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Ubiboot

2022-03-16T17:39:24Z

37.47.66.153:

== Introduction ==

[http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/ Ubiboot] is a boot manager for N9(50) devices. Using the example configuration it is fairly easy to hexa-boot the device between Harmattan/NITdroid/Nemo/Firefox/Leste/Sailfish Operating Systems, and change kernels at will.

Ubiboot is mainly aimed at developers and advanced users, so be warned. The procedures in this guide require understanding of the structure of an *nix filesystem and knowledge to work on a shell prompt (i.e. Terminal/Command Line).

== Benefits of Ubiboot N9 ==

# You can have multiple boot Operating Systems, each with multiple optional kernels on the device.
# Selecting the boot kernel is quick and easy with the graphical touchscreen menus.
# You will not need to flash the device to install and test a new kernel, just copying the kernel and modules to the device is enough.
# You have integrated repair/maintanance mode on the device, where you can export all partitions for backup/restore to a PC automatically.
# You can telnet and ssh to the device in maintanance mode, to do any desired repair operations. You can transfer backup archives to / from the device via sftp

== Prerequisites ==

To ensure that most of your efforts are focused on actual Ubiboot installation/setting up of a Hex Boot system, please make sure to fulfill the following prerequisites:

=== Flash the device (for a fresh start/clean state) ===

{{ambox
|type=delete
|text=It is assumed that you have backed up your important files (messages, contacts, pictures, videos, music, etc.) before flashing the device.
}}

'''TIP''': The sequence of flashing commands below combines the usual flashing steps found in the [http://wiki.maemo.org/Flashing_N9 N9 Flashing Wiki], plus actual flashing of the Open-Mode Kernel so that upon first boot, the device will already be in "Open-Mode". This is called Back-to-Back Closedmode/Openmode flashing. If you follow this style of flashing the device, you will no longer need to delete some folders (.accounts/, ./aegis, and ./activesync) for the device to store passwords correctly. The additional benefits of the Back-to-Back flashing is that you get rid of a lot of unstability in the device caused by some parts still being accessed with closed-mode aegis keys.

'''TIP''': If you want to be rid of the "Scary Warranty Warning", which a device displays when booting in Open Mode you have to remove that '''Before entering open mode'''.

Flash your device with rootfs, omit the parameter "-R" (which means "reboot")

sudo flasher -F <yourmainfirmware.bin> -f

or

sudo flasher -F <yourmainfirmware.bin> -F <youremmc.bin> -f

or "Zeroize Method" of flashing, which "wipes" user data and EMMC. Note that this command flashes the eMMC twice and takes many hours to complete the process. You will see a notification/warning of eMMC "unnecessarily being flashed twice") in the Terminal when flashing via this method.

sudo flasher -f -F <yourmainfirmware.bin> --erase-user-data=secure -F <youremmc.bin> --erase-mmc=secure

Next, take care to directly flash the open mode kernel (do NOT boot up, nor pull USB cable, do not wait too long) with

sudo flasher -a <yourmainfirmware.bin> -k zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix --flash-only=kernel -f -R

(All credits to [http://maemo.org/profile/view/rainisto jonni/rainisto])

--[[User:Peterleinchen|peterleinchen]] 16:27, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

==== When Not Starting From A Fresh Flash ====
# Open Terminal on the device.
# Type the following commands and press Enter after typing each command ('''NOTE:''' this will delete all configured Accounts):
disclaimer-cal remove View-openmode
rm -rf /home/user/.accounts/
rm -rf /home/user/.aegis/
rm -rf /home/user/.activesync/

Shut down the device, plug to a USB cable and to a computer, and proceed with flashing the Open-Mode kernel as mentioned above:

sudo flasher -a <yourmainfirmware.bin> -k zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix --flash-only=kernel -f -R

Upon first boot, you may set up your Accounts (email, social media accounts, i.e. Facebook etc.) once again.

'''REMINDERS:'''

# In MS Windows, just omit the word “sudo” from the command.
# In MS Windows, the “zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix” file needs to be in the same location as the Flasher Application, FIASCO, and eMMC images. Usually you would have installed the Flasher Application to C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher.
# For Linux users, usual “best practice” is to save the FIASCO, eMMC, and whatever Kernels at the main directory (/home/yourusername).
# "Device Lock Request" should be disabled when you are using Open-Mode.

=== Download Needed Files ===

==== Ubiboot Files ====

Find the latest versions at http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/. Files are also mirrored at http://juiceme.cloud-7.de/ubiboot/

# '''[http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/other/preinits.tar preinits.tar]:''' this is a compressed file, like Zip (Windows users: use 7zip application). We will extract this later on once this is copied to the device.
# '''[http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/other/zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix]:''' this is used for flashing your device to “Open-Mode” (Windows users: save this in the same location as your flasher application and files...usually C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher).
# '''[http://maemo.cloud-7.de/HARM/N9/1.3/openmode-kernel/zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301 zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301] from http://maemo.cloud-7.de/HARM/N9/1.3/openmode-kernel/:''' this is the “default” or “plain Open-Mode” kernel. Including this to your ubiboot-02 setup is optional.
# '''http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/ubiboot-02/ubiboot-02_0.3.9_230318.tar''': this is the latest ubiboot archive (v.0.3.9) that contains the files needed for Ubiboot. TAR file is a compressed file, like ZIP. After downloading, extract the contents of this file (Windows users: use 7-zip). This compressed file contains 3 files and a checksum file.
## '''ubiboot.conf''' this is the configuration file that contains all the changeable options and tunables for your boot, including the list of bootable OS'es and kernels. You need to copy this into MyDocs/boot/ directory of your device.
## '''ubiboot-02.menus.cpio''': this is the kernel extension file which contains the graphical menu system presented to user on boot. You need to copy this into MyDocs/boot/ directory of your device.
## '''zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_23032018''': This is the ubiboot kernel that you need to flash to your device. (Windows users: save this in the same location as your flasher application and files, usually C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher).

You should create the boot folder inside MyDocs before copying the ubiboot.conf and ubiboot-02.menus.cpio to the device.

==== NITDroid Files ====

Find the latest versions at http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/

# '''[https://archive.org/download/NitdroidNokiaN9/nitdroid_n9_jellybean_alpha5.tar.bz2 nitdroid_n9_jellybean_alpha5.tar.bz2]:''' latest “Jelly Bean” version available as of this writing.
# '''[https://archive.org/download/NokiaN9NITdroid/apps2sd_fix_alpha5.tar.bz2 apps2sd_fix_alpha5.tar.bz2]:''' this fix allow apps to install into the SD Card.
# '''[https://archive.org/download/NokiaN9NITdroid/zImage_e-yes_nitdroid+l2fix zImage_e-yes_nitdroid+l2fix]:''' ('''recommended''') this is the “new version” of zImage.pr13, which is tailored for use with ubiboot.
# '''[https://archive.org/download/NokiaN9NITdroid/zImage.pr13 zImage.pr13]:''' ('''not recommended''') before Ubiboot was published, this was the latest zImage being used for dual-booting or multi-booting NITDroid.

==== Nemo Files ====

Find the latest versions at http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/images/

# '''[http://releases.nemomobile.org/releases/0.20130620.0.1/images/nemo-armv7hl-n950/nemo-armv7hl-n950-0.20130620.0.1.tar.bz2 nemo-armv7hl-n950-0.20130620.0.1.tar.bz2]:''' this contains the actual Nemo OS image as of this writing.
# '''[http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/repos/hw/ti/omap3/n950-n9/latest/armv7hl/armv7hl/moslo-0.0.13.2-1.5.Nemo.Adaptation.N9xx.armv7hl.rpm moslo-0.0.13.2-1.5.Nemo.Adaptation.N9xx.armv7hl.rpm]:''' this is the MOSLO file needed for flashing when installing Nemo. You may alternatively download this file via the "wget" Terminal Command in Linux, as outlined in the [https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Nemo/Installing#Single_Boot_by_Loading_The_Kernel_.28Not_recommended.29 official Nemo Wiki]:

wget -r -l1 -nd --no-parent -Amoslo-0.*.rpm http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/repos/hw/ti/omap3/n950-n9/latest/armv7hl/armv7hl/

==== FirefoxOS Files ====

'''https://disk.yandex.com/d/RYVu63jxewBk3w'''

==== SailfishOS Files ====

Find the latest versions at '''http://n9.araya.su/images/mic_images/'''

== Prepare the Device ==

=== Enable Developer Mode and Installation of non-store sources ===
# Enable “Allow installations from non-store sources (Settings → Applications → Installations).
# Enable “Developer Mode” (Setitngs → Security → Developer mode)...your device will restart. Upon restart, you will now see Terminal being available for use.

=== Install and Prepare Filebox and Filebox Root ===
# Install Filebox:
https://openrepos.net/content/cepiperez/filebox
# Install [http://wiki.maemo.org/N9QTweak N9 Quick Tweak]. Upon installation, run N9 Quick Tweak and enable “Root Filebox” (as of the latest version, this is under [http://wiki.maemo.org/N9QTweak#Tweak_H:_Enable_ROOT-SSH_Access_.26_Root_Filebox Tweak H].
# You should now have Filebox Root. Open Filebox Root and navigate to “MyDocs” (usually at first use of Filebox, you are already at “MyDocs”) and create a new folder called “boot” (without the quotes).
# In the “Settings” (the gear icon at the lower-right), enable the following:
#* Show root filesystem
#* Show hidden filesystem
#* Show thumbnails

=== Moving files using Filebox Root ===

This section guides you on where to move/copy the files that were downloaded in the [http://wiki.maemo.org/index.php?title=Ubiboot&action=submit#Download_Needed_Files Download Needed Files] section above.

Place/move/copy the following files inside the newly-created “boot” folder under “MyDocs”:

ubiboot.conf
ubiboot-02.menus.cpio

Next is to move the "zImage..." files.

# Go up three (3) levels by pressing the “up” arrow (found at the lower-left of Filebox Root) . You should be at the “root” folder (you can confirm this when you see that the blue banner at the top of Filebox Root shows only a forward-slash “/”).
# Find the “/boot” folder...we are looking for the "/boot" under root directory, '''not the “/home/user/MyDocs/boot” folder (i.e. that we created inside “MyDocs”)''' and go inside that folder.
# Paste the three (or four) "zImage..." files:

zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix
zImage.pr13
zImage_e-yes_nitdroid+l2fix
zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301 '''(Optional)'''

'''REVIEW/RECAP:''' These are the locations where the "needed files" are to be moved/pasted/located.

/home/user/MyDocs should contain:
preinits.tar
nitdroid_n9_jellybean_alpha5.tar.bz2
apps2sd_fix_alpha5.tar.bz2
b2g_n9_droid_hal_fs.tar.gz
/home/user/MyDocs/boot should contain:
ubiboot.conf
ubiboot-02.menus.cpio
/boot should contain:
zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix
zImage.pr13
zImage_e-yes_nitdroid+l2fix
zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301 '''(Optional)'''

=== Extract preinits.tar, the NITDroid and the FirefoxOS files ===

'''NOTE:''' Terminal should still be open at this point.

Type the following commands in the Terminal and press Enter after typing each command (NOTE: do not change the order of the commands):

devel-su '''(default password is "rootme", without quotes)'''
mkdir /home/nitdroid '''(creates the “nitdroid” directory under the /home directory)'''
cd /home/user/MyDocs '''(navigates to the directory where the NITDroid image is located)'''
tar -xvf preinits.tar -C / '''(extracts preinits to /sbin directory of the device)'''
tar xjvf nitdroid_n9_jellybean_alpha5.tar.bz2 -C /home/nitdroid '''(extracts the NITDroid image to /home/nitdroid)'''
tar xjvf apps2sd_fix_alpha5.tar.bz2 -C /home/nitdroid '''(extracts the Apps2SD fix to /home/nitdroid)'''
mkdir /home/firefox_os '''(creates the “firefox_os” directory under the /home directory)'''
tar xvzf b2g_n9_droid_hal_fs.tar.gz -C /home/firefox_os '''(extracts the FirefoxOS image to /home/firefox_os)'''

== Install Nemo Mobile OS ==

{{ambox|text=At this point, it is highly recommended that you are using a Linux-based Operating System (Ubuntu will work fine). It is still okay to continue using MS Windows, however in order to use the "maintenance mode" feature of Ubiboot, such as viewing the contents of partitions via a File Manager you will need to install a 3rd party application that allows you to view the contents of Linux-based Filesystems. '''Note that for installing Nemo, this guide focuses on using Linux to ensure conformity of a default, fool-proof procedure of a quadru-boot system with Harmattan, NITDroid, FirefoxOS, and Nemo.'''
}}

In Linux, enter the following commands as per the [https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Nemo/Installing#Single_Boot_by_Loading_The_Kernel_.28Not_recommended.29 Nemo Wiki Page]:

wget -r -l1 -nd --no-parent -Amoslo-0.*.rpm http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/repos/hw/ti/omap3/n950-n9/latest/armv7hl/armv7hl/
rpm2cpio moslo-*.armv7hl.rpm | cpio -vidu
sudo flasher -k usr/share/moslo/zImage-moslo -n usr/share/moslo/initrd-moslo -l -b

Alternative: for the "wget" command above, you may download the MOSLO directly as I have mentioned in the “[http://wiki.maemo.org/Ubiboot#Nemo_Files Download Needed Files]” section above. Then you may proceed with the second and third commands.

'''MS Windows users:''' you can install 7-Zip and use that to go inside the '''moslo-0.0.13.2-1.5.Nemo.Adaptation.N9xx.armv7hl.rpm''' file. Keep going one directory deeper until you find two files:

* initrd-moslo
* zImage-moslo

Next, extract those files and place them in the same directory as the Flasher application. Once done, the command will be now modified as follows:

flasher.exe -k zImage-moslo -n initrd-moslo -l -b

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# The Terminal will give you a message that it is waiting for a suitable USB device. Make sure your device is turned off and plug it to your computer via the USB cable. The flashing procedure should finish in a few seconds.
# Keep the device plugged. What happens next is that the N9 is being repartitioned for Nemo (on the device, you will see some green text/writing on the screen; just wait for it to finish) , you'll see the led blinking for 10min or so.
# You will also notice that the File Manager of your Linux Distribution will open and will show a folder named “Alt_OS”. This is the newly-created partition.
# Next, we will extract the Nemo image into the newly-created partition. Enter this command in the Terminal (for Linux only):

sudo tar --numeric-owner -xf nemo-handset-armv7hl-n950-*.tar.bz2 -C /media/Alt_OS/

Now, unplug the device from the USB Cable. The screen should tell you to "push Volume Up" to boot into Harmattan, or "push Volume Down" to boot into Nemo.

'''TIPS:'''

# Sometimes, the name of the partition is Alt_OS_, with a single underline/underscores after “S” instead of the default Alt_OS (without underscore). Sometimes it has two (2) underlines/underscores. In my case, it had three (3) underlines/underscores.
# Sometimes, the path of the Alt_OS partition is /media/'''yourusername'''/Alt_OS.
# To be sure, before extracting the Nemo image, you may want to check the correct name by entering the Linux command of “lsblk” (without the quotes).
# As a matter of “best practice” it is recommended to have a File Manager open and navigating to "Alt_OS" during the extraction command to verify that the files are being extracted to the correct location.
# By experience, booting the device at this stage will result to either a reboot loop or the device not turning on at all. Sometimes, upon unplugging of the USB cable as mentioned above and selecting "Volume Down" to boot into Nemo, nothing happens (device is unresponsive and stays black). '''It is highly recommend not to turn on the device until you complete the setup/process from this point onward.'''

== Flash the Device with Ubiboot-02 ==

'''NOTE: for this step, the device should be turned off.'''

Flash the ubiboot-02 Kernel with the command below. Replace <yourmainfirmware.bin> with the filename of your N9 FIASCO image if you have renamed it differently.

sudo flasher -a <yourmainfirmware.bin> -k zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_23032018 --flash-only=kernel -f -R

Once the device reboots, keep the USB cable plugged in to enter “maintenance mode”. You will notice that the File Manager of your Linux Distribution will open and will mount/show all the partitions:

Nokia N9 '''(this is the “MyDocs” directory)'''
rootfs '''(this is the “/” directory or partition of the Nokia N9's Harmattan OS)'''
another partition with a long series of alpha-numeric '''(this is the /home/nitdroid directory/partition)'''
Alt_OS '''(this is the Nemo directory/partition)'''

Double-check that the files we have moved earlier are in their correct places. Once confirmed, you can "eject" all the partitions from your File Manager. Unplug the USB Cable and the device will restart. When it restarts, you should now see the Ubiboot menu.

'''Congratulations, you now have Ubiboot completely set up with a Quatro-Boot configuration of Harmattan, NITDroid, Firefox OS and Nemo!'''

== Known Issues ==

This section attempts to document some user-reported issues and solutions with respect to Ubiboot usage, installation, etc.

=== Charging ===
Ubiboot handles rtc and usb events to boot up device from power off state:

a) to Ubiboot telnet console (when connected to PC USB), device will not be charged.

b) to configured default kernel (harmattan) to charge (when connected to wall charger).

c) to configured default kernel (harmattan) to trigger alarm.

"Case a" works flawlessly.

"Case b" sometimes does not work, but reboots and then starts up Ubiboot console/screen (not charging).

"Case c" needs some precondition. Make sure you have shutdown your device from Harmattan. Otherwise the alarm may not be triggered in NITDroid or will not be triggered in Nemo.

=== Alarm Clocks ===

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1355247&postcount=374
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1355278&postcount=377

The default behavior of the device, particularly with the default OS (Harmattan), is that clock alarms can be triggered even when the device is turned off. The posts above suggest that you need to ensure that the "last OS booted" should be Harmattan prior to turning the device off, because between Harmattan, NITDroid, and Nemo, the alarm clock system behavior of Harmattan is most stable. Based on the above posts linked, alarms of NITDroid and Nemo (when the device is turned off) don't behave as good as Harmattan does.

== References ==

# [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=89345 Official thread at talk.maemo.org]
# [http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/ Official download site of Ubiboot]
# [http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/ Official download site of NITDroid]
# [https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Nemo/Installing Official Wiki Page of Nemo]

== Tutorials ==

# [http://www.mediafire.com/folder/4zuayx3h8e6cy/ubiboot-02 PDF and Document]
# YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcAjLdlFZWmC6UqdrIUz6Uqc3YtnCpqc2 (to follow/in progress)]

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Ubiboot

2022-03-16T17:25:03Z

37.47.66.153: /* Flash the Device with Ubiboot-02 */

== Introduction ==

[http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/ Ubiboot] is a boot manager for N9(50) devices. Using the example configuration it is fairly easy to hexa-boot the device between Harmattan/Nitdroid/Nemo/Firefox/Ubuntu/Sailfish Operating Systems, and change kernels at will.

Ubiboot is mainly aimed at developers and advanced users, so be warned. The procedures in this guide require understanding of the structure of an *nix filesystem and knowledge to work on a shell prompt (i.e. Terminal/Command Line).

== Benefits of Ubiboot N9 ==

# You can have multiple boot Operating Systems, each with multiple optional kernels on the device.
# Selecting the boot kernel is quick and easy with the graphical touchscreen menus.
# You will not need to flash the device to install and test a new kernel, just copying the kernel and modules to the device is enough.
# You have integrated repair/maintanance mode on the device, where you can export all partitions for backup/restore to a PC automatically.
# You can telnet and ssh to the device in maintanance mode, to do any desired repair operations. You can transfer backup archives to / from the device via sftp

== Prerequisites ==

To ensure that most of your efforts are focused on actual Ubiboot installation/setting up of a Hex Boot system, please make sure to fulfill the following prerequisites:

=== Flash the device (for a fresh start/clean state) ===

{{ambox
|type=delete
|text=It is assumed that you have backed up your important files (messages, contacts, pictures, videos, music, etc.) before flashing the device.
}}

'''TIP''': The sequence of flashing commands below combines the usual flashing steps found in the [http://wiki.maemo.org/Flashing_N9 N9 Flashing Wiki], plus actual flashing of the Open-Mode Kernel so that upon first boot, the device will already be in "Open-Mode". This is called Back-to-Back Closedmode/Openmode flashing. If you follow this style of flashing the device, you will no longer need to delete some folders (.accounts/, ./aegis, and ./activesync) for the device to store passwords correctly. The additional benefits of the Back-to-Back flashing is that you get rid of a lot of unstability in the device caused by some parts still being accessed with closed-mode aegis keys.

'''TIP''': If you want to be rid of the "Scary Warranty Warning", which a device displays when booting in Open Mode you have to remove that '''Before entering open mode'''.

Flash your device with rootfs, omit the parameter "-R" (which means "reboot")

sudo flasher -F <yourmainfirmware.bin> -f

or

sudo flasher -F <yourmainfirmware.bin> -F <youremmc.bin> -f

or "Zeroize Method" of flashing, which "wipes" user data and EMMC. Note that this command flashes the eMMC twice and takes many hours to complete the process. You will see a notification/warning of eMMC "unnecessarily being flashed twice") in the Terminal when flashing via this method.

sudo flasher -f -F <yourmainfirmware.bin> --erase-user-data=secure -F <youremmc.bin> --erase-mmc=secure

Next, take care to directly flash the open mode kernel (do NOT boot up, nor pull USB cable, do not wait too long) with

sudo flasher -a <yourmainfirmware.bin> -k zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix --flash-only=kernel -f -R

(All credits to [http://maemo.org/profile/view/rainisto jonni/rainisto])

--[[User:Peterleinchen|peterleinchen]] 16:27, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

==== When Not Starting From A Fresh Flash ====
# Open Terminal on the device.
# Type the following commands and press Enter after typing each command ('''NOTE:''' this will delete all configured Accounts):
disclaimer-cal remove View-openmode
rm -rf /home/user/.accounts/
rm -rf /home/user/.aegis/
rm -rf /home/user/.activesync/

Shut down the device, plug to a USB cable and to a computer, and proceed with flashing the Open-Mode kernel as mentioned above:

sudo flasher -a <yourmainfirmware.bin> -k zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix --flash-only=kernel -f -R

Upon first boot, you may set up your Accounts (email, social media accounts, i.e. Facebook etc.) once again.

'''REMINDERS:'''

# In MS Windows, just omit the word “sudo” from the command.
# In MS Windows, the “zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix” file needs to be in the same location as the Flasher Application, FIASCO, and eMMC images. Usually you would have installed the Flasher Application to C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher.
# For Linux users, usual “best practice” is to save the FIASCO, eMMC, and whatever Kernels at the main directory (/home/yourusername).
# "Device Lock Request" should be disabled when you are using Open-Mode.

=== Download Needed Files ===

==== Ubiboot Files ====

Find the latest versions at http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/. Files are also mirrored at http://juiceme.cloud-7.de/ubiboot/

# '''[http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/other/preinits.tar preinits.tar]:''' this is a compressed file, like Zip (Windows users: use 7zip application). We will extract this later on once this is copied to the device.
# '''[http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/other/zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix]:''' this is used for flashing your device to “Open-Mode” (Windows users: save this in the same location as your flasher application and files...usually C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher).
# '''[http://maemo.cloud-7.de/HARM/N9/1.3/openmode-kernel/zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301 zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301] from http://maemo.cloud-7.de/HARM/N9/1.3/openmode-kernel/:''' this is the “default” or “plain Open-Mode” kernel. Including this to your ubiboot-02 setup is optional.
# '''http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/ubiboot-02/ubiboot-02_0.3.5_301013.tar''' or '''http://juiceme.cloud-7.de/ubiboot/ubiboot-02/ubiboot-02_0.3.5_301013.tar''': this is the latest ubiboot archive (v.0.3.5) that contains the files needed for ubiboot. TAR file is a compressed file, like ZIP. After downloading, extract the contents of this file (Windows users: use 7zip application). This compressed file contains 3 files and a checksum file.
## '''ubiboot.conf''' this is the configuration file that contains all the changeable options and tunables for your boot, including the list of bootable OS'es and kernels. You need to copy this into MyDocs/boot/ directory of your device.
## '''ubiboot-02.menus.cpio''': this is the kernel extension file which contains the graphical menu system presented to user on boot. You need to copy this into MyDocs/boot/ directory of your device.
## '''zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013''': This is the ubiboot kernel that you need to flash to your device. (Windows users: save this in the same location as your flasher application and files, usually C:\Program Files\Nokia\Flasher).

You should create the boot folder inside MyDocs before copying the ubiboot.conf and ubiboot-02.menus.cpio to the device.

==== NITDroid Files ====

Find the latest versions at http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/

# '''[http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/nitdroid_n9_jellybean_alpha5.tar.bz2 nitdroid_n9_jellybean_alpha5.tar.bz2]:''' latest “Jelly Bean” version available as of this writing.
# '''[http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/apps2sd_fix_alpha5.tar.bz2 apps2sd_fix_alpha5.tar.bz2]:''' this fix allow apps to install into the SD Card.
# '''[http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/ubiboot/zImage zImage]:''' ('''recommended''') this is the “new version” of zImage.pr13, which is tailored for use with ubiboot. '''IMPORTANT:''' Rename this to “zImage_e-yes_nitdroid+l2fix” (without the quotes).
# '''[http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/zImage.pr13 zImage.pr13]:''' ('''not recommended''') before Ubiboot was published, this was the latest zImage being used for dual-booting or multi-booting NITDroid.

==== Nemo Files ====

Find the latest versions at http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/images/

# '''[http://releases.nemomobile.org/releases/0.20130620.0.1/images/nemo-armv7hl-n950/nemo-armv7hl-n950-0.20130620.0.1.tar.bz2 nemo-armv7hl-n950-0.20130620.0.1.tar.bz2]:''' this contains the actual Nemo OS image as of this writing.
# '''[http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/repos/hw/ti/omap3/n950-n9/latest/armv7hl/armv7hl/moslo-0.0.13.2-1.5.Nemo.Adaptation.N9xx.armv7hl.rpm moslo-0.0.13.2-1.5.Nemo.Adaptation.N9xx.armv7hl.rpm]:''' this is the MOSLO file needed for flashing when installing Nemo. You may alternatively download this file via the "wget" Terminal Command in Linux, as outlined in the [https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Nemo/Installing#Single_Boot_by_Loading_The_Kernel_.28Not_recommended.29 official Nemo Wiki]:

wget -r -l1 -nd --no-parent -Amoslo-0.*.rpm http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/repos/hw/ti/omap3/n950-n9/latest/armv7hl/armv7hl/

==== FirefoxOS Files ====

Find the latest version at '''http://romaxa.info/b2g/b2g_n9_droid_hal_fs.tar.gz'''

==== SailfishOS Files ====

Find the latest versions at '''http://n9.araya.su/images/mic_images/'''

=== Using command lines ===

If you have no idea what are those lines, then skip this chapter and do using the GUI as explained later

you need to install wget (ie: from RzR shared repo)

sudo flasher-3.12 -a ${bin_file} -k "zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix" --flash-only=kernel -f -R

ssh user@tel # devel-su # /sbin/halt

ssh user@tel

mkdir -p '/home/user/MyDocs/boot'
wget http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/ubiboot-02/ubiboot-02_040613.tar | tar xf -C '/home/user/MyDocs/boot' -

md5sum /home/user/MyDocs/boot/*
#5176490dc2184bb5869824c29b1be244 /home/user/MyDocs/boot/ubiboot-02.menus.cpio
#a1fcf98f77fbd38ef5ad456aee7cc235 /home/user/MyDocs/boot/ubiboot.conf

devel-su # gain root

cd /boot
wget -c http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/other/zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix
wget -c http://maemo.cloud-7.de/HARM/N9/1.3/openmode-kernel/zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301
wget -c http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/ubiboot-02/zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_040613
wget -c http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/ubiboot/zImage -O 'zImage_e-yes_nitdroid+l2fix'
wget -c http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/zImage.pr13

md5sum /boot/* | sort
# 22114bd3cbaa88ee8c49c022f53080a1 /boot/zImage_e-yes_nitdroid+l2fix
# 35da7f3dc5218be835487d6ec6b9b71e /boot/zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301
# 3f354a2b48a0b571ca32d6082391108a /boot/zImage.pr13
# a4d9c7ad4a7721b1aac3130d530644a4 /boot/zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_040613
# b64bc24b96faf6763f5e403eb5c7f528 /boot/zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix

wget -O- http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/other/preinits.tar | tar xfv - -C /
md5sum /sbin/preinit_harmattan /sbin/preinit_nitdroid
# 659af796bb8e33977abbfdabd92c11b0 /sbin/preinit_harmattan
# 2e28b1905ebdc3feb1062a4cb940e25c /sbin/preinit_nitdroid

# devel-su

mv /home/nitdroid /home/nitdroid.tmp
mkdir -p /home/nitdroid
wget -O- http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/nitdroid_n9_jellybean_alpha5.tar.bz2 | tar xfj - -C /home/nitdroid
echo $?

wget -O- http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/apps2sd_fix_alpha5.tar.bz2 | tar xfj - -C /home/nitdroid
echo $?

Later :

# http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/images/0.20130411.1.NEMO.2013-04-26.1/nemo-armv7hl-n950/nemo-armv7hl-n950-0.20130411.1.NEMO.2013-04-26.1.tar.bz2
# wget -c http://releases.nemomobile.org/releases/0.20130620.0.1/images/nemo-armv7hl-n950/nemo-armv7hl-n950-0.20130620.0.1.tar.bz2
# wget -c http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/repos/hw/ti/omap3/n950-n9/latest/armv7hl/armv7hl/moslo-0.0.13.2-1.5.Nemo.Adaptation.N9xx.armv7hl.rpm

== Prepare the Device ==

=== Enable Developer Mode and Installation of non-store sources ===
# Enable “Allow installations from non-store sources (Settings → Applications → Installations).
# Enable “Developer Mode” (Setitngs → Security → Developer mode)...your device will restart. Upon restart, you will now see Terminal being available for use.

=== Install and Prepare Filebox and Filebox Root ===
# Install Filebox from Nokia Store on your device.
# Install [http://wiki.maemo.org/N9QTweak N9 Quick Tweak]. Upon installation, run N9 Quick Tweak and enable “Root Filebox” (as of the latest version, this is under [http://wiki.maemo.org/N9QTweak#Tweak_H:_Enable_ROOT-SSH_Access_.26_Root_Filebox Tweak H].
# You should now have Filebox Root. Open Filebox Root and navigate to “MyDocs” (usually at first use of Filebox, you are already at “MyDocs”) and create a new folder called “boot” (without the quotes).
# In the “Settings” (the gear icon at the lower-right), enable the following:
#* Show root filesystem
#* Show hidden filesystem
#* Show thumbnails

=== Moving files using Filebox Root ===

This section guides you on where to move/copy the files that were downloaded in the [http://wiki.maemo.org/index.php?title=Ubiboot&action=submit#Download_Needed_Files Download Needed Files] section above.

Place/move/copy the following files inside the newly-created “boot” folder under “MyDocs”:

ubiboot.conf
ubiboot-02.menus.cpio

Next is to move the "zImage..." files.

# Go up three (3) levels by pressing the “up” arrow (found at the lower-left of Filebox Root) . You should be at the “root” folder (you can confirm this when you see that the blue banner at the top of Filebox Root shows only a forward-slash “/”).
# Find the “/boot” folder...we are looking for the "/boot" under root directory, '''not the “/home/user/MyDocs/boot” folder (i.e. that we created inside “MyDocs”)''' and go inside that folder.
# Paste the three (or four) "zImage..." files:

zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix
zImage.pr13
zImage
zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301 '''(Optional)'''

'''REVIEW/RECAP:''' These are the locations where the "needed files" are to be moved/pasted/located.

/home/user/MyDocs should contain:
preinits.tar
nitdroid_n9_jellybean_alpha5.tar.bz2
apps2sd_fix_alpha5.tar.bz2
b2g_n9_droid_hal_fs.tar.gz
/home/user/MyDocs/boot should contain:
ubiboot.conf
ubiboot-02.menus.cpio
/boot should contain:
zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix
zImage.pr13
zImage (which by now, has been renamed to '''“zImage_e-yes_nitdroid+l2fix”''', without the quotes)
zImage-2.6.32.54-dfl61-20121301 '''(Optional)'''

=== Extract preinits.tar, the NITDroid and the FirefoxOS files ===

'''NOTE:''' Terminal should still be open at this point.

Type the following commands in the Terminal and press Enter after typing each command (NOTE: do not change the order of the commands):

devel-su '''(default password is "rootme", without quotes)'''
mkdir /home/nitdroid '''(creates the “nitdroid” directory under the /home directory)'''
cd /home/user/MyDocs '''(navigates to the directory where the NITDroid image is located)'''
tar -xvf preinits.tar -C / '''(extracts preinits to /sbin directory of the device)'''
tar xjvf nitdroid_n9_jellybean_alpha5.tar.bz2 -C /home/nitdroid '''(extracts the NITDroid image to /home/nitdroid)'''
tar xjvf apps2sd_fix_alpha5.tar.bz2 -C /home/nitdroid '''(extracts the Apps2SD fix to /home/nitdroid)'''
mkdir /home/firefox_os '''(creates the “firefox_os” directory under the /home directory)'''
tar xvzf b2g_n9_droid_hal_fs.tar.gz -C /home/firefox_os '''(extracts the FirefoxOS image to /home/firefox_os)'''

== Install Nemo Mobile OS ==

{{ambox|text=At this point, it is highly recommended that you are using a Linux-based Operating System (Ubuntu will work fine). It is still okay to continue using MS Windows, however in order to use the "maintenance mode" feature of Ubiboot, such as viewing the contents of partitions via a File Manager you will need to install a 3rd party application that allows you to view the contents of Linux-based Filesystems. '''Note that for installing Nemo, this guide focuses on using Linux to ensure conformity of a default, fool-proof procedure of a quadru-boot system with Harmattan, NITDroid, FirefoxOS, and Nemo.'''
}}

In Linux, enter the following commands as per the [https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Nemo/Installing#Single_Boot_by_Loading_The_Kernel_.28Not_recommended.29 Nemo Wiki Page]:

wget -r -l1 -nd --no-parent -Amoslo-0.*.rpm http://releases.nemomobile.org/snapshots/repos/hw/ti/omap3/n950-n9/latest/armv7hl/armv7hl/
rpm2cpio moslo-*.armv7hl.rpm | cpio -vidu
sudo flasher -k usr/share/moslo/zImage-moslo -n usr/share/moslo/initrd-moslo -l -b

Alternative: for the "wget" command above, you may download the MOSLO directly as I have mentioned in the “[http://wiki.maemo.org/Ubiboot#Nemo_Files Download Needed Files]” section above. Then you may proceed with the second and third commands.

'''MS Windows users:''' you can install 7-Zip and use that to go inside the '''moslo-0.0.13.2-1.5.Nemo.Adaptation.N9xx.armv7hl.rpm''' file. Keep going one directory deeper until you find two files:

* initrd-moslo
* zImage-moslo

Next, extract those files and place them in the same directory as the Flasher application. Once done, the command will be now modified as follows:

flasher.exe -k zImage-moslo -n initrd-moslo -l -b

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# The Terminal will give you a message that it is waiting for a suitable USB device. Make sure your device is turned off and plug it to your computer via the USB cable. The flashing procedure should finish in a few seconds.
# Keep the device plugged. What happens next is that the N9 is being repartitioned for Nemo (on the device, you will see some green text/writing on the screen; just wait for it to finish) , you'll see the led blinking for 10min or so.
# You will also notice that the File Manager of your Linux Distribution will open and will show a folder named “Alt_OS”. This is the newly-created partition.
# Next, we will extract the Nemo image into the newly-created partition. Enter this command in the Terminal (for Linux only):

sudo tar --numeric-owner -xf nemo-handset-armv7hl-n950-*.tar.bz2 -C /media/Alt_OS/

Now, unplug the device from the USB Cable. The screen should tell you to "push Volume Up" to boot into Harmattan, or "push Volume Down" to boot into Nemo.

'''TIPS:'''

# Sometimes, the name of the partition is Alt_OS_, with a single underline/underscores after “S” instead of the default Alt_OS (without underscore). Sometimes it has two (2) underlines/underscores. In my case, it had three (3) underlines/underscores.
# Sometimes, the path of the Alt_OS partition is /media/'''yourusername'''/Alt_OS.
# To be sure, before extracting the Nemo image, you may want to check the correct name by entering the Linux command of “lsblk” (without the quotes).
# As a matter of “best practice” it is recommended to have a File Manager open and navigating to "Alt_OS" during the extraction command to verify that the files are being extracted to the correct location.
# By experience, booting the device at this stage will result to either a reboot loop or the device not turning on at all. Sometimes, upon unplugging of the USB cable as mentioned above and selecting "Volume Down" to boot into Nemo, nothing happens (device is unresponsive and stays black). '''It is highly recommend not to turn on the device until you complete the setup/process from this point onward.'''

== Flash the Device with Ubiboot-02 ==

'''NOTE: for this step, the device should be turned off.'''

Flash the ubiboot-02 Kernel with the command below. Replace <yourmainfirmware.bin> with the filename of your N9 FIASCO image if you have renamed it differently.

sudo flasher -a <yourmainfirmware.bin> -k zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013 --flash-only=kernel -f -R

Once the device reboots, keep the USB cable plugged in to enter “maintenance mode”. You will notice that the File Manager of your Linux Distribution will open and will mount/show all the partitions:

Nokia N9 '''(this is the “MyDocs” directory)'''
rootfs '''(this is the “/” directory or partition of the Nokia N9's Harmattan OS)'''
another partition with a long series of alpha-numeric '''(this is the /home/nitdroid directory/partition)'''
Alt_OS '''(this is the Nemo directory/partition)'''

Double-check that the files we have moved earlier are in their correct places. Once confirmed, you can "eject" all the partitions from your File Manager. Unplug the USB Cable and the device will restart. When it restarts, you should now see the Ubiboot menu.

'''Congratulations, you now have Ubiboot completely set up with a Quatro-Boot configuration of Harmattan, NITDroid, Firefox OS and Nemo!'''

== Known Issues ==

This section attempts to document some user-reported issues and solutions with respect to Ubiboot usage, installation, etc.

=== Charging ===
Ubiboot handles rtc and usb events to boot up device from power off state:

a) to Ubiboot telnet console (when connected to PC USB), device will not be charged.

b) to configured default kernel (harmattan) to charge (when connected to wall charger).

c) to configured default kernel (harmattan) to trigger alarm.

"Case a" works flawlessly.

"Case b" sometimes does not work, but reboots and then starts up Ubiboot console/screen (not charging).

"Case c" needs some precondition. Make sure you have shutdown your device from Harmattan. Otherwise the alarm may not be triggered in NITDroid or will not be triggered in Nemo.

=== Alarm Clocks ===

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1355247&postcount=374
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1355278&postcount=377

The default behavior of the device, particularly with the default OS (Harmattan), is that clock alarms can be triggered even when the device is turned off. The posts above suggest that you need to ensure that the "last OS booted" should be Harmattan prior to turning the device off, because between Harmattan, NITDroid, and Nemo, the alarm clock system behavior of Harmattan is most stable. Based on the above posts linked, alarms of NITDroid and Nemo (when the device is turned off) don't behave as good as Harmattan does.

== References ==

# [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=89345 Official thread at talk.maemo.org]
# [http://www.swagman.org/juice/ubiboot/ Official download site of Ubiboot]
# [http://downloads.nitdroid.com/e-yes/n9/ Official download site of NITDroid]
# [https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Nemo/Installing Official Wiki Page of Nemo]

== Tutorials ==

# [http://www.mediafire.com/folder/4zuayx3h8e6cy/ubiboot-02 PDF and Document]
# YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcAjLdlFZWmC6UqdrIUz6Uqc3YtnCpqc2 (to follow/in progress)]

[[Category:N9]]
[[Category:HowTo]]
[[Category:Power users]]

Resurrect your N9

2022-03-16T14:42:23Z

37.47.66.153:

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 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). 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'.
* From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror].
* Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
* On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-repomirror.

Some users have reported problems with the latest version (0.7.2). Using an older version (0.6.0) seems to help in this instance.

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

=== Warehouse ===
Warehouse was a package browser for OpenRepos. 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 - DST Root CA X3 (since the 29th of September 2021), it does not work anymore today. The workaround is to download the .DEB files on your PC from https://openrepos.net/ and to transfer them through Bluetooth/USB/any other way onto your N9.

=== Files Managers ===
Some files managers are myExplorer (https://openrepos.net/content/itsenov/myexplorer), FileCase (https://openrepos.net/content/cepiperez/filecase) and FilesPlus (https://openrepos.net/content/zaidk9/filesplus).
Download them, transfer them by Bluetooth, install them by touching them in the notification pane of your N9 once the transfer is done.
If installation fails, see Apps section (below) that explains how to install manually (with Terminal and command line "sudo aegis-dpkg ..." ).

== Developer Mode ==
Enabling Developer Mode requires the installation of additional developer packages. As the original Nokia repositories are no longer available, you must install RepoMirror 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 :
** From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/schturman/n950-quicktweak here]
** Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
** On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-qtweakall.

*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.maemo.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
* 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 usable but Gismeteo is good replacement.'''

Gismeteo is a good replacement. It still works in 2022. Download here:
https://openrepos.net/content/wunderwungiel/gismeteo

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

Almost everyone abandon CalDAV. Fortunately Mail for Exchange option works very well with simple basic outlook accounts (!). The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization.

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

Microsoft Exchange : works with a simple Outlook account, see Calendar section about synchronization with Ms Exchange.

Google: see here http://meestuff.blogspot.com/p/syncgcontacts.html

* Warning : developer says : DO NOT USE syncgcontacts IF YOU HAVE ALREADY AN Microsoft Exchange Account.

* Warning : 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 downloads 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/

=== Cloud ===
'''Only Google Drive is accessible through FilesPlus '''

In 2021, no file manager are still able to connect to closed Clouds (SkyDrive-OneDrive, DropBox, Google Drive ) as well as to WebDav resource (NextCloud...) . Basically SSL handshakes fail.

The only exception is FilesPlus that can still connect to the Google Drive (and fetch the files... of course).

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

'''*** Facebook is deprecating XMPP support so it does not work anymore. [https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=10153420636883090] ***'''

For memories, here was the procedure that made Facebook usable :

"The N9 app will work if you de-select 'Chat and Contacts' when adding a Facebook account. If you don't do this Facebook will continually ask you to sign in. The main advantage of using the inbuilt app is that it will add notifications to the N9 feeds page.

Alternatively the Facebook website can be browsed through a web browser, or by installing one of the third party apps available on [https://openrepos.net/category/social-networks OpenRepos.net].

Facebook chat can be used on the N9 as a Jabber account, as they both use the same XMPP protocol. In order to do so:
* Install [https://openrepos.net/content/ekze/extraplugins extraplugins] to add support for more accounts, including Jabber
* In Accounts, add a Jabber account with the following credentials:
** Username: your-facebook-id@chat.facebook.com
** Password: your-facebook-password
** Server: chat.facebook.com
"

HOWEVER, you can browse the Mobile Basic version of Facebook on any browser. Just visis https://mbasic.facebook.com on e.g. default N9's browser and enjoy.

=== Hangouts ===
''' Working in a very limited way and furthermore you have to decrease the security level of your Google account'''

* Install from openrepos the hangouts plugins.
* Then run the account manager and add your hangout account here.
* That's all. You can chat through the native message app but in a very limited way (only text and no auto discovery of contacts that use Hang Outs !)

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

My basic Outlook account works well with the "Mail for Exchange" account type. The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization as well.

Gmail accounts seems unreachable since recent security "enhancements". Despite this, you can enable less secure apps access in your Google account: https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps. It should allow you to use your Gmail on N9. It works well for me. However, starting from 2022 Google disables this option. But there is other way to browse Gmail comfortably, visit Gmail site using Opera Mobile on N9, log in and enjoy.

Others pure mail accounts seem to work well as soon as you know their SMTP and IMAP servers settings. They mustn't use TLS 1.2/1.3 as well.

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

See the Drive section for the first (and required) step.

The second step is to download the Maps (2013), the POIS and the Voices.

'''Maps :'''

As OVI server are down, you have to download maps here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/

The nokiamaps.ct8.pl site is almost down : it does no longer contain itself the ZIP files. However, fortunately, the WAY BACK MACHINE mechanism works well for the SECONDARY link (web.archive.org).

The maps.tienda-sistore.com is tagged as a Symbian site, actually maps files are totally identical.

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache folder.

Advice: each time you run Drive, go in Parameters and UNCHECK Online. This will enable the search of cities and addresses.

'''POIs :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_poi_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/POIs.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/ClientIndex/ folder.

'''Voices :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_voices_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/Voices.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/voices/ folder

=== 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.

Recommended version is 0.6.6 and it's available here : https://code.google.com/archive/p/harmoji/downloads. Reboot after installing.

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 and GG are usable and work well. 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!
You can download ExtraPlusing here:
https://openrepos.net/content/ekze/extraplugins
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'''

=== Phone ===
'''Fully functional'''

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

Install gPodder or Podcatcher.

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 MeeRadio.
*Create one .m3u file per station (no space in this file name, please).
*Copy yours .m3u files into /home/user (no space in its name).
*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 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 ===
''' Not Working anymore (SSL handshake fails)'''

Quickddit provided most of basic functionalities and connection to your Reddit account. Unfortunately, SSL handshake fails now, so nothing works.

=== 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 '''

Telegram-cli still works but it's very limited and works in command line (only text msg is possible ina one to one way).

A new alternative arrived in 2021: MeeGram. It's going to be a really good Telegram client for N9/50.

Releases are here : https://github.com/qtinsider/meegram2/releases

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

With time, some of the SSL root certificates have expired. Additionally, available browsers do not support modern internet technologies.

Here is the HTML5 score (from best to worst) according to html5test.com :
* MeeFox 1.0.5 : 350/555
* Opera Mobile 12.1 : 218/555
* N9 Grob : 205/555
* Opera Mini 8 : 145/555
* Firefox 15.0 : unable to perform the test (can't visit https://html5test.com)

Opera Mini 8 gets a bad HTML5 score, however it can manage the SSL security mechanisms.

Opera Mini 8 works in a client/server way with an Opera "proxy" server in the middle (between you and the site, this proxy server seems to be located in Nederland). The web Pages are not running on your device but on the Opera proxy server and the HTML output is then send to your N9. I notice that sites with JavaScript are rarely usable.

You can find the Opera Mini 8 on https://openrepos.net/content/smartblu9/opera-mini-80-harmattan

Otherwise, try to find some pure HTML 2.0 sites. Here are some I know : http://lite.cnn.io/en , http://www.msn.com , http://68k.news (Google news)...

=== 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 '''

The stock client and CuteTube2 can no longer play Youtube videos.
Luckily, Meefox 1.0.5 still works. It lags but it works!
You can also use http://iteroni.com on default N9's browser. It works really well.

[[Category:N9]]

Resurrect your N9

2022-03-16T14:21:46Z

37.47.66.153: /* Developer Mode */

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 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). 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'.
* From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror].
* Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
* On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-repomirror.

Some users have reported problems with the latest version (0.7.2). Using an older version (0.6.0) seems to help in this instance.

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

=== Warehouse ===
Warehouse was a package browser for OpenRepos. 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 - DST Root CA X3 (since the 29th of September 2021), it does not work anymore today. The workaround is to download the .DEB files on your PC from https://openrepos.net/ and to transfer them through Bluetooth/USB/any other way onto your N9.

=== Files Managers ===
Some files managers are myExplorer (https://openrepos.net/content/itsenov/myexplorer), FileCase (https://openrepos.net/content/cepiperez/filecase) and FilesPlus (https://openrepos.net/content/zaidk9/filesplus).
Download them, transfer them by Bluetooth, install them by touching them in the notification pane of your N9 once the transfer is done.
If installation fails, see Apps section (below) that explains how to install manually (with Terminal and command line "sudo aegis-dpkg ..." ).

== Developer Mode ==
Enabling Developer Mode requires the installation of additional developer packages. As the original Nokia repositories are no longer available, you must install RepoMirror 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 :
** From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/schturman/n950-quicktweak here]
** Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
** On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-qtweakall.

*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. Add one line to redefine the IP to point for connectivity-test.ext.maemo.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 !
* 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.

Edit 2 : For decreasing the obsolescence of Certificates, you may install aegis-certman-common-ca_1.0.8+0m9_all.deb created by Halftux. He created this with the pem files from latest maemo5 certs (cssu-devel).
See here for instructions from Halftux : https://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1562329&postcount=94
I tested this on 2 N9 without problem. In case of problem, you may find the original certificates of N9 here : https://coderus.openrepos.net/n9mirror/001/

=== AccuWeather ===
'''Not usable but MeeCast is a good replacement'''

MeeCast is a good replacement. The MeeCast widget can replace AccuWeather on the events screen, as well as the lock and standby screens. (Install the widget via MeeCast's Settings/Appearance menu.)

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

Almost everyone abandon CalDAV. Fortunately Mail for Exchange option works very well with simple basic outlook accounts (!). The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization.

I didn't find other tricks for other cal providers.

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

Microsoft Exchange : works with a simple Outlook account, see Calendar section about synchronization with Ms Exchange.

Google: see here http://meestuff.blogspot.com/p/syncgcontacts.html

* Warning : developer says : DO NOT USE syncgcontacts IF YOU HAVE ALREADY AN Microsoft Exchange Account.

* Warning : 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 downloads 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/

=== Cloud ===
'''Only Google Drive is accessible through FilesPlus '''

In 2021, no file manager are still able to connect to closed Clouds (SkyDrive-OneDrive, DropBox, Google Drive ) as well as to WebDav resource (NextCloud...) . Basically SSL handshakes fail.

The only exception is FilesPlus that can still connect to the Google Drive (and fetch the files... of course).

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

'''*** Facebook is deprecating XMPP support so it does not work anymore. [https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=10153420636883090] ***'''

For memories, here was the procedure that made Facebook usable :

"The N9 app will work if you de-select 'Chat and Contacts' when adding a Facebook account. If you don't do this Facebook will continually ask you to sign in. The main advantage of using the inbuilt app is that it will add notifications to the N9 feeds page.

Alternatively the Facebook website can be browsed through a web browser, or by installing one of the third party apps available on [https://openrepos.net/category/social-networks OpenRepos.net].

Facebook chat can be used on the N9 as a Jabber account, as they both use the same XMPP protocol. In order to do so:
* Install [https://openrepos.net/content/ekze/extraplugins extraplugins] to add support for more accounts, including Jabber
* In Accounts, add a Jabber account with the following credentials:
** Username: your-facebook-id@chat.facebook.com
** Password: your-facebook-password
** Server: chat.facebook.com
"

=== Hangouts ===
''' Working in a very limited way and furthermore you have to decrease the security level of your Google account'''

* Install from openrepos the hangouts plugins.
* Then run the account manager and add your hangout account here.
* That's all. You can chat through the native message app but in a very limited way (only text and no auto discovery of contacts that use Hang Outs !)

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

My basic Outlook account works well with the "Mail for Exchange" account type. The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization as well.

Gmail accounts seems unreachable since recent security "enhancements". Despite this, you can enable less secure apps access in your Google account: https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps. It should allow you to use your Gmail on N9. It works well for me.

Others pure mail accounts seem to work well as soon as you know their SMTP and IMAP servers settings.

=== MAPS ===
'''Working'''

See the Drive section for the first (and required) step.

The second step is to download the Maps (2013), the POIS and the Voices.

'''Maps :'''

As OVI server are down, you have to download maps here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/

The nokiamaps.ct8.pl site is almost down : it does no longer contain itself the ZIP files. However, fortunately, the WAY BACK MACHINE mechanism works well for the SECONDARY link (web.archive.org).

The maps.tienda-sistore.com is tagged as a Symbian site, actually maps files are totally identical.

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache folder.

Advice: each time you run Drive, go in Parameters and UNCHECK Online. This will enable the search of cities and addresses.

'''POIS :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_poi_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/POIs.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/ClientIndex/ folder.

'''Voices :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_voices_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/Voices.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/voices/ folder

=== Message ===
''' 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.

Recommended version is 0.6.6 and it's available here : https://code.google.com/archive/p/harmoji/downloads. Reboot after installing.

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 is usable and works well. It's 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'''

=== Phone ===
'''Fully functional'''

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

Install gPodder or PodCatcher.

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 MeeRadio.
*Create one .m3u file per station (no space in this file name, please).
*Copy yours .m3u files into /home/user (no space in its name).
*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 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 ===
''' Not Working anymore (SSL handshake fails)'''

Quickddit provided most of basic functionalities and connection to your Reddit account. Unfortunately, SSL handshake fails now, so nothing works.

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

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

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

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

Telegram-cli still works but it's very limited and works in command line (only text msg is possible ina one to one way).

A new alternative arrived in 2021 : MeeGram. In beta but promising. Source code is on GitHub.

Releases are here : https://github.com/qtinsider/meegram2/releases

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

With time, some of the SSL root certificates have expired. Additionally, available browsers do not support modern internet technologies.

Here is the HTML5 score (from best to worst) according to html5test.com :
* MeeFox 1.0.5 : 350/555
* Opera Mobile 12.1 : 218/555
* N9 Grob : 205/555
* Opera Mini 8 : 145/555
* Firefox 15.0 : unable to perform the test.

Opera Mini 8 gets a bad HTML5 score, however it can manage the SSL security mechanisms.

Opera Mini 8 works in a client/server way with an Opera "proxy" server in the middle (between you and the site, this proxy server seems to be located in Nederland). The web Pages are not running on your device but on the Opera proxy server and the HTML output is then send to your n9. I notice that sites with JavaScript are rarely usable.

You may find the Opera Mini 8 on https://openrepos.net/

Otherwise, try to find some pure HTML 2.0 sites. Here are some I know : http://lite.cnn.io/en , http://www.msn.com , http://68k.news (Google news)...

=== 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 '''

The stock client and CuteTube2 can no longer play Youtube videos.
Luckily, Meefox 1.0.5 still works. It lags but it works !

[[Category:N9]]

Resurrect your N9

2022-03-16T14:21:07Z

37.47.66.153: /* Files Managers */

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 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). 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'.
* From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror].
* Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
* On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-repomirror.

Some users have reported problems with the latest version (0.7.2). Using an older version (0.6.0) seems to help in this instance.

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

=== Warehouse ===
Warehouse was a package browser for OpenRepos. 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 - DST Root CA X3 (since the 29th of September 2021), it does not work anymore today. The workaround is to download the .DEB files on your PC from https://openrepos.net/ and to transfer them through Bluetooth/USB/any other way onto your N9.

=== Files Managers ===
Some files managers are myExplorer (https://openrepos.net/content/itsenov/myexplorer), FileCase (https://openrepos.net/content/cepiperez/filecase) and FilesPlus (https://openrepos.net/content/zaidk9/filesplus).
Download them, transfer them by Bluetooth, install them by touching them in the notification pane of your N9 once the transfer is done.
If installation fails, see Apps section (below) that explains how to install manually (with Terminal and command line "sudo aegis-dpkg ..." ).

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

To enable Developer Mode:

* Connect your N9 to your wifi
* 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 :
** From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/schturman/n950-quicktweak here]
** Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
** On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-qtweakall.

*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. Add one line to redefine the IP to point for connectivity-test.ext.maemo.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 !
* 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.

Edit 2 : For decreasing the obsolescence of Certificates, you may install aegis-certman-common-ca_1.0.8+0m9_all.deb created by Halftux. He created this with the pem files from latest maemo5 certs (cssu-devel).
See here for instructions from Halftux : https://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1562329&postcount=94
I tested this on 2 N9 without problem. In case of problem, you may find the original certificates of N9 here : https://coderus.openrepos.net/n9mirror/001/

=== AccuWeather ===
'''Not usable but MeeCast is a good replacement'''

MeeCast is a good replacement. The MeeCast widget can replace AccuWeather on the events screen, as well as the lock and standby screens. (Install the widget via MeeCast's Settings/Appearance menu.)

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

Almost everyone abandon CalDAV. Fortunately Mail for Exchange option works very well with simple basic outlook accounts (!). The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization.

I didn't find other tricks for other cal providers.

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

Microsoft Exchange : works with a simple Outlook account, see Calendar section about synchronization with Ms Exchange.

Google: see here http://meestuff.blogspot.com/p/syncgcontacts.html

* Warning : developer says : DO NOT USE syncgcontacts IF YOU HAVE ALREADY AN Microsoft Exchange Account.

* Warning : 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 downloads 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/

=== Cloud ===
'''Only Google Drive is accessible through FilesPlus '''

In 2021, no file manager are still able to connect to closed Clouds (SkyDrive-OneDrive, DropBox, Google Drive ) as well as to WebDav resource (NextCloud...) . Basically SSL handshakes fail.

The only exception is FilesPlus that can still connect to the Google Drive (and fetch the files... of course).

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

'''*** Facebook is deprecating XMPP support so it does not work anymore. [https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=10153420636883090] ***'''

For memories, here was the procedure that made Facebook usable :

"The N9 app will work if you de-select 'Chat and Contacts' when adding a Facebook account. If you don't do this Facebook will continually ask you to sign in. The main advantage of using the inbuilt app is that it will add notifications to the N9 feeds page.

Alternatively the Facebook website can be browsed through a web browser, or by installing one of the third party apps available on [https://openrepos.net/category/social-networks OpenRepos.net].

Facebook chat can be used on the N9 as a Jabber account, as they both use the same XMPP protocol. In order to do so:
* Install [https://openrepos.net/content/ekze/extraplugins extraplugins] to add support for more accounts, including Jabber
* In Accounts, add a Jabber account with the following credentials:
** Username: your-facebook-id@chat.facebook.com
** Password: your-facebook-password
** Server: chat.facebook.com
"

=== Hangouts ===
''' Working in a very limited way and furthermore you have to decrease the security level of your Google account'''

* Install from openrepos the hangouts plugins.
* Then run the account manager and add your hangout account here.
* That's all. You can chat through the native message app but in a very limited way (only text and no auto discovery of contacts that use Hang Outs !)

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

My basic Outlook account works well with the "Mail for Exchange" account type. The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization as well.

Gmail accounts seems unreachable since recent security "enhancements". Despite this, you can enable less secure apps access in your Google account: https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps. It should allow you to use your Gmail on N9. It works well for me.

Others pure mail accounts seem to work well as soon as you know their SMTP and IMAP servers settings.

=== MAPS ===
'''Working'''

See the Drive section for the first (and required) step.

The second step is to download the Maps (2013), the POIS and the Voices.

'''Maps :'''

As OVI server are down, you have to download maps here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/

The nokiamaps.ct8.pl site is almost down : it does no longer contain itself the ZIP files. However, fortunately, the WAY BACK MACHINE mechanism works well for the SECONDARY link (web.archive.org).

The maps.tienda-sistore.com is tagged as a Symbian site, actually maps files are totally identical.

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache folder.

Advice: each time you run Drive, go in Parameters and UNCHECK Online. This will enable the search of cities and addresses.

'''POIS :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_poi_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/POIs.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/ClientIndex/ folder.

'''Voices :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_voices_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/Voices.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/voices/ folder

=== Message ===
''' 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.

Recommended version is 0.6.6 and it's available here : https://code.google.com/archive/p/harmoji/downloads. Reboot after installing.

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 is usable and works well. It's 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'''

=== Phone ===
'''Fully functional'''

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

Install gPodder or PodCatcher.

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 MeeRadio.
*Create one .m3u file per station (no space in this file name, please).
*Copy yours .m3u files into /home/user (no space in its name).
*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 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 ===
''' Not Working anymore (SSL handshake fails)'''

Quickddit provided most of basic functionalities and connection to your Reddit account. Unfortunately, SSL handshake fails now, so nothing works.

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

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

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

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

Telegram-cli still works but it's very limited and works in command line (only text msg is possible ina one to one way).

A new alternative arrived in 2021 : MeeGram. In beta but promising. Source code is on GitHub.

Releases are here : https://github.com/qtinsider/meegram2/releases

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

With time, some of the SSL root certificates have expired. Additionally, available browsers do not support modern internet technologies.

Here is the HTML5 score (from best to worst) according to html5test.com :
* MeeFox 1.0.5 : 350/555
* Opera Mobile 12.1 : 218/555
* N9 Grob : 205/555
* Opera Mini 8 : 145/555
* Firefox 15.0 : unable to perform the test.

Opera Mini 8 gets a bad HTML5 score, however it can manage the SSL security mechanisms.

Opera Mini 8 works in a client/server way with an Opera "proxy" server in the middle (between you and the site, this proxy server seems to be located in Nederland). The web Pages are not running on your device but on the Opera proxy server and the HTML output is then send to your n9. I notice that sites with JavaScript are rarely usable.

You may find the Opera Mini 8 on https://openrepos.net/

Otherwise, try to find some pure HTML 2.0 sites. Here are some I know : http://lite.cnn.io/en , http://www.msn.com , http://68k.news (Google news)...

=== 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 '''

The stock client and CuteTube2 can no longer play Youtube videos.
Luckily, Meefox 1.0.5 still works. It lags but it works !

[[Category:N9]]

Resurrect your N9

2022-03-16T14:20:11Z

37.47.66.153: /* Warehouse */

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 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). 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'.
* From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror].
* Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
* On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-repomirror.

Some users have reported problems with the latest version (0.7.2). Using an older version (0.6.0) seems to help in this instance.

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

=== Warehouse ===
Warehouse was a package browser for OpenRepos. 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 - DST Root CA X3 (since the 29th of September 2021), it does not work anymore today. The workaround is to download the .DEB files on your PC from https://openrepos.net/ and to transfer them through Bluetooth/USB/any other way onto your N9.

=== Files Managers ===
Possible files managers are myExporer (https://openrepos.net/content/itsenov/myexplorer), filecase (https://openrepos.net/content/cepiperez/filecase) and filesplus (https://openrepos.net/content/zaidk9/filesplus).
Download them, transfer them by Bluetooth, install them by touching them in the notification pane of your n9 once the transfer is done.
If installation fails, see Apps section (below) that explains how to install manually (with Terminal and command line "sudo aegis-dpkg ..." ).

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

To enable Developer Mode:

* Connect your N9 to your wifi
* 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 :
** From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/schturman/n950-quicktweak here]
** Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
** On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-qtweakall.

*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. Add one line to redefine the IP to point for connectivity-test.ext.maemo.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 !
* 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.

Edit 2 : For decreasing the obsolescence of Certificates, you may install aegis-certman-common-ca_1.0.8+0m9_all.deb created by Halftux. He created this with the pem files from latest maemo5 certs (cssu-devel).
See here for instructions from Halftux : https://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1562329&postcount=94
I tested this on 2 N9 without problem. In case of problem, you may find the original certificates of N9 here : https://coderus.openrepos.net/n9mirror/001/

=== AccuWeather ===
'''Not usable but MeeCast is a good replacement'''

MeeCast is a good replacement. The MeeCast widget can replace AccuWeather on the events screen, as well as the lock and standby screens. (Install the widget via MeeCast's Settings/Appearance menu.)

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

Almost everyone abandon CalDAV. Fortunately Mail for Exchange option works very well with simple basic outlook accounts (!). The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization.

I didn't find other tricks for other cal providers.

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

Microsoft Exchange : works with a simple Outlook account, see Calendar section about synchronization with Ms Exchange.

Google: see here http://meestuff.blogspot.com/p/syncgcontacts.html

* Warning : developer says : DO NOT USE syncgcontacts IF YOU HAVE ALREADY AN Microsoft Exchange Account.

* Warning : 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 downloads 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/

=== Cloud ===
'''Only Google Drive is accessible through FilesPlus '''

In 2021, no file manager are still able to connect to closed Clouds (SkyDrive-OneDrive, DropBox, Google Drive ) as well as to WebDav resource (NextCloud...) . Basically SSL handshakes fail.

The only exception is FilesPlus that can still connect to the Google Drive (and fetch the files... of course).

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

'''*** Facebook is deprecating XMPP support so it does not work anymore. [https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=10153420636883090] ***'''

For memories, here was the procedure that made Facebook usable :

"The N9 app will work if you de-select 'Chat and Contacts' when adding a Facebook account. If you don't do this Facebook will continually ask you to sign in. The main advantage of using the inbuilt app is that it will add notifications to the N9 feeds page.

Alternatively the Facebook website can be browsed through a web browser, or by installing one of the third party apps available on [https://openrepos.net/category/social-networks OpenRepos.net].

Facebook chat can be used on the N9 as a Jabber account, as they both use the same XMPP protocol. In order to do so:
* Install [https://openrepos.net/content/ekze/extraplugins extraplugins] to add support for more accounts, including Jabber
* In Accounts, add a Jabber account with the following credentials:
** Username: your-facebook-id@chat.facebook.com
** Password: your-facebook-password
** Server: chat.facebook.com
"

=== Hangouts ===
''' Working in a very limited way and furthermore you have to decrease the security level of your Google account'''

* Install from openrepos the hangouts plugins.
* Then run the account manager and add your hangout account here.
* That's all. You can chat through the native message app but in a very limited way (only text and no auto discovery of contacts that use Hang Outs !)

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

My basic Outlook account works well with the "Mail for Exchange" account type. The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization as well.

Gmail accounts seems unreachable since recent security "enhancements". Despite this, you can enable less secure apps access in your Google account: https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps. It should allow you to use your Gmail on N9. It works well for me.

Others pure mail accounts seem to work well as soon as you know their SMTP and IMAP servers settings.

=== MAPS ===
'''Working'''

See the Drive section for the first (and required) step.

The second step is to download the Maps (2013), the POIS and the Voices.

'''Maps :'''

As OVI server are down, you have to download maps here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/

The nokiamaps.ct8.pl site is almost down : it does no longer contain itself the ZIP files. However, fortunately, the WAY BACK MACHINE mechanism works well for the SECONDARY link (web.archive.org).

The maps.tienda-sistore.com is tagged as a Symbian site, actually maps files are totally identical.

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache folder.

Advice: each time you run Drive, go in Parameters and UNCHECK Online. This will enable the search of cities and addresses.

'''POIS :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_poi_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/POIs.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/ClientIndex/ folder.

'''Voices :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_voices_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/Voices.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/voices/ folder

=== Message ===
''' 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.

Recommended version is 0.6.6 and it's available here : https://code.google.com/archive/p/harmoji/downloads. Reboot after installing.

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 is usable and works well. It's 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'''

=== Phone ===
'''Fully functional'''

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

Install gPodder or PodCatcher.

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 MeeRadio.
*Create one .m3u file per station (no space in this file name, please).
*Copy yours .m3u files into /home/user (no space in its name).
*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 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 ===
''' Not Working anymore (SSL handshake fails)'''

Quickddit provided most of basic functionalities and connection to your Reddit account. Unfortunately, SSL handshake fails now, so nothing works.

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

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

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

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

Telegram-cli still works but it's very limited and works in command line (only text msg is possible ina one to one way).

A new alternative arrived in 2021 : MeeGram. In beta but promising. Source code is on GitHub.

Releases are here : https://github.com/qtinsider/meegram2/releases

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

With time, some of the SSL root certificates have expired. Additionally, available browsers do not support modern internet technologies.

Here is the HTML5 score (from best to worst) according to html5test.com :
* MeeFox 1.0.5 : 350/555
* Opera Mobile 12.1 : 218/555
* N9 Grob : 205/555
* Opera Mini 8 : 145/555
* Firefox 15.0 : unable to perform the test.

Opera Mini 8 gets a bad HTML5 score, however it can manage the SSL security mechanisms.

Opera Mini 8 works in a client/server way with an Opera "proxy" server in the middle (between you and the site, this proxy server seems to be located in Nederland). The web Pages are not running on your device but on the Opera proxy server and the HTML output is then send to your n9. I notice that sites with JavaScript are rarely usable.

You may find the Opera Mini 8 on https://openrepos.net/

Otherwise, try to find some pure HTML 2.0 sites. Here are some I know : http://lite.cnn.io/en , http://www.msn.com , http://68k.news (Google news)...

=== 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 '''

The stock client and CuteTube2 can no longer play Youtube videos.
Luckily, Meefox 1.0.5 still works. It lags but it works !

[[Category:N9]]

Resurrect your N9

2022-03-16T14:18:16Z

37.47.66.153: /* Firmware */

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 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). 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'.
* From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror https://openrepos.net/content/ancelad/n9-repomirror].
* Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
* On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-repomirror.

Some users have reported problems with the latest version (0.7.2). Using an older version (0.6.0) seems to help in this instance.

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

=== Warehouse ===
Warehouse was a package browser for OpenRepos. 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 (since the 29th of September 2021), it does not work anymore today. The workaround is to download the .DEB files on your PC from openrepos.net and to transfer them through bluetooth onto your n9.

=== Files Managers ===
Possible files managers are myExporer (https://openrepos.net/content/itsenov/myexplorer), filecase (https://openrepos.net/content/cepiperez/filecase) and filesplus (https://openrepos.net/content/zaidk9/filesplus).
Download them, transfer them by Bluetooth, install them by touching them in the notification pane of your n9 once the transfer is done.
If installation fails, see Apps section (below) that explains how to install manually (with Terminal and command line "sudo aegis-dpkg ..." ).

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

To enable Developer Mode:

* Connect your N9 to your wifi
* 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 :
** From your PC, navigate to [https://openrepos.net/content/schturman/n950-quicktweak here]
** Download the .deb file onto your PC and transfer it to your N9 through Bluetooth.
** On your N9, in the notification view, touch the transferred file, it should run the installation of n9-qtweakall.

*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. Add one line to redefine the IP to point for connectivity-test.ext.maemo.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 !
* 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.

Edit 2 : For decreasing the obsolescence of Certificates, you may install aegis-certman-common-ca_1.0.8+0m9_all.deb created by Halftux. He created this with the pem files from latest maemo5 certs (cssu-devel).
See here for instructions from Halftux : https://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=1562329&postcount=94
I tested this on 2 N9 without problem. In case of problem, you may find the original certificates of N9 here : https://coderus.openrepos.net/n9mirror/001/

=== AccuWeather ===
'''Not usable but MeeCast is a good replacement'''

MeeCast is a good replacement. The MeeCast widget can replace AccuWeather on the events screen, as well as the lock and standby screens. (Install the widget via MeeCast's Settings/Appearance menu.)

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

Almost everyone abandon CalDAV. Fortunately Mail for Exchange option works very well with simple basic outlook accounts (!). The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization.

I didn't find other tricks for other cal providers.

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

Microsoft Exchange : works with a simple Outlook account, see Calendar section about synchronization with Ms Exchange.

Google: see here http://meestuff.blogspot.com/p/syncgcontacts.html

* Warning : developer says : DO NOT USE syncgcontacts IF YOU HAVE ALREADY AN Microsoft Exchange Account.

* Warning : 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 downloads 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/

=== Cloud ===
'''Only Google Drive is accessible through FilesPlus '''

In 2021, no file manager are still able to connect to closed Clouds (SkyDrive-OneDrive, DropBox, Google Drive ) as well as to WebDav resource (NextCloud...) . Basically SSL handshakes fail.

The only exception is FilesPlus that can still connect to the Google Drive (and fetch the files... of course).

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

'''*** Facebook is deprecating XMPP support so it does not work anymore. [https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=10153420636883090] ***'''

For memories, here was the procedure that made Facebook usable :

"The N9 app will work if you de-select 'Chat and Contacts' when adding a Facebook account. If you don't do this Facebook will continually ask you to sign in. The main advantage of using the inbuilt app is that it will add notifications to the N9 feeds page.

Alternatively the Facebook website can be browsed through a web browser, or by installing one of the third party apps available on [https://openrepos.net/category/social-networks OpenRepos.net].

Facebook chat can be used on the N9 as a Jabber account, as they both use the same XMPP protocol. In order to do so:
* Install [https://openrepos.net/content/ekze/extraplugins extraplugins] to add support for more accounts, including Jabber
* In Accounts, add a Jabber account with the following credentials:
** Username: your-facebook-id@chat.facebook.com
** Password: your-facebook-password
** Server: chat.facebook.com
"

=== Hangouts ===
''' Working in a very limited way and furthermore you have to decrease the security level of your Google account'''

* Install from openrepos the hangouts plugins.
* Then run the account manager and add your hangout account here.
* That's all. You can chat through the native message app but in a very limited way (only text and no auto discovery of contacts that use Hang Outs !)

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

My basic Outlook account works well with the "Mail for Exchange" account type. The trick is to define the domain at office365.com , server at eas.outlook.com and port at 443 (see mail section). It provides Calendar and Contacts synchronization as well.

Gmail accounts seems unreachable since recent security "enhancements". Despite this, you can enable less secure apps access in your Google account: https://myaccount.google.com/lesssecureapps. It should allow you to use your Gmail on N9. It works well for me.

Others pure mail accounts seem to work well as soon as you know their SMTP and IMAP servers settings.

=== MAPS ===
'''Working'''

See the Drive section for the first (and required) step.

The second step is to download the Maps (2013), the POIS and the Voices.

'''Maps :'''

As OVI server are down, you have to download maps here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/

The nokiamaps.ct8.pl site is almost down : it does no longer contain itself the ZIP files. However, fortunately, the WAY BACK MACHINE mechanism works well for the SECONDARY link (web.archive.org).

The maps.tienda-sistore.com is tagged as a Symbian site, actually maps files are totally identical.

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache folder.

Advice: each time you run Drive, go in Parameters and UNCHECK Online. This will enable the search of cities and addresses.

'''POIS :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_poi_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/POIs.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/ClientIndex/ folder.

'''Voices :'''

Go here http://nokiamaps.ct8.pl/nokia_maps_voices_v_00.02.54.223.html or here http://maps.tienda-sistore.com/Voices.php

Installation : Unpack downloaded zip archive(s) to cities/diskcache/voices/ folder

=== Message ===
''' 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.

Recommended version is 0.6.6 and it's available here : https://code.google.com/archive/p/harmoji/downloads. Reboot after installing.

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 is usable and works well. It's 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'''

=== Phone ===
'''Fully functional'''

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

Install gPodder or PodCatcher.

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 MeeRadio.
*Create one .m3u file per station (no space in this file name, please).
*Copy yours .m3u files into /home/user (no space in its name).
*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 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 ===
''' Not Working anymore (SSL handshake fails)'''

Quickddit provided most of basic functionalities and connection to your Reddit account. Unfortunately, SSL handshake fails now, so nothing works.

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

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

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

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

Telegram-cli still works but it's very limited and works in command line (only text msg is possible ina one to one way).

A new alternative arrived in 2021 : MeeGram. In beta but promising. Source code is on GitHub.

Releases are here : https://github.com/qtinsider/meegram2/releases

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

With time, some of the SSL root certificates have expired. Additionally, available browsers do not support modern internet technologies.

Here is the HTML5 score (from best to worst) according to html5test.com :
* MeeFox 1.0.5 : 350/555
* Opera Mobile 12.1 : 218/555
* N9 Grob : 205/555
* Opera Mini 8 : 145/555
* Firefox 15.0 : unable to perform the test.

Opera Mini 8 gets a bad HTML5 score, however it can manage the SSL security mechanisms.

Opera Mini 8 works in a client/server way with an Opera "proxy" server in the middle (between you and the site, this proxy server seems to be located in Nederland). The web Pages are not running on your device but on the Opera proxy server and the HTML output is then send to your n9. I notice that sites with JavaScript are rarely usable.

You may find the Opera Mini 8 on https://openrepos.net/

Otherwise, try to find some pure HTML 2.0 sites. Here are some I know : http://lite.cnn.io/en , http://www.msn.com , http://68k.news (Google news)...

=== 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 '''

The stock client and CuteTube2 can no longer play Youtube videos.
Luckily, Meefox 1.0.5 still works. It lags but it works !

[[Category:N9]]