Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
I also have an addition for the list of potential solutions. >> I noticed that certain technical issues, albeit in a different area, were >> greatly assisted by people with access to tools and knowledge through their >> workplaces or professional situations. Maybe some of those people, or >> ot

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
> Am 22.02.2017 um 15:49 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller : > > > But now the bad news. > > -1.: Only 12 out of 36 (*) GTA04A5 boards we > have produced, are booting to Linux. The others either have a > short circuit under the OMAP (which is the general PoP soldering > problem we already know since

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Boudewijn, > Am 22.02.2017 um 23:55 schrieb Boudewijn : > > On woensdag 22 februari 2017 17:08:52 CET Paul Boddie wrote: >> On Wednesday 22. February 2017 15.49.53 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >>> Sadly, this also makes it really the last GTA04 batch which will >>> ever be built (making these G

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Jonas, > Am 23.02.2017 um 00:27 schrieb Jonas Smedegaard : > > Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-02-22 17:55:30) >> Am 22.02.2017 um 17:08 schrieb Paul Boddie : >>> Personally, I think some flexibility about the SoC would be >>> acceptable for Neo900, but I'm not invested in Maemo at all and

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting H. Nikolaus Schaller (2017-02-22 17:55:30) > Am 22.02.2017 um 17:08 schrieb Paul Boddie : >> Personally, I think some flexibility about the SoC would be >> acceptable for Neo900, but I'm not invested in Maemo at all and have >> backed that project because of the form factor, open hardware

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread Boudewijn
On woensdag 22 februari 2017 17:08:52 CET Paul Boddie wrote: > On Wednesday 22. February 2017 15.49.53 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > > Sadly, this also makes it really the last GTA04 batch which will > > ever be built (making these GTA04A5 boards rare collectibles). All of the series were/are. >

[Tinkerphones] GTA04 bundle for sale

2017-02-22 Thread Bob Ham
Hi all, I am offering a huge GTA04 bundle including a complete GTA04, a complete Neo 1973 (GTA01) kit and a virtual treasure trove of accessories :-) The GTA04 can run the latest 4.10 kernel[0]. Photos are here: http://settrans.net/~rah/gta04-sale/ - Golden Delicious GTA04 1GHz CPU, 1GB RAM boa

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hi, solidrun sells SOMs with the i.MX6 https://www.solid-run.com/freescale-imx6-family/imx6-som/ Not sure if this works for a phone formfactor and if it helps to reduce risk and cost. I can confirm that the stock Debian kernel runs very robust on their Cubox-i and Hummingboard using these SOM

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Alexey, > Am 22.02.2017 um 20:05 schrieb Alexey Ignatov : > > Hello. > > 2017-02-22 18:55 GMT+02:00 H. Nikolaus Schaller : >> Snapdragon: would be fine, but unobtainable in small quantities. >> Mediatek: afaik the same >> RockChip: I don't know if they have PoP mobile chips >> Allwinner: AFAI

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread Alexey Ignatov
Hello. 2017-02-22 18:55 GMT+02:00 H. Nikolaus Schaller : > Snapdragon: would be fine, but unobtainable in small quantities. > Mediatek: afaik the same > RockChip: I don't know if they have PoP mobile chips > Allwinner: AFAIK no PoP and not power optimized for mobile operation > Apple A10: unobtain

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Paul, > Am 22.02.2017 um 17:08 schrieb Paul Boddie : > > On Wednesday 22. February 2017 15.49.53 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> >> Sadly, this also makes it really the last GTA04 batch which will >> ever be built (making these GTA04A5 boards rare collectibles). >> Unless someone spends us eno

Re: [Tinkerphones] GTA04A5: good news and bad news

2017-02-22 Thread Paul Boddie
On Wednesday 22. February 2017 15.49.53 H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > > Sadly, this also makes it really the last GTA04 batch which will > ever be built (making these GTA04A5 boards rare collectibles). > Unless someone spends us enough money to make more experiments > with OMAP3 PoP soldering. So

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Status GTA04A5 - unplanned Xmas present!

2017-02-22 Thread H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi Frank, > Am 22.12.2016 um 21:22 schrieb Frank Gau : > > as an old gta02 user I only say wow! > > very good work. merry christmas! (a silent ml reader) looks as if your message got stuck in the server queue. Anyways thanks for the wishes. Unfortunately, the real production did not run as we

Re: [Tinkerphones] [Gta04-owner] Status GTA04A5 - unplanned Xmas present!

2017-02-22 Thread Frank Gau
as an old gta02 user I only say wow! very good work. merry christmas! (a silent ml reader) On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 07:01:32PM +0100, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > Hi, > today I received a phone call from the production company > that they will close tomorrow up to first week of January. > > But