Harmattan icons refresh my Nokia N900

It was a little over a month ago when Cloud596 rolled out his Symbian Anna icon pack for my Nokia N900 and he has been busy creating a new icon set called Harmattan. Equally impressive, the man is a genius to get this icon set out there so quickly. One can download the latest Harmattan icon pack from the Application Manager or you can download it from here: harmattan-icons-pack_1-1.1.1.-2_all.deb and run it from your file manager. I used Filebox.

Unlike the Symbian Anna icons in the Settings area, the icons are mostly white on grey, which look awesome. If I have to be a little picky, it would be for the 3rd party icons that are coloured (a small detail, which I am sure can be changed).

The menu bar has changed a little as well, most noticeable is the Battery and Volume icons.

The Media Player icons can look awesome but require one to do a bit of manual work. I prefer using WinSCP to connect to my Nokia N900 over WIFI,  but it’s entirely up to you how you do it. Here are the steps:

1. Take a backup of the icons in /usr/share/icons/hicolor/164×164/hildon/  (this is the default location of your existing Media Player icons).
2. Go to /usr/share/icons/harmattan-icons-pack/164×164/hildon/ folder where the new Harmattan icons are, and copy all the mediaplayer*.png files to a temporary folder on your computer or onto a temporary location on your N900.
3. From your temporary folder on your computer or N900, copy all the mediaplayer*.png files back to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/164×164/hildon/ overwriting the files that already exist.

Please visit [RELEASE] HARMATTAN modify icon pack for all the news and to thank Cloud596 for his excellent work.

Extra Icons:
Copy to

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1	/home/opt/usr/share/icon/harmattan-icons-pack/48x48/hildon

Copy to

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1	/home/opt/usr/share/icons/harmattan-icons-pack/48x48/hildon

Credit to http://www.mynokian900.com/2011/07/harmattan-icons-refresh-my-nokia-n900

Upgrading NITDroid N11 “Vostok” to N12 “UMay”?

Incredibly there is a new version of NITDroid available. It’s named “UMay” and is version N12. It is clear Alex Roslyakov (@drunkdebugger | e-yes) has a lot of passion for this project and it shows in his timely updates.

Looking at my site statistics I can see lots of people are interested in my “How to install NITDroid N11 “Vostok” on N900?” post, so I aim to show you that it’s not a big deal upgrading to  the new version if you already have N11 “Vostok” installed.
PREREQUISITES:

1. Download the 64MB image N12_UMay.tar.bz2 from Megaupload mirror site. The file can also be downloaded from http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/N12_UMay.tar.bz2, but I found the MegaUpload mirror to be quicker. (Thanks to debernardis for this upload).
2. As I already have the Nitdroid kernel installed from Version N11, I have not re-installed it.
3. Copy N12_UMay.tar.bz2 to /home/user/MyDocs folder on Nokia N900. I use WinSCP to copy the files from my computer to the /home/user/MyDocs folder.

UPGRADING N11 “Vostok” to N12 “UMay” to EMMC:

1. Load X-terminal or PUTTY and type the following:
   Note: When running the ‘bzip2 -d N12_UMay.tar.bz2′ command there will be a bit of a delay while the file is extracted. This is normal.
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sudo gainroot cd /home/user/MyDocs bzip2 -d N12_UMay.tar.bz2 cd / mount /home /and cd /and tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/N12_UMay.tar

2. Exit out of X-terminal or PUTTY, reboot your Nokia N900 and on startup one is presented with a boot menu. Type ‘2’ for NITDroid 2.6.28.NIT.06 and it should load up.

NOTE: The first time Nitdroid boots up it take a long time (+- 3 minutes of waiting at the Nitdroid logo), before one sees anything resembling Android. The second and subsequent start ups into Nitdroid are fast.
There are more options on the “Nitdroid easy install on Emmc” page so please do visit it if you want more help.
CHANGELOG:
Source:[Release] N12 “UMay” – Android GingerBread 2.3.4)
N12 “UMay”
- Android GingerBread 2.3.4 (GRJ22)
- New Gapps (20110503)
- much more stable than previous release (N11 “Vostok”)
New features:
- RIL: SMS sending
- RIL: Pro-active USSD sessions
- RIL: 3G Fast Dormancy (thanx to Crevetor)
- RIL: IMEISV request support
- Support for swap (optional; one can easily activate it in /default.prop)
Fixed:
- Permission manifests
- Market working “out-of-the-box”
- WiFi/DHCP problem
SCREENSHOTS:
New in this version – SMS sent and received.


Marketplace works first time and is quick.




 Credit to http://www.mynokian900.com/2011/05/upgrading-nitdroid-n11-vostok-to-n12-umay

How to install NITDroid N11 “Vostok” on N900?

I recently installed the latest version of NITDroid N11 “Vostok” on my Nokia N900. It is Android Gingerbread 2.3.3 port released by Alex Roslyakov (@drunkdebugger | e-yes). There have been a number of versions prior to this one, but each one improves on the last and this one is no exception. I found all the information over on the Maemo.org forum, specifically the “Nitdroid easy install on Emmc” page is very useful.  I recommend visiting Alex’s thread for the change log, or catch him on his website.
NOTE: This version still does not have full two way voice support. 

PREREQUISITES:

1. Download Nitdroid kernel: http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb
2. Download Nitdroid version: http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/N11_Vostok.tar.bz2
3. Enable all repositories from App manager (Extras-testing, Extras-devel, Extras and the default Nokia repository).
4. Install Leafpad from the App manager and make sure that you have root access.
5. Close the App manager.
6. Copy the two files you downloaded to your /home/user/MyDocs folder on your Nokia N900. I use WinSCP to copy the files from my computer to the /home/user/MyDocs folder.

Installing NITDroid N11 to EMMC (in development)

1. Load X-terminal and type the following to gain ‘root access’:

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1	sudo gainroot

1. You want to update your application list and then download the Nitdroid installer, so type the following:

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apt-get update apt-get install nitdroid-installer y y again if it asks again.

1. Quit X-terminal and DO NOT run the Nitdroid installer, instead open a new X-terminal window.
2. Gain ‘root access’ by typing the following:

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1	sudo gainroot

1. In the next step you are now going to extract the contents of the file “N11_Vostok.tar.bz2″ to a folder, mount two folders and then install the kernel. Type the following:

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cd /home/user/MyDocs bzip2 -d N11_Vostok.tar.bz2 cd /home mkdir /and cd / mount /home /and cd /and tar xvf /home/user/MyDocs/N11_Vostok.tar dpkg -i /home/user/MyDocs/nitdroid-kernel-2.6.28-06_final1_armel.deb

1. Staying in X-terminal, edit the boot file, by typing the following:

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1	leafpad /etc/multiboot.d/11

1. DO NOT press enter yet, instead at the bottom of the X-terminal screen tap on the Tab button. I have marked it in red below.

1. This will add the ‘.item‘ to the boot file name.
2. Now hit enter on the keyboard to open the boot file in Leafpad.
3. Edit the ITEM_DEVICEline in the file according to the following (only 1. or 2. can be chosen):
   1. If you have a MMC (micro SD card) plugged into your N900, change ITEM_DEVICE to this:

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1	ITEM_DEVICE=${INT_CARD}p2

1. If you don’t have a MMC (micro SD card) plugged into your N900, change ITEM_DEVICE to this:

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1	ITEM_DEVICE=mmcblk0p2

• Save the file by tapping on the drop down menu at the top of the screen.
• Exit the file by clicking on the X at the top right of the screen.
• Exit out of  X-terminal, reboot your Nokia N900 and on startup one is presented with a boot menu. Type ‘2’ for NITDroid 2.6.28.NIT.06 and it should load up.

NOTE: The first time Nitdroid boots up it take a long time (+- 3 minutes of waiting at the Nitdroid logo), before one sees anything resembling Android. It also seems to falter at the screen where it tells you to touch the screen. I tried and tried to get it to work and it wouldn’t.  I suggest opening the keyboard and then closing it, and place the N900 in portrait mode. I think I tapped on the emergency number link and then exited the screen and suddenly it started to work.
The second and subsequent start ups into Nitdroid are fast.
There are more options on the “Nitdroid easy install on Emmc” page so please do visit it if you want more help.


Credit to http://www.mynokian900.com/2011/04/how-to-install-nitdroid-n11-vostok-on-n900