I’m continually frustrated with Nokia. They make truly excellent hardware but akways seem to produce the most disappointing software. The N95 & the N810 are perfect examples of this. Powerful and innovative computers let down by shoddy software.
So, when I heard that some clever hackers had ported Google’s Android OS to the N810, I leapt at the chance to reinvigorate my sadly neglected Internet Tablet..
There are various tutorials on the web, but here’s my quick & pain free howto for people running Ubuntu. This is based on the instructions from the Nitdroid Homepage and the InternetTabletTalk forums.
You will need…
- A Nokia N810 (this should also work with the N800 and the N770)
- USB and Charging cables.
- A computer running Ubuntu (or most other flavours of Linux)
- A working Internet connection.
- NERVES OF STEEL! (Not really, it’s very simple to reflash the N810 if you do mess up.)
- Back up any files you want to keep from your N810. We’re going to be wiping it clean.
- Remove any SD cards you’ve got from the N810.
- Make sure the battery is fully charged.
- Create a folder on your computer called “Nitdroid”.
- Download the following files (or newer if available)
- The flasher – this allows you to flash the hardware (you may need a different version if you’re running 64bit or PPC).
- The Android filesystem
- The Andoid OS
- Connect your N810 to your computer via USB, switch the N810 on.
- If you haven’t got it already, install and run gparted.
- You need to create 3 partitions, the first must be FAT32, the third must be ext3 with a minimum size of 128MB. See the picture for an example.
- Take a note of the device name – in this example, it’s /dev/sdb
- We need to mount the ext3 filesystem we’ve created – go to the command line and type
sudo mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb3 /android
Remember to change /dev/sdb3 to whatever your device is actually called. - We now need to go to the “/android” directory and extract the filesystem to it. At the command line, type
cd /android
Then
sudo tar -xjpvf /home/$USER/Desktop/nitdroid/rootfs-nitdroid.tar.bz
Remember to change $USER to your username – or change the whole path to where you downloaded the nitdroid files. - Once complete, you unmount the filesystem by typing
sudo umount /android
- We’re ready to flash! Hurrah!
- Turn off the N810, unplug it from the power and USB cables.
- We need to make the flashing software executable so type
chmod a+x flasher-3.0-static
- Plug the N810 into the USB cable but leave it switched off.
- Run the flashing software (yes, with the N810 turned off) by typing
sudo ./flasher-3.0-static -f -k zImage-nitdroid-n8x0 –enable-rd-mode -R
- You will see the following message
flasher v0.9.0 (Jan 19 2007)
This means that the flashing software is looking for the N810.
Suitable USB device not found, waiting - On the N810, hold down the “Switch” button (The one which looks like two overlapping squares, just under the camera). With the button held down, push the power button.
- You’ll see some messages on your PC’s screen indicating that the device is being flashed. Let go of the buttons.
- Wait.
- Wait a little while longer.
- Have a biscuit to calm your nerves.
- It should be over and done with in less than a minute.
- Once it’s complete, unplug the N810. Power it off, then on again. You should see this screen.
- It takes about 5 minutes for the first boot to complete. If it takes substantially longer than that, read the troubleshooting section.
- TADA! You now have Android on your N810.WiFi works – as do the keyboard and touchscreen. At the moment, sound, BlueTooth & GPS don’t. There are a few random crashes, and the performance leaves a little to be desired. Much like the original Maemo software!
If it all goes wrong, here’s how to get your N810 back to the latest official firmware.
- Download the latest official firmware from http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N810.php
- Plug the N810 into the USB cable but leave it switched off.
- Run the flashing software (yes, with the N810 turned off) by typing
sudo ./flasher-3.0 -F RX-44_DIABLO_5.2008.43-7_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM.bin -f -R
Remember to replace “RX-44….” with the name of the latest software. - You will see the following message
flasher v0.9.0 (Jan 19 2007)
This means that the flashing software is looking for the N810.
Suitable USB device not found, waiting - On the N810, hold down the “Switch” button (The one which looks like two overlapping squares, just under the camera). With the button held down, push the power button.
- Wait. You will have a factory fresh N810 in a matter of minutes.
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Nokia N810 Internet Tablet - Internet Tablet OS 2008 - OMAP2420 400 MHz - RAM: 128 MB - ROM: 256 MB - miniSD 2GB, 4.13" TFT
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