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As of 2015 and later, the [[N9]] is an orphan in the world of mobile phones. No other [[MeeGo]]-based phones have been released to the public, and much of the corporate support offered has now been gone. Firmware and flashers are no longer available from [[Nokia]], the Ovi Store has withdrawn all N9/N950 apps, and the MeeGo.com forums are no more.

The good news is that the N9 lives on, with the support of members of the Maemo community. Whether you've just acquired an N9, or are dusting off an old device, this page will help you get up to speed.

== Firmware ==
You may wish to consider whether to re-flash your phone's firmware. Even if you are already on the latest firmware (40.2012.21-3, PR 1.3), you may need to re-flash if you are interested in the following:

* '''Open-Mode Kernel''' disables Nokia's Aegis security system. This is easier to install on a freshly re-flashed device.

* '''[[Ubiboot]]''' allows you to boot alternative kernels or operating systems. Requires the use of the Open-Mode kernel.

* '''Changing Firmware Variant''', e.g. in order to gain localised applications. There are limitations to which firmware variants you can change to/from. See [[Flashing N9]] for further details.

Regardless of your reason for flashing your device, you MUST read the [[Flashing N9]] page thoroughly in order to understand the risks, and how to flash your device successfully.

''See also: [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=82693 Firmware flashing discussion thread]''

== Nokia Store and Repositories ==
A big collection of software for N9 and mirror of Nokia's software repositories is hosted on [http://openrepos.net OpenRepos.net]. This contains copies of the free system software and apps for the N9, including most (if not all) of the free apps that were available on the Nokia Store (which no longer works). MeeShop (above) is an app store that allows to browse OpenRepos. A mirror of this repository is hosted on [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/openrepos/WunderWungiel's website].
Mirror of standard Nokia repo is [http://coderus.openrepos.net/n9mirror CODeRUS] repo. Another mirror, [http://mirror.thecust.net/harmattan-dev.nokia.com/ thecust.net], contains the developer packages required for enabling Developer mode.

To use these repositories, you must disable Nokia's repositories, and replace them. Installing the '''N9 RepoMirror''' package will do this for you.

* On your phone, open Settings/Applications/Installations, and enable the option 'Allow installations from Non-Store sources'.
* On your N9, navigate to [https://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1575942&postcount=2 this post on talk.maemo.org] and download the attached file. You can also download it on a PC then transfer it to your N9 via Bluetooth.
* On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of N9 RepoMirror.

''See also: [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=96018 N9 RepoMirror discussion thread]''

=== App store ===
MeeShop is a brand new Python-powered CLI app store for Nokia N9. It has all apps from OpenRepos.net (!) + couple others.
You can get latest version on GitHub: http://github.com/WunderWungiel/MeeShop/releases

Warehouse was OpenRepos client. It allowed you to browse, select and install packages directly from your device, in a similar way to the Nokia Store app worked. As Warehouse uses an expired certificate, it does not work anymore.
You can use OpenRepos Mirror by Wunder Wungiel instead: http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/openrepos/. Just visit it on N9 and enjoy.

=== Channel, group and repo with apps & games ===

[https://t.me/wunderwungiel Wunder Wungiel] created Telegram groups for Maemo and MeeGo, where he uploads apps & games and other stuff:

https://t.me/linuxmobile_world

To access repository via "user-friendly" way:

http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository

But, there is also APT repo way!
Just install [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/WunderW%20Repository%20Installer%20v0.0.4.deb Repo Installer]. 
This will allow you to browse repository via [https://t.me/maemomeegoapps/65 MeeCatalog] app and install apps via [https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=90750 Aegis-apt-get]..

=== File Managers ===
These file managers are directly downloadable and installable on N9:
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/openrepos/filecase_0.2.0_armel.deb FileCase]
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/openrepos/myexplorer-new-itc_2.3.1_armel.deb myExplorer]
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/openrepos/filebox_0.1.0_armel.deb Filebox]
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/openrepos/filesplus_1.3.1_armel.deb FilesPlus]
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/openrepos/qadfilemanagerfree_1.1.16_armel.deb QAD File Manager]

See the "Apps" section below - it explains how to install them with Terminal bypassing any errors.

== Developer Mode ==
Enabling Developer Mode requires the installation of additional developer packages. As the original Nokia repositories are no longer available, you must install '''N9RepoMirror''' first.

To enable Developer Mode:

* Connect your N9 to your WiFi/your network
* Open Settings/Security/Developer mode, and enable the option 'Developer mode'.
* After downloading the base packages, your phone will restart. You will find some extra apps such as Terminal are now installed.
* You can now enable further options, including logging, power analysis and IPv6 from Settings/Security/Developer Mode.

== Performances ==

Pre-requisites: developer mode must be activated.

*Install N9 QTweakAll :
** Download it on N9 from here: http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/Applications/N9%20QTweak%20v9.8.8.deb
** Click downloaded file to install

*Run N9 QTweakAll, press <Enter> key twice (for passing the PDF part) and follow this steps:
**Letter EE : install FasterN9 (option 3 ) then select the unstable version 1.1.7 (option 2)
**Letter KK : change the priority of smartsearch (option 7) then select Change (option 1). This will decrease the priority of smartsearch from 100 to 10 and therefore prevent the known issues of smartsearch (CPU work load).

== Enable automatic network connection ==

Under the settings page you can define how the phone will connect to different networks. Go to Settings>Internet connection>Edit networks. There you can select which networks will be automatically used and which ones manually. Unfortunately this does not work any more because it requires a working connection to connectivity-test.ext.nokia.com and (you guessed it) the server is not longer running. 
BUT there is an easy fix. Just open the terminal and edit the file /etc/hosts, e.g. via ''nano''. Add one line to redefine the IP to point for connectivity-test.ext.nokia.org.

213.128.137.20 connectivity-test.ext.nokia.com

NB : 213.128.137.20 points to maemo.org

== Apps ==
Most of them are no longer easily installable because some certificates are too old (the install process fails because of that). However here is a solution:

* Pre-requisites: developer mode must be activated!
* Install Aegis-install hack from CODeRUS: https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=90750 . N9-QTweakall can install it (EE option).
* Download the needed .deb file from openrepos.net and transfer it to your N9, say the /Downloads folder
* Then run Terminal and run :
''sudo aegis-dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/myapp.deb''
(default password of root is rootme)

Edit 1 : I recommand you to use openssh. It enable you to open an SSH connection from your PC to your N9. From this SSH connection, you can run easily any command you need. User is user. Password is rootme. User's password is modifiable through n9qtweak.

=== AccuWeather ===
'''Not working anymore. Two other weather apps are available'''

* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/openrepos/meecast_1.1.33_armel.deb MeeCast] is fully functional and well integrated with Harmattan (widget on lockscreen and events view). Use OpenWeatherMaps as source.
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/openrepos/gismeteo_1.0.0_armel.deb Gismeteo] is fully functional and uses MSN as source. However it does not provide widgets.

=== Calendar ===
''' Partially Working '''

Synchronization is not trivial in 2022. As main providers have stopped support, we must search for more confidential providers that still support Harmattan or EAS :

* EAS (Exchange Active Sync) protocol :

# Microsoft Outlook Exchange Active Sync stopped to work by March 2022. The office365.com domain or eas.outlook.com server seem to be OFF. KO. 
# A long time ago, Google supported EAS but stopped to do so by 2013. KO. 
# Fortunately Memotoo.com provides good alternative: it provides a calendar events/contacts/tasks solution accessible through an EAS connection. For memotoo, Domain is : memotoo.com, server is : exchange.memotoo.com.

* CalDAV protocol :

# Google abandons CalDAV by 2013. KO.
# NextCloud CalDAV (Zaclys, Framagenda...) is not compliant with N9 CalDav agent (logins fail). KO.
# Orange and Mailo.com are half compliant with the N9 CalDAV agent (only upload works, not download). KO.
# Fruux CalDAV (Sabre server) works well with the CalDAV agent of our Nokia N9 as well. Only events are synchronized however (no tasks sync). Step by step procedure :
## Register a Fruux account. Wait the validation mail...etc.
## Connect to Fruux and go here : https://fruux.com/sync/new/
## Scroll down and click on "Other Clients" (Not the "Nokia N9 Calendar", it does not work anymore)
## Give a nickname of your N9 device, click Next.
## Now, copy given IDs (user, pwd, url) in a safe place and send them to your N9. Save. Url should follow this pattern : https://dav.fruux.com/principals/uid/xxxxxxxxxxxxx
## Back to your N9, add a new CalDAv Account and use the IDs.
## Everything works so far (sync in both ways).
PS : For Android devices, it's easier : Fruux provides a CalDAv Synchronization Agent (see here https://apkpure.com/fr/fruux/com.fruux.android ). Run it and log in with your regular Fruux Account (sandwich menu : options). By this way, we can share Cal Events between the N9 and Android devices.

=== Contacts ===
''' Partially Working'''

* EAS (Exchange Active Sync) protocol :

# Microsoft Outlook Exchange Active Sync (EAS) stopped to work by March 2022. The office365.com domain or eas.outlook.com server seems OFF now. KO
# fortunately Memotoo.com provides a Contact sync support through an EAS connection. See Calendar section just above.

* CardDAV protocol : no plugin for such integration :-( KO.

* Google :

#  see here http://meestuff.blogspot.com/p/syncgcontacts.html 
#  Warning 1 : I was unable to install it correctly since some python-qtmobility libraries are missing on my N9. I didnt manage to install them with "sudo apt-get -f* install". I guess we have to download them first and then to install them with "sudo aegis-dpkg ...". You may find them here : http://mirror.thecust.net/harmattan-dev.nokia.com/pool/harmattan/free/p/python-qtmobility/
#  Warning 2 : Google stops the "Less Secure Apps" option by May 2022.

=== Cloud ===
''' No one is accessible from a "fresh" N9 but ... '''

In 2022, no freshly installed file manager is still able to connect to any Clouds.

If your FilesPlus app was installed and configured to connect Google Drive BEFORE 2022, it will continue to do so in 2022 (!). The (permanent?) Token is located in /home/user/.filesplus/GCDClient.dat file. It's a Hexa file with ASCII characters. Perhaps hackable ?

If you plan to RESET your N9, copy this file in a SAFE location. You will need to restore it after the reset.

=== Drive ===
'''Working'''

As OVI server are down, we have to change some links & behaviors.
* Install and run Nokia Drive Enabler.
* open /home/user/.config/Nokia/Maps.conf and check this line is present in [General] : isSsoEnabled=False
* open /home/user/.config/Nokia/Drive.ini and check this line is present in [Generalsettings] :  ssoDone=True
* Change the SUPL resource for GPS FIX because supl.nokia.com resource is dead :
** First method : run N9 QTweakAll and change the GPS Fix provider to "supl.google.com"
** Second method : edit /etc/xdg/nokia/location-settings.conf file :
*** devel-su
*** nano /etc/xdg/nokia/location-settings.conf
*** enter in Edition mode with ctrl-o
*** Edit two parameters: PrimarySuplServer and SecondarySuplServer
**** PrimarySuplServer=supl.google.com
**** SecondarySuplServer=a value among supl.vodafone.com, supl.sonymobile.com, agpss.orange.fr 
*** Quit and save (ctrl-x...)

The GPS FIX should be quicker from now, at least outdoor.

PS: don't forget to calibrate the compass before driving. The GPS FIX needs an accurate compass !!!

See the Maps section for the second step : download and install the maps, POI, voices...

=== Facebook ===
'''Works with fix'''

Use [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/Applications/Facebook%20v0.0.1.deb Facebook] repack by Wunder Wungiel. It replaces Facebook launcher with brand new one, opening Facebook mBasic page

=== Google Hangouts ===
''' Not Working anymore '''

Google deprecated Google Hangouts by 2022. It's DEAD.

=== Mail ===
'''Working'''

* Exchange Account:
# Microsoft Outlook Exchange Active Sync (EAS) is OFF since March 2022. The domain office365.com or server eas.outlook.com seems to be OFF. KO.
# And unfortunately memotoo.com do NOT provides a solution for mails. KO.

* IMAP & SMTP: pure mail accounts work well as long as STARTTLS security mechanism is not required. Only SSL and TLS are supported by n9.

* Gmail Accounts should work if you follow this procedure : [https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en#zippy=%2Cstep-check-that-imap-is-turned-on%2Cstep-change-smtp-other-settings-in-your-email-client]

=== Maps ===
'''Working'''

Use [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/Applications/MAPD%20v0.0.5-fix.deb MAPD (Map Downloader)] fixed by Wunder Wungiel. It allows to download maps easily using maploader.de server.

=== Messages (SMS and IM) ===
''' Partially working'''

First, install Harmoji, an Emoji SMS Fix. It consists of a patcher utility and a drop-in library that fixes a bug in libsms-utils, causing incoming SMS containing Emoji characters to be silently dropped. Harmoji adds extra keyboards. After installation, you have to activate them through Settings / Time and dates / Text input. And don't forget to enable Harmoji keyboards through N9QTweak : Letter D then option 7 then 1 then reboot.

If you send SMS, the recommended version is 0.6.6 and it's available here : https://code.google.com/archive/p/harmoji/downloads. Otherwise you can install the 0.7.3 version, it provides more extra keyboards.

Second, install ExtraPlugins. It provides many plugins for ICQ, AOL, MSN, QIP, Yahoo, Jabber/XMPP accounts. Nowadays ICQ, AOL, MSN, QIP, Yahoo are DEAD. Only Jabber/XMPP works.

For Google chat, see hang-out section just above.

Jabber is an open source messaging system. Anyone can install its own jabber/xmpp server. You can even phone to any jabber/xmpp contacts whatever their own server!

As almost all BIG companies abandoned this protocol (see Facebook section...), you must discover available servers, conferences(multi users chat) and users by yourself.... See here https://www.jabberes.org/servers/ for servers. And see https://search.jabber.network for most attended conferences.
I recommend you to use Pidgin of Gajim on your PC for fetching more easily available resources.

Procedure:

* Install ExtraPlugins, it provides a plugin for Jabber/XMP account management.
* Add your Jabber.XMPP account (in Account Manager).
* Optionally install Multi-User Chats (harmmucs).

NB: Harmoji fixes the Emoji issue on jabber/xmpp incoming messages as well. See here for all information about it : https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=86704&highlight=harmoji

=== Music Store ===
'''Not working anymore'''

=== Notes (with synchronization) ===
'''Not Working "as is"; requires workaround.'''

* Notekeeper was enables you to manage your personal notes and synchronize them with a personal EverNote account. Since Evernote dropped support for the old TLS protocols, Notekeeper stopped working too. See here for more details : https://openrepos.net/content/hudhand/notekeeper
* However, if you assume a "Note" is a "Calendar Task", create an memotoo.com account (see Calendar section). Then manage your Notes as Tasks through the Calendar "stock"  app.

=== Phone ===
'''Depends of your Operator'''

This phone needs a 2G/3G cells.

=== Podcast ===
''' Working '''

Install gPodder.

Edit: gPodder requires a lot of additional libraries (python-***). If you encounter errors during installation, run this command for automatic installation of missing libraries : sudo apt-get -f install

=== Radio (internet) ===
''' Working '''

*Install InternetRadioPlayer or MeeRadio or CuteRadio
*For MeeRadio, follow these steps :
**Create one .m3u file per station (no space in this file name, please).
**Copy yours .m3u files into /home/user/MyDocs or /home/user/private 
**Go in the List tab of MeeRadio, your should see your .m3u files here.
**You may add some station into the "Preferred stations" tab IF the name of the .m3u file does not contain any SPACE.

=== Radio (FM) ===
''' Working WITHOUT handset '''

Install the [https://openrepos.net/content/badpixel/fmradio FM Radio application] from OpenRepos (using aegis-dpkg). It follows the MeeGo design guidelines and looks like a native system application. However, it does not provide lock screen control widgets.

''' Working WITH handset '''

*Download the following 4 files from openrepos into a folder on the device, say the /Downloads folder:
 fmrx-qt_0.2.0_armel.deb
 fmrxd_0.2_armel.deb
 fmrx-utils_0.2_armel.deb
 qmlradio_0.0.9_armel.deb
*Then login as root user devel-su with password rootme, then:
 dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/fmrx*
 dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/qmlradio_0.0.9_armel.deb
*Or
 sudo aegis-dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/fmrx*
 sudo aegis-dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/Downloads/qmlradio_0.0.9_armel.deb

=== Reddit ===
[http://openrepos.net/content/accumulator/quickddit Quickddit] provides most of basic functionalities of Reddit, excluding login and video playback. It relies on [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=101495 Wunder Wungiel's TLS 1.2 patch for the N9] in order to work again.

=== Search ===
'''Fully functional'''

I strongly recommend you to decrease the priority of the smartsearch Cron. You can do that easily with N9QTweak in the Files Tweaker section. It decreases the prio to 10%. This avoids some lags.

=== Skype ===
'''Not working anymore'''

=== Telegram ===
''' Partially Working '''

* [http://mp.nnchan.ru MPGram] - PHP-based web Telegram client. Really functional and nice.
* MeeGram ([https://github.com/qtinsider/meegram2/releases Releases]) - new Telegram client for MeeGo. Based on Qt, is really comfortable and cute. Under development.

=== Twitter ===
'''Not working anymore'''

The stock app does not work anymore.
Until mid 2019, the Tweetian app was an alternative but it does not work anymore as well since July 2019 :-(

Just for memory, here was the procedure to go through the authentification process with tweetian :
* install and run Opera Mobile
* install and run Tweetian
* once Tweetian opened a page in the stock browser, copy/paste the link into Opera Mobile, you should obtain the precious secret number for validating your connection by this way.

=== Web and OS-wide TLS 1.2 support ===
'''Partially Working'''

TLS 1.2 support for the system can be added with [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=101495 Wunder Wungiel's TLS 1.2 patch for the N9], which will bring most apps using REST architecture back to life (unless server-side API changes were made without providing app updates) and also allow the built-in Nokia browser (internally called ''Grob'') to connect to HTTPS sites again.

Over time, some of the SSL root certificates have expired or issuing companies are no longer in business. Therefore, installing recent root CAs using PEM/DER/CRT files from providers (downloadable from [https://letsencrypt.org/certificates/ Let's Encrypt] and others) is required.

You can try these third-party browsers. However, none of the currently available browsers support modern internet technologies.
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/Applications/Firefox%20v15.0.deb Firefox]
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/Applications/MeeFox%20v1.0.5.deb MeeFox]
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/Applications/Opera%20Mobile%20Labs%20v12.1.1.deb Opera Mobile]
* [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/Applications/Opera%20Mini%20v8.0.35626.deb Opera Mini] ([http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/Applications/Opera%20Mini%20%28RU%29%20v8.0.35626.deb Russian version])
* [http://openrepos.net/content/hooddy/opera-mobile-harmattan Opera 12]
* [http://openrepos.net/content/mau97/helium-reborn-browser Helium Reborn]

Here is the HTML5 score (from best to worst) according to html5test.com:
* MeeFox 1.0.5      : 360/555
* Opera Mobile 12.1 : 218/555
* N9 Grob (stock)   : 205/555
* Opera Mini 8      : 145/555
* Firefox 15.0      : unable to perform the test (can't visit https://html5test.com)

Stock browser seems to be the quickest.

Helium Reborn renders fast, and especially pinch-zoom works fluently, but its web technologies support is on the level of the default browser. It tends to crash randomly when visiting modern websites.

MeeFox is very slow, but gets the highest HTML 5 score.

Opera Mini 8 gets a bad HTML5 score; however, it bypasses SSL restrictions and can open almost any site (although often not properly). It works in a client-server model with an Opera proxy server in the middle (between you and the website).
The web pages don't run on your device but on the Opera proxy server, and the processed HTML output is then sent to your N9. I've noticed that sites using JavaScript are rarely usable.

Opera 12 has built-in TLS 1.2 support, which can be enabled on the about:config page under "Security Prefs". Modern root certificates (e.g. from Let's Encrypt) must be installed from websites using CRT file downloads, thus, if not available from the issuer, openssl must be used on a PC to convert PEM, DER to CRT first.
''openssl.exe x509 -inform pem -outform der -in "input.pem" -out "output.crt"''

Firefox 15.0,  unlike all other, has a [https://openrepos.net/content/ekze/flashplayer Flash 4] support.

Otherwise, try to find some pure HTML 2.0-4.0 sites, e.g.:
* http://68k.news (Google news)...
* http://wiby.me (Search engine for classic sites, HTML4 or older)
* http://frogfind.com (or .de) (Web proxy, search engine and scraper to access and display modern sites with a HTML 2.0 output)
* ..

=== Whatsapp ===
'''Not working anymore'''

Wazapp uses a too old authenfication method. It fails at login.

Whatsup is banned on the Whatsapp servers side. And some say that you risk to be ban several weeks.

=== YouTube ===
''' Partially Working '''

Use fixed [http://wunderwungiel.pl/MeeGo/Repository/Applications/YouTube%20%28Invidious%29%20v0.0.4.deb YouTube launcher] by Wunder Wungiel. It opens the [http://iteroni.com Invidious instance] and allows you to browse YouTube. However, most Invidious instances found on the web have active bot-blocking mechanisms that heavily rely on JavaScript. Once you encounter this human verification, you are completely blocked from using the Invidious instance due to the lack of modern JavaScript support of the built-in browser.

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