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* Add wifi connection, unless you have an understanding service provider and you are in a 3.5G area (2g here - you'd be crazy to attempt that). | * Add wifi connection, unless you have an understanding service provider and you are in a 3.5G area (2g here - you'd be crazy to attempt that). | ||
Revision as of 21:56, 27 September 2011
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Clean Install of N900
What's this all about?
For the past few months I've had a tendancy to reflash my n900, in a search for the holy grail of reflashes to end all reflashes. As I stagger my way to the goal, I'll be using this as a scratch pad to note all my findings, cack-handed or otherwise.
Let's Begin at the Beginning
Flash eMMC and firmware 1.3
Download the images from the usual place. Flash and bring the beast to life.
- You can be cool and groovy and customise your eMMC to save having to fiddle later. I like to have my /home ext3 partition to be 16GB so, using a hex editor, I change the size of this partition from 2048 to 16384.
- Add wifi connection, unless you have an understanding service provider and you are in a 3.5G area (2g here - you'd be crazy to attempt that).
- Open HAM and install rootsh ; you are no longer constrained by the PC brigage and have access to the box of matches and petrol.
Launch Terminal and install essentials
In terminal, enter the following:
root apt-get install openssh
Enter your new root password when asked and, assuming your beast is connected to the network, you can now SSH and no longer suffer finger cramp.