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I know that way back in the age of the Nokia 8210, there was a hw modification that allowed 2 SIM cards to be used with that phone, not simultaneously though - oh, and the keyboard lights could be replaced to blue ones
I don't know if it's fake (I had a feeling it could be fake) but last year there was a video of a hw modification on the P990 that allowed linux to be installed.
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Posted: 2008-07-18 22:00:23
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I remember the blue led thing on 8210.
I think that the idea was to give it a 8850'ish look which was actually the same phone, only in a different casing and, yeah, different leds.
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Posted: 2008-07-18 22:25:20
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@makbil
Hw mod for Linux? Wouldn't a good ol' sw mod do the trick? Any info on which component they modded to get Linux running? But most importantly, is it genuine?
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Posted: 2008-07-19 11:58:37
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I think he is referring to the Ubuntu Linux video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyVJgw-H5l8
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Posted: 2008-07-19 12:46:41
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Yes, that was the one, good find @Myth.
I think what they are doing there is by-passing the internal ROM and booting from an external ROM, thus the soldering. But I have no idea how they got the screen drivers or the touch screen working. I'm skeptical due to these 2 reasons.
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Posted: 2008-07-19 22:01:24
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On 2008-07-19 22:01:24, makbil wrote:
I'm skeptical due to these 2 reasons.
We might have to add another two: CPU + Ram
have no experience with Ubuntu Linux, but from what I've read in some of the user comments, Ubuntu Mobile only supports Intel processors. Others are saying that a support for ARM processors can be enabled via modifications in the kernel of the os, but that sounds very unlikely to me.
And considering the fact that the memory of a P990 is even insufficient for its own os (as soon as average to heavy multitasking is required), running Linux on it is nothing but wishful thinking imo.
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Posted: 2008-07-19 22:31:50
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You are right. It will have to be compiled for an Arm processor. The memory may be enough, I know that without the graphical GUI Linux can work on 64 MB PCs, but overall it does seem like a very long shot.
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Posted: 2008-07-19 22:48:41
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But I have no idea how they got the screen drivers or the touch screen working. I'm skeptical due to these 2 reasons.
Yes, I'm skeptical for the same reasons too. But pretty impressive, did you see how fast that thing flew? And now that we're on the subject, since it is a bit far fetched to replace hw components, is possible to overclock them?
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Posted: 2008-07-20 05:40:46
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