Control infrared devices with Pierogi for N900

The Pierogi universal infrared remote controller is a single self-contained app capable of sending IR commands to a wide variety of devices. At the moment, it is oriented towards television, VCR, DVD, and Blu-ray devices, but a few other types of device have had their command sets entered.

Main Window

The main features of this app are:

• A self-contained database of IR codes for a variety of popular devices, based mainly on the LIRC remote control database
• Independence from the LIRC server -- no need to keep the server running (or even installed) to use Pierogi, unlike other remote control software
• An intuitive, easy-to-use interface
• The ability to remember your favorite remote control keysets
• Automated Keyset Search

Automated Keyset Search

I tried this software in my N900. It worked like a charm. First I tried on my TV with manually changing keyset. It didn't work. Then I found the most important & most useful feature of this application that is "Automated Keyset Search". When I pressed the Start Automatic search button it was changing the keysets while the Power Key was pressed. So when the screen of my TV gone black I quickly pressed the "Pause Search" key & I got my TV compatible keyset. Everything worked just fine.

Links: Pierogi Website

         Maemo.org Package

        Discussion Thread

Blog Update Coming Soon.....

Starting your own blog just out of curiosity is a very easy task. Then writing & publishing some post is fun. When you have some visitor you feel interested to write more. But even after everything it is very hard to continue posting for a long time. I stopped writing since March 2012. I do not even remember why I did that. But now I want to redesign my blog, add more category, share how I live with techs & gadgets.

Opera Launches Opera Mobile 12 for Android and Symbian

Opera Software software has been working with mobile devices for quite some time now so they're not new to the mobile web by any means. They know the web os constantly changing and evolving and adaption of new techniques for use and implementation is vital to their success. With Mobile World Congress now kicked off into full swing they've gone ahead released the final version of Opera Mobile 12 to the Android Market:

• WebGL on Android phones, for all things 3D and web. With WebGL on mobile, it’ll be even easier to make games cross platform and to distribute them. “Opera have contributed significantly to the development of the WebGL specification and now Opera Mobile is playing a leading role in the roll-out of GPU-accelerated WebGL on Android,” said Neil Trevett, Khronos president and vice president of mobile content at NVIDIA.
• Ragnarök, Opera's HTML5 parser support, meaning better web apps and increased compatibility with websites. More HTML5 means more advanced web functionality.
• Support for camera use in the browser.
• More possibilities for customizing the Speed Dial of Opera Mobile, including entering as many Speed Dial entries as you like.

In addition to the availability of Opera Mobile 12, Opera Software has also introduced support for MIPS based devices and Intel architecture. Opera has also introduced Opera Mini Next. A new version of Opera Mini that highlights social networking at the forefront. You can check out their full press release past the break, as well -- grab the download for Opera Mobile 12.

Get the final version of Opera Mobile 12 in the Android Market, or at http://m.opera.com.

fMobi 2.5 for MeeGo Available Now

Finally fMobi version 2.5 is now available to N9/N950 users too!

 

 Notable changes in this version:

• Qt 4.74 based components for more native look and feel
• Own background images as dashboard background
• Album and picture view is completely revamped
• swipe from an edge to see next or previous image the same album
• Read it Later support
• cleaner way to show a user’s info
• Albums now load higher quality thumbnails
• auto refresh after Like or comment 

Detailed changelog here.

Download from Nokia Store

MeeGo PR 1.2 now seeding to developers, out in a month

Great news for all N9 owners and those who plan to own one in future.The much awaited PR1.2 update which is supposed “to bring many new features to N9″ is being released to developer’s N950 devices for testing. It is worth nothing that after release to developer's devices, the update release to user devices takes usually 4-6 weeks. So, N9 owners rejoice!! Nokia is really taking good care of your device. 

Release Notes For Nokia N950 Developer Device software 3.2012.02-6

• New languages
  • Persian
  • Hebrew
  • Kazakh
  • Thai
  • Vietnamese
• Software update notifications for content in Nokia Store
• Face recognition for gallery and face tags for Facebook
• Support for folders in the application view
• Mail for Exchange global address book lookup
• Mail thread support in the Email client
• Extended copy-paste support
• Media sharing with DLNA compatible devices
• Improved browser history view
• Compass support in Maps
• QtWebKit update to version 2.2
• New font taken into use
• Front camera support
• Video editing support in the Gallery application

 

Bug fixes

There are ~122 public bugs fixed in this release. The complete list is available at harmattan-bugs.nokia.com.

 

Other important improvements

• MeeGotouch Framework
• Visual hint for differentiating swipe close gesture from normal swipes
• Timestamps shown in notifications
• Notifications sorted by timestamps
• Improvements in Event Feed area
• Music controls in Lock screen
• New feedbacks added to MeeGoTouch theme:
• priority2_callbutton_press
• priority2_callbutton_release
• priority2_close
• priority2_close_multiple
• priority2_move
• priority2_popup
• Kernel updated to be in sync with the upstream kernel version 2.6.32.48
• Connectivity
• Android NDEF Push Protocol disabled
• NFC polling enabled in lock screen
• Separate switch for controlling mobile background connections while roaming
• Camera
• Self Timer support
• Composition grid + on/off control
• Calendar
• Better handling of To-Do lists, recurring events and timezones
• Private flag support for events
• Support for read-only events
• Ability to forward/reply/reply-all for received events
• Clock
• Clock alarm becomes silent by flipping the device face down instead of snoozing
• Updated time picker
• Gallery
• People view added to the grid toolbar
• Improved multiple selection indication in grid view
• Music Player
• Audiobook and podcast support
• Ability to create playlists
• Ability to delete music files from music player library views via object menu
• Possibility to see songs that are on the current play queue
• In addition, there are numerous bug fixes related to the implementation of new features, improving the overall user experience and reliability of the device.

 Source: harmattan-dev.nokia.com via: nokiapoweruser

TwimGo 3.0.9 with Read it Later support for N9/N950/N900

Qt guru Tommi Laukkanen updates his twitter application TwimGo to 3.0.9 as a holiday gift for N9/N950/N900 users.

Few months have passed since the last releases. We are starting to build a house so that project will take some of my spare time every now and then.
During the last few days I have coded TwimGo v3.0.9 which includes something new: Read it Later support, which makes it easy to store interesting links so that you can read them later for example with another device. It works like this:

1. Open tweet which includes interesting link
2. Click “Read it Later…”
3. Read it Later opens in browser and you can add tags if you want
4. Press “Save” 

 There are also few other fixes and improvements in TwimGo 3.0.9:

• Read it Later support – You can now easily add interesting links to your Read it Later list so you can read them on better time with your computer or tablet
• Translations – There are now few translation like Turkey, Finnish, Italian and Swedish
• Slightly larger profile picture in profile view – Requested in issue #46
• Loading indicator is now using platform style busy indicator from Qt Quick Components
• Location sharing fixed on N9 and N950

Download binary to your N9/N950/N900 from: https://projects.developer.nokia.com/twimgo

Source: substanceofcode.com

New firmware 22.2011.44.2 for Nokia N9 appeared on Navifirm

The screenshot above showing firmware version 22.2011.44.2 for Nokia N9. I heard the news about N9 PR1.2 appeared in navifirm so I run my navifirm and I was surprised to see the new firmware. But so far I have acknowledged this is not PR1.2 but PR 1.1.1, which is simply a fix for PR 1.1, aimed at the Middle Eastern market. This supposedly fixes a bug caused by Arabic language support. So this is PR 1.1.1 V 22.2011.44-2 which adds Arabic support for the UI. No official changelog yet.

image source: mobility.com.ng

Is this PR1.2 for the Nokia N950 ?

We have previously seen PR1.2 traipsing around in China for the Nokia N9 but here we have screenshots of PR1.2 for the Nokia N950.

Are they real ? Fake ? No idea but they have got my mouth watering. Check out whats potentially coming:

 

 

In the handling of applications Added a button to manage applications 

 

The interface now separates the camera flash options

 

In the video recording interface separated the icon to turn the LED flash

 

The buttons have a new style

 

On display there is a new option settings Colour Profile

 

Settings Gallery has a new option for face recognition

 

The menu to display an image cambiío color and has a new option “Insert face”

 

via: meegoexperts.com

source: phonesfera.com

Enable Landscape Support for Home Screens in Nokia N9

 

The N950 and the N9, or at least the current software builds, come with landscape mode support enabled in selected applications only. This does not include the "home screens". It is especially inconvenient on the N950 with its hardware keyboard while it is open...

Hopefully Nokia will enable landscape support accross the whole UI in upcoming firmware upgrades.

To get landscape support you have to manually modify the corresponding CSS file. You can do it as follows:

• launch X-Terminal. If you can't find its icon, you'll need to enable it first by switching on the Developer Mode in Settings / Security
• type devel-su and then rootme as password to become root
• type nano /usr/share/themes/base/meegotouch/
  meegotouchhome/meegotouch.css
• scroll down until you reach locked-orientation: "portrait"; delete the word portrait & change it to locked-orientation: "";
• tap the on-screen Ctrl button and then press X on the keyboard
• confirm that you want to save the file by pressing Y (disable the still pressed on-screen Ctrl button first) and then press Enter
• reboot the phone.

Enjoy your home screens automatically rotating their orientation!

source: my-meego.com

Nokia to release two Lumia 800 updates to fix battery issue

Lumia 800 is a sophisticated and capable Windows Phone 7 powered smartphone released recently by Nokia. Apparently, some users have started to complain about battery issues with the mobile phone soon after the device hit shelves, and Nokia already kicked off an investigation on the matter.


Nokia has issued the following statement in response to some customers’ questions about the power consumption of their Nokia Lumia devices:

“ We understand that some people have expressed concerns about battery life on the Nokia Lumia 800.  Early investigations show that the majority of people are enjoying the full Nokia Lumia experience without any problems.  A software update in early December will include improvements to power efficiency, while a second update in early January introduces further enhancements to battery life and battery charging.  Both are planned updates and will be made available via Zune.  We recommend that anyone who still has concerns contact local Nokia care representatives at their earliest convenience.”

pre-Alpha Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4 on the Nokia N900

Project NITDroid entered a new stage of development. Talk of our community JumpErr told that on the Nokia N900 running Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The video showing the Android ICS running on the N900 but it is very slow.

NITDroid Port:
NITDroid is an Android port for the N900, an Android variant that is currently based on Android Gingerbread 2.3.4. By installing NITDroid, you will have a fully functioning Android OS on your device, apart from voice in calls.

source: meegos.ru

Community SSU 21.2011.38-1Smaemo1 - Stable Version Released

The stable cssu is meant for all those people who didn't want to install the cssu because it happened to break stuff from time to time.

We're trying to achieve an as close to stock maemo experience as possible in terms of stability.

If you've got cssu-testing installed a reflash is needed prior to installing CSSU-stable. It is recommended to have PR 1.3 (20.2010.36) or PR 1.3.1 (21.2011.38) to install CSSU stable.

The stable cssu contains those packages from testing version 16.8 which were deemed stable. Basically nearly everything but modest/tinymail and the camera-ui replacement.

The exact packages + minor changes to those packages can be found on the changelog page for the stable cssu http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU/ChangelogStable

Since there are most packages from 16.8 it supports most features 16.8 has, nevertheless there is a dedicated page with all supported features listed: http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU/FeaturesStable

Note: 21.2011.38-1 is the latest official Nokia version. The "S" of "Smaemo1" stands for stable and next of it indicates the Community SSU release version. This string is not edited so the Ovi store doesn't break.

Angry Birds for N900 - Game & All 4 Levels (Download and Play Now)

 

The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake! Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds’ eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs’ fortified castles. Angry Birds features hours of gameplay, challenging physics-based castle demolition, and lots of replay value. Use logic, skill, and brute force to crush the enemy.

Here's the Angry Birds game version 1.4.2 and all full 4 levels deb file for your Maemo powered N900. Download the zip from the link below, unzip, copy all the files to your N900 and install it with App Manager. Any newbie can do it. Enjoy and if you like it or have any questions please leave comments.


http://www.mediafire.com/?6wfa3tfa1qvc8df

Screenshots of the game taken within N900.

New CSSU update for Maemo 5 version 21.2011.38-1Tmaemo1 is out

New Maemo 5 system update version 21.2011.38-1Tmaemo1 is out and you should see it in the Application Manager (if not, try refreshing it). 





Changelog:

* Added Qt DigiNotar blacklists.
* Fixed modest crashes.
* Fixed camera-ui corrupting videos after switching to background while recording.
* Fixed camera-ui overwriting user data.
* Fixed portrait wallpapers in hildon-home.
* CSSU rebased on top of official PR1.3.1 release.

Please note that this is a testing release - that's what the T symbol in the version string stands for. Stable release should follow soon. Keep in mind that changing between stable and testing releases requires a reflash, so if you prefer to eventually have the stable release on your device without having to reflash it, skip this one and wait for the version marked with S in the release string.

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU 

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU/Changelog 

Ovi Suite finally replaced with Nokia Suite

Nokia has launched its improved Nokia Suite for Windows, replacing the Ovi Suite.
There are a number of functional changes along with the new name. The new release version is 3.2.100, replacing the Ovi Suite 3.1.1.90.

The official changelog is listed as:

• The application has a refreshed look and feel
• The new Support view (shown below) offers info and help with using Nokia Suite and your phone
• The Support view helps make sure you have enough free space on your phone
• The improved sync log shows you what has changed during syncing
• Software updates for your phone software and phone applications now run more reliably
• Nokia Suite doesn't anymore run the MPlatform.exe process - we've removed that from our architecture. You'll see MPlatform.exe still running, if you have Nokia Ovi Player installed on the same PC

 

Grab the 88MB download from the official download page.

Opera Mobile beta 11.5 updated to build 14 for Maemo - 11.5.2 for Android

Opera Mobile 11.5 beta yesterday got updated to build 14 with a few bug fix.
Here's the change log:

• Don't request a network connection when visiting localhost.
• Fix crash when canceling a network connection request.

Direct download click here.

Opera Mobile for Android also updated to 11.5.2 with lots of bug and stability fix.
Here's the change log for Android:

•     Enabled possibility for sites to refresh using JavaScript (redirect to self)
•     Fixed problems with settings menu closing without user interaction
•     Fixed long startup time on some devices
•     Fixed problems with HTML5 audio
•     Fixed problems with big Link accounts freezing Opera
•     Fixed isse that prevented users from changing already stored credentials
•     Fixed problems with cache being deleted at startup
•     Crash and stability fixes
•     Fixed problems with no feedback given to the user when shortcut couldn't be added to home screen
•     Fixed problems with star indication of bookmarked pages after device restart
•     Fixed problems with download view not updated properly in some case

Here's what Maemo.org member "ohrn" posted in TMO about the update

Hi Everyone,

Time for another update, this time to include all fixes in the recent 11.5.2 version for Android (read about it here). It also includes 2 Maemo specific fixes:

• Don't request a network connection when visiting localhost.
• Fix crash when canceling a network connection request.

Opera Mobile discussion thread on TMO

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=52373

Here comes the Maemo 5 PR 1.3.1 update for N900

 
A few days ago MohammadAG leaked a news about Maemo PR 1.3.1 security update in Maemo.org wesite. I posted that news in this blog. Everyone was expecting a lots of bug fix and improvements. I was waiting eagerly for the update.
Today I refreshed my N900's application catalog and I was so happy to see the software update notification. But I got sad when I found that it is just a minor security update fixing the DigiNotar issue and a fixed security control panel applet. Though I updated my N900 to PR 1.3.1 successfully. The about product shows the version 21.2011.38-1. Non CSSU users can update right away through application manager. I tried with Nokia OVI suite but the update didn't show. CSSU users have to wait for next CSSU update. CSSU maintainer will include this fix in their next update.
Happy updating.
Here's some screenshot for you all.

 Updated components are:

• maemosec-certman-applet
• libmaemosec-certmant-applet0
• mp-fremantle-generic-pr
• libmaemosec-certman0
• maemosec-certman-common-ca
• libmaemosec0
• maemosec-certman-tools

Nokia Suite beta Updated to 3.2.98

Nokia Suite beta just updated from 3.2.66 to 3.2.98 with lots of bug fixed and improvements. It is still in beta version and ready for tester. If you want to test it download today.

Official changelog:
- Several crash error corrections
- Many other error corrections
- Localization error corrections
- Improvements for phone software update wizard
- Sync performance improvements (sync performance logging was disabled from Nokia Suite Beta builds)
- Several graphics corrections
- Maps error corrections
- Several proxy related issues were corrected
- Improvements in log gathering


Please update to Nokia Suite 3.2.98 by using Nokia Suite's own update mechanism (Tools > Software updates). You can also download it directly from Try it page. You do not have to uninstall older versions before installing.

Copy faster with TeraCopy 2.22

TeraCopy is a free utility designed to copy/move files faster and more secure. TeraCopy can resume broken file transfers. TeraCopy skips bad files during copy and even shows the skipped files at the end of files transfer. Calculates files CRC checksum on the fly to speed up source and target files comparison. Seamless integration with Windows Explorer allows you to keep working with files as usual.
CodeSector released TeraCopy version 2.22 on 27th October. A long waited update for me. The last update was 22nd September 2010.

The changlog for version 2.22

• Added: Export filelist to HTML (sortable columns) and CSV files [Pro].
• Changed: Graphical buttons instead of pseudo-graphical.
• Changed: If Shutdown option is selected, batch file PowerOff.cmd will be launched.
• Fixed: Transfer.log now written in Unicode.
• Fixed: Renaming multiple files with same name.
• Fixed: Waiting for other processes to finish testing after copying.

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Nokia N9 White -- Running Unreleased Firmware PR 1.1 39-4

Nokia conversation posted about the White Nokia N9 and upcoming firmware update for MeeGo. Now MeegoExpert posted a news with some pictures and a hands on video of White Nokia N9 running unreleased PR1.1 (20.2011.39-4_PR_001) firmware.

Notable features for firmware 39-4 include:

• Music Player appears on Lock screen (as seen on the recent update for the Nokia N950)
• NFC Capability of reading NFC tags off Cards
• Mail has options to synchronise particular folders
• Camera has the inclusion of Colours option
• Multitasking is now even better and smoother

Here's the pictures and video.

 

Here's the link of the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HNqwu-KY3dY

This is a Video taken at Nokia World 2011 showing the Nokia N9 in WHITE. 

Source: http://www.meegoexperts.com/2011/10/nokia-n9-white-running-unreleased-firmware-pr-1-1-39-4/