Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-25 Thread Steve Mosher
You can find out the version you have via software query. otherwise take the front faceplate off and see the PCB rev printed there. There are roughly 3K V5 in the feild all built early on.. in june/july I believe, so the datecode can also give you a clue. There is no rework for a5-a6. the

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-25 Thread Steve Mosher
for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:21:11 -0800, Sargun Dhillon xbmodder+openm...@gmail.com wrote: Joel, any update on this? Still waiting for an answer from OM. (I posted a question in this thread

Answer from Joerg (was: Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL)

2008-12-18 Thread Paul Fertser
Joel Newkirk freerun...@newkirk.us writes: Still waiting for an answer from OM. (I posted a question in this thread Friday regarding Tanatalum instead of Ceramic cap - the difference being $0.25 vs $2 each in qty 100, and my radio guy thinks Tant is a good choice for filtering, but waiting for

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-18 Thread Al Johnson
On Thursday 18 December 2008, Joel Newkirk wrote: On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:00:34 +, Al Johnson openm...@mazikeen.demon.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday 17 December 2008, Joel Newkirk wrote: I don't know what the physical difference is for the power tweak. (V6 can power up from wall power

Re: Answer from Joerg (was: Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL)

2008-12-18 Thread Vasco Névoa
I did the big-c buzzing rework myself, with the precious help of a much more smd-experienced colleague. It was very difficult to replace the resistor because of the proximity of the components around the mic. A very sharp soldering iron is critical. I used a 1k resistor (didn't have a 2k2 of

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-18 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Mi 17. Dezember 2008 schrieb Esben Stien: Steve Mosher st...@openmoko.com writes: If guys raise there hand to help others out I'll come up with a program to help them out/ reward them. If you are willing to raise your hand, drop me a mail. I've talked to a local electronics repair

RE: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-17 Thread Staley, Daniel L
...@newkirk.us] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:33 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:21:11 -0800, Sargun Dhillon xbmodder+openm...@gmail.com wrote: Joel, any update on this? Still waiting

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-17 Thread Al Johnson
On Wednesday 17 December 2008, Joel Newkirk wrote: I don't know what the physical difference is for the power tweak. (V6 can power up from wall power without battery) It's a bigger C1767 - according to the schematics it's 4.7uF on A5, 47uF on A6 and 100uF on A7. Werner's writeup of the

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-17 Thread Mateusz Skowroński
2008/12/17 Neil Jerram neiljer...@googlemail.com: 2008/12/17 Joel Newkirk freerun...@newkirk.us: I find myself wondering how many V5 FreeRunners are in the field and whether the owners thereof would want the ability to 'update' to the V6 hardware fixes. Before that I'd like to know how I

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-17 Thread Joel Newkirk
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:56:46 +, Neil Jerram neiljer...@googlemail.com wrote: 2008/12/17 Joel Newkirk freerun...@newkirk.us: I find myself wondering how many V5 FreeRunners are in the field and whether the owners thereof would want the ability to 'update' to the V6 hardware fixes.

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-17 Thread Neil Jerram
2008/12/17 Joel Newkirk freerun...@newkirk.us: On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:56:46 +, Neil Jerram neiljer...@googlemail.com wrote: 2008/12/17 Joel Newkirk freerun...@newkirk.us: I find myself wondering how many V5 FreeRunners are in the field and whether the owners thereof would want the

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-17 Thread Neil Jerram
2008/12/17 Mateusz Skowroński sko...@gmail.com: Hi, http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/FAQ#How_do_I_find_out_what_version_of_hardware_I_have.3F Many thanks; I don't know how my googling missed that! Neil ___ Openmoko community mailing list

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-17 Thread Neil Jerram
2008/12/17 Joel Newkirk freerun...@newkirk.us: I find myself wondering how many V5 FreeRunners are in the field and whether the owners thereof would want the ability to 'update' to the V6 hardware fixes. Before that I'd like to know how I find out which version I have. Tried

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-17 Thread Joel Newkirk
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:00:34 +, Al Johnson openm...@mazikeen.demon.co.uk wrote: On Wednesday 17 December 2008, Joel Newkirk wrote: I don't know what the physical difference is for the power tweak. (V6 can power up from wall power without battery) It's a bigger C1767 - according to the

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-16 Thread Esben Stien
Steve Mosher st...@openmoko.com writes: If guys raise there hand to help others out I'll come up with a program to help them out/ reward them. If you are willing to raise your hand, drop me a mail. I've talked to a local electronics repair shop here in Bergen, Norway and they said they will

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-16 Thread Sargun Dhillon
Joel, any update on this? On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 7:44 PM, Joel Newkirk freerun...@newkirk.us wrote: I'm going to talk to the guys at work tomorrow and show them the rework PDF - we are equipped to make this fix, could probably offer it inexpensively to those nearby (southeastern North

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-16 Thread Joel Newkirk
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:21:11 -0800, Sargun Dhillon xbmodder+openm...@gmail.com wrote: Joel, any update on this? Still waiting for an answer from OM. (I posted a question in this thread Friday regarding Tanatalum instead of Ceramic cap - the difference being $0.25 vs $2 each in qty 100, and my

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-12 Thread Joel Newkirk
Quick question for Steve/Jeorg: Would a 3528 package capacitor fit? And if so, would Tantalum be suitable instead of Ceramic? My guy here says he'd chose tantalum for filter use like this, and the cost difference is dramatic, though the size is larger than the ceramic shown in the pdf. (price

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-11 Thread Steve Mosher
If guys raise there hand to help others out I'll come up with a program to help them out/ reward them. If you are willing to raise your hand, drop me a mail. st...@openmoko.com Sargun Dhillon wrote: Very cool. Now, all the hardware hackers out there who want to make a buck to fix our Free

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-11 Thread Joel Newkirk
I'm going to talk to the guys at work tomorrow and show them the rework PDF - we are equipped to make this fix, could probably offer it inexpensively to those nearby (southeastern North Carolina) or those willing to ship. (among other things - like security systems and internet services - we

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-10 Thread Vasco Névoa
I'd really like pictures with better focus and a little more light... especially the last one, which is very blurred! Citando Steve Mosher [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sorry, I pulled the old copy. See below SOP paper (draft3, 2008-12-10 19:00) placed here:

Re: Crackly Calls and Battery Tips! A5/A6 rework. Corrected URL

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Mosher
Probably best to send the requests directly to Joerg. Vasco Névoa wrote: I'd really like pictures with better focus and a little more light... especially the last one, which is very blurred! Citando Steve Mosher [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sorry, I pulled the old copy. See below SOP