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HowTo: Install Ovi Store apps from the command line on the N900

January 14, 2010 - 2:53 am

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Posted in Applications - Apps, Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900, Uncategorized | 4 comments

Disclaimer: If you are not comfortable with the command line, do not try this.
If you have installed an app from the Ovi Store web portal, you would have noticed that the process is not fast. Clicking the Download link opens the Application-Manager which takes anywhere from 30-40 seconds to prepare the system before actually starting [...]

HowTo: Fix the annoying ‘Unable to connect via USB. Device storage in use’ error on the N900 without rebooting

December 28, 2009 - 4:19 pm

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Posted in Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900 | 3 comments

If you connect the N900 to a computer via USB frequently, you will sooner or later encounter this error where the N900 will refuse to be used as external media.

This is because a program (or programs) is accessing files in the /home/user/MyDocs folder. To fix the problem, the program(s) in question needs to be found [...]

HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900 (Part 2)

December 19, 2009 - 1:54 am

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Posted in Applications - Apps, Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900 | No comments

This tutorial will show you how to add an icon to the topx shortcut in Part 1.

Find/create a PNG image of dimension 48×48. (google this)
Name the file topx.png
Save file to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48×48/hildon/ (you will need root access)
Modify the topx.desktop file to include the following line. The right side should be the name of file without the [...]

HowTo: Launch a terminal app from a shortcut on Nokia N900

December 6, 2009 - 1:27 am

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Posted in Device, Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900, Uncategorized | 8 comments

On the N900, it is possible to run a terminal program like ‘top’ directly from the Desktop/Shortcut. The following example creates a shortcut to launch the system monitior program ‘top’.
1. Use a text-editor like vi or Leafpad to create a file with the following text:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.1
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Name=topx
Exec=/usr/bin/osso-xterm top
Icon=
X-Window-Icon=
X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true
X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable

2. Save the file as topx.desktop.
3. As root, copy [...]

HowTo: Create a shortcut to a file on the N900’s desktop

November 21, 2009 - 12:58 pm

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Being able create a file-shortcut on the desktop is a standard feature of all desktop environments like XP, GNOME, KDE, OS X etc. Unfortunately, the N900’s desktop doesn’t allow putting any kind of link on the desktop except if its a bookmark. So if you like having quick access to certain files from the desktop, [...]

HowTo: Browse the N900’s File-system using its Web-Browser

November 21, 2009 - 10:42 am

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Posted in Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900 | 2 comments

The N900’s Web-Browser can be used to browse its entire file-system. To list the root directory, enter file:/// in the web-address field.

How to take the Red-Pill and install more apps on the N900

November 19, 2009 - 10:28 am

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Posted in Reviews | 18 comments

The N900 (and the Maemo platform) allows the user to, for lack of a better word, “turbo-charge” the Application Manager by opening up a variety of advanced features locked away by default. Enabling them requires taking the “Red-Pill” so to speak. you can always opt for the “Blue-Pill” but c’mon, you only live once. [...]