Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/9/6 Lally Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> There are those who want cheap, and those who want features. To which
>> market does OpenMoko aspire to cater to?
>
> Hmm, didn't we just pay nearly $400 for this thing?
>

How much would the additional hardware cost? If it's $50 or less then
I think it's a no-brainer. Most people I know have two cellphones, and
if one $450 device can replace two $400 devices then it's a deal.

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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread William Kenworthy
Dont think so - "changing sim cards", not running two parallel systems.
There are already systems that do  this I think - saw a discussion on
one of the OM lists a couple of months ago.  Just needs some smart
design and the will-power to do it.

Billk

On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 21:31 +0300, Michele Renda wrote:
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> To get it you must to have double GSM hardware, double standbay power
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> 
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > Would it be reasonable for future Openmoko phones to accept multiple
> > SIM cards? I don't know if three is pushing it, but two certainly
> > sounds reasonable. The expectation would be that the user could
> > receive calls from both lines at the same time. When making calls,
> > SMSing, or browsing 3G one could either specify which network to use
> > or have a default set. Individual contacts could even have an override
> > option to the default to always use a particular network. 
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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread Lally Singh
On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 2008/9/5 Michele Renda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> To get it you must to have double GSM hardware, double standbay power
>> consume, and so a higher cost!
>>
>
> There are those who want cheap, and those who want features. To which
> market does OpenMoko aspire to cater to?

Hmm, didn't we just pay nearly $400 for this thing?

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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/9/5 Michele Renda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> To get it you must to have double GSM hardware, double standbay power
> consume, and so a higher cost!
>

There are those who want cheap, and those who want features. To which
market does OpenMoko aspire to cater to?

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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/9/5  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>> I'd also *love* to see a phone with two SIM slots - I can see the
>> interface now, when you dial a number, it prompts you "with dial as:
>>  ". I also like the Idea of having certain contacts
>> set to automatically dial using a specified sim.
>
> In Real Life, telephones with two SIM slots are meant to be used by
> married people who need a secure, second communication channel...
>

What about those who like to separate their business life from their
personal life? Or for that matter, those who like to separate their
crack business from their pot business? Or, worse yet, those in a
nation where calling carrier A from A costs little, and calling
carrier B from B costs little, but calling carrier B from A or vice
versa is expensive?


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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread Michele Renda
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To get it you must to have double GSM hardware, double standbay power
consume, and so a higher cost!

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Would it be reasonable for future Openmoko phones to accept multiple
> SIM cards? I don't know if three is pushing it, but two certainly
> sounds reasonable. The expectation would be that the user could
> receive calls from both lines at the same time. When making calls,
> SMSing, or browsing 3G one could either specify which network to use
> or have a default set. Individual contacts could even have an override
> option to the default to always use a particular network. 

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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread haduong
> I'd also *love* to see a phone with two SIM slots - I can see the
> interface now, when you dial a number, it prompts you "with dial as:
>  ". I also like the Idea of having certain contacts
> set to automatically dial using a specified sim.

In Real Life, telephones with two SIM slots are meant to be used by
married people who need a secure, second communication channel...

Minh

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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread Dale Maggee
Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/8/25 Fredrik Wendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>   
>> In Sweden we have three GSM network operators (those with licenses to
>> actually put GSM equipment to use) and having to wait 3-4 minutes after
>> each SIM change really kills productivity and flow ...
>>
>> 
>
> Would it be reasonable for future Openmoko phones to accept multiple
> SIM cards? I don't know if three is pushing it, but two certainly
> sounds reasonable. The expectation would be that the user could
> receive calls from both lines at the same time. When making calls,
> SMSing, or browsing 3G one could either specify which network to use
> or have a default set. Individual contacts could even have an override
> option to the default to always use a particular network.
>
>   

I'd also *love* to see a phone with two SIM slots - I can see the 
interface now, when you dial a number, it prompts you "with dial as: 
 ". I also like the Idea of having certain contacts 
set to automatically dial using a specified sim.

There are a couple of interesting possibilities for the openmoko to be 
able to do something like this using only one sim slot:

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wishlist#Soft_Sim_Cloning
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Wishlist#Bluetooth_powered_Multi-SIM_support

-Dale


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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/8/25 Fredrik Wendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> In Sweden we have three GSM network operators (those with licenses to
> actually put GSM equipment to use) and having to wait 3-4 minutes after
> each SIM change really kills productivity and flow ...
>

Would it be reasonable for future Openmoko phones to accept multiple
SIM cards? I don't know if three is pushing it, but two certainly
sounds reasonable. The expectation would be that the user could
receive calls from both lines at the same time. When making calls,
SMSing, or browsing 3G one could either specify which network to use
or have a default set. Individual contacts could even have an override
option to the default to always use a particular network.

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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread Christ van Willegen
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:48 PM, David Pottage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On the Freerunner, it would be best if you powered down the GSM module
> before you remove the SIM card. Perhaps in future we can add an applet
> to do that.

I've had trouble resuming when I turned off my GSM module, so be
careful! See http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1857

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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-05 Thread Fredrik Wendt
tis 2008-09-02 klockan 20:48 +0100 skrev David Pottage:
> Fredrik Wendt wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > Just wanted to know if I'd damage the hardware by doing:
> >
> > 0. Connect FR to computer using USB cable.
> > 1. Turn on FR (FSO-testing), fire up zhone.
> > 2. Open FR, remove battery, open SIM pocket, change SIM card, replace
> > battery, replace back cover - all while the FR is running off power from
> > USB
> [...]   
> There is a risk that you will damage the SIM card doing that[...]

Thanks for letting me know! The important thing for me is juts to make
sure that the FreeRunner won't get damaged, since the SIM cards I
currently use are only pre-paid ones, used only for testing.

/ Fredrik


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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-09-02 Thread David Pottage
Fredrik Wendt wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Just wanted to know if I'd damage the hardware by doing:
>
> 0. Connect FR to computer using USB cable.
> 1. Turn on FR (FSO-testing), fire up zhone.
> 2. Open FR, remove battery, open SIM pocket, change SIM card, replace
> battery, replace back cover - all while the FR is running off power from
> USB
>
> In Sweden we have three GSM network operators (those with licenses to
> actually put GSM equipment to use) and having to wait 3-4 minutes after
> each SIM change really kills productivity and flow ...
>   
There is a risk that you will damage the SIM card doing that, as it may 
receive power on the data pads before ground and power are connected. On 
consumer phones where the sim card is not under the battery there is 
normally some sort of switch on the SIM card compartment so that the 
phone, or at least the GSM module gets powered down if you attempt to 
remove the SIM card.

On the Freerunner, it would be best if you powered down the GSM module 
before you remove the SIM card. Perhaps in future we can add an applet 
to do that.

You might consider testing if the power gets removed from the SIM card 
pads when the GSM module is off, by probing it with a multimeter, though 
do so at your own risk, as there is a slight chance of damaging your 
freerunner.


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Re: Chancing SIM card without reboot

2008-08-25 Thread Josh Thompson
I've done this several times with no problems so far.

Josh

On Monday August 25, 2008, Fredrik Wendt wrote:
> Hi.
>
> Just wanted to know if I'd damage the hardware by doing:
>
> 0. Connect FR to computer using USB cable.
> 1. Turn on FR (FSO-testing), fire up zhone.
> 2. Open FR, remove battery, open SIM pocket, change SIM card, replace
> battery, replace back cover - all while the FR is running off power from
> USB
>
> In Sweden we have three GSM network operators (those with licenses to
> actually put GSM equipment to use) and having to wait 3-4 minutes after
> each SIM change really kills productivity and flow ...
>
> / Fredrik

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