N900 Apps, Tips, Repos.

TomTom · 29-01-2010 4:57pm #1

Considering there are plenty of android threads, the other n900 thread seems to be more about ownership and apple has it's own subform. A thread for n900 or Maemo 5 stuff would be nice. Lets try keep it to just app's (Links, ratings, recommendations) Repos, tips and tricks and any cool stuff people have figured out. Let's not have another I have an N900 thread.

That's presuming the mods are cool with this and leave it be.

Remember folks, you use these repos at your own risk, myself, the mods, boards or anyone who ever existed is not responsible for what they do to your device if things go pear shaped.
*BE WARNED* some apps from these repos can brick your device.

jessconr · 29-01-2010 5:47pm

Nice idea TomTom...

Has anyone tried webtexter? Its very similar to cabbage(doesn't work on n900) which enables you to send webtexts via your n900. I'm with vodafone and currently they have international webtexts which has saved me a fortune because I've relations in Finland and Australia!

Currently Webtexter is in the Maemo Extras-testing catalogue which is not on your n900 by default. To get this catalogue follow these instructions:

go to you application manager,
then click on application manager on the top of your screen,
then application catalogues,
then click new and input the following:
catalogue name: Maemo Extras Testing
web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/
distribution: fremantle
components: free non-free

press save and when you are back in application manager go to download and Webtexter should be down near the bottom.
This application was made by "Matrim" who's a member of boards.ie so big up to him for this application!!

Enjoy!:cool:

god's toy · 29-01-2010 6:01pm

It's really not that hard of a job to move the app related posts from the N900 thread into this one... hin hint mods!

Anyhoo, wonderful idea!

Two games you simply must have are Bounce and Angry birds!

What a hoot AB is

Thor · 29-01-2010 6:11pm

General Shortcuts

Ctrl + C Copy text
Ctrl + V Paste text
Ctrl + X Cut text
Ctrl + A Select all
Ctrl + O Open
Ctrl + N New item
Ctrl + S Save
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Y Redo
Ctrl + F Find/Search Bar
Ctrl + Right arrow Move the insertion point to the end of the word
Ctrl + Left arrow Move the insertion point to the beginning of the word
Fn + Ctrl Symbols and characters. Symbols on the third row are entered by pressing the symbol followed by the 'Space' key
Ctrl + Backspace Task Manager
Ctrl + Shift + P Takes a screenshot. The PNG image file is saved in /home/user/MyDocs/.images/Screenshots/ with a timestamp in the filename.
Ctrl + Shift + X Starts Xterm
Ctrl + Space Switch between Input languages (Dual Dictionaries)
Double-Press Power Button Locks device
Double-Press Shift Caps lock on
Double-Press Fn Locks Fn
A-Z Start typing the name of a person to start Contacts App (Desktop Only)
Fn + <number> Type any number to start Phone App (Desktop Only)
Shift + Arrow Keys Select Text
Volume Keys Zoom In/Out or Volume Level, depending on App

Web Browser Shortcuts

Ctrl + N Open a new window
Ctrl + R Reload the current page
Ctrl + B Open a bookmark
Ctrl + D Add a bookmark
Ctrl + Right Arrow Move cursor to next text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
Ctrl + Left Arrow Move cursor to previous text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
Ctrl + Shift + I Reset zoom to normal or Turn on page reflow for any zoom level
Ctrl + Shift + O Turns on/off Portrait mode (Requires keyboard closed to work) **Incomplete Feature**
Backspace Back
Shift + Backspace Forward
Space Page Down
Shift + Space Page Up
Arrows Move around page

TomTom · 29-01-2010 7:53pm

Remember folks, you use these repos at your own risk, myself, the mods, boards or anyone who ever existed is not responsible for what they do to your device if things go pear shaped.
*BE WARNED* some apps from these repos can brick your device.

The standard and extra repos can be found here, including a guide.

Also a few more here.

and these

Mozilla repository is:

URL: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile
Distribution: chinook
Components: release

aMSN repository is:

URL: http://www.amsn-projekt.net/maemo
Distribution: fremantle
Components: amsn tcltk

My-maemo

Name: My-Maemo.com
URL: http://my-maemo.com/repository/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: user

New repo : Ovi repository

Name : Ovi
URL : https://downloads.maemo.nokia.com/fremantle/ovi/
Distribution : ./
Components: Ovi

Catalogue name: Maemo Nintendo Emulators

Web address: http://b-man.xceleo.org/repo/maemo-nintendo-emulators/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: main

matrim · 30-01-2010 3:34am

TomTom can you edit your first post to give the extras-devel and testing warnings.

extras-testing might be ok for most people here but it's best to make sure that everyone knows that there is some risk in using it.

manster · 30-01-2010 9:48pm

Any word when Webtexter is going to be offically released into the Extras catalogue?
Much development/test left? It seems to be going from build to test to build to test...

http://maemo.org/packages/view/webtexter/

matrim · 30-01-2010 10:14pm

To get to extras it has to be in testing for 10 days and get 10 thumbs up by testers. I've gone through the 10 days before but the most votes I've had is 4.

To get it to extras take a look at the testing criteria and vote for webtexter after you are happy it passes all of them.

god's toy · 01-02-2010 12:20am

New website for weekly Maemo news:http://www.mwkn.net/

TomTom · 03-02-2010 12:53am

Where do we got for the thumbs up?

matrim · 03-02-2010 10:55am

TomTom wrote: »

Where do we got for the thumbs up?

I assume this is directed at me.

You can get the full info in these wiki pages
http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing
http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing/QA_checklist

But basically when you are testing a package in extras-testing, you make sure that it is ok against the QA checklist.

After you are happy that it works fine and has no blocking items you go to the package page, which can be found from

http://maemo.org/packages/repository/qa/fremantle_extras-testing/

Then there is the option to vote up or down the application based on your testing.

You have to have an account on garage.maemo.org to vote on the application.

matrim · 03-02-2010 12:48pm

Another tip.

As there is no native MMS on the N900 a community solution is in development. Details of it and the configuration needed for Irish as well as other providers is available from http://wiki.maemo.org/MMS

It's still in development so there may still be some issues and you have to connect to the Access Point manually but it does allow you to send and receive MMS relatively easily.

16hill16 · 03-02-2010 4:53pm

I'm having some fun with this app,
it allows for easy streaming from various tv stations worldwide
eg Skynews
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=42848
NOTE installs from extras-devel , so care needs to be taken but does install cleanly.

Also for those running Firefox here's a link to the mobile version of add ons
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/

PabloIndentes · 05-02-2010 11:34am

Unfortunately, I cant get it to work on my phone

Keep getting "Unable to Login to Provider" even though I use the same login details as I do when checking my account online.

Am a new switch to Vodafone from O2.

Thanks

Philip

matrim · 05-02-2010 12:05pm

PabloIndentes wrote: »

Unfortunately, I cant get it to work on my phone

Keep getting "Unable to Login to Provider" even though I use the same login details as I do when checking my account online.

Am a new switch to Vodafone from O2.

Thanks

Philip

Check the username and password again. Also note the first letter in the password field is auto capitalized in WebTexter

Alanstrainor · 05-02-2010 12:58pm

got it to work straight away, check your user name and pin perhap? failing that reimstall

PabloIndentes · 05-02-2010 1:05pm

Excellent, thanks everyone.

Was the autocapitalisation of the password field.

Didnt notice it since it changed to * very quickly

Any other app's people would recommend.

The phone has endless possibilities

Thanks again

Philip

TomTom · 06-02-2010 12:14pm

http://my-maemo.com/index.php

Not sure how many work properly on N900 but there are over 300 app's games and the like. I am currently testing some.

PADRAIC.M · 07-02-2010 11:03pm

hey guys thought some of you might be interested in this some really good looped wallpapers- www.n900wallpapers.com

Alanstrainor · 08-02-2010 12:04am

Okay, i was just wondering if some N900 owners could help me out. I just realised that on my N900's native browser, when i enter a word into the address bar, as opposed to a web address, the browser searches google. All fair and well, they only trouble i have is that the search results and google are in french! Which is very annoying...and slightly confusing.

Now i did some investigating to find what address it was pointing to when doing these searches and i found it was this:

http://www.google.com/m/search?client=ms-nokia-maemo&channel=unibox&q

I did this by opening the browser, and typing in

about:config

And it displays a massive list of elements, there is a search bar at the top, type in "google" and press enter. It should return 4 results, the one i wanted was the one titled keyword URL.

Now i was wondering if someone could follow the above steps and copy in the link they have on there N900, provided it doesn't have the same issue i have...

Cheers

Alanstrainor · 08-02-2010 1:08am

Hurray, i fixed it. I just stole the URL from the desktop version of mozilla. Hurray for hacking stuff

ct5amr2ig1nfhp · 08-02-2010 12:19pm

A big thanks to matrim for the "Extended Call Log"
Works great.

Webtexter working great too. Any more thought into allowing multiple accounts?

matrim · 08-02-2010 3:01pm

kingambrose wrote: »

A big thanks to matrim for the "Extended Call Log"
Works great.

Webtexter working great too. Any more thought into allowing multiple accounts?

I've been busy lately so haven't had a chance to start developing it. I know how I want to do it but have to get the time to start it.

manster · 08-02-2010 9:48pm

Downloaded VNC Viewer to N900 and Tight VNC to my xp laptop. Can take control of my PC via N900 - happy days. Still haven't figured out to do the opposite but I'll get there.

Other problem I have is that my N900 cannot see my WMP (Windows Media Player) on my xp laptop. It should as it's a media server. Funnily enough only when I have Orb running, the N900 sees Orb fine.

Tom Dunne · 09-02-2010 7:30pm

MussOrgsky - downloads the album cover art directly on your phone.

I have over 12Gb of songs, and after transferring from iTunes ended up with only two album covers. Very frustrating when driving along and trying to find some music (not that I would condone driving and selecting music

) This program allows you to search the internet to find album art directly from the N900.

Excellent stuff.

babypink · 09-02-2010 7:32pm

wifi switcher is an absolute must.

Had my first day with my new N900 yesterday and was appalled by the battery life....today is going much better since i installed the app.

Also cpumem-applet is very useful

...both in extras-testing

god's toy · 09-02-2010 8:12pm

babypink wrote: »

wifi switcher is an absolute must.

Had my first day with my new N900 yesterday and was appalled by the battery life....today is going much better since i installed the app.

Also cpumem-applet is very useful

...both in extras-testing

Does that app get round the WiFi always on bug?

babypink · 09-02-2010 8:16pm

god's toy wrote: »

Does that app get round the WiFi always on bug?

sure does.

also .... simplebrightness is great for easy access to brightness control

gonna give the n900 a week before deciding whether to go back to my Hero. Anything that helps with battery consumption is a winner for me!

god's toy · 09-02-2010 8:56pm

babypink wrote: »

sure does.

also .... simplebrightness is looks great for easy access to brightness control

gonna give the n900 a week before deciding whether to go back to my Hero. Anything that helps with battery consumption is a winner for me!

Cool! Must go looking for it so.

matrim · 09-02-2010 9:09pm

babypink wrote: »

wifi switcher is an absolute must.

Had my first day with my new N900 yesterday and was appalled by the battery life....today is going much better since i installed the app.

Also cpumem-applet is very useful

...both in extras-testing

I found battery life actually got better every day for the first 2 weeks or so.

babypink · 09-02-2010 9:17pm

matrim wrote: »

I found battery life actually got better every day for the first 2 weeks or so.

hmmm..... cool, well I'm prepared to give it a good run in so, we'll see!

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