How to Install MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition on Nokia N900
MeeGo powered mobiles are not released yet. Nokia N9 is rumored to come with MeeGo OS. A developer edition of MeeGo for Nokia N900 was promised by MeeGo team. MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition was released few days ago at the San Francisco MeeGo conference. Today I’m going to show you how to install MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition on Nokia N900. This is very early Nokia N900 MeeGo port, so there may be some bugs and it is not ready for day to day usage. By following this guide you will be able to install Meego on Nokia N900 and dual boot with Maemo 5 operating system.
Warning: I’m not responsible if anything wrong happens to your mobile. If you have NITDroid (Android) installed in your mobile then you must uninstall it.
Key Features of MeeGo 1.2 Developers Edition
Cellular voice calls (Dialer, People)
- Make voice calls (input number directly, initiate from Contacts, initiate from Call history)
- Receive calls
- Default ringtone plays
- Volume control works via System UI
- SIM PIN entry support
SMS (SMS, People)
- Send new SMS (input number, send from Contacts)
- Receive SMS, and reply to sender
Browser use over WLAN(Browser, Settings)
- Able to connect to WLAN AP (with security etc.)
- Open a complex modern website (eg. gmail.com)
Camera (meegocamera)
- Still image capture
- Support for N900 keys (zoom, capture)
Common SW (Settings, xterm, lock)
What you need to Install MeeGo on Nokia N900-
- MeeGo DE 1.2 Image
- Nokia N900
- MicroSD Card 4GB minimum (Class 4 or better)
- Time 30 Minutes
First connect your mobile to the internet via Wi-Fi or Cellular data and insert MicroSD card in mobile.
Enable Extras-devel repository from App manager and update it
install ‘uboot-pr13′
or
Enable Extras-devel repository from App manager
Close App Manager and open x-terminal and use these commands
apt-get updateapt-get install uboot-pr13
Now Download MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition image (San Francisco release) [581 MB]. Save the image file in computer hard disk.
Download and install WinRar.
Right click on downloaded MeeGo image file and select ‘Extract Here’. Now WinRar will start extracting the image file. When the process is complete, you will get image file named mg-handset-armv7nhl-n900-de-sanity-1.1.99.7.20110516.2.DE.2011-05-23.1-mmcblk0p.raw of size 3.55 GB.
Now rename the extension of file from .raw to .img
Next Download Win32DiskImager in Zip format [5.3 MB]. Open the Zip file and start Win32DiskImager.exe
Using Win32DiskImager browse to the folder where you have kept the extracted MeeGo image file and select it.
Connect Nokia N900 to computer and select ‘Mass Storage‘ mode. Notice the drive letter of MicoSD card in the computer.
In Win32DiskImager select the MicroSD card drive letter (be careful)
Now click ‘Write’. It will start extracting the MeeGo image file to the MicroSD Card. It will take around 10-15 min to complete.
When it completes, disconnect N900 from the computer and reboot.
MeeGo OS will start loading. If you want to boot Maemo 5 then slide out physical keyboard and during booting and interrupt the process by pressing any keys.
Type
run noloboot
to run Maemo 5
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hey manna…. i followed each and every step but when i reboot after writing image , instead of meego, maemo boots… what to do ???
Have you installed uboot pr 1.3 ?
i have nokia N900
and i want to change it into android os
please help me to change
i tried but every time failed
how can i change it
please help me . . . . . . .
same problem though I installed uboot pr13… !!! what to do now…?
even i typed ‘run mmcboot’ says can’t find kernel image like that…please help…?
When rebooting don’t type anything. It will automatically start MeeGo.
great but stil slowlyyyyyy ……
can we install meego +android +meamo…………?
Currently this is not possible.
on meego wiki it says necessary to install kernel.. are we missing this steps in the procedure mentioned above
If you follow this procedure then you don’t need to manually install the Kernel.
do u have a yahoo account so that i can talk wid u a lot in detail coz im a networking engineer as well as a CEH (Certified Ethica Hacker) so it really seems like im doing a networking on it but i still didnt get many things so if u have a yahoo account so plz add my id [email protected] 🙂
Sorry I don’t use Yahoo. You can contact me on Google Talk. Send me your Gmail Id I’ll add you.
I tried do it under linux and windows, both failed. When boot, N900 say “NO MMC card found!”. Help me! Thank you! But when I connect N900 to a linux machine, I can see the SD been parted to 2 partitions, one is boot, one like normal linux.
pleace i need help on how to flash nokia n900
Please follow the instruction here- http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware
i am getting following mgs on clicking meego image link provided above
Not Found
The requested URL /meego/n900-de/daily/1.1.99.7.20110516.2.DE.2011-05-23.1/images/mg-handset-armv7nhl-n900-de-sanity/mg-handset-armv7nhl-n900-de-sanity-1.1.99.7.20110516.2.DE.2011-05-23.1-mmcblk0p.raw.bz2 was not found on this server.
.
where i can find the image?
if installed MeeGo will i still have the meamo??
Yes, it will dual boot.
hey i wanna know what is a better option is it meego or android
and secondly i wanna know how does dual boot work. well im not a developer or any geek kind of person =P.. so im a bit worried with if’s n but’s.
None are stable at this time and can not be used as primary operating system.
how to uninstall android from n900 give me really command
How to uninstall Meego from N900 if needed.
To uninstall MeeGo first format the memory card and uninstall uboot from application manager.
Is there a way to install Android applications on Maemo or Meego
Not yet.
wer can i get download meego 1.2 any one help me plz….
pleace i need help on how to convert nokia n900 to android
Hi, please follow this guide to install Android on Nokia N900
http://www.webadvices.com/2011/01/how-to-install-gingerbread-on-nokia.html
Hi……..im back ………my gmail id is [email protected]. Hope to chat wid u there so atleast i can install meego or gingerbread on my n900 coz im still using that borring maemo.
Thanks 🙂
can i do multiboot, as in i want maemo, android and on it.
it shows somthing like this while booting. and stars maemo.
“unable to use mmc fatload”
Hey hi
i tried downloading MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition (San Francisco release)
but it says page not found, and i downloaded the meego 1.1 form meego website
but when i tryed win32diskimager its not working it keep showing some
or other .dll file missing in my computer, any other way to write the
image in my sd card.
Good work.. Installing 4 os in N900 is possible. And am ready to explain d process how to install android in N900.. Itz simple.
No voice calls in N900 android ,am workin on it. People who like to install ICS 4.0 on your N900 can contact me.
My mail id is [email protected].. And ma fb user name Nandul das.
Am a rom developer in XDA developers.
my nokia n900 some certificate expired plz help me
hi i’m Dat from Vietnam, Nokia N900 it’s a best smartphone, for along time i can’t used it it’wonderful memory for my childhood. Today these smarphone are modern and popular but i can’t find out any smartphone can run 4 OS parallel. thank Nokia, thank meamo,thank all for gave me wonderful memory. from Vietnam with Love..