Nokia N9

Nokia N9
Manufacturer	Nokia
Codename	Lankku
Dimensions	116.5x61.2x12.1mm
Release Date	September 2011
Specifications
SoC	TI OMAP3630
DRAM	1024M
Hardware Features
LCD	480x854 3.9" AMOLED
Video	PowerVR SGX530
Storage	16/64GB flash
Software Features

Status

TODO

Mainline Linux

14:49 <sre> tmlind: parazyd: not sure if you found my old n9/50 display branch already (I did not read full history since you pinged me). I think only this patch is needed to get display output on n9/50:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sre/linux-n900.git/commit/?h=n950-display-tony&id=d4cbc226a30b29bf2583ffff97b052c9ec68c8a3
14:52 <parazyd> I have these: https://github.com/parazyd/arm-sdk/tree/master/extra/patches/linux-n9-patches
14:52 <parazyd> But it's 4.16
14:59 <sre> parazyd: ok, 4.16 is... old. Basically the features for the first four patches reached mainline. Patches 5-7 add automatic rotation and have not yet been integrated,
but screen works without them (one just needs to rotate
manually). Also they are easy to rebase and I don't see any problems upstreaming them after Tomi's cleanup series has landed.
14:59 <sre> The 'rotation' property is already documented in DT bindings :) Finally patch 8 is required on OMAP3 devices and has not yet been upstreamed either. Without that display does not work at all on n9/50.
15:00 <sre> Also on mainline the DSI command mode panel driver works like the other DRM panel drivers, so the panel timing is described in the driver instead of DT.
15:00 <sre> so support for "nokia,pyrenees" needs to be added in the driver instead of describing the timings in DT

Partitioning

https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=91914

Installation

WORK IN PROGRESS

In Harmattan, go to Settings->Applications->Installations and enable Allow installation from non-Store sources. Then connect to WiFi and navigate to http://maedevu.maemo.org/images/n9/n9repomirror_0.7.2_armel.deb and install the package.

After installation, go to Settings->Security->Developer mode and enable Developer mode. Your device will do some operations and then reboot. Once rebooted, reconnect to WiFi if necessary and go back to Settings->Security->Developer mode and install Debugging (other packages as a plus). Now you should have a Terminal app.

For root access, in the terminal you can type:

$ devel-su
Password: rootme

For ssh access, set a password for the user:

$ devel-su
# passwd user 

Then you can ssh:

$ ssh user@RM696

Remove openmode warning:

$ devel-su
# disclaimer-cal remove View-openmode

Download ubiboot (on device):

$ mkdir -p /home/user/MyDocs/boot && cd /home/user/MyDocs/boot
$ wget http://maedevu.maemo.org/images/n9/ubiboot-02_0.3.5_301013.tar
$ tar xf ubiboot-02_0.3.5_301013.tar
$ rm ubiboot-02_0.3.5_301013.tar
$ md5sum *
e76ed3f0cf0cc172f668b970ae778a71  md5sums.txt
d1e1a6eb6d877f53a01e946a5ccf5017  ubiboot-02.menus.cpio
adfbdc7d6cca6638b2dd079105d8daeb  ubiboot.conf
d6d7081cffe2684944f141bc9a71fea9  zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013
$ devel-su
# cd /boot
# wget http://maedevu.maemo.org/images/n9/zImage_2.6.32.54-openmode_l2fix
# cd /
# wget http://maedevu.maemo.org/images/n9/preinits.tar
# md5sum preinits.tar
515a8e1e5506f45afbc139c137d496b7  preinits.tar
# tar xf preinits.tar
# rm preinits.tar

Put your device in Upgrade mode:

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 084: ID 0421:0105 Nokia Mobile Phones Nokia Firmware Upgrade Mode

Disable watchdogs:

# 0xFFFF -F no-omap-wd,no-ext-wd,no-lifeguard-reset

Power off the N9 completely, and run flasher to flash ubiboot kernel, then connect the N9 with USB:

# flasher -a firmware.bin -k zImage_2.6.32.54-ubiboot-02_301013 --flash-only=kernel -f -R

If everything was performed correctly, the device should boot in an animated bootmenu if you disconnected the USB cable, or maintenance mode if USB is still connected.