If when doing the update OTA you end up with a screen saying the following:

Enjoy PR1.2 I know I am

This is not a joke, unlike the one made in April which fooled everyone he he he he read here. This might sound funny but one of the best things about this release is that all the millions of threads and online posts of people complaining about the delayed release of this firmware might finally stop.

I had problems trying to find the update using NSU so decide to go OTA.

The download as you can see is 113.6MB so if you don’t have a 3G data bundle I recommend you wait until you can find a wifi access point.

Some of the new functionality that I have looked at and liked so far:

• The main UI menu has changed so there is now no “more” button which is cool because everything is on one screen and you can edit the position of your apps.

• I’ve seen the option to do video calling but have not yet had the chance to try it out so watch this space.

• Portrait mode when web-browsing is now in and is very cool (I love it).
• Many more screens now have the ability to search by typing in letters from the keyboard (e.g App Manager).

• At long last the long press for use of the symbol keys is in place, this is awesome
• Ovi Maps now loads slightly faster and the GPS lock is extremely fast the UI has also changed.

• The UI does seem faster at first glance and apps generally seem to open up much quicker which is also great.
• I also noticed that there is a user guide for the N900 on the device (2nd icon Top right in the image below)

Here are few things that have bugged me so far:

• I still find that I had to delete the birthday smart calendar and then added it again to get it working, this has happened after every firmware update and most people don’t realise.
• I had some big problems trying to get Nokia Messaging working again with the default email client in the end something changed and started working again. Sorry I don’t have a solution here.
• Most people are find things running faster but my App Manager is still a little slow.

I’ll do my best to test and try out more of the changes/fixes over the next few days.

I’ve done some reading over at Nokia Conversations and it turns out that on the 27th May that OVI will finally go live with changes for the N900 and we can expect some new games such as:

• Jurassic 3D Rollercoaster
• Zen-bound
• Angry Birds (level pack)

We can also expect some new apps coming through OVI such as:

• Sygic
• Kroll
• Weatherbug
• GoGadget

Thanks to the Talk.Maemo.org  wiki for all the below information regarding the Changelog:

New Features

• Qt 4.6.2 is now preinstalled on the OS.
• Changes for the video recording in the Camera Application.
• Video calling can be accessed through contacts.
• Can dial USSD Codes.
• No more “More” menu in application launcher, and is rearrangeable.
• Virtual Keyboard has been modified and now looks different.
• File Manager is now able to share any file and/or folder.
• Typing in Application Manager starts a search (like it is in Contacts or Media Player).
• Status area is now reachable in portrait mode
• Portrait mode Virtual Keyboard for browser. *Not yet confirmed* (Source)

Resolved bugs

Please note that this list is not necessarily complete.

See this query for more accurate/up-to-date report.

maemo.org Official Applications:

Browser

• tapping browser rss icon lists two RSS feeds, one from an iframe
• tapping browser rss icon should list ATOM feed, not just RSS
• “”restart”" button after finishing download not localized (in Finnish)
• Type-to-find behaviour is inconsistent and suboptimal in browser
• History images do not match actual URLs under them
• Browser drawing issue in web pages with (multiple?) Flash applets
• Smooth scrolling not active using arrow keys until current page tapped
• “”Select user name”" dialog not finger friendly
• URL proposals in browser disappear after some hours
• Sticky shift & Fn not working for Flash text input fields: Impossible to use special characters palette
• Find on page causes page to reload
• Can’t reuse the name of a bookmark that has been deleted
• Use Volume hardware key for adjust the device volume instead of zooming a website
• Zooming is not working right away when link clicked from desktop
• Browser should display passwords one character at a time like other applications
• Screen sometimes flickers when scrolling through bookmarks triggers rubber banding
• High CPU usage for 15 seconds after page loaded (Deleting History helps)
• specifying “”DejaVu Sans Mono”",”"Courier New”",monospace,Freemono fonts break pre
• g_mozilla_parse_env_proxy limits proxy server names to about 20 characters [http_proxy]
• Browser shows strong font kerning bugs (esp. when zooming)
• mobile4arab.com: After zooming in, sometimes cannot drag to the right side
• Browser toolbar steals text focus in fullscreen mode when “”Auto focus address field”" is enabled
• Browser toolbar steals text focus in fullscreen mode with remapped arrow keys
• Sites in history overview that were loaded in portrait mode appear distorted
• Browser process opens ports on all interfaces.
• Browser crashes while sending a comment to Maemo.org
• Clicking on webcal:// link does nothing (not even an error dialog)
• browser repaints after switching from contacts
• Press and hold in Browser portrait mode does nothing
• Browser portrait mode makes it stop working after a while
• Browser doesn’t show progress indicator when user selects url from urlbar completion list
• Browser addressbar refreshes/blanks shortly after new window opens
• Imported SSL Certificates not recognized after PR1.1
• Some combination of Maemo 5 + Nokia N900 results in improper onChange callbacks in the maemo browser
• New browser windows’ contents are not updated when page loads in background
• Provide UI to enable/disable portrait mode
• Cannot scroll web bookmark folders if more than 5 folders
• Browser crashes when browsing some websites
• Back yields grayed page
• Browser crashes while changing system theme
• MicroB loses first keystroke
• Page view “”unstable”" (due to animated GIFs?)
• Maemo Browser does not honor CSS serif font specifications
• Disable show images leads to failure in opening links in a new window
• Only the address bar is visible on the bottom panel
• Browser doesn’t stop flash or another plugins while device is locked
• No more search results loads new page
• browser: incorrect display then internal error (double access to the same buffer)

Calendar

• Alarm setting for Birthday is removed after adding photo to contact
• Calendar (and Calendar desktop Widget) can take up to 30 seconds to become responsive when a lot of Smart Calendar items are present
• Calendar launches automatically at 4:00 each night
• exported .ics calendars have bad line format (LF for empty lines)
• Exported calendars lack PRODID properties
• Day View doesn’t display synced events with complex uneditable repeats
• tasks also displayed as notes
• libcalendar produces AALARM properties containing unescaped CRLF which prevents OSX synchronisation
• notes imported without DTSTART fields are not displayed
• Overdue tasks should be displayed as today’s
• New event in calendar causes crash when using bg_BG locales
• “”Internal Error: Application ‘Calendar’ closed when importing ics file

Chat & Call & SMS

• Does not accept GSM (USSD) Codes starting with *#
• Can’t see the number an SMS was sent to
• libnice violates Debian packaging policy for description of package “”libnice0″”
• :/ in http:// is converted into an emoticon in some cases
• Sofia-SIP throws 500 Internal Server Error
• Unable to set a Google Talk account to Away
• gmail status set to away when skype status set to invisible
• Can’t answer a phone call with a short caller ID
• USSD codes are not recognized in chat
• Caller voice gets minced after some time when taking call via SIP
• Unable to see the sender’s phone number used for a received sms
• Sent text messages are shown as unsent
• Contact names do not resolve correctly when country code is prefixed.
• Make a phone call to a contact from the sms view
• account-plugin-butterfly – delete contacts doesn’t work
• N900 does not support Skype Voicemail Settings
• Recent Call entries are shown in conversations
• Tapping ‘Task Manager’ shows ‘Clear Conversation’ option while in a conversation
• Conversation IM window is not responding when Select contact dialog is displayed in background
• GTalk contact offline text is shown in conversion even if contact is back online
• Voice can be heard only one way with Saunalahti Nettipuhelin
• Carrier doesn’t stop attempting to send USSD codes that aren’t received (automated balance receipt)
• Messages don’t change to “”read”" status after being read
• Placing a call in portrait mode gets desktop stuck in portrait mode upon exit.
• Conversation doesn’t respect aspect ratio in avatars
• Reduce XMPP data packets to save battery
• Jabber opens unnecessary proxy connections
• SMS Sort/Filter/Search does not allow numbers to be entered (Fn key does not work beyond first digit)
• portrait layout for receiving call shown in landscape mode (-> no Reject button)
• XMPP lacks option to require TLS (vulnerable to MITM attacks)
• Open contact card’ broken for newly sent SMS
• Telephony uses 100% CPU for video call (using Google Talk)
• Phone UI not rotating to portrait mode
• SIP account can not be re-activated

Contacts

• Not able to open Maps application with contacts location as a search string
• Contact merge of number dialed manually via Skype fails due to internal error
• Contacts: Provide “”Fax”" field(s)
• Provides SMS buttons for “”Phone”" entries and not only “”Mobile”" entries
• only 2 Lines of Notes are visible in Contacts
• Skype: merged contact has duplicate phone number
• List of countries not shown on tapping the country picker button
• Making a SIP call crashes osso-addressbook
• Missing direct shortcut to use SIP/Skype again in Recent Calls list
• “”SIP audio”" buttons active with no SIP accounts active
• Merging contacts, unable to select neither as an option in conflict field

Desktop Widgets

• Add AVRCP support to the Media Player widget (and system-wide?)
• Play track button doesn’t work
• Small line visible below media player widget
• Media Player widget suddenly starts music after Phone call ends
• Media player’s desktop widget displays wrong metadata of internet radios
• Being offline, RSS Reader tries to connect for refresh unconditionally

Email

• Option to download messages but not attachments (“”Messages only”")
• Want ability to delete POP mail from server
• Modest doesn’t fetch GMX IMAP mail (issuing LIST “”"” instead of LIST “”*”")
• There should be a desktop widget for mail (like rss)
• Remove deprecated GTK+ symbols
• Remove libgnomeui dependency
• Use accessor functions instead direct access
• Use single GTK+ includes
• Support silent build rules with automake 1.11
• Add option in modest to add/not add new contact when replying to mail
• Select/Copy text within email is nonintuitive/broken
• Fix some compilation warnings in GNOME version
• Remove unneeded modest_osso_load_state () calls
• Remove unused modest-osso-autosave-callbacks.c/h files
• Can’t disable email notification – makes notification unusable if you receive lots of mail
• Delete button greyed out when opening from notification popup
• Failed outgoing mails when using Nokia Messaging and Exchange
• Deleted IMAP messages are not expunged
• POP3 TCP connection is left open leading to locking issues
• Long emails can’t be read – distorted output on screen after scrolling
• Only require libmodest-dbus-client in maemo platform
• Volume hardware key works only once; afterwards “”Unable to zoom”" in list of mail accounts, list of mail folders, New Mail editor
• Modest is very slow at loading images
• Polish Subject line violates RFC (“”Odp.”" prefix)
• Double-tapping “”Inbox”" sometimes opens ‘empty’ Inbox
• Tapping new Email notification does not bring up email message
• Semicolon in To field should be ignored when sending a message
• email application does not see folders on imap4 with namespace
• Replying to an email with non-ascii chars in From cuts name short
• Email message viewer window refreshes a second time when email opened from Notification icon
• Arabic language not shown or encoded in Modest
• Unable to save attachment from e-mail without e-mail body
• cannot move message anywhere
• Subfolders of Zimbra IMAP server not appearing/not available
• Type-to-find behaviour is inconsistent and suboptimal in modest
• hyperlinks in email program terminates on &

Games

• Erroneous “”Game not started yet”" message
• hildon-games-wrapper crashes in hgw_conf_request_string if gconf key has no value
• Games do not respect master volume (“”sound effects”" enabled though)
• Chess game over dialog button is unreadable in some themes
• Mahjong: ?amig?ówka (Confounding cross) does not display high score time in Polish

Images and Camera

• Confusing behaviour when saving to a file that matches an existing directory
• Shutter release button does not always work
• Sometimes photos are not deleted if you delete directly after taking them
• Sometimes photos are very green
• Camera app hardcodes and requires FAT partition
• Some photos are missing EXIF DateTimeOriginal data
• Old image displayed as a new one when swiping
• Daily image counter in photo filenames not incrementing in some cases
• Photo autorotation issue
• Image Viewer shows only black screen
• camera does not have the night mode function
• Volume buttons should work in camera window when lens cover is not opened

Map

• Ovi Maps gives up finding GPS lock too soon
• Virtual keyboard doesn’t appear in Maps
• ovi maps brings up “”Select connection”" dialog relentlessly
• Ovi Maps search history
• Search: can input numbers and other “”blue”" characters only with -holding- “”alt”" key

Media player

• Missing “”Remove from Playlist”" option
• Ugly “”now playing”" animation
• Plays next radio station when current station cuts out / has playback issues
• Album art disappears when next song is played and you unlock the device
• Media player becomes unusable if a dialog is open when opening a stream link from browser
• media player won’t play any video files now (.avi) divx / xvid
• media player loses cover art if song changes while screen is locked
• “”Unable to play media. Media format not supported”" for recently recorded video
• RDS station name should not contain album (esp. when its unknown)
• mediaplayer treats youtube mp4 urls as audio streams
• Can’t search album titles (GtkIconView) by typing on keyboard
• Media player volume bar doesn’t work when a browser with youtube played is opened in background.
• Media Player Streaming: Elapsed time advances by 1sec when playback is paused and reduced by 1sec when the playback is resumed.
• Internet radio (ogg) stream metadata not displayed
• Selecting song in media player doesn’t cause song to play
• AVI Streaming broken. Local playback works fine.
• Media Player displays stop button during the playback of an AAC stream. It should display pause button.
• Strange black box icon in media player’s album list
• Media player playlist icon when not playing is difficult to notice
• Music stops when “”low battery”" hildon banner is displayed
• Media Player is not playing WMV Video streams but KMPlayer can
• Media Player crashed when viewing UPNP contents.
• Media player crashes when trying to search in All songs
• Media Player bridge_work-que battery drain
• No video shown, only audio, when streaming over upnp
• Media Player doesn’t allow to search russian tags
• Scrolling animation on jump-to-song is too CPU heavy

RSS feed reader

• Automatic proxy configuration URL not obeyed by RSS feed reader
• Feed list (Folder tree) uses non-finger friendly classic scrollbars

Settings and Maintenance

• In Certificate manager, “”Authorities”" title is shown two times
• Application manager shows “”ai_ib_unable_edit”" instead of proper, localised string when it has a repository of which it cannot change the details of
• symlink /var/cache/apt/archives to /home/apt-archives
• Unable to filter/search applcations’ name in Application Manager
• Unlocking SIM card from control panel fails
• “”Enter code for unlocking SIM card”" button visible even if phone is not SIM locked
• General locale settings for new users does not set the correct locale for text input
• Search results window is not responding when search dialog is displayed in background
• Upgrade from PR1.1 to PR1.1.1 produces ‘Operation failed’ error
• Cannot perform a new search after an initial search in Uninstall section
• Popup “”Search complete”" blocks view, not useful
• Missing a searchfunction to select Ringtone

Utilities

• Remove Scratchboxism in wpeditor packaging
• Support sending files via Bluetooth in file manager
• automatically update date/time did not update after plane journey
• Maximum number of pseudo terminals too low (4)
• Context menu isn’t thumbable/hildonized – options too small
• Buenos Aires, Argentina time off by 1 hour
• Calculator should remember mode setting
• Deletes file to move if destination filename already exists and choosing to not overwrite
• Having a modal dialog in background, Alarm dialog blocks entire UI => battery removal
• FIle manager should filter view if somethings is written on the keyboard

maemo.org Official Platform:

Connectivity

• Eduroam (EAP-TTLS+PAP) WiFi auth
• ipctest.c input_cb seems to pass a reference to a freed pointer to sscanf
• “”Not enough memory in target location”" when receiving image from Nokia SU-1B using Bluetooth
• Control Panel: Cannot change Network mode when Network selection is “”Automatic”"
• BH-103 – Annoying Beeps when calling or receiving a phone call or SMS
• PR1.1 has introduced a battery drain bug (not wifi related)
• dnsmasq segfaults when connecting to a certain WLAN AP
• Wifi wont connect to Dlink DI-524 using WEP
• Wrong IAP set for SFR (France)
• TDC (Denmark) GPRS settings are “”incorrect”" (or could be better)
• DHCP with redundant Gateway does not configure any routes

Core

• Ad-hoc wifi leaks kernel memory, puts N900 into unusable swap hell
• Not possible to answer incoming call with wired headset buttons.
• Very low touchscreen sensivitivity in the area near the left edge of the screen
• bashism in bash uninstall script causes busybox error
• libglslcompiler crashes when fragment shader contains a for-loop
• Device reboots when trying to connect to WIFI due to Oops in rate_control_get_rate()
• Unable to authenticate on light.webmoney.ru with user’s SSL certificate.
• Reboot caused by bluetooth probe
• GL textures may get corrupted on upload

Desktop platform

• GtkCellRendererText: Can not edit with virtual keyboard
• Changing icon theme requires reboot to be applied correctly
• Missing libhildonmime API documentation
• Allow transparent desktop (wallpaper)
• HildonWindowClipboardOperation is completely undocumented
• HildonBanner does not except NULL value for deprecated icon argument
• Panning and selecting are mutually exclusive
• HildonPannableArea description should mention mov-mode property
• hildon_touch_selector_get_active_iter() needed.
• Documentation: HildonTouchSelectorEntry is unclear about auto-completion/text column
• HildonAnimationActor defines are passively documented in function descriptions
• GtkButton + hildon_gtk_widget_set_theme_size() has wrong style when created via GtkBuilder
• Remove Scratchboxism in libosso packaging
• libosso assumes that all ARM platforms has VFP instructions.
• HildonPickerDialog selects the first item always if appended into shown widget
• HildonPannableArea: size-request-policy property should be deprecated
• Can’t organize applications menu
• Allow keyboard input to jump to an entry in a list (“”type ahead”")
• keys when long pressed should give the blue symbol/number
• Status menu not available in portrait mode
• missing: system-wide “”start typing to eliminate items from list”"
• HildonTouchSelector: No hint that there are more items
• Displays very small fonts (happened once)
• Popup menus with rounded corners missing transparency
• Show ALL installed applications in application menu; get rid of “”More…”"
• Certain directory entries are duplicated (listed twice / doubled)
• Clicking the dashboard icon highlights it but does not open the dashboard
• Application manager finishing an installation in background blocks keyboard input
• Documentation missing on HildonNote vs “”Cancel”" button
• Incremental search function is case sensitive for “”select objects”" dialogue in html form elements like drop-down menus
• Browser: Tap is treated as input even if device was in standby mode (screen off)
• HildonPickerButton opens HildonPickerDialog dialog in landscape mode
• The required #include directives are not documented for Hildon
• base’ and ‘more’ applications are visible sametime (messed)
• Can’t change desktop Background
• HildonAppMenu doesn’t show when another top level widget is around
• After installation of software last icon in “”More…”" view has default icon instead of own one
• Notification messages not displayed when optional “”category”" not set
• VKB has strange behavior when using the browser in portrait mode
• FN/Shift Locks get disabled by inserting a symbol with Sym
• After every boot the phone switches to the default theme
• Unlocking screen using power button/touch slide tops last application when on the desktop
• Cannot see the track time after black fill covers the white time font
• Fast search on the desktop doesn’t work with cyrillic (???????) layout
• Memory leaks in widget HildonAnimationActor
• Status bar icons shown on top of the virtual keyboard.
• hildon_pannable_area_scroll_to example is wrong (pointer instead of struct)
• Polish virtual keyboard: Cannot enter CAPITAL chars with diacritical signs
• Calender and Clock crash in Arabic localizition

Location

• Documentation in header files inaccurate – what unit does altitude have?

Multimedia

• PulseAudio clients are muted and hang on exit when media player is playing music
• Embedded windows media stream (ASF) at omroep.nl doesn’t work
• maemo-xinput-sounds uses all available CPU
• Hardware keys do not change volume when status menu in foreground & browser in background
• FM radio transmitter does not play while USB cord is connected
• Pulseaudio uses cpu constantly after a phone call.
• mafw-dbus-daemon killed by podcast
• Shuffle all songs often plays a non-random sequence after the first song
• After playing video and canceling a couple of applications crashes and N900 slows down
• Can’t change FM TX radio station name
• Xvid encoded videos unwatchable
• fmtx_client should pad station names shorter than 8 chars with spaces
• Playback of MP3 files might be cut-off at the end after seeking in file
• Changing volume without unlocking the phone no longer works
• PR 1.1 Regression: MP4 files with chapters hang playback
• FM Transmitter displays gibberish text in Radio player

Synchronization

• Alarm for a dropped occurrence of a recurring event
• exchange sync cant handle certificate exceptions
• MfE calendar sync causes dummy email sync account to appear
• mail for exchange freezes when trying to sync calendar and tasks
• N900 no longer accepting updates from Outlook 2007
• URLs in emails from Exchange are parsed incorrectly
• Deletion of messages should move first those items to “”Deleted Items”" folder
• Exchange event invitations scheduled without a prompt

System software

• Device autolock switches on the display
• Autobuilder fails to use opt-ified packages
• Phone unlocked when receiving call
• ohmd fails if discover_plugins cannot open plugin directory
• USB mass storage enabled when connected while device is off
• /opt and /home/user not cleared after firmware reflash
• Device unlockable if it get locked when being in portrait mode

Telephony

• Skype: “”Incorrect address”" for phone numbers missing the country code in Contacts
• callerid displays as “”Unknown number”" even though it is received by the N900

Translations

• IP address field in WiFi advanced settings partially hidden (“”Recuperar automáticamente direccíon IP”" string too long)
• Some sentences in the User Guide don’t make sense
• Wrong profile names in the User Guide
• Delete dialog text missing a space
• Email: Awkward text: “”Connecting Nokia servers to check service availability”"
• Wrong Danish translation: “”Programmet 1 er installeret”"
• Polish string too long in UPnP browsing menu bar
• Spanish: “”Tipo de fuente cambiado a %s”" when switching input languages
• Camera: Wrong translation “”Hochformat”" of “”Portrait”" in German UI
• Settings menu: String doesn’t fit the button (“”Inserir código para desbloquear cartão SIM”")
• Context menu in file manager should say “”Sformatuj”" or “”Formatuj”" instead of “”Format”"
• Truncation of Flickr sharing introductory text in Polish
• “”sparowane”", “”paruj”", “”Paruj”", “”Parowanie”" in Bluetooth settings
• Wrong PO Box translation for CZ language
• Clock: Incorrect Danish translation of the phrase ‘Remote time’
• “”Dane sieci komórkowej niedost?pne”" sounds strange
• “”Prze?lij ponownie”" button label truncated (MicroB)
• Dutch translation in “”Settings”" doesnt fit on the screen
• Incorrect Danish translation of ‘Extras’ in Settings
• New E-mail Format translated illogically
• pl-PL: “”Nazwa autora”" in camera general settings should be “”Autor”" or “”Imi? autora”"

UI Specification

• Don’t show hildon banner every tap when browsing UPnP shares
• Image Viewer: Dealing with “”occupied”" images is confusing
• “”Regional settings”" items sorted by languages instead of countries
• Cannot set “”Regional Settings”" to “”English (Australia)”" or “”English (New Zealand)”"
• (metabug) Make more use of the keyboard in the dialogs / lists

Updated packages

• +alarmd 1.1.16+0m5
• +apt 0.7.20.2maemo13.1+0m5
• +base-files 3.1.osso2+3.1.10.osso25+0m5
• +bash 2.05b-2-26osso8+0m5
• +bluez 4.60-0maemo1.4+0m5
• +browser-eal 0.5.5-6.1+0m5
• +cairo 1.8.8-0maemo1+0m5
• +clinkc 2.0-0osso17+0m5
• +clutter 0.8.2-0maemo66+0m5
• +dbus 1.2.14-0maemo4+0m5
• +dbus-glib 0.78-0maemo7+0m5
• +desktop-file-utils 0.12-2osso7+0m5
• +dnsmasq 2.45-1+lenny1+maemo3+0m5
• +dosfstools 3.0.1-1maemo6+0m5
• +dpkg 1.14.25maemo3+0m5
• +dsme 0.60.44+0m5
• +eds-backend-telepathy 0.4.62-1+0m5
• +evolution-data-server 1.4.2.1-20100226+0m5
• +farsight2 0.0.17-0maemo13+0m5
• +gcc-4.2 4.2.1-4maemo12+0m5
• +gconf2 2.16.0-2osso6.2+0m5
• +gdigicam 0.3.5.1+0m5
• +glib2.0 2.20.3-1maemo4+0m5
• +glibc 2.5.1-1eglibc23+0m5
• +gnome-menus 2.23.3-2maemo+0m5
• +gssdp 0.7.1-0maemo2+0m5
• +gst-openmax 0.10.0.6~1-0maemo17+0m5
• +gst-plugins-bad0.10 0.10.14-git265-0maemo10+0m5
• +gst-plugins-base0.10 0.10.25-0maemo14+0m5
• +gst-plugins-good0.10 0.10.16-git276-0maemo14+0m5
• +gstreamer0.10 0.10.25-0maemo4+0m5
• +gstreamer0.10-plugins-camera 0.79-1+0m5
• +gtk+2.0 2:2.14.7-1maemo29+0m5
• +gtkhtml3.14 3.24.4-osso18+0m5
• +gupnp 0.13.2-0maemo2+0m5
• +gupnp-av 0.5.2-0maemo2+0m5
• +gupnp-igd 0.1.4-0maemo3+0m5
• +hal 0.5.12~git20090219-0maemo7+0m5
• +hildon-application-manager 1:2.2.60-1+0m5
• +hildon-application-manager-l10n-public 6.0+r7611+0m5
• +hildon-control-panel 1:2.2.27-2+0m5
• +hildon-control-panel-l10n-public 6.0+r7640+0m5
• +hildon-desktop 1:2.2.135-2+0m5
• +hildon-fm-l10n-public 6.0+r7483+0m5
• +hildon-games-wrapper 1.9.4-5+0m5
• +hildon-home 0.3.66-2+0m5
• +hildon-input-method 1:2.1.46-1+0m5
• +hildon-input-method-framework 1:2.1.56-1+0m5
• +hildon-input-method-l10n-public 6.0+r7520+0m5
• +hildon-libs-l10n-public 6.0+r7510+0m5
• +hildon-status-menu 0.3.34+0m5
• +hildon-theme-layout-5 0.15.0-1+0m5
• +hildon-thumbnail 3.0.44+0m5
• +ke-recv-l10n-public 6.0+r7611+0m5
• +kernel 2.6.28-20100903+0m5
• +libcanberra 0.14-0maemo4+0m5
• +libcomapp 1.8.03-01+0m5
• +libconbtui 1.4.3+0m5
• +libconic 0.24+0m5
• +libdsme 0.60.30+0m5
• +libexif 0.6.17-1maemo3+0m5
• +libffi 3.0.7-2maemo2+0m5
• +libgtkadi 0.7.13-1+0m5
• +libgtkmozembed 1.8.7-2.1+0m5
• +libhildon 2.2.15-1+0m5
• +libhildondesktop 2.1.40+0m5
• +libhildonfm 1:2.28.17+0m5
• +libhildonmime 2.1.5-1+0m5
• +libical 1.43-101+0m5
• +libmafw 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
• +libmlocknice 0.1+0m5
• +libmodest-dbus-client 4:3.2.5-0+0m5
• +libnice 1:0.0.9-0maemo8.0rtc+0m5
• +libosso 2.31-1+0m5
• +librtcom-telepathy-glib 0.1.49+0m5
• +libsoup2.4 2.26.3-0maemo3+0m5
• +libunwind 0.99+git20080421-2+0m5
• +libwidgetutils 1.4.1-6+0m5
• +libwww-perl 5.803-4osso1+0m5
• +loudmouth 1.4.1-0osso10+0m5
• +maemo-af-desktop-l10n-public 6.0+r7640+0m5
• +maemo-maf 5.0+3+0m5
• +maemo-mmf 5.0+3+0m5
• +maemopad 2.6-3
• +maemo-version 5.0update5+0m5
• +mafw-gst-renderer 0.2.2010.07-2+0m5
• +mafw-iradio-source 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
• +mafw-shared 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
• +mafw-test-gui 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
• +mafw-tracker-source 0.2.2010.06-1+0m5
• +mafw-upnp-source 0.2.2010.07-2+0m5
• +matchbox-window-manager-2 0.2.89-1+0m5
• +mce-dev 1.8.17+0m5
• +microb-eal 2.9.5-1.15+0m5
• +microb-engine 20091230-1.9.2-6.8+0m5
• +mini-rc 0.2.67+0m5
• +modest 3.2.13-3+0m5
• +obexd 0.18-0maemo5+0m5
• +ohm 0.1.2-0maemo33+0m5
• +osso-af-utils 2.12-1+0m5
• +osso-app-killer 1.33-3+0m5
• +osso-filemanager-l10n-public 6.0+r7611+0m5
• +osso-games-startup 1.7.49-1+0m5
• +osso-gnome-vfs2 2.16.3-2osso11+0m5
• +osso-gwobex 0.64+0m5
• +osso-rss-feed-reader 1.8.03-3+0m5
• +osso-rss-feed-reader-applet 1.7.03-1+0m5
• +osso-rss-feed-reader-lib 1.8.01-1+0m5
• +osso-system-lock-l10n-public 6.0+r7585+0m5
• +osso-uri-l10n-public 6.0+r7510+0m5
• +pango1.0 1.24.2-0maemo4+0m5
• +pixman 0.16.2-4+0m5
• +poppler 0.4.5-5.1etch3maemo1+0m5
• +posix-locales 2.7.2-1maemo7-binonly0+0m5
• +pulseaudio 0.9.15-1maemo38+0m5
• +qt4-x11 4.6.2~git20100224-0maemo1+0m5
• +rtcom-eventlogger 1.3-4+0m5
• +rtcom-eventlogger-plugins 1.4-1+0m5
• +rtcom-eventlogger-ui 1.4-2+0m5
• +sapwood 3.1.1-10+0m5
• +sqlite3 3.6.14-1maemo3+0m5
• +telepathy-farsight 0.0.13-0maemo5+0m5
• +telepathy-gabble 0.8.11-0maemo2+0m5
• +telepathy-mission-control 5.2.7-0maemo6+0m5
• +tetex-bin 3.0-30maemo2+0m5
• +tiff 1:3.8.2-11maemo5+0m5
• +tinymail 1.1.90-svn4193+0m5
• +totem-pl-parser 2.27.2-1maemo2+0m5
• +tracker 0.6.95-25maemo1+0m5
• +upstart 0.3.8-64+0m5
• +wpeditor 3.53-1+0m5
• +xkeyboard-config 1.5-2maemo15+0m5
• +xorg-server 2:1.6.99.1-0osso20090208.108+0m5

So have you update your Firmware?

What you have found different?

Do you love and hate about PR1.2?

+xserver-xorg-video-fbdev 1:0.4.0-180+0m5

Our lovely friends over at Maemo.org have finally finished creating an application which helps you  setup  your own boot videos.

The application is called BootScreen. The main thread for this application is here.

A big thanks goes out to the creators:

Valerio Valerio aka(VDVsx)
Claes Norin aka(claesbas)

If you looking for more videos to use I found a few pretty good ones over on Symbian-Freak so check out thier thread too: Tutorial: How to Mod your Boot Screen , Please note that Most of thread is still talking about the old way off changing your boot screen, but there are links to some nice videos.

The application is accessed through the settings screen on the N900:

The thing I love about this app is that it is simple. There are not loads of settings/options/buttons that will confuse you.

All you do is pick if you want multiple videos on boot (having more than 3 is not recommended) , or if you want a random video.

You simply need to put the videos on your N900 and then browse for them and you are a go. (At the moment the application filters to only show avi files)

I’ve noticed that most people including some of friends can only update using NSU. However as you can see from the images below I was able to do my update using OTA.

I’m assuming this has to do with a staggarad release of the firmware which Nokia seem to be getting famous for.

So have you updated yet?

If so you better hurry time is running out…

Ok lets start with my Post to the Forums

************************************************** **********************
But first GO and buy the Rovio expansion pack. Its much simpler if you do this first.

Then Download the file attached to your N900. How you do this is upto you.

BUT DO NOT COPY THE FILE TO THE ROOT OF THE DEVICE.
ITS BEST COPIED INTO YOUR HOME DIRECTORY

untaring the file in the root of the device will take up valuable space and MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS

THEN ALL AS ROOT.

run
tar xzf custom-release.gz
cd custom

sh setup-cust-AB
this sets up AB to be custom level compatible.

sh run-cust
this allows you to play custom levels

sh run-rovio
changes back to rovio levels;

these 2 commands used to switch back and forth as you effectively swap the game between custom and official levels

sh reset
should be run before upgrading OS or buying rovio levels(i think) but is otherwise not needed
*****************************

Ok so the First bit would be simple if it didnt keep disappearing from the online shop. But i cant stress this enough Rovios beer great help, and very generous allowing me to tinker around.

SO onto the Install

FIrst a Warning. You should really try to understand what your doing if you tinker. I am not responsible for any trouble you get into. But i will try to help you if you do.
Saying that this is fairly simple and i will try explain whats happening.

You will need to have root access so see else where for that. And take REAL note of the Warning. Having root access is great but can be dangerous.

there really 2 options Dowload on a different machine and copy to phone or download from phone

either is as good as the other as long as you end up with the tarred file is on you phone and NOT (listen up folks) NOT in the root area. There whole threads about the problems filling the root area up

So /home/user
seems a good and sensible place.

Ok now you have a tarred and zipped file but thats not use to man nor mouse , so we need to unzip and untar

enter
tar xzf custom-release.gz
at the command line

This does as i suggested. it unzips (z option) and unpacks (x option ) . But google is you friend so go find out more about tar.

This should create a Directory called custom.
If i need to explain
cd custom

then you should give up now, and go do something less boring instead

now onto the clever bit
sh setup-cust-AB
this sets up AB to be custom level compatible.

sh runs a shell script. Shell is a basic programming language.

This checks if AB is running and moans if it is
It then moves all the Rovio files aside and copys my levels to the AB structure.
It then sets up symbolic links (go google again) that point to the Angry bird levels and level info

The 2 other scripts
sh run-cust
sh run-rovio effectively just move the symbolic links to point to rovio or custom levels

the final part
sh reset
should return the setup to how it was on AB install.
a sensible move before upgrading AB or the OS.

Hope this helps
Craig

I want to thank Craig for taking the time to explain, some of you might find some of his words “harsh” but to be honest, if you don’t understand and you are getting stuck, please google and/or ask for help, because the last thing we want is for you guess and then end up damaging your phone.

So To Summarise:

1. Extract Files (tar xzf custom-release.gz)
2. Go to your new custom folder (cd custom)
3. Setup Angrybirds to be custom level compatible (sh setup-cust-AB)
4. Play custom levels(sh run-cust)
5. Play normal levels(sh run-rovio)
6. Reset everything to the way it was in the beginning(sh reset)

Here is a link to the orginal post that Craig refers to:
http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=547863&postcount=148

A few weeks ago I came across this thread on talk.maemo.org: Customize N900 Conversations.

Basically the guru’s worked out which css/js and HTML files to edit, giviing us the ability to create custom Conversation windows.

Here are a few screen shots of what is possible:

Download here

download here

Download HERE

A big thanks goes out to B666m for helping us find the files and pointing people in the right direction with some basic how-to stuff.

So how do you do the mod?

Firstly let me say this is all done at your own risk and if you are not clued up on any of the code, please be very careful…

So basically there are 9 files that are involved. Please not that depending on what you are doing you may only be changing some of the files. It is also possible too have two completely different styles for you SMS and IM conversations windows.

The files are called:

MessagingWidgetsChatConversation.css

MessagingWidgetsChatConversation.js

MessagingWidgetsChatConversation.html

MessagingWidgetsSingleSMS.css

MessagingWidgetsSingleSMS.js

MessagingWidgetsSingleSMS.html

MessagingWidgetsSMSConversation.css

MessagingWidgetsSMSConversation.html

MessagingWidgetsSMSConversation.js

The original files can be downloaded from here: BACKUP

I thought I would share the love of custom SMS/IM screens in the Nokia N900’s Conversations app.

A few weeks ago I came across this thread on talk.maemo.org: [url=http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=36618]Customize N900 Conversations[/url].

Basically the guru’s worked out which css/js and HTML files to edit, giviing us the ability to create custom Conversation windows.

Here are a few screen shots of what is possible:

[img]http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=8461&stc=1&d=1269716897[/img]

[url=http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=8496&d=1269853764]Download Here[/url]

[img]http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=8494&stc=1&d=1269851905[/img]

[url=http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=8495&d=1269851942]Download here[/url]

[img]http://content.foto.mail.ru/mail/lohman1/8/i-13.jpg[/img]

[img]http://content.foto.mail.ru/mail/lohman1/8/i-14.jpg[/img]

[url=http://www.mediafire.com/?kyzkmy2ar25]Download Here[/url]

A big thanks goes out to [url=http://talk.maemo.org/member.php?u=30543]B666m[/url] for helping us find the files and pointing people in the right direction with some basic how-to stuff.

So how do you do the mod?

Firstly let me say this is all done at your own risk and if you are not clued up on any of the code, please be very careful…

So basically there are 9 files that are involved. Please not that depending on what you are doing you may only be changing some of the files. It is also possible too have two completely different styles for you SMS and IM conversations windows.

The files are called:

[quote]

MessagingWidgetsChatConversation.css

MessagingWidgetsChatConversation.js

MessagingWidgetsChatConversation.html

MessagingWidgetsSingleSMS.css

MessagingWidgetsSingleSMS.js

MessagingWidgetsSingleSMS.html

MessagingWidgetsSMSConversation.css

MessagingWidgetsSMSConversation.html

MessagingWidgetsSMSConversation.js

[/quote]

[url=http://talk.maemo.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=7064&d=1265893365]The original files can be downloaded from here:[/url]

Before following the below steps, you will need to do the following if you want to view your avatar.

1 – Get an Image of yourself, resize it to 64×64 pixels.

2 – Rename it to avatar and save it as a png (avatar.png).

3 – Copy the image to the test folder that is mentioned below.

4 – Continue as below…

These steps have been provided by B666m:

just unzip them anywhere in your MyDocs-folder when connected via mass storage mode to your pc. for example make a new folder called “test” and copy them over there.

then unplug the usb-cable and open x-term on your phone. for the first command you need to have “rootsh” installed.

1. sudo gainroot
2. cp MyDocs/test/* /usr/share/rtcom-messaging-ui/html/
(3. rm -r MyDocs/test)

after the second command go to your conversations, open any one, close it and open it again for reloading the layout.
(the third step is only for removing the test-folder with all files it contains)

(If you want to use one of the mods above, simply unzip the files of the “theme” you want into the test folder mentioned above and copy everything over.)

As you can see the hack allows you to add Avatars to conversations and make the Avatars alternate from left to right.

Seeing as though this is all done in CSS/html and java files, I assume that this means almost anything is possible. Perhaps we will see people doing embedded maps and webpage previews when sent through SMS or IM.

So what are you waiting for, start downloading or simply create your own and don’t forget to share you creative items with everyone over talk.Maemo.org

If you are getting bored of the old “nokia handshake” boot video as I’m sure most of you are (it’s been going on for how long now?), never fear because Maemo is near

If you have rootsh installed on your N900 you can now change the boot video, in fact if you wanted you could have multiple boot videos.

So how is this all done and where do I get the videos from? It seems that also long as the video can be played by the native media player on the N900 then you can use it at boot, which means we could potentially use any video, provided it’s not too long. Personally I’m a creative monkey so I won’t be creating my own videos, once again this is were our community friends have stepped in to help us.

There are many threads flying around over maemo.org about boot videos including a small post over on the wiki.

These are a few of the videos that I have like so far:

This I think is the original and thanks to @Claesbas for sharing:

Thread Link

This one is called Shodan:

Thread Link

This is the one I use:

Thread link
If you want to find more try searching for “boot video” at talk.maemo.org.

Now we get to the how. This is simply the method that I found easiest for myself, and some of you might find better/different methods within the above threads.

Before I start let me tell you that I am not a linux guru, and take no responsibility for any damage you may place upon your beloved N900.

Firstly you will need to download your avi file to your Documents folder.

You will then need to download a default.conf file to the same location.

Now the most important thing to remember for those that don’t understand the file system for maemo, is that this code will work if and only if you have saved the above documents to your Documents folder.(NOTE NOT your MyDocs folder)

sudo gainroot
mv /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/default.conf /etc/hildon-welcome.d/
mv /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/myboot.avi /opt/
cd /usr/share/hildon-welcome/media/
ln -s /opt/myboot.avi myboot.avi

In the above code I have called my video myboot.avi, which means that the default.conf file needs have the same name for the AVI inside, for example my conf file looks like this:

[hildon-welcome]

filename=myboot.avi

I have noticed that some people have add issues with the above x-term code at the stage of the first mv(move command). If you have a problem try do a copy instead. Note this will mean that you default.conf file will still be found in your Documents folder after the code is run:

sudo gainroot
cp /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/default.conf /etc/hildon-welcome.d/
mv /home/user/MyDocs/.documents/myboot.avi /opt/
cd /usr/share/hildon-welcome/media/
ln -s /opt/myboot.avi myboot.avi

So if this hasn’t made you happy or the idea of using the x-term to change your boot video scares you then check this thread out. @Claesba has started brainstorming/discussions regarding creating an application to help make this process easier and code free.

Now that we got all the geeky-coding stuff out the way , lets go and show off our new boot videos.

[hildon-welcome]

Fear not my little friends because a few of us over at Maemo.org have started a thread for a Level editor. Another great thing is that @Miika over at Maemo.org is also an employee of Rovio and has been good enough to get us clearance to create our own levels and begin work on a level editor, head over and see how things are getting on.

I’ve also added a post to Maemo-freak here.
Quote from @Miika

First of all, wow! We anticipated requests for level editor but didn’t quite expect the users to put effort to reverse engineer their own. It’s very nice to see the level of interest Angry Birds has received from the Maemo community.
As for any possible legal issues no worries, go for it!

So while the level editor is being worked on, myself and @cgarvie have created some levels for you to spent your time on.
I must say that all credit goes to @cgarvie, for all his help on teaching us how to make levels and edit files etc.

He has now release a level pack of 10 custom levels:
up and over (@cgarvie)                        3 little pigs (@cgarvie)
through the wall (@cgarvie)                mind the steps (@stobbsc)
drop (@cgarvie)                                        pyramid (@cgarvie)
oh piggy where art thou (@cgarvie) bounce left right (@stobbsc)
roll over miss piggy (@cgarvie)            birdhouse of my soul (@cgarvie)

There is a video below of the levels in action:

Here are the instructions of how you can go ahead and install these levels:
First you need to download the attached file:HERE
You can either use WinRAR to extra the file on your PC or Type the following in your N900 terminal if you download it directly to your device:

root
tar xfz /home/user/MyDocs/cag_level_pack.tar.gz

This will extra a mypack folder. Copy this folder to the internal memory of the N900 if you unpacked in windows.
Then open X-Terminal (you will need rootsh) on the N900 an type in the following:

root
mkdir /home/opt/rovio/angrybirds/data/levels/pack2
cp /home/user/MyDocs/mypack/* -R /home/opt/rovio/angrybirds/data/levels/pack2

So a big thanks to everyone over at Maemo.org and to Rovio. now lets get playing.

How did it all start you may ask. Well if you head over the official thread you’ll find it’s pretty cool little story:

Lcuk and I came up with an idea for a simple acclerometer game on the bus to Barcelona Airport. Unfortunately we got to terminal 2 before we got to the coding..

The concept is simple. You have a field of sheep, with a few pens. You rock and tip the device to get the sheep into the pens. Then as you go through the levels, the game develops complications. You are the ‘sheepdog’ rounding up the sheep. Once a sheep has been penned, it becomes inert (and therefore cannot be bounced or scared out of its pen)

Level 1: Pup

Six sheep, two pens. You must get three sheep in each pen. Responsiveness relatively slow. If user takes too long, the sheep get a bit bored and occasionally stop to eat flowers: they can only be dislodged with a ‘bounce/flick’ of the device. This will also move any other unpenned sheep.

Level 2: Training dog

Twelve sheep, three pens. Four sheep in each pen (you can’t put more than 4 in any one pen). Medium responsiveness. If you are slow the sheep will stop and eat flowers, or lift their tails and poop. Bounce/flick to dislodge them. This will also move any unpenned sheep. Introduction of ‘wolf’ concept: wolf icon appears from one side of the screen and all unpenned sheep scatter in the opposite direction. Repeat if the game taks too long.

Level 3: Man’s best friend

Twenty sheep, four pens. Five sheep in each pen (and only five). Responsiveness maximum. Sheep occasionally stop to eat flowers and poop and need to be bounced. Wolves may enter from all sides and scatter the sheep. Wolf may move across the field, scattering unpenned sheep in all directions away from it.

When all sheep have been penned, game over screen shows a bone and “Well done, good dog!”

This is what we can expect to see in the future

The reason I love this story so much is that it truly highlights, the enthusiasm of the Maemo community and it also shows that anything is possible.

Now as the project has moved through the various phases of brainstorm to graphic requests to development etc, I’ve found myself following the thread and updates So I’m sure you can guess how excited I was when on the 4th Jan @Hopbeat posted the following comment:

Anyone care to gather some sounds together? I have basic baaah (or whatever the English sheep do) when they are penned. It would be nice to have some various quiet baahs that could play randomly in the background. mp3 preferred (any others formats I will simply convert).

So being the crazy geek that I am I took it upon myself to spend a week-end practising in the shower. Last night I final managed to record a few demo sheep sounds just to give the developers a taste of my vocal talents.

Before are a few examples:

Download

Download

Download

Download

Download

Let me know what you think and who knows you may here my sounds in future releases of the game.(holding thumbs)

I do hope to record more over time.

Before I start please note that at the time of writing this game is in extras-testing, please check out my games/app page to see the current state of the game. (Game moved to Extras as stable this morning)

If you didn’t already know PrBoom is a port of the brilliant old school game Doom created by id software. To get this working on your N900 you will need to do the following:

1. Install PrBoom
2. Get your IWAD or Doom data files (you can get free IWAD files from here)
3. Copy the above files to this location on your N900 /opt/doom/wad
4. Go to the application manager and click on PrBoom

This game has now been released so check out this link try this link.

I have found that the game runs very very smoothly, I’ve yet to have any problems. Without the use of a mouse it will take some time to get used to the controls. If however you are not happy with the default controls you customise the controls as you see fit.

The default keys are as follows:

Key	Function
ctrl	fire
q	fist
w	pistol
e	shotgun
r	chaingun
t	rocket
y	plasma
u	afg
i	chainsaw
o	ssg
backspace	back
enter	enter
left arrow	turn left
right arrow	turn right
up arrow	move forward
down arrow	move backwards
.	best weapon
shift	strafe left
z	strafe right
fn	using in combination with arrows to run
m	map
p	Pause

The only problem that I have noticed so far with the game, is when I try and close the window without using the quit, I get a message saying this application has stopped responding do you want to close…

If you have any issues or comments you’d like to share with the testing and or developer’s here is the official PrBoom thread in Maemo.org

I give this game an over rating of 4 stars.

So what are you waiting for get this game installed and get playing…