HowTo

This page serves to answer commonly asked "How do I do X?" question.

Generic (not device specific)

How I lock and unlock the device?

Pressing the power button twice in quick succession will lock the device. Pressing the button once will activate the screen to allow you to unlock the device.

If your device has a slider, like the Nokia_N900 does, then you can also use that slider to lock and unlock the device.

Additionally, if your device has sliding keyboard (like the Nokia_N900 and Motorola_Droid_4), then opening the keyboard will also unlock the device.

How do I play music?

Currently, pick any UNIX or GUI tool from standard debian that you like.

In the future, we would recommend the Maemo player: https://wiki.maemo.org/Open_Media_Player

Motorola Droid 4

How do I improve battery life?

In an optimal case, with a healthy battery, you should be able to get several days of uptime with the modem online. This will probably get a little better over time.

But there are also lots of things that might hinder power management, so it might also be less. We're still actively working on this.

Currently, you should consider stopping ntp (/etc/init.d/ntp stop) since it will eat a lot of battery needlessly.