Thanks for the tip Peter, I have it installed now and I can successfully send/receive SMS and phone calls! Now, if only Sudoku worked. That's the big one I've been waiting on.
On Jan 24, 2008 12:32 PM, Peter Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a SDHC card installed, and the latest mentioned u-boot seem to > support SDHC, but I suppose regular SD cards, eg. the 512MB card > delivered with the Neo will work as well. > > 0.Ensure that the flash-card is formatted with the file system format > ext3. > 1.You should be able to do that with a card reader connected to your > Linux based computer. > 2.Insert the flash card into your Neo and boot it up with a recent image > that has been installed to the phone, not the flash card that you are > about to update. > 3.Get the flash image file that you want to flash your Neo with, to your > Linux computer. > 4.Connect your Neo to your computer with a USB cable. > 5.Establish the connection with this: ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.200 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > 6.If #5. doesn't work, it may be because your Linux kernel doesn't have > the necessary USB support. > 7.In case you are using the (as of today) the most recent release, > execute the following command: cat > > OpenMoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20080123-fic-gta01.rootfs.tar.gz > | ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] tar -C /media/card -xz > 8.Remeber that if you get an error about SSH not knowing your host, just > execute (as root): # rm /root/.ssh/known_hosts > and redo the command. > 9.It may take from 5-10minutes to unpack the image onto your flash card, > and if you have added the tar flag 'v' then it will definitely take > longer. > 10 If your image is not gzipped, but just a regular tar-image then you > should omit the 'z' flag. > 11.Then, when attempting to reboot to this image, you must select SD or > SDHC card to reboot when starting up the Neo, using the AUX key and the > power-key. > > If it doesn't work, ask again, and everyone please remember: there are > no dumb questions, just dumb answers! > > Let's make the Neo the best platform out there! > > Peter > > > Brad Pitcher wrote: > > How do you install using the tarball? > > > > On Jan 23, 2008 3:51 PM, Peter Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > With the recent image: > > > > > http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily/neo1973/deploy/glibc/images/neo1973/OpenMoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20080123-fic-gta01.rootfs.tar.gz > > < > http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily/neo1973/deploy/glibc/images/neo1973/OpenMoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20080123-fic-gta01.rootfs.tar.gz > > > > > > I was able to make voice calls and messaging work on my GTA01, and > > this > > is great progress seen from a user's perspective! > > > > The Message UI is rather puzzling, though, I was able to use it. > > > > If it is now possible to make the GTA01 handle battery power in a > > decent > > way, i might actually become a really useful device, also for > regular > > usage. I don't usually want to carry more than one mobile device > with > > me, so my Neo still sits on my desk at home. > > > > Decent battery power handling would be: > > > > 1.Needing charge less than once each day, even when on 24/7. > > 2.Being able to keep charging and not loosing/disconnecting charging > > while plugged in, see: > > > > http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1158 > > > > I know that battery handling has improved on the GTA02, but I hope > > that > > also the GTA01 will eventually be usable for common everyday use :-) > > > > Peter > > > > >
