Nitdroid easy install on EMMC

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 Some instructions here may cause serious problems. When unsure, see General precautions
Backing up your data is recommended. In case of trouble you might need to re-flash your device.


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Original Talk Maemo thread:

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=887394&postcount=1


Contents

Installing Nitdroid

This tutorial is specifically designed to install Nitdroid on the internal memory of the N900 (EMMC) and does not apply to installation on an external micro SD card. The main purpose of installing Nitdroid on the internal memory is that in most cases you will see an increased performance.

There are two ways of installing NITDroid:

1. Copy NITDroid's rootfs to /and in /home: Easier - Faster

2. Creating a custom 2GB partition on your eMMC: Cleaner - Requires a brain

Method 1

Clean Installing of NITDroid

  1. Download the archive + the kernel to /MyDocs i.e. root dir. of N900:
  2. Enable all repositories from App manager (Extras-testing, Extras-devel, Extras and the default Nokia repos)
  1. Install Leafpad from the App manager and make sure that you have root access
  2. Close App manager, open X Terminal and execute the following commands: 
    root
apt-get update
apt-get install nitdroid-installer
y
y again if it asks again.
  3. After the nitdroid-installer package is installed, close X Terminal, but do NOT run the installer you have just downloaded.
  4. Open X Terminal, and execute the following commands: 
    root
cd /home/user/MyDocs
bzip2 -d nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2
cd /home
mkdir /and
cd /
mount /home /and
cd /and
tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroidarchivename.tar
dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb
  5. Edit the boot file: 
    leafpad /etc/multiboot.d/11-NITDroid-mmcblk0p2-2.6.28.NIT.06.item

    (then tap the tab button, .item file will show, hit enter to open it in Leafpad). Edit ITEM_DEVICE in the file according to this:

    • If you have an MMC (micro SD card) plugged in your N900, change ITEM_DEVICE to this: 
      ITEM_DEVICE=${INT_CARD}p2
    • If you don't have an MMC plugged in your N900, change ITEM_DEVICE to this: 
      ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p2
  6. Once editing is complete click the drop down menu on Leafpad and save then close Leafpad.
  7. Close X Terminal, reboot N900 and type ‘2’ for NITDroid.

Upgrading from Previous Versions of Nitdroid

Note: CLEAN INSTALL IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. You have been warned.

  1. Download the image + the kernel to /MyDocs i.e. root dir. of N900:
    Open X Terminal, and execute the following commands: 
    root
cd /home/user/MyDocs
bzip2 -d Nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2
cd /
mount /home /and
cd /and
tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/Nitdroidarchivename.tar
dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb


Reference Installation Videos:

    Reference installation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm6spW5yadk
    Reference installation video (version 2, using N11 "Vostok"): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMHxo1ALXNE

Method 2

As said before, this requires a brain and a bit of concentration, follow step-by-step, and use some logic.

NOTE: This will wipe all of your data, please BACKUP necessary data first.

  1. Download the archive + the kernel + Fdisk to /MyDocs i.e. root dir. of N900:
  2. Enable all repositories from App manager (Extras-testing, Extras-devel, Extras and the default Nokia repos)
  1. Install Fdisk by executing the following commands in Xterminal: 
    root
mkdir -p /home/user/util-linux /home/user/bin
cp /home/user/MyDocs/util-linux_2.13.1.1-1_armel.deb /home/user/util-linux
cd /home/user/util-linux
dpkg-deb -x util-linux_2.13.1.1-1_armel.deb root
cp root/sbin/fdisk /home/user/bin/
cd ..
rm -rf util-linux
  2. Unmount designated partition (./MyDocs): 
    umount /home/user/MyDocs
  3. Launch Fdisk: 
    /home/user/bin/fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
  4. Print your current partition table: 
    p

    This table should show up: 

           Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/mmcblk0p1               2      884865    28315648    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/mmcblk0p2          884866      950401     2097152   83  Linux
/dev/mmcblk0p3          950402      974977      786432   82  Linux swap / Solaris
  5. Delete partition 1 (./MyDocs): 
    d
1
  6. Create new re-sized primary partition: 
    n
p
1
First cylinder: 2
Last cylinder: 800000
  7. Create new extended partition: 
    n
e
First cylinder: 800001
Last cylinder: 884865
n
First cylinder: 800001
Last cylinder: 884865
t
1
76
t
5
76
  8. Point of no return - writing the table and syncing: 
    w
reboot
  9. After the reboot, return ./MyDocs back and format the new NITDroid partition by executing these: 
    root
/home/user/bin/fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
t
1
0c
w
mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/mmcblk0p1
mke2fs -L NITDroid -j -m0 /dev/mmcblk0p5

    If your device still has a flash memory on it, then lift your shoulders up as the hard part is gone!

  10. Install Nitdroid on the new partition: 
    apt-get update
apt-get install nitdroid-installer
mkdir -p /and
mount -o noatime,rw /dev/mmcblk0p5 /and
cd /home/user/MyDocs
rm -rf /and/*
bzcat Nitdroidarchivename.tar.bz2 | tar xvC /and
dpkg -i nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-07_rc4_armel.deb
reboot

    Fixes

    APP Market Fix

      1. Open the Market app (from the Home screen or app launcher)
      2. Leaving the Market app running, return to the Home screen and open the Settings app again
      3. Within Settings select Applications → Manage applications → Running (from Tab at top)
      4. Scroll to select the Market app → press the Clear Cache button → then press the Force Stop button (Do not press the Clear Data button)
      5. Press the back button (to go back to the list of running apps)
      6. Scroll to select Google Services Framework → press the Clear Data button → OK (to confirm) → then press the Force Stop button
      7. Return to the Home screen
      8. Launch the Market app again, which will give an error "Attention an error has occurred..." → OK button
      9. Shutdown by holding power button → Power Off → OK
      10. Restart, wait for wi-fi to reconnect, open Market again (You may have to reboot several times and check Market)
      The opening Market screen should no longer be blank, and many more apps (free & paid) should now be available. (Although apps can be downloaded, some may still fail to install or run properly)

    WIFI Fix (rare cases)

    Change the encryption from WPA2 to WPA from your Wireless Access Point. This is a compatibility issue hopefully going to be fixed in later releases.

    Airplane Mode Fix

    For people who enabled airplane mode, fixes are here:

    1. Enable the widget power control and turn airplane mode off
    2. If this didn't work disable pin code in maemo
    3. menu→devtools→terminal emulator 
      su
rr
    4. The technical solution: 
      cd /and/data
rm -rf *
mkdir logs
chmod 777 logs
cd /
umount /and

    Google account sign-in

    Skip google sign-up in the first tutorial instead, sign up/in google once in NITDroid.

    Overclocking Nitdroid

    1. You can download ready GUI's from the market for OCing: http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=16607&d=1293643705
    2. Or use one of these profiles: http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=116.0

    Kernel Power installation

    For kernel-power multiboot entry: http://www.mediafire.com/?t3mdemq1hj7v5ur

    1. Unrar this archive to ./MyDocs, then:

    2. On Xterminal, execute:
    root
mount /home /and
dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/multiboot-0.2.11-kernel-power-46-Android-Kernel/*

    3. Reboot your device, you shall see a new multiboot entry for kernel-power.

    Custom EMMC's

    Just in case you fear to run out of memory, here are custom EMMC's if you want to reflash with:

    5GB app memory 24GB /MyDocs: http://www.mediafire.com/?j6srnaxwr3notaf

    and/or

    8GB app memory 21GB /MyDocs: http://www.mediafire.com/?5o1hkuuwhn8hh1c

    Uninstalling Nitdroid

    Open X Terminal and type the following commands:

    If on your mmc: 

    root
mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and -o noatime
nitdroid-uninstaller

    If on your emmc: 

    root
mount /dev/mmcblk0p2 /and -o noatime
nitdroid-uninstaller

    After it completes, simply format your microSD card, then using filebox delete nitdroid's installation folders and files that were copied to home: bin, data, dev, etc (symlink), initrd, lib (symlink), mnt, proc, sbin, sdcard, sys, system, tmp, usr,default.prop, init, init.nokia.rc, init.rc

    Videos of NITDroid running on EMMC

    My video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9kG81m-S4

    Mr.NokiaTecs' video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7MIGu2POzY

    Nokiatolo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYmOpftdtqg

    Warlord1994's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCVAho3_rDM
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