Red Pill mode - Revision history

joerg_rw: removed reference to deprecated fapman

joerg_rw — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 15:29:24 GMT

removed reference to deprecated fapman

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	{{ambox\|text=Red Pill functionality has been removed from the Hildon Application Manager GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards. It can be enabled manually [[#Activating\|as shown below]].}}		{{ambox\|text=Red Pill functionality has been removed from the Hildon Application Manager GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards. It can be enabled manually [[#Activating\|as shown below]].}}

-	~~An installable package, Fapman aka [http://maemo.org/packages/view/fapman/ Faster Application Manager], though, still allows access to packages outside of user/* .~~

	'''Red Pill''' is an Application manager mode that disables certain safety features, and allows access to certain additional settings. It changes the way Application manager behaves, primarily by removing many of the safety locks that prevent users from installing harmful packages, or upgrading or replacing important system packages (which can result in reboot loops). It also hides packages that aren't relevant to users, and shows additional settings to tweak specific behaviors (like whether to cache packages to the internal memory card during installation).		'''Red Pill''' is an Application manager mode that disables certain safety features, and allows access to certain additional settings. It changes the way Application manager behaves, primarily by removing many of the safety locks that prevent users from installing harmful packages, or upgrading or replacing important system packages (which can result in reboot loops). It also hides packages that aren't relevant to users, and shows additional settings to tweak specific behaviors (like whether to cache packages to the internal memory card during installation).

int_ua: Activating link was broken

int_ua — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 10:36:40 GMT

Activating link was broken

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-	{{ambox\|text=Red Pill functionality has been removed from the Hildon Application Manager GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards. It can be enabled manually [[#~~activating~~\|as shown below]].}}	+	{{ambox\|text=Red Pill functionality has been removed from the Hildon Application Manager GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards. It can be enabled manually [[#Activating\|as shown below]].}}

	An installable package, Fapman aka [http://maemo.org/packages/view/fapman/ Faster Application Manager], though, still allows access to packages outside of user/* .		An installable package, Fapman aka [http://maemo.org/packages/view/fapman/ Faster Application Manager], though, still allows access to packages outside of user/* .

joerg_rw: Undo revision 46004 by 114.79.28.10 (Talk) vandalism/spam

joerg_rw — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:30:30 GMT

Undo revision 46004 by 114.79.28.10 (Talk) vandalism/spam

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	* Type "matrix" into the "Web Address" field		* Type "matrix" into the "Web Address" field
	* Click "Cancel" (N900: tap outside the window)		* Click "Cancel" (N900: tap outside the window)
-	* Tap "Red" in the dialog to enabled Red Pill mode, or "Blue" to keep the Application manager as-is or ~~[http://goo.gl/Dg36c youtube] [http://goo.gl/16GT5 idm]~~ to disable Red Pill.	+	* Tap "Red" in the dialog to enabled Red Pill mode, or "Blue" to keep the Application manager as-is or to disable Red Pill.

	N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.		N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.

114.79.28.10: /* Activating */

114.79.28.10 — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:12:45 GMT

Activating

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	* Type "matrix" into the "Web Address" field		* Type "matrix" into the "Web Address" field
	* Click "Cancel" (N900: tap outside the window)		* Click "Cancel" (N900: tap outside the window)
-	* Tap "Red" in the dialog to enabled Red Pill mode, or "Blue" to keep the Application manager as-is or to disable Red Pill.	+	* Tap "Red" in the dialog to enabled Red Pill mode, or "Blue" to keep the Application manager as-is or [http://goo.gl/Dg36c youtube] [http://goo.gl/16GT5 idm] to disable Red Pill.

	N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.		N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.

amigadave: wikify slightly

amigadave — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:15:41 GMT

wikify slightly

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-	~~''''' <span style~~=~~"color:red">~~Red Pill functionality has been removed from the Hildon Application Manager GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards. It can be enabled manually as shown below~~.</span>'''~~	+	{{ambox\|text=Red Pill functionality has been removed from the Hildon Application Manager GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards. It can be enabled manually [[#activating\|as shown below]].}}
-	''	+
-		+
-	~~An installable package, Fapman aka Faster Application Manager [http://maemo.org/packages/view/fapman/~~], though, still allows access to packages outside of user/* .	+

		+	An installable package, Fapman aka [http://maemo.org/packages/view/fapman/ Faster Application Manager], though, still allows access to packages outside of user/* .

	'''Red Pill''' is an Application manager mode that disables certain safety features, and allows access to certain additional settings. It changes the way Application manager behaves, primarily by removing many of the safety locks that prevent users from installing harmful packages, or upgrading or replacing important system packages (which can result in reboot loops). It also hides packages that aren't relevant to users, and shows additional settings to tweak specific behaviors (like whether to cache packages to the internal memory card during installation).		'''Red Pill''' is an Application manager mode that disables certain safety features, and allows access to certain additional settings. It changes the way Application manager behaves, primarily by removing many of the safety locks that prevent users from installing harmful packages, or upgrading or replacing important system packages (which can result in reboot loops). It also hides packages that aren't relevant to users, and shows additional settings to tweak specific behaviors (like whether to cache packages to the internal memory card during installation).
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	== Activating ==		== Activating ==

-	'''Red Pill mode has been removed from the GUI in the 1.2009.44-1 N900 firmware. It can be enabled on future firmwares by editing the configuration file for HAM using terminal.'''	+	'''Red Pill mode has been removed from the GUI in the 1.2009.44-1 [[Nokia N900\|N900]] firmware. It can be enabled on future firmwares by editing the configuration file for HAM using terminal.'''

	For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing.		For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing.
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	N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.		N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.

-		+	To enable Red Pill mode in [[Maemo 5/PR1.1\|51-1 (PR1.1)]] onwards:
-	To enable Red Pill mode 51-1 onwards:	+
	* Close Hildon Application Manager if you have it opened.		* Close Hildon Application Manager if you have it opened.
-	* Open Terminal.	+	* Open Terminal. Note that you can use your favorite editor to do this, vi is used for this tutorial as it is preinstalled on the N900. '''Under [[Maemo 5/PR1.2\|PR1.2]] this file is not available, so one has to add the two relevant fields below for it to work.'''
-	Note that you can use your favorite editor to do this, vi is used for this tutorial as it is preinstalled on the N900.	+	* Type <pre>vi /home/user/.osso/hildon-application-manager</pre> press I to enter input mode.
-	'''Under PR1.2 this file is not available, so one has to add the two relevant fields below for it to work.'''	+	* Change <pre>red-pill-mode 0</pre> to <pre>red-pill-mode 1</pre>.
-	* Type vi /home/user/.osso/hildon-application-manager, press I to enter input mode.	+	* Change <pre>red-pill-permanent 0</pre> to <pre>red-pill-permanent 1</pre>.
-	* Change red-pill-mode 0 to red-pill-mode 1.	+	* Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type <pre>:w</pre> and press enter to save and <pre>:x</pre> to exit.
-	* Change red-pill-permanent 0 to red-pill-permanent 1.	+
-	* Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type :w and press enter to save and :x to exit.	+
	Red pill mode will stay on till the steps are reversed.		Red pill mode will stay on till the steps are reversed.
		+
	[[Category:Power users]]		[[Category:Power users]]

tuxsavvy: /* Settings */ Added information to the location of stored deb files if one chooses to not clean apt cache.

tuxsavvy — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 16:18:31 GMT

Settings: Added information to the location of stored deb files if one chooses to not clean apt cache.

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	== Settings ==		== Settings ==

-	; Clean apt cache : If activated, the equivalent of "apt-get clean" is performed after every install or update. (This is the behavior for blue-pill mode.)	+	; Clean apt cache : If activated, the equivalent of "apt-get clean" is performed after every install or update. (This is the default behavior for blue-pill mode.) Contents of the downloaded .deb files can be found in: /home/user/MyDocs/.apt-archive-cache/
	; Assume net connection : This will not ask for an active IAP before downloading. This is useful if you have a network connection, but the tablet connectivity APIs are not available or don't know about it.		; Assume net connection : This will not ask for an active IAP before downloading. This is useful if you have a network connection, but the tablet connectivity APIs are not available or don't know about it.
	; Break locks : This will break needed locks instead of failing. This is done by default in blue pill mode so that users don't lock themselves out when a crash leaves a stale lock behind.		; Break locks : This will break needed locks instead of failing. This is done by default in blue pill mode so that users don't lock themselves out when a crash leaves a stale lock behind.

tuxsavvy: /* Activating */ PR1.2 does not have hildon-appplication-manager file, needs manual appending.

tuxsavvy — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:53:10 GMT

Activating: PR1.2 does not have hildon-appplication-manager file, needs manual appending.

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	* Open Terminal.		* Open Terminal.
	Note that you can use your favorite editor to do this, vi is used for this tutorial as it is preinstalled on the N900.		Note that you can use your favorite editor to do this, vi is used for this tutorial as it is preinstalled on the N900.
		+	'''Under PR1.2 this file is not available, so one has to add the two relevant fields below for it to work.'''
	* Type vi /home/user/.osso/hildon-application-manager, press I to enter input mode.		* Type vi /home/user/.osso/hildon-application-manager, press I to enter input mode.
	* Change red-pill-mode 0 to red-pill-mode 1.		* Change red-pill-mode 0 to red-pill-mode 1.
-	* Change red-pill-permanent 0 to red-pill-permanent 1	+	* Change red-pill-permanent 0 to red-pill-permanent 1.
	* Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type :w and press enter to save and :x to exit.		* Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type :w and press enter to save and :x to exit.
	Red pill mode will stay on till the steps are reversed.		Red pill mode will stay on till the steps are reversed.
	[[Category:Power users]]		[[Category:Power users]]

mohammad7410: /* Activating */

mohammad7410 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:07:44 GMT

Activating

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	For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing.		For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing.

-	To enable Red Pill mode:	+	To enable Red Pill mode through HAM on old firmwares:
	* Open Application manager and go to "Tools -> Application catalogue"		* Open Application manager and go to "Tools -> Application catalogue"
	* Click "New"		* Click "New"
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	N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.		N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.
		+

	To enable Red Pill mode 51-1 onwards:		To enable Red Pill mode 51-1 onwards:
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	* Change red-pill-permanent 0 to red-pill-permanent 1		* Change red-pill-permanent 0 to red-pill-permanent 1
	* Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type :w and press enter to save and :x to exit.		* Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type :w and press enter to save and :x to exit.
-		+	Red pill mode will stay on till the steps are reversed.
	[[Category:Power users]]		[[Category:Power users]]

mohammad7410 at 13:04, 6 August 2010

mohammad7410 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:04:19 GMT

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-	''''' <span style="color:red">Red Pill functionality has been removed from the ~~HAM~~ GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards.</span>'''	+	''''' <span style="color:red">Red Pill functionality has been removed from the Hildon Application Manager GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards. It can be enabled manually as shown below.</span>'''
	''		''

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	; Break locks : This will break needed locks instead of failing. This is done by default in blue pill mode so that users don't lock themselves out when a crash leaves a stale lock behind.		; Break locks : This will break needed locks instead of failing. This is done by default in blue pill mode so that users don't lock themselves out when a crash leaves a stale lock behind.
	; Show dependencies : This adds another tab to the details dialog with some dependencies from the package.		; Show dependencies : This adds another tab to the details dialog with some dependencies from the package.
-	; Show all packages : This will not filter out packages that are not in the "user" section. It will also allow installing packages from any section.	+	; Show all packages : This will not filter out packages that are not in the "user" section. It will also allow installing packages from any section. When enabled this will show free Ovi Store packages.
	; Show magic system package : This will include the "magic:sys" package in the list of packages. Updating that package will do something similar to "apt-get upgrade". It is not yet fully defined what it will do exactly. This feature might become available in blue-pill mode at one point.		; Show magic system package : This will include the "magic:sys" package in the list of packages. Updating that package will do something similar to "apt-get upgrade". It is not yet fully defined what it will do exactly. This feature might become available in blue-pill mode at one point.
	; Include package details in log : When this setting is active, opening a package details dialog will dump its content into the Log so that you more easily save it. This should be useful when reporting complicated dependency issues. This setting can only be changed in Red Pill mode, but it's effect stays active also in Blue Pill mode.		; Include package details in log : When this setting is active, opening a package details dialog will dump its content into the Log so that you more easily save it. This should be useful when reporting complicated dependency issues. This setting can only be changed in Red Pill mode, but it's effect stays active also in Blue Pill mode.

mohammad7410: `

mohammad7410 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:00:50 GMT

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-	''''' <span style="color:red">Red Pill functionality has been removed from Maemo5 51-1 forwards. ~~So last firmware that has red pill -functionality is Maemo5 2009.44-1~~</span>'''	+	''''' <span style="color:red">Red Pill functionality has been removed from the HAM GUI Maemo5 51-1 forwards.</span>'''
	''		''

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	== Activating ==		== Activating ==

-	'''Red Pill mode has been removed in the 1.2009.44-1 N900 firmware.'''	+	'''Red Pill mode has been removed from the GUI in the 1.2009.44-1 N900 firmware. It can be enabled on future firmwares by editing the configuration file for HAM using terminal.'''

	For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing.		For the vast majority of people, using Red Pill is inadvisable. Please don't use it unless you know exactly what you are doing.
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	N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.		N900: The Red-Pill mode is not persistent after being enabled. Closing the Application manager, disables Red Pill.

-	~~== Future ==~~	+	To enable Red Pill mode 51-1 onwards:
-		+	* Close Hildon Application Manager if you have it opened.
-	Red Pill mode ~~has been removed in~~ 1.~~2009~~.~~44-1~~ N900 ~~firmware~~.	+	* Open Terminal.
-	~~Similar function can be accomplished by [[Root access]] and rootsh can be instaled via~~ application manager.	+	Note that you can use your favorite editor to do this, vi is used for this tutorial as it is preinstalled on the N900.
		+	* Type vi /home/user/.osso/hildon-application-manager, press I to enter input mode.
		+	* Change red-pill-mode 0 to red-pill-mode 1.
		+	* Change red-pill-permanent 0 to red-pill-permanent 1
		+	* Press CTRL+C to exit input mode, type :w and press enter to save and :x to exit.

	[[Category:Power users]]		[[Category:Power users]]