Nitdroid easy install on EMMC
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. |
Under heavy construction |
Original Talk Maemo thread:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=887394&postcount=1
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Installing NITDroid 0.0.9 to EMMC
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Download the image + the kernel to /MyDocs i.e. root dir. of N900:
- Enable all repositories from App manager (Extras-testing, Extras-devel, Extras and the default Nokia repos)
- Install Leafpad from the App manager and make sure that you have root access
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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.
- After the nitdroid-installer package is installed, close X Terminal, but do NOT run the installer you just downloaded.
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Open X Terminal, and execute the following commands:
root cd /home/user/MyDocs bzip2 -d NITDroid-0.0.9.tar.bz2 cd /home mkdir /and cd / mount /home /and cd /and tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/NITDroid-0.0.9.tar dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/NITDroid-kernel-Mido.Fayad.deb
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Edit the boot file:
leafpad /etc/multiboot.d/11(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:A) If you have an MMC plugged in your N900, change ITEM_DEVICE to this:
ITEM_DEVICE=${INT_CARD}p2
B) If you don't have an MMC plugged in your N900, change ITEM_DEVICE to this:
ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p2
- Once editing is complete click the drop down menu on Leafpad and save then close Leafpad.
- Close X Terminal, reboot N900 and type ‘2’ for NITDroid.
- Enable all repositories from App manager (Extras-testing, Extras-devel, Extras and the default Nokia repos)
- Install Leafpad from the App manager and make sure that you have root access
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Close App manager, open X Terminal and execute the following commands:
root apt-get update apt-get install nitdroid-installer y y again if it asks again.
- After the nitdroid-installer package is installed, close X Terminal, but do NOT run the installer you just downloaded.
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Open X Terminal, and execute the following commands:
root cd /home/user/MyDocs bzip2 -d gingerbread.tar.bz2 cd /home mkdir /and cd / mount /home /and cd /and tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/gingerbread.tar dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/NITDroid-kernel-Mido.Fayad.deb
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Edit the boot file:
leafpad /etc/multiboot.d/11(then tap the tab button, .item file will show, hit enter to open it in Leafpad)
Edit ITEM_DEVICE in the file according to this:A) If you have an MMC plugged in your N900, change ITEM_DEVICE to this:
ITEM_DEVICE=${INT_CARD}p2
B) If you don't have an MMC plugged in your N900, change ITEM_DEVICE to this:
ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p2
- Once editing is complete click the drop down menu on Leafpad and save then close Leafpad.
- Close X Terminal, reboot N900 and type ‘2’ for NITDroid.
- Runs much faster, even faster than a class 8 card.
- The battery doesn't drain as fast as with microsd. Had it off charger all day playing games and surfing the Internet and got it to only use 40% of the battery.
- Pretty good given now you can use it without it draining the battery!
- Open the Market app (from the Home screen or app launcher)
- Leaving the Market app running, return to the Home screen and open the Settings app again
- Within Settings select Applications → Manage applications → Running (from Tab at top)
- Scroll to select the Market app → press the Clear Cache button → then press the Force Stop button (Do not press the Clear Data button)
- Press the back button (to go back to the list of running apps)
- Scroll to select Google Services Framework → press the Clear Data button → OK (to confirm) → then press the Force Stop button
- Return to the Home screen
- Launch the Market app again, which will give an error "Attention an error has occurred..." → OK button
- Shutdown by holding power button → Power Off → OK
- Restart, wait for wi-fi to reconnect, open Market again (You may have to reboot several times and check Market)
- Enable the widget power control and turn airplane mode off
- If this didn't work disable pin code in maemo
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menu→devtools→terminal emulator
su rr
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The technical solution:
cd /and/data rm -rf * mkdir logs chmod 777 logs cd / umount /and
- You can download ready GUI's from the market for OCing
- Or use one of these profiles: http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=116.0
Installing Gingerbread EMMC
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Download the image + the kernel to /MyDocs i.e. root dir. of N900:
Frequent errors
Guru Meditation:
If you have NITDroid that ends in .06 and you are facing this error, change ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p5 to ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p2
Root filesystem mmcblk0p5 NOT available! Guru Meditation #000000025.62017712 Hit any key to panic!
ITEM_NAME="NITdroid on MMCp2 - 2.6.28.NIT.06" ITEM_KERNEL=2.6.28.NIT.06 ITEM_MODULES=ext3 fat vfat ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p2 ITEM_FSTYPE=ext3 ITEM_FSOPTIONS=rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro
If you didn't find maemo in multiboot:
Type 0 to boot stock kernel.
Some things you'll notice after installing it on the internal memory
Fixes
APP Market Fix
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 gonna be fixed in later releases.
Airplane Mode Fix
For people who enabled airplane mode, fixes that are in here were tried by me:
Google account sign-in
Skip google sign-up in the first tutorial instead, sign up/in google once in NITDroid.
Overclocking
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 apps 24GB mydocs: http://www.mediafire.com/?j6srnaxwr3notaf
and
8GB apps 21GB mydocs: http://www.mediafire.com/?5o1hkuuwhn8hh1c
Uninstalling Nitdroid
If on your mmc: Open X Terminal and type the following commands:
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