Get Skype etc on a chinese Nokia N9
Because many of you have asked about getting Skype and all the other cool apps on a chinese branded Nokia N9 here is a guide how to convert your censored phone into a global one with all this cool stuff. This could also apply to peoply with phones not from China. The key part here is the lack of apps like Skype. So if you don't have these apps and want them, I highly recommend continue reading.
Reflash Nokia N9 firmware
My Nokia N9 had some issues after a few days of usage. At boot it displayed a warning screen that told me that is was malfunciotning and has no clue why. After thr PR1.1 update I still had this warning screen and my twitter and facebook app stopped working. So I decided to reflash my N9. But this isn't as easy as with the Nokia N900 because you don't find the firmware images on some Nokia hosted site.
So here is the guide to reflash your Nokia N9.
Opera Mobile for MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan
Dieses Tutorial auf Deutsch: meetmeego.org
I managed to get Opera Mobile 11 running on Nokia N950. This is no official way and you will "break" your package manager because you have to copy files directly to the rootfs but atm there is no official port so you have no other choice if you really want Opera Mobile 11.
I extracted the files from the official RPM package for MeeGo 1.2 N900 DE available here (http://labs.opera.com/news/2011/05/24/).
Just download the tar file at the bottom of this post.
Get root access by ssh to localhost with the following command. The passwort is "rootme" without quotes:
ssh root@localhost |
Then enter the following on the terminal to untar the archive and install:
tar xvf operamobile.tar ./install_operamobile.sh |
To start Opera Mobile 11 you have to enter this on a terminal:
/usr/bin/operamobile |
Download:
http://hotfile.com/dl/125265610/30d8d48/operamobile.tar.html
Important Note:
There is no way to uninstall Opera Mobile 11. You have to delete every single file by hand!
Update:
sandst1 managed to make a debian package out of the extracted RPM. See his blog posting here.
You can safely install the debian package over my release and if you uninstall the packaged version my files will get deleted too. So your package manager will be happy if you install that package. 