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2010-05-16
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can someone make an app so we can easily install android for testing?
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2010-05-16
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#292
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no such thing as easy yet really, especiallym with the hack ive done to get bt running for the moment
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2010-05-16
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just for those of you asking i am going to release a rootfs/kernel tonight. (within next few hours) and a install howto.
PLEASE BE AWARE THIS ROOTFS IS BASIC AND ALOT OF THINGS DO NOT WORK - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
PLEASE BE AWARE THIS ROOTFS IS BASIC AND ALOT OF THINGS DO NOT WORK - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
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2010-05-16
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Originally Posted by dj_steve
Thanks dj_steve, the more people we get up to speed and working on this, the faster we will have something awesome
just for those of you asking i am going to release a rootfs/kernel tonight. (within next few hours) and a install howto.
PLEASE BE AWARE THIS ROOTFS IS BASIC AND ALOT OF THINGS DO NOT WORK - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
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2010-05-16
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#295
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well im uploading rootfs as i type. so ill be posting details soon
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2010-05-16
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ok as promised Root fs and kernel are up and below is a howto install for N900 Users only.
THE KERNEL I HAVE PROVIDED HERE IS HARD CODED TO BOOT DIRECT FROM DEVICE B202 (AKA THE EXTERNAL MICROSD) IT WILL NOT BOOT MAEMO IN ANY WAY AT THIS TIME
this kernel is patched with titans patchs and is overclock enabled if anyone feels adventourous enough to copy the required filess of their maemo partition to the microsd to try this let me know
Requirements
How-To:
1. Grab the required files from above.
2. login to your n900 as root (either xterminal or over ssh (ssh is easier) ) and run the command below:
keep a note of the value it returns as you need it further on in this howto
3. mount your microsd via either n900s usb storage or direct via a card reader (probably faster to do latter) then find out the device node assigned to it on you linux system (dmesg will give you easily enough) then run the following (/dev/sdb is the node the microsd shows as on my system):
This should correctly partition your microsd for the next stage
4. now create filesystems,
5. once those have ran mount the ext3 partition
6. now navigate to that folder and extract the rootfs (i hope you saved it somewhere you can remember 
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7. wait patiently for the extract to complete (it takes some time)
8. once the extraction has completed navigate to the system/bin folder and open the load_modules.sh file in your favourite editor (i use nano)
9. scroll down the file and find the line that starts
echo 0cddef0a0e6d and replace the 0cddef0a0e6d with the text you wrote down in step 2 - this is to enable the bluetooth module to work. once that is done save and close the file then you can unmount the microsd
10. Insert the microsd into your n900 and then power down the device (disconnect charger etc before hand.)
11. Boot your n900 into 'flash' mode (hold u on keyboard as you connect usb cable)
12. run the following command to flash the kernel to your device
adjust the zimage part to give the path to where you saved the file
the device should reboot and begin to start android.
THE BACK COVER MUST BE IN PLACE OR THE SYSTEM WILL CRASH
Last edited by dj_steve; 2010-05-16 at 19:27.
THE KERNEL I HAVE PROVIDED HERE IS HARD CODED TO BOOT DIRECT FROM DEVICE B202 (AKA THE EXTERNAL MICROSD) IT WILL NOT BOOT MAEMO IN ANY WAY AT THIS TIME
this kernel is patched with titans patchs and is overclock enabled if anyone feels adventourous enough to copy the required filess of their maemo partition to the microsd to try this let me know
Requirements
- Knowledge of how to flash your device
- My Android RootFS: http://files2.nitdroid.com/NITDroid-....0.1-Demo.tbz2
- My Kernel Image: http://files2.nitdroid.com/zImage-NITDroid-0.0.1
- 1 MicroSD Card (I'd say min of 1gb, this how-to will show the layout for my 8GB)
- Some Idea how to edit files and run commands via a terminal
- linux based PC/VM
- (optional but recommended) some sort of ssh server installed in maemo5
How-To:
1. Grab the required files from above.
2. login to your n900 as root (either xterminal or over ssh (ssh is easier) ) and run the command below:
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sysinfo-tool -g /certs/npc/esn/bt_id
3. mount your microsd via either n900s usb storage or direct via a card reader (probably faster to do latter) then find out the device node assigned to it on you linux system (dmesg will give you easily enough) then run the following (/dev/sdb is the node the microsd shows as on my system):
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fdisk /dev/sdb o n p 1 <press return> +2G t c n p 2 <press enter> <press enter> w q
4. now create filesystems,
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mkdosfs /dev/sdb1 mke2fs -j /dev/sdb2 -m0
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mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt
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cd /mnt tar xjvvpf ../NITDroid-N900-0.0.1-Demo.tbz2
8. once the extraction has completed navigate to the system/bin folder and open the load_modules.sh file in your favourite editor (i use nano)
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cd /mnt/system/bin nano load_modules.sh
echo 0cddef0a0e6d and replace the 0cddef0a0e6d with the text you wrote down in step 2 - this is to enable the bluetooth module to work. once that is done save and close the file then you can unmount the microsd
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umount /mnt
11. Boot your n900 into 'flash' mode (hold u on keyboard as you connect usb cable)
12. run the following command to flash the kernel to your device
Code:
flasher-3.5 --set-rd-flags=no-ext-wd,no-lifeguard-reset --enable-rd-mode -f -k zImage-NITDroid-0.0.1 -R
the device should reboot and begin to start android.
THE BACK COVER MUST BE IN PLACE OR THE SYSTEM WILL CRASH
Last edited by dj_steve; 2010-05-16 at 19:27.
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2010-05-16
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#298
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pardon me. ........
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2010-05-16
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#299
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hmm gonna test but will the kernel work even if i've the leaked pr1.2 ?? (and my oc ??)
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2010-05-16
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#300
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it should as it doesn touch maemo at all
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