Moving on from Nitdroid

So I am moving on from Nitdroid since I got an iPhone as a gift and a WP7 from the workplace. I still have the N900 but not actively using it. For all Nitdroid help refer to the forum here.

I might start writing about something completely different, maybe about the iPhone or WP7 but seeing that the web is infested with all that info already I might just post about WP7 since 'Mango' seems like a very interesting update.

"Au revoir" (no I am not French).

/Xuggs

Installing updates to NITDroid Gingerbread

Since quite a few are having trouble installing updates that are released, here is a (simple) way of applying those updates:

Download the updates and transfer them to /home/user/MyDocs/:

-gingerbread_update1.tar.bz2
http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/gingerbread_update1.tar.bz2
-gingerbread_update2.tar.bz2
http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/gingerbread_update2.tar.bz2
-gingerbread_superuser.tar.bz2
http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/gingerbread_superuser.tar.bz2
-LatinIME.apk
http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/LatinIME.apk
-gps.nokia.so
http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/gps.nokia.so

Follow these steps first to uncompress the bz2 files:
# root
# bzip2 -d gingerbread_update1.tar.bz2
# bzip2 -d gingerbread_update2.tar.bz2
# bzip2 -d gingerbread_superuser.tar.bz2

Now mount /and change directory to /and:
# mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and
# cd /and
# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/gingerbread_update1.tar
# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/gingerbread_update2.tar
# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/gingerbread_superuser.tar

You will notice the files getting copied after every tar command above that you execute.

The last 2 are not tar files so u can just move them to their respective location:
# mv /home/user/MyDocs/LatinIME.apk /and/system/app
# mv /home/user/MyDocs/gps.nokia.so /and/system/lib/hw/

Finally change directory and unmount:
# cd
# umount /and

I will try and update this post as and when new updates are released or best is to check and ask on NITDroid forum.

Installing NITDroid Gingerbread 2.3.1

Happy New Year people and specifically Nitdroiders who couldn't have expected better getting into the new year. Gingerbread *Experimental* version has been released. As always all credit goes to @dunkdebugger.Let me explain in my own words what Experimental means: "You should stick to 0.0.8/0.0.9 if you like listening to music, if you understand that voicecalls are still not possible/ready." If you are linux savvy then play around, thrash, install, uninstall as you please.

The steps for the light heart are pretty much the same as posted for NITDroid 0.0.9 xMasDroid:

# sudo
# cd /home/user/MyDocs
# wget http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/gingerbread.tar.bz2

# bzip2 -d gingerbread.tar.bz2
# mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and
# cd /and
# rm -rf * (this removes all the files from the old installation)
# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/gingerbread.tar

# cd /home/user/MyDocs
# wget http://downloads.nitdroid.com/nitinstaller/Packages/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb

# dpkg -i nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb

Note: If you had previous installation on emmc then mount partition accordingly. Beware if you have just copied previous contents to internal /home and modified EXT to INT in item file then rm -rf * will wipe maemo folders as well.

Warning: Only and only follow the above instructions if you have a separate partition on emmc for /and or if you have it intsalled on sdcard.

For all discussions and help refer to the forum http://forum.nitdroid.com/

Overclocking NITDroid 0.0.9

Overclocking in NITDroid 0.0.9 is a touch different in terms of steps.

Instructions to overclock are at the forum:
http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=116.0

The only difference is that there is no power.conf file in 0.0.9 so you will either need to create one and populate it or use one of the preset profiles in the /and/system/etc directory by renaming it to power.conf

oc-profile-250-500.conf
oc-profile-500-700.conf
oc-profile-500-750.conf
oc-profile-500-750-1000.conf

An example if you wish to use one of the presets:

# sudo
# mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and

# cd /and/system/etc
# mv oc-profile-500-750.conf power.conf
# cd
# umount /and

or create a power.conf with a text editor like leadpad etc and copy the contents of your desired OC profile to it, save and reboot. The power.conf has to be in /and/system/etc

Note: OC'ing to 1000mhz will make your device unstable and generate more heat. Best to avoid that.

NITDroid 0.0.9 xMasDroid

Thanks to e-yes and crevetor we have a new NITDroid version. A complete change log is still due. Check NITDroid forum for news and announcement.

The following will help you install NITDroid 0.0.9 on sdcard with the old kernel while we all wait for a new kernel to be released.

# sudo
# cd /home/user/MyDocs

# wget http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/NITDroid-0.0.9.tar.bz2
# bzip2 -d NITDroid-0.0.9.tar.bz2
# mount /dev/mmcblk1p2 /and
# cd /and
# rm -rf * (this removes all the files from the old installation)
# tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/NITDroid-0.0.9.tar

# cd /home/user/MyDocs
# wget http://downloads.nitdroid.com/nitinstaller/Packages/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb (yes you have to reinstall the old kernel again till the new one is released)

# dpkg -i nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb

If you have it on emmc then change EXT to INT from item file. I will do the emmc install after when the new kernel releases.

Warning: Your current installation will get wiped out. You can backup data folder if you want to restore later.
Update: DO NOT restore /data folder from 0.0.8 installation to 0.0.9.