Category: N9 Hacks
#N9Hacks: Make Opera (or others) Default Broswer (Terminal)
I’ve shown you how to select which browser you want to act as default, using an app. Sadly, Opera which we brought to your attention yesterday (as well as Helium Web Browser) doesn’t register on this app. To make it your default, follow the instructions below. As always, no responsibility if you brick your device,and [...]
Live Wallpaper for N950 w/ PR 1.2 (N9 support soon?)
If you follow me on twitter, you’d see that today Nokia Australia gave me an N950 after talking to some people at the Lumia Launch. Anyway, I have PR 1.2 (and will probably give you a guys a run through of it, as well as comparison of it with N9) and went to enable landscape [...]
#N9Hacks: HomeScreen Backgrounds (App)
Jay showed you guys that there was a hack to change the background , and today I am showing you the simplest way to get it enabled, regrettably using the Apple line “there’s an app for that.” The app is called Home Screen Background Settings, and is a GUI that allows the user to change [...]
Video: Progress Update: Android ICS on Nokia N9 (NitDroid)
Like the N900, there is attempts to bring Android to the N9. Been in contact with a dev over Twitter recently, DrunkDebugger, and he has gotten quite a lot done. He has even recently developed a method for untethered booting into Alternate OS. If you are interested, read about it here. Anyway, what I wanted [...]
#N9Hacks: Zoom While Recording Video (Terminal)
I was reading Ali’s excellent post on his experience with the Lumia 800 (which I agree about entirely) and remembered I haven’t shown you the first hack I placed on my N9. This hack allows you to zoom in and out while recording video. I found it quite annoying to have choose a distance and [...]
N9Hacks: Wallpaper for homescreen/multitask/today screen
If the clean black wasn’t doing it for you and you wanted a background for the N9 well here’s a demo of it in action as well as instructions by kuzmichov Do this at your own risk. We recommend going to the link below for further clarification. http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=81665 Instructions: 1. Create your background image size [...]
#N9Hacks: Alphanumeric Keyboard for Nokia N9?
Nokia’s decision to put an alphanumeric keyboard onto their Symbian touch phones wasn’t such a bad one. It’s just that it should have been an option (as well as needing to be multitouch) with a decent QWERTY that worked. Anyway, the N9 keyboard is indeed awesome. The only thing I find it lacking in perhaps [...]
#N9Hacks: Change Font (Terminal)
It is actually extremely simple to change the font on the N9. You simply place the font files you want into /home/user/.fonts . Use System Info to make sure the fonts are correctly installed and find out their config name. Next you locate the css files relating to the UI element you wish to change, [...]
#N9Hacks: Standby Screen Mod (Terminal + App)
I’ve shown you how to change your clock colour, now lets take a look at altering the operator logo. Some devices are said to come to with operator logos, if they own a branded Nokia N9. There are a few apps out there, that simply allow you to select an image and use it as [...]
#N9Hacks: Volume rocker as Shutter Button (App)
I came across some chatter about this last night on IRC, but was waiting to post it until it was confirmed. Thomas Perl (aka thp ) has made a “quick and dirty” camera hack, that allows you to use the Volume up key as a dedicated camera shutter button. Not much to explain about it, [...]
#N9Hacks: Browser Mods (App)
I have actually got two mods to share with you today, both relating to the browser. The first alters a few settings that change the default action when opening a file. (This applies to the browser, as the browser “opens” files not necessarily saving them. Apparently the file manager saves them.) I have altered the [...]
#N9Hacks: Nokia N9 6X8, 48 icon app grid or even Symbian-like 2×6/3×4
Hey this is a pretty cool N9 Hack. For fans of Michael’s N9Hacks series, hope you don’t mind me placing this cool one in where you can change the grid of the N9. I think we’ve seen before where they’ve made the N9 icons larger but not to the point where the grid pattern [...]
#N9Hacks: Live Clock Icon (App)
I am liking these Live Icon hacks that have been popping up for the N9. First was the calendar and now we have a Clock. (Read somewhere more are on the way.) The clock displays the time. If the screen is not locked, the icon will be refreshed every five minutes. Simply install the app, [...]
#N9Hacks: Calendar Feed (App)
The Events screen on the N9 is very helpful in showing whats happening in your life, whether it be social updates, meetings and reminders for the day, or as an overview of notifications awaiting response. The sad thing is though, the Events screen only displays the calendar information for the current day. It is handy [...]
#N9Hacks: Theme Changer (App)
This isn’t really that surprising, that we see Themes for the N9. There is an app, suitably called Theme Changer, that allows you to apply custom themes. It is not without its issues of course. The first major hurdle was emoticons. On theme change, the emoticon files get corrupted, but there is a simple enough [...]
Apps For MeeGo Store Client
Was writing up a post about another N9Hack, and realised, I haven’t informed you guys about a new “app store” of sorts for the N9. It allows you to download community developed applications. (Similar to N9-Apps.com, but only community apps.) They even released a client for the N9, a while back, and in my opinion, [...]
#N9Hacks: Dynamic Calendar Icon (App)
We brought you news about a dynamic calendar icon demoed on the Nokia N9, a few weeks back. It is fitting, now that there is an easy install for it, that I am including it as part of my N9Hacks series. The calendar icon resembles that of iOS, changing to display the current date. At [...]
#N9Hacks: Unlock Homescreen Orientation (App)
Like most community developed hack apps, they can be done using Terminal. Apps just make it easier for those not comfortable with modifying system files. App developer Vesuri has made and app known as “Home Screen Settings”, which simply adds to the settings menu. Once installed, navigate to Settings>Applications>Home Screen. Not only can you [...]
#N9Hacks: Hide App Shortcuts + Enable Terminal without Dev Mode (Terminal)
Do you have pre-installed apps you never use but can’t delete? App icons taking up too much space? I know I never use User Guide and it is just sitting there taking up icon space. I used Terminal to hide it, by making the shortcut a “hidden” file. Here’s how; (Obviously replace userguide with the [...]
#N9Hacks: Call UI Mod (Terminal)
Today’s hack has to do with the Call-UI. I came across a Mod that I like, mainly because I found the buttons too small for my fingers. What this mod does, is makes the answer, reject and silent buttons bigger, as well as enlarging the contact’s avatar. I didn’t like how big the avatar was [...]
#N9Hacks: Changing the colour of LPM clock (Terminal)
This is something I have been wanting to do for a while. Since the N900 days, many of us looked all over the web for ways to hack that little beast. My idea, is to create posts, that gather not only my own hacks, but also hacks found around the community, without having to surf [...]
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