Excellent.

If you robertbyronz have now managed to get things working could it be possible for you to make how to instructions of it (what repos work and where to find, what not to do etc.)? I bought one N810 over a year ago but have so far been only using N900. I would really like to try N810 and would appreciate a lot updated information. Had in mind that I would follow endsormeans instructions but if there are some things that should be known when following those orders to get device work please share them.

My question was appointed to robertbyronz, not to you endsormeans. Reading all the posts in this thread I got the understanding that you too held it possible that some repos you mention in your instructions may be dead. And that mention about private chit chat made me think that maybe there is something more to know before following the instructions.

Thank you endsormeans so much for the instructions! For some reason I feel that always when I write you in some way misunderstand what I mean or to whom I speak and then you get a bit upset. Sorry. Didn't mean (again) to poke you in any way. Gonna try to follow your instryuctions precisely when I get time to do it.

Before I flash my N810 wanted to ask how these look like? Not really knowing of the best partitioning or these repos and not wanna get rid of them before knowing if it is ok.

So the question of mine is should I flash fresh or disable bad repos and clone this setup to sdcard?

the partitions will be wiped scrubbed and the system freshly reformatted.
Best to do so when dealing with a n8x0 one has acquired from another
(especially if you do not know the person who has given it to you.)

You may wish to check the sites of the functioning repos you have that ARE 3rd party ones...against the gronmayer thread lists ...just in case you have a 3rd party repo in your cat that isn't a known one...
(very very doubtful...but remotely possible...and if so write down exactly all repo details showing in your cat exactly the way they should be displayed ...for example in how the gronmayer repo cat details are done. and that way said repo can be studied for its contents and weighed against what is known and unknown)

When you do your reflash ...
everything ...including your n810 repo cat will be reset.
Don't fret about that.
Just follow the walk through precisely.

Currently your device is running chinook ..
It should be running diablo ...
Diablo repos are what one should be seeing ...
One can of course enable the chinook repos ...but by default ...Diablo supersedes chinook repos.

I note that you have some 3rd party repos that are problematic (as in nonfunctional)
shown with a red x and red lettering.
That is understandable...considering the obvious last time the device was used was during the chinook era....when said 3rd party repos were undoubtedly functional at the time.

I ALSO note that you have duplicate cats enabled
"maemo Extras"
"Maemo Extras"
"maemo Extras (chinook)"
"Chinook Extras"
It is entirely possible you have conflicts occurring in your cats as we speak.

When you have finally cloned your clean pristine diablo and set up cssu and all the other important stuff ...telescope etc...
And have finished setting up diablo turbo...

and BEFORE you start mucking with installing tons of stuff
and BEFORE you start playing with installing 3rd party repos ...
I SUGGEST for anyone...to utilize console tools one last time ...and make a back up copy of your nicely set up diablo turbo set up.
Tuck it away on your computer...
That way ...you don't have to clone all over again if you screw something up after setting everything up nicely...
Just toss on your (clean ready to screw up) diablo turbo back up...

the first couple of times of doing the entire set up ...one feels nervous anxious worried etc...
But as long as you follow the walk through...it is impossible to do any damage.
If you screw up...just start over...
Its good practice...
And frankly it is fun to do after one gets the hang of it.

Hmmm...
oh yes...last thing...
if you do wish to use repos which can impact functionality or conflict with other repos ...disable said questionable repos after you have installed from them what you needed to...just so it negates the effect on the other repos...
ie : an up to date system running diablo turbo will be using Diablo cats...there may be progs or bits from Chinook or earlier that one may wish to access for installation of programs or debs.
so installing the chinook repo is understandable ...
enable it when installing what you need ..
you do not need to delete it afterwards...just disable it ...so there is no possible conflict with your Diablo repo...
(Just in case ...that is..)

A great example of conflicting repos that give a false positive ...
Say you have 10 functioning repos ...official and 3rd party...
you add one more that seems fine...until you take a look at your cat
and it shows some or most of your cats as red and nonfunctional ...
THAT is a definite conflict.
So then ...it is the issue of how well you paid attention to exactly which repo it was which caused your conflict.
and disable or delete it ...
Or .if you are uncertain which one it was ...
..you end up in the situation where you scrub your cat except for the obvious official repos and begin again


Also ...avoid duplicating repos...they will be obvious ...ie : Chinook repo ....chinook repo ...
Are 2 different named repos that go to the same place ..
Also ...if you get any repos that are non functional (in the red) it is suggested to (at the minimum) disable them ...immediately ..if not delete them .
Enabled non functional repos will tie up a lot of time with your repo catalog ...trying to establish a connection to them...
Meaning refreshing will take much longer.

Also 3rd party repos as I suggested should be cross ref. against the lost gronmayer catalog list ...
essentially... be picky about which ones you choose as a consequence...
You do not want to just install 3rd party repos randomly or do a blanket install ..or you will end up with false positive issues that technically don't exist .
Which means it casts doubt on the veracity of your catalog
You don't need to reflash your system ...
But you may be scrubbing your catalog of everything except the official cats and starting over again with 3rd party cat installs .
Not that that is a bad thing either...
Remember ...
as long as you do your system reflash ...and keep your onboard system spartan...
as long as you clone your spartan diablo to a card ...then set it up according to the walk through...
and lastly ...
as long as you make a back up of your undisturbed diablo turbo clone...
Then you can blow up your diablo turbo a bzillion times ...and just throw on the back up in a heartbeat and do it all over again...

Then it is all just fun and games ..and not so tedious.

(I know that it may seem like a lot to have to deal with concerning the 3rd party repos...but remember then to please be vocal in suggesting that important programs and work in said repos be transferred to our official repos for safe keeping and ease of proper installation...
and also remember..that yes it seems like a lot to deal with the 3rd party repos...BUT there is SOOOOO many of them....with SOOOO much in them....
in fact...all told...the amount of work done for the n8x0s in both official and 3rd party repos ..eclipses what has been done for the n900 or n9 ...massively...)

Aah, at last started to pimp the N810. Was stuck on the first link. Where to get the tablet update wizard? The link seems a dead Nokia one. I'm a bit toughier noobie to guide this through.

So I copied the address of the link to download Tablet update wizard to wayback machine search box and bang it was downloaded. Fist block taken care of.

Next block. Updater from windows update did not recognize the device. Stopped there my path. Connected the device when open to windows. Windows recognized and installed drivers. Did again with wizard and this time it gave a green light and got it flashed! This is an adventure!

Now ...
considering this is now quite thickly in the realm of the topic of doing the walkthrough...
please move any further conversation to said thread...
Having post issues spread all over hells eight acres doesn't help....
and we'll leave this thread here for what convo it was meant for.

N810 in 2019 definately! Listening awesome music with streamtuner and surfing the maemo forum for learnng to fly with this.