Re: Openmoko Neo FreeRunner GTA02 versions A5 & A6 Audio Buzz - Quality Enhancement Service
Warren Baird wrote:
> Will this offer be availble in Canada also?
I live in Vancouver BC, and have just sent two Freerunners in today. You
just have to pay for the shipping back.
> to avoid dealing with customs?
I'm not entirely sure how customs works, but we are not purchasing
products from the US nor are we selling. We are receiving a free service
and we just pay for shipping to and from ("ship to" by going to a postal
office and "ship back" by ordering and paying on their site).
Hopefully they won't charge me anything. And I don't remember if they
use UPS service, but the UPS service is known to charge extreme amounts
on duties since they have their "private brokerage services", which
could potentially cost more than the Freerunner itself. =/ Here's to hoping!
-Boris
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Re: Freerunner's Future
Hi Steve, Steve Mosher wrote: > 1. Its a mobile Phone First, and a multi purpose platform secondarily > I actually like the perspective of #1 very much and you should keep it as such. As I am to understand, the core philosophy of Openmoko is the "Free the Phone". There are many platform hardware devices out there that are open. Stressing that it is the _phone_ makes the biggest difference. It causes a revolution where major phone manufacturers like LG, Samsung, Nokia, etc. will start trembling to figure out their next moves as the community thrives to make something so much better with mass collaboration. Free the phone; we already have multi-purpose platform devices that run linux. -Boris ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: some questions before buying FreeRunner
a dehqan wrote: > ...and what is GPS antenna for If you're talking about the GPS Antenna jack on the side of the phone, it's unnecessary unless you are in a building or car with very bad signal. > 6-Dealer has said that it's A6 FR is buzz fixed ,should i trust ? what > can i do if he/she posted it in our country and was not buzz fixed If the dealer is listed on the Wiki, then I don't see why they shouldn't be trusted. -Boris ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [FDOM] dfu-error -71
I have had bad experience with the dfu_util before. It appeared almost the same as your problem. It would download part way and show up as an error. I originally had a USB extension cable to the back of my computer. Bad idea. I ended up using the (fairly short) cable that came out of the box and it worked perfectly. My connections are sometimes loose though. Maybe this will help. -Boris On Sat, 2008-09-27 at 13:42 +0200, rhn wrote: > Hi > I've just tried to flash my freerunner with the newest FDOM and ran into a > problem with dfu-util. > Long story short, here's the console output: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] files]# ./dfu-util -a rootfs -R -D > Fat_and_Dirty_OM.200809_20080927.rootfs.jffs2 > dfu-util - (C) 2007 by OpenMoko Inc. > This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY > > Opening USB Device 0x:0x... > Claiming USB DFU Runtime Interface... > Determining device status: state = appIDLE, status = 0 > Device really in Runtime Mode, send DFU detach request... > Resetting USB... > Opening USB Device... > Found Runtime: [0x1d50:0x5119] devnum=13, cfg=0, intf=0, alt=6, name="rootfs" > Claiming USB DFU Interface... > Setting Alternate Setting ... > Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0 > dfuIDLE, continuing > Transfer Size = 0x1000 > bytes_per_hash=2589982 > Starting download: [###dfu_download error -71 > Error during download > > > The device used to flash without errors and I can't find any explanation to > this error code. > The file's checksum is correct and it breaks always at the same place. > > I hope the FDOM team will be able to do something about it because I can't > wait to try it out :) > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
[om2008.9/FDOM] Charging or Long Power On = Crashing?
I'm working on a theory of prolonged charging leading to the crashing of the Freerunner in FDOM/om2008.9. I'm not saying it's definite, but I have had some experiences of my phone ending up in kernel panic and where the screen would not turn on after overnight charging without suspension. Here is the scenario: I plug in my Freerunner to the wall adaptor, to let it charge overnight. I do not use suspension, but I do have the screen turn off automatically. I sometimes don't unplug/plug it in again to make the charging indicator (red light and the charging symbol on the screen) appear. In the morning (6+ hours later), the phone will be in kernel panic or the device will be on without the screen (calls and things get through, monitor does not come on). The questionable theory: Is there any chance that, since the kernel is not aware that the device is charging (even though the device still charges to full), will create crashes or reverse the loop of the battery indicators? I'm aware that this is a smart battery which can dish out statistics. If the FR does not know that it is charging, but the power is going up, I might think that that may cause problems with the logging and power handling from the kernel. Just a theory, but I really want to get rid of kernel panics and crashes after not shutting down for a long time. Any other theories floating out there that we might want to consider? -Boris ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Back to the basics: improving user experience
On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 16:58 +0100, Vasco Névoa wrote: > I can see there are at least 2 distinct types of user of OM: > A - "I need a working phone now, the uber-cool PDA stuff can wait"; > B - "OM is a groundbreaking project, I don't care about telephony, > let's press the revolution!" > As much as I am divided among the two views, I think OM must oblige to > its responsibility towards the users who have paid for their hardware, > and keep its promise of a working phone. There has been a lot of talk about a working phone, and I agree (mostly). When I bought the FR I used it to replace my old phone (non-PDA style regular flip phone). Other than just telephony services, I found the Calendar/Alarm service very important. Currently accessing the clock and accessing the alarm is difficult, not to mention there is only one alarm time slot per day. I couldn't say much about the stability, I have two other alarm clocks next to it to wake up, although neither of those are stable either (I use a Cowon A3 player... DO NOT use it to wake you up.. it won't go off half the time). Apart from this digression, I would just like to say that a regular phone is expected to have extensible utilities such as stable SMS, calendars, contacts, and alarm clocks. In my opinion, it's not just a phone. It's a day-planner. -Boris ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: X forwarding doesn't work
Michael Tansella wrote: > Hi, > > I want to start midori in the freerunner and forward the GUI tt my Linux Host > > (Kubuntu) > > I tried it the following way, but it starts on the freerunner instead of the > host, any idea?: > > > simarill...@simarillion-laptop:~$ ssh -l root -X -v 192.168.5.202 > I had this problem too, did so many things to the display variable but didn't work. This did though, runing the command in the same ssh call: ssh -l root -X -v 192.168.5.202 midori -Boris ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Where can I buy miniUSB-m → USB-A-f adapte rs in Canada?
Brolin Empey wrote: > Where can I buy such an adapter or cable in Canada? Try www.dealextreme.com They have free shipping (although order and shipping takes 3 weeks total) and their prices are phenomenally low. -Boris ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
