shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
I've just flashed shr testing 22nd April and I don't get the usual pin code request. Also, the icons "Contacts" and "Mofi" on the desktop are just two blank sheets. Under settings, the GSM antena is set off but I can't change it to on. The "Modem information" does nothing (not yet implemented?). So, how can I start GSM, manually and on startup? Regards, Fernando ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
Fernando Martins wrote: > I've just flashed shr testing 22nd April and I don't get the usual pin > code request. Also, the icons "Contacts" and "Mofi" on the desktop are > just two blank sheets. > > Under settings, the GSM antena is set off but I can't change it to on. > The "Modem information" does nothing (not yet implemented?). > > So, how can I start GSM, manually and on startup? > > Regards, > Fernando > Something goes wrong. It should have started automatically. What image did you flash exactly? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
ivvmm wrote: > Fernando Martins wrote: > >> I've just flashed shr testing 22nd April and I don't get the usual pin >> code request. Also, the icons "Contacts" and "Mofi" on the desktop are >> just two blank sheets. >> > > Something goes wrong. It should have started automatically. What image > did you flash exactly? > > I'm not sure what else can I tell you, from http://build.shr-project.org/shr-testing/images/om-gta02/ uImage-om-gta02-latest.bin dated 22-04-2009 shr-image-om-gta02.jffs2 dated 22-04-2009 The first time shr booted, it asked for some settings. There was a part on quick starting some apps, which I dismissed and now I wonder if I overlooked GMS startup. Later on, when I looked at the phone again, there was a dialog box stating that ophonekit was not started with an option to start, which I did, but nothing happened (no pin code request). I didn't get any error during flashing, but I don't know if dfu-util does indeed verify the image. Regards, Fernando ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
2009/4/27 Fernando Martins : > I'm not sure what else can I tell you, from > http://build.shr-project.org/shr-testing/images/om-gta02/ > > uImage-om-gta02-latest.bin dated 22-04-2009 > shr-image-om-gta02.jffs2 dated 22-04-2009 > > The first time shr booted, it asked for some settings. There was a part > on quick starting some apps, which I dismissed and now I wonder if I > overlooked GMS startup. > > Later on, when I looked at the phone again, there was a dialog box > stating that ophonekit was not started with an option to start, which I > did, but nothing happened (no pin code request). yeah, i'm getting exactly this error also. i later found out my sim had been borked by the messages app in 2008.12, but trying it with a friend's sim (which worked fine in his motorola and qte phone) i had the same response the gsm switch keeps going back to off also, even with a working sim ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
Robin Paulson wrote: > yeah, i'm getting exactly this error also. i later found out my sim > had been borked by the messages app in 2008.12, but trying it with a > friend's sim (which worked fine in his motorola and qte phone) i had > the same response > > the gsm switch keeps going back to off also, even with a working sim > Well, on switch on this morning, I got the pincode request. Sadly there has not been improvement on this area, i.e., the request for the pincode does not come right away as in typical mobiles. This is one one the few little but constant annoyances that does not allow FR/SHR to look polished. Regards, Fernando ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
ivvmm wrote: >Fernando Martins wrote: > > >>I've just flashed shr testing 22nd April and I don't get the usual pin >>code request. Also, the icons "Contacts" and "Mofi" on the desktop are >>just two blank sheets. >> >>Under settings, the GSM antena is set off but I can't change it to on. >>The "Modem information" does nothing (not yet implemented?). >> >>So, how can I start GSM, manually and on startup? >> >>Regards, >>Fernando >> >> >Something goes wrong. It should have started automatically. What image >did you flash exactly? > > I had the same problem... actually I still have it. My SIM doesn't always make good contact with the FR slot, so if I get that type of problem, I shut down the FR, pull the battery, and wiggle the SIM in the socket... then put it back together and boot it up. For those that are curious, the pins are connecting almost dead-center on the proper place, there just seems to be a contact problem on my phone. Usually mine will boot, then after the appropriate time (maybe a minute), I get the error that the SIM card isn't found. If it's just a premature message, I will get signal and wireless carrier info in the shelf (SHR-April 22nd release). If it truly can't seem to connect, I learned today that I can switch the GSM radio off and back on to have it re-initialize and acquire signal properly. This seems a bit of a pain, but I knew what I was getting when I bought the FR, and I'm still very happy with my purchase. :) The fact that I have a GPS that can download its own maps while I'm on the road is the best. -Laura ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
Laura Vance wrote: > If it truly can't seem to connect, I > learned today that I can switch the GSM radio off and back on to have it > re-initialize and acquire signal properly. > How do you switch it on/off manually? I don't think I have a contact problem. I only got the ophonekit message on a second boot after flashing FR and in the last two days it is working as usual. Regarding the contacts problem, if you open fr frequently maybe there is a chance for dirt to compromise the contacts. Alternatively, maybe with frequent removal of battery/SIM, the "holding" system might get loose? Maybe put a piece of paper in the right place to increase pressure? Regards, Fernando ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
Fernando Martins wrote: >Laura Vance wrote: > > >>If it truly can't seem to connect, I >>learned today that I can switch the GSM radio off and back on to have it >>re-initialize and acquire signal properly. >> >> >> >How do you switch it on/off manually? > >I don't think I have a contact problem. I only got the ophonekit message >on a second boot after flashing FR and in the last two days it is >working as usual. > >Regarding the contacts problem, if you open fr frequently maybe there is >a chance for dirt to compromise the contacts. Alternatively, maybe with >frequent removal of battery/SIM, the "holding" system might get loose? >Maybe put a piece of paper in the right place to increase pressure? > >Regards, >Fernando > > > I'm using SHR-testing from April 23rd. In the Settings app, go to the Phone section, and there is a GSM on/off slider at the top. My SIM contact issue started from the day I got my phone. My original SIM didn't work, so I left it in my old phone until I could research which SIM I needed. Once I knew, I went to the AT&T store and got my new SIM, which worked immediately. I was restarting my phone fairly often with new distributions, and the SHR distro seemed to be the only one that had the problem. It wouldn't register, so I'd reboot again and again, then I'd shut it down, re-seat the SIM card, and boot again... this time it found the network with no problem. That pattern repeated every time I had to restart my FR. Then recently I started thinking a little more about the problem, and I can always get "SOS Only" mode, so I started thinking maybe it's that the SIM isn't registering before the GSM daemon times out. I never tried to restart the GSM antenna before this version of SHR, so I don't know if previous versions have the same slider. -Laura ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
O Domingo, 26 de Abril de 2009, Fernando Martins escribiu: > I've just flashed shr testing 22nd April and I don't get the usual pin > code request. Also, the icons "Contacts" and "Mofi" on the desktop are > just two blank sheets. > > Under settings, the GSM antena is set off but I can't change it to on. > The "Modem information" does nothing (not yet implemented?). > > So, how can I start GSM, manually and on startup? The same is happening to me, with the SHR testing April,22nd image. It happened also with a 16th April image updated to latest level. I though something broke on the update, and I reflashed with a clean image, but it didn't solved the problems. My experience: -SHR can boot one or two times OK. SHR register to network or gives you the "no sim" message, depending on if you have SIM inserted or not. -But then it starts to fail. I couldn't find any pattern, but it happens normally on the 2nd or 3th boot. It doesn't register, nor gives you the "no sim inserted" message. SHR settings say "no ophonekitd running" when you try to start it -The ONLY way I found to "back to normality" is to boot *ANY OTHER* distribution (I have some more on the SIM card) and then reboot in SHR. Then it starts to work again. It sounds strange, but it works to me. It never happened to me with April 16th image or before. Hope this information helps. -- David Garabana Barro jabber & google talk ID:da...@garabana.com Clave pública PGP/GPG: http://davide.garabana.com/pgp.html signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
David Garabana Barro wrote: > The same is happening to me, with the SHR testing April,22nd image. It > happened also with a 16th April image updated to latest level. I though > something broke on the update, and I reflashed with a clean image, but it > didn't solved the problems. > > On my case, it failed only the two first boots after flashing. From then on, it has been working well. In my case, I switch off the phone in the evening and on in the morning. > -The ONLY way I found to "back to normality" is to boot *ANY OTHER* > distribution (I have some more on the SIM card) and then reboot in SHR. > Then it starts to work again. > It sounds strange, but it works to me. > This suggests some hardware initialization bug (from FSO/SHR). Regards, Fernando ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: shr-testing- how to switch on gsm?
Laura Vance wrote: > I'm using SHR-testing from April 23rd. In the Settings app, go to the > Phone section, and there is a GSM on/off slider at the top. > > Ah!! It's a slider! I couldn't understand what I was looking at. I was looking for a simple check box or sticky button! > Then recently I started thinking a little more about the problem, and I > can always get "SOS Only" mode, so I started thinking maybe it's that > the SIM isn't registering before the GSM daemon times out. I never > tried to restart the GSM antenna before this version of SHR, so I don't > know if previous versions have the same slider. > It might be interesting to see if you get the same results as David Garabano Barro, i.e., booting from other distribution and then rebooting in SHR. Regards, Fernando ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community