Re: GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread Adam Jimerson
On Saturday 16 May 2009 01:33:38 pm George Brooke wrote:
>
> george-laptop~/openmoko/fluid☮:du -h flash-moko11-2.image
> 271Mflash-moko11-2.image
>
> I think you'll need the 512meg one.
>
> solar.george

Thanks, good thing I keep a hold of the 512MB one that came with my phone.
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Re: GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread George Brooke
On Saturday 16 May 2009 18:13:39 Yorick Moko wrote:
> untar the image of
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing#uSD-card_Image and you'll
> know it...
> i'm quite sure 128MB will suffice
> the 512MB one, delivered with the FR surely will
>
> On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Adam Jimerson  wrote:
> > How big of uSD card is needed to use the image to upgrade the GSM
> > Firmware?
george-laptop~/openmoko/fluid☮:du -h flash-moko11-2.image
271Mflash-moko11-2.image

I think you'll need the 512meg one.

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Re: GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread Yorick Moko
untar the image of
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing#uSD-card_Image and you'll
know it...
i'm quite sure 128MB will suffice
the 512MB one, delivered with the FR surely will

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Adam Jimerson  wrote:
> How big of uSD card is needed to use the image to upgrade the GSM
> Firmware?
>
> On May 16, 2009, at 4:56 AM, Paul Fertser wrote:
>
>> pike  writes:
>>> The instructions on the Flashing page
>>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing
>>> sound very scary, and I am not inclined
>>> to do that yet.
>>>
>>> Is upgrading the frimware required to
>>> install 2009/testing ? My hardware has
>>> been fine using QTExtended.
>>
>> Upgrading GSM gives you: compatibility with all SIM-cards (and don't
>> forget that you might be forced to switch your working simcard to the
>> one incompatible with moko8 when you'll have no time to think about
>> GSM firmware), more robust resume on incoming call/message, proper
>> flow control support (less risk of data loss and buffer overruns).
>>
>> Upgrading firmware is not scary at all, and is especially easy with
>> the uSD image prepared by Joerg.
>>
>> I strongly recommend that (you can ask low-level devs but i'm sure
>> they'll tell the same).
>>
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Re: GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread Adam Jimerson
How big of uSD card is needed to use the image to upgrade the GSM  
Firmware?

On May 16, 2009, at 4:56 AM, Paul Fertser wrote:

> pike  writes:
>> The instructions on the Flashing page
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing
>> sound very scary, and I am not inclined
>> to do that yet.
>>
>> Is upgrading the frimware required to
>> install 2009/testing ? My hardware has
>> been fine using QTExtended.
>
> Upgrading GSM gives you: compatibility with all SIM-cards (and don't
> forget that you might be forced to switch your working simcard to the
> one incompatible with moko8 when you'll have no time to think about
> GSM firmware), more robust resume on incoming call/message, proper
> flow control support (less risk of data loss and buffer overruns).
>
> Upgrading firmware is not scary at all, and is especially easy with
> the uSD image prepared by Joerg.
>
> I strongly recommend that (you can ask low-level devs but i'm sure
> they'll tell the same).
>
> -- 
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> software!
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Re: GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread Robin Paulson
2009/5/16 Paul Fertser :
> pike  writes:
>> The instructions on the Flashing page
>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing
>> sound very scary, and I am not inclined
>> to do that yet.

> Upgrading firmware is not scary at all, and is especially easy with
> the uSD image prepared by Joerg.
>
> I strongly recommend that (you can ask low-level devs but i'm sure
> they'll tell the same).

i'll second that. i'd been avoiding it for weeks, and did it last
night, using the microsd image. it was very simple, and there was
little i could have done wrong

it didn't fix the problem, but that's another issue

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GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread Paul Fertser
pike  writes:
> The instructions on the Flashing page
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing
> sound very scary, and I am not inclined
> to do that yet.
>
> Is upgrading the frimware required to
> install 2009/testing ? My hardware has
> been fine using QTExtended.

Upgrading GSM gives you: compatibility with all SIM-cards (and don't
forget that you might be forced to switch your working simcard to the
one incompatible with moko8 when you'll have no time to think about
GSM firmware), more robust resume on incoming call/message, proper
flow control support (less risk of data loss and buffer overruns).

Upgrading firmware is not scary at all, and is especially easy with
the uSD image prepared by Joerg.

I strongly recommend that (you can ask low-level devs but i'm sure
they'll tell the same).

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