful (qwerty12), and finally, the person who provided the binary that eliminates the patched house of cards we had been using, Jacekowski his own dang self.

I thought the latest version was not supposed to screwup when it is on the charger? I plug mine into the charger and it becomes unusable. Is that how everybody else's works?

I installed using post 274, at first i got the ''unable to use transmitter'' but after a reboot it worked even without fmtxd faker. I have fmtxd boost app installed before doing this hack. Do i still need the boost app or can i uninstall it already?

Thank you to all those who made this possible. It just keeps getting better

Very good idea, I agree with it.

Hi,
Getting ready to do some traveling. How do you get the FMTXD to work while on the charger? When I plug ut in, it basically stops or gets so low in output it seems like it is off?

Les