Buying a Freerunner

2009-04-05 Thread Young
I have been following these lists for a while now. I've looked up on the wiki, but I still have a few questions. 1. The phone selling for 299 on the main site, do es it have the bug fix? or might I still have that problem? 2. with the recent announcements, I am unsure whether I want to purchase o

Re: Buying a Freerunner

2009-04-05 Thread Gunnar AAstrand Grimnes
> 1. The phone selling for 299 on the main site, do es it have the bug > fix? or might I still have that problem? >From Steve recent email about getting the v7 through production I guess not. > > 2. the question is, what is the community's suggestion? those who > already have freerunners, would

Re: Buying a Freerunner

2009-04-05 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am So 5. April 2009 schrieb Gunnar AAstrand Grimnes: > > 1. The phone selling for 299 on the main site, do es it have the bug > > fix? or might I still have that problem? > > From Steve recent email about getting the v7 through production I guess not. Steve also mentioned as many as possible on s

Re: Buying a Freerunner

2009-04-05 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
On Sunday 05 April 2009 17:50:12 Young wrote: > I have been following these lists for a while now. I've looked up on > the wiki, but I still have a few questions. > > 1. The phone selling for 299 on the main site, do es it have the bug > fix? or might I still have that problem? > > 2. with the rece

Re: Buying a Freerunner

2009-04-05 Thread Fernando Martins
Young wrote: > 2. with the recent announcements, I am unsure whether I want to > purchase one. As suggested other times, maybe you could also look for someone in your area that could show you the phone and share experience with you. Fernando ___ Openm

Re: Buying a Freerunner

2009-04-05 Thread Steve Mosher
not shipping with buzz fix yet. but im slowly pushing forward Joerg Reisenweber wrote: > Am So 5. April 2009 schrieb Gunnar AAstrand Grimnes: >>> 1. The phone selling for 299 on the main site, do es it have the bug >>> fix? or might I still have that problem? >> From Steve recent email abo

Re: Buying a Freerunner

2009-04-05 Thread Marcel
Just for the records (which possibly already contain this): I have a 02A5 (from the second batch which reached Germany) and had no buzz on my two short test calls the last weeks, but they only went from the Neo to a landline phone in the other room if that's relevant. -- Marcel Am Monday 06 Apr

Re: Buying a Freerunner

2009-04-05 Thread Robin Paulson
2009/4/6 Gunnar AAstrand Grimnes : > I'm going to be blunt here: No. If you do not want a phone but a cool > linux gadget with wifi, get a nokia n810. Afaik it can do everything the > openmoko does apart from GSM. if you want a cool *open* linux gadget with wifi, get an open pandora again, no gsm

Re: Buying a Freerunner

2009-04-05 Thread Steve Mosher
Somewhere on the wiki is a place to log your non -problem. I suspect its due to one of two things, joerg and others chime in--- The buzz is most prnounced at 900mhz. rf infects the lines heading into the mixer and you'll see a ripple on the mic lines coming out. This manefests itself as a

when buying a freerunner, ...

2009-02-07 Thread wim . delvaux
there were issues with noise/buzz on the speaker that would be solved with some soldering. If I would buy a new freerunner now, would it have the fix ? If none, when would that fix become standard ? If all current, after which 'serial number' would the fix be included ? Thx W _

Re: when buying a freerunner, ...

2009-02-08 Thread Yorick Moko
the fix for the sd card is introduced in A6 (that is what they are selling and producing at the moment), there also was some minor led-power-drain correction. the fix for the buzz will be in A7, which is not yet in production On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 2:39 AM, wrote: > there were issues with noise/

Re: when buying a freerunner, ...

2009-02-08 Thread Joel Newkirk
Note also that the 'buzz' only affects some people, with no certain pattern yet discerned, and is fixable with a minor hardware alteration that OM is working out the details of providing to any and all A5/A6 owners. (change one resistor, add one capacitor) It's worth checking (but no guarantee) if

Re: Buying a FreeRunner with the "buzz"-fix on it (GTA02 A7)

2009-03-17 Thread Timo Jyrinki
2009/3/4 Steve Mosher : > so much for my schedules. > >  There were some issues with ALSA states. so manufacturing got put on > hold. then Chinese new year. I'll have an update shortly on A7. How shortly? :) (two weeks now) -Timo ___ Openmoko community