Nokia N810 with Screen Rotation

Follow directions on http://www.latheofdreams.com/?p=

First, need to Update N810 to the latest OS.

• http://wiki.maemo.org/Updating_the_tablet_firmware
  
  • Download Flasher from http://wiki.maemo.org/Flasher
  • Download Firmware from http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N810.php
    
    • Switch device off
    • Disconnect the charger
    • Open battery cover and remove battery to get the Product ID in order to download file
    • Got error "Product ID not valid. Please re-enter the 12-digit code."
    • Didn't realize that I had the WiMAX Edition, so had to use http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/nokia_N810wimax.php instead. The latest OS 2008 DIABLO release for Nokia N810 Wimax Edition:  OS 2008 version 5.2008.43-7
  • Turn off tablet and plug USB to computer. Turn on the tablet while holding the Home button (button on front, upper left-side of tablet).  If it works, a USB image will appear in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
    dmesg outputs:
usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10
usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

  • To flash a kernel image if you have an individual image, open a terminal on your computer, then run:

    sudo flasher-3.0 -k <kernel zImage> -f -R
    replacing <kernel zImage> with the firmware image you downloaded from Nokia

Screen Rotation:

http://www.latheofdreams.com/?p=39

• sudo su - (asks for root password, but I don't know what it is)
  
  • Tried to install becomeroot from instructions on http://www.arachnoid.com/linux/nokia/, but the repository said "failed to refresh"
  • Followed these instructions, which worked: http://tabletoid.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-become-root-on-n810-with-latest.html
  • Reboot. Connect the USB again, switch off device, turn on while holding the Home button. then run
    ./flasher-3.0-static --disable-rd-mode -R
    to put it back in normal mode
• cd /Repository/Packages
unzip Rotate.zip
cd Rotate
dpkg -i libxrandr2_1.2.1-1_armel.deb
dpkg -i xserver-xomap_1.3.99.0~git20070321-0osso20074202_armel.modfied.deb
dpkg -i rotate-sb-plugin_0.1-1_armel.deb
dpkg -i kernel-diablo-flasher_2.6.21-200823maemo3_all.modfied.deb
flash-and-reboot
• Now it screen rotation worksworks
  • One thing I noticed about screen rotation is that the on-screen keyboard does not rotate, so if you try to use it, you only see half of the keyboard.

Last changed: Nov 19 2009 at 12:25 PM

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