Perhaps I can clear up some of the confusion about the official fix. What we have is this as a rough timeline etc.
1. We have Joerg's SOP. Joerg, Werner, Tony Tu and I worked to get this document reviewed and out to the community. At that point I wasnt apprised of any wired headset mic issue. Joerge put out a draft. I Wasnt aware of any wired headset mic issue. I think even if I had been I still would have let the document out. 2. We asked if engineering had verified the change and they had. However, We wanted to insure that the SOP could actually be followed by somebody in the feild. That it was it good enough to pass out to the community and tell people to just follow the instrcutions. 3. Several individuals in the field followed the instructions and reported back that the fix worked. ( I dont recall any of the early reports back indicating issues with wired hreadset mics. Nobody tested it I suppose ) 4. We asked for a test proceedure that would indicate whether the fix actually succeeded. The answer was our standard audio test. I'm pretty certain that it doesnt test a wired headset mic. 5. Engineering approved the SOP. 6. Now we need to actually test the yeild rate. One individual in the feild had screwed up his phone. I replaced it free of charge. And so we contacted a rework house to bid on fixing the remaining stock of A6 we have. They took the SOP, reworked some boards and gave us a quote. Given that the yield rate was unknown we planned to do sample rework of a couple hundred to see what the actual cost is. Since A7 is fairly close to shipping, it made more sense to the team to hold off on the rework and focus on getting A7 shipping. Now thats just the process for OM to fix the phones it has in store. What about those in the feild? Which is what the list really cares more about. What is our official position and Policy? Well, first and foremost we tend toward solutions that involve the community. Volunteers. We do it in software by having write code, we do it in marketing by having community members man trade show booths, we did it in sales with the group purchase, so when it comes to fixing the A6 in the field we are going to start with a volunteer approach. I think the actual idea came from somebody in the community who suggested that people bring their FR to a local show and they get somebody to fix phones. Building on that idea we throw in the party idea. So first and foremost this is going to be a community effort. We are just in the process of working out those details. I've shipped the parts to fix phones to a few individuals and disty who have asked. and spare phones for those that get borked up ( how many should that be??) There are some volunteers with soldering irons ready to do their best. Will there be a program beyond this? I don't know. It depends on how well the volunteer fix it approach goes. But we've got other ideas that we will test out there as well. Right now We ae doing what we can with the people have and the resources at hand. Is it going to take longer than we like? yes. will everyone on the list be happy? no. Paul Fertser wrote: > ezuall <[email protected]> writes: >> Would it be worth while to start a petition for the official fix in >> the wiki > > No. They obviously know that community is extremely irritated about it > and want to hear _any_ official statement. But they prefer being > silent. > > I guess we'll need to wait for another month for the final > clarifications. > > And btw, in case you missed it, there're already 2 officially > (OM-the-company) supported buzz rework parties planned. > > And don't forget that the proposed rework doesn't fix wired headset > mic, it will still produce a lot of buzz. > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
