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- | + | ''''' <span style="color:red">Red Pill functionality has been removed from the Hildon Application Manager GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards. It can be enabled manually as shown below.</span>''' | |
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+ | An installable package, Fapman aka Faster Application Manager [http://maemo.org/packages/view/fapman/], though, still allows access to packages outside of user/* . | ||
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== Activating == | == Activating == | ||
- | '''Red Pill mode has been removed from the GUI in the 1.2009.44-1 | + | '''Red Pill mode has been removed from the GUI in the 1.2009.44-1 N900 firmware. It can be enabled on future firmwares by editing the configuration file for HAM using terminal.''' |
For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing. | For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing. | ||
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N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill. | N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill. | ||
- | To enable Red Pill mode | + | |
+ | To enable Red Pill mode 51-1 onwards: | ||
* Close Hildon Application Manager if you have it opened. | * Close Hildon Application Manager if you have it opened. | ||
- | * Open Terminal. Note that you can use your favorite editor to do this, vi is used for this tutorial as it is preinstalled on the N900. '''Under | + | * Open Terminal. |
- | * Type | + | Note that you can use your favorite editor to do this, vi is used for this tutorial as it is preinstalled on the N900. |
- | * Change | + | '''Under PR1.2 this file is not available, so one has to add the two relevant fields below for it to work.''' |
- | * Change | + | * Type vi /home/user/.osso/hildon-application-manager, press I to enter input mode. |
- | * Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type | + | * Change red-pill-mode 0 to red-pill-mode 1. |
+ | * Change red-pill-permanent 0 to red-pill-permanent 1. | ||
+ | * Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type :w and press enter to save and :x to exit. | ||
Red pill mode will stay on till the steps are reversed. | Red pill mode will stay on till the steps are reversed. | ||
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