How To: Get More Apps on Your Nokia N900
November 22, 2009 in Featured, How To's, Maemo/MeeGo How To's, Nokia N900 How To's, Video
So you finally got your hands on an N900? But when you go into the Application Manager there are a lot less apps than you thought there would be, right? Well, I’ll show you how to increase the number of apps 10x or more 
I. Enabling Maemo Extras
1. On the phone goto Menu (clicking the top left of the screen, one or two times) then click More and then App. Manager.
2. Click on the title bar to bring up the menu and click on Applications Catalog and wait for them to load.
3. Scroll down and you will see one called Maemo Extras, click it then uncheck the Disabled setting at the bottom and click Save.
3b. If Maemo Extras is not there then add it manually by clicking New then entering the following information in the appropriate fields:
Catalog name: Maemo Extras
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free
4. You now have access to the apps from the Maemo Community on Maemo.org
II. Add Maemo Testing Apps
1. On the phone goto Menu (clicking the top left of the screen, one or two times) then click More and then App. Manager.
2. Click on the title bar to bring up the menu and click on Applications Catalog and wait for them to load.
3. Click on New in the bottom right corner.
4. Enter in the following information for the fields:
Catalog name: Maemo Extras-testing
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free
5. Now you’ve got even more apps!
III. Add Maemo Developer Testing Apps
1. On the phone goto Menu (clicking the top left of the screen, one or two times) then click More and then App. Manager.
2. Click on the title bar to bring up the menu and click on Applications Catalog and wait for them to load.
3. Click on New in the bottom right corner.
4. Enter in the following information for the fields:
Catalog name: Maemo Extras-devel
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free
5. You now have all the beta testing apps and all of the apps from the Maemo Community, enjoy!
Reported Issues:
Issue: Seems to fail reloading the repository.
Solution: Try deleting fremantle from the Distribution field and reload.
TheUnlockr said on December 13, 2010
Please contact the developers of the app, we cannot help you with that.
Blesssobored said on January 21, 2011
unlockr … i ve got a prob which could not be solved so far … pls help me out … everytime i try to update i get the following msg in the log n hardly any updates !
apt-worker: Ignoring version from wrong domain: libsdl-mixer1.2 1:1.2.6-5+ogg+mp3
apt-worker: /var/lib/apt/lists/repository.maemo.org_extras_dists_fremantle-1.3_free_binary-armel_packages
….. and so on … i was asked to flash my phone to global firmware … which i did … along wid the emmc …. and yet i still get the damn msg in the log … please help if you can
Asad2988 said on July 27, 2011
All my catalogs got deleted
Mostafa Abdalla said on August 29, 2011
when i try to download bluemaemo it says i cannot download it because of conflicting application packages? what do i do?
guest said on October 18, 2011
does anyone what is the current lock code ?
guest said on October 18, 2011
does anyone know what is the current lock code for nokia n900 ?
P.A.I.N. said on January 3, 2012
you fuckin idiot! all my catalogues is lost an it don’t let me create new catalogues. its just dont save those. damn it!