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

By: erkk

erkk — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:56:54 +0000

at&t not at&5 lol

By: erkk

erkk — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:55:35 +0000

i figured it out guess repositories was not in my catalog along with a few others i added for testing and what not. got it working on at&5 mms also. works great gotta manual connect but still lets me know before in push message.

By: archebyte

archebyte — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:46:14 +0000

@Erkk, fMMS is in the extras-devel repository which should be used by advanced users only. It seems that you are not privy to the command line so I would highly recommend you don’t install it until it appears in Extras.

That being said, it seems you are trying to install a .deb file. Why? You can install the extras-devel repository and then click-install fMMS from the Application Manager. Proceed with caution otherwise you will find yourself reading up documentation on updating the firmware!

By: Erkk

Erkk — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:04:34 +0000

on new firmware also for reference purpose on this issue. thanks

By: Erkk

Erkk — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:03:46 +0000

thank you for this long explanation of this as i have no idea the possible harm of the red pill.

all i want to do is install fmms

and no clear instructions and senseless people tend to get me irritated with playin rushin roulette with my brand new 550$ n900 when they dunno what they are doin.

i tried to use just the dpkg -i to install on xterminal but got the message requested

operation requires superuser privilege

so im assuming once i get gain root on here then i can do this?

please someone email me @

erkk@ovi.com so i know for sure.

By: Gerard Braad

Gerard Braad — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:57:22 +0000

This only works on pre-PR1.1 firmware. Because of the nature it has been removed from the later versions of the firmware. You now need to use gainroot and dpkg -i to install from the terminal to have similar functionality.

By: Mydisaster

Mydisaster — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:36:37 +0000

So is the risk worth to take? I have no erlier knowledge of linux or maemo, do i have any use of the red pill? I meen , what can i get out of it, except for a broken phone =D

By: Mothmanex

Mothmanex — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:04:05 +0000

The problem comes when a noob comes to the Maemo forums with a thread called “My N900 not working anymore…”.

By: tafsir

tafsir — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:22:47 +0000

Excellent write up!
Some people just want to keep all the knowledge to themselves; they are not happy that YOU posted the red-pill.
It is pompous to assert that informing people of the red pi;; are alike showing kids how to open a bottle of pills.
The warnings are clear.
Those who do not want to share what they know should not discourage the rest!

By: Xander

Xander — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:43:55 +0000

Don’t let ‘em get to ya – I think this is very helpful. As #7 said, if you can’t or don’t want to take the consequences and responsibility of such modes, you shouldn’t be using such a device.

The N900 is clearly not a device meant for people who just use their phones to call and send text messages.