Nokia N900

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Nokia N900
Nokia N900 - Leste pre-alpha.jpg
Manufacturer Nokia
Specifications
Hardware Features
USB (Host/OTG) Micro USB 2.0 Slave
Software Features

The original Nokia N900.

Notes

Also see: https://elinux.org/N900

NOTE: Do not use the speakers yet unless you know what you are doing - you may fry them if you are not careful.

Power usage right now is reported to be about 80mA, which is quite a lot, but on a good battery last for about 15 hours, this is being worked on: https://github.com/maemo-leste/bugtracker/issues/170

Status

Feature Leste supported Notes
Kernel version 4.15 Mainline + PowerVR Patches: https://github.com/maemo-leste/n9xx-linux/tree/pvr-wip
Serial Yes Requires special hardware
Charging Yes
Wireless Yes
Ethernet N/A
Bluetooth Not yet Driver problems in mainline
(Micro USB) Yes Slave only, Host Untested
Keyboard Yes
Screen Yes Uses omapfb, not omapdrmfb yet
3D Acceleration WIP Works, but could be faster/better, https://github.com/maemo-leste/n9xx-xf86-video-fbdev-sgx
Touchscreen Yes Resistive
Audio Yes Everything should work (minus speaker protection), but requires complex alsa configuration
2G/3G data WIP Works with ofono; but no work has been done on any integration; see https://github.com/maemo-leste/bugtracker/issues/61 and https://github.com/maemo-leste/bugtracker/issues/76
SMS WIP Works with ofono, no UI, not enabled by default
Phone calls WIP Reported to work, no UI, poor quality, not enabled by default (might require pulseaudio audio filters)
FM Transmitter Not yet
FM Receiver Not yet Depends on Bluetooth
Accelerometer Not yet Available as input device, needs MCE work
Proximity sensor Not yet
HDMI-out N/A
TV-out Not yet Should work in kernel, didn't get it to work yet
GPS WIP Works using gps3 and gpsd

Installation

Images: http://maedevu.maemo.org/images/n900/

dd the image to an sd card. If using a Windows machine, you can use Etcher NB: Etcher does not warn you before starting the flashing operation, so please be extra careful that you choose the correct device to flash to

Then boot from the sd card using either 0xFFFF/flasher-3.5 or u-boot/bootmenu: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=81613

Serial

http://n900.elektranox.org/serial-adapter.html

http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Hardware_Hacking#Debug_ports