Re: Recalibration, band conversion and bug #1024 rework

2018-02-15 Thread joerg Reisenweber
On Wed 14 February 2018 14:40:01 Mychaela Falconia wrote: > Hello OM community, > > I am pleased to announce that my company Falconia Partners LLC is now > offering GSM RF tract recalibration services ... Excellent news. Sounds like you're doing a great job there. Many thanks for that cheers

Recalibration, band conversion and bug #1024 rework

2018-02-14 Thread Mychaela Falconia
ve surgery on the hardware, and this hw surgery would need to be performed at a professional board assembly and rework shop. If there is any serious interest, I can have a discussion with Technotronix (the shop where our new FreeCalypso modem boards are assembled) and see if they would be able to perform rework o

Neo FR disassembly for bug #1024 rework

2018-01-05 Thread Mychaela Falconia
Hello OM community, I know that a good number of Neo FreeRunner units have been subjected to the hardware rework to fix the infamous bug #1024, and it is my understanding that one or more shops used to perform this rework service professionally once upon a time. I am now looking

gta02 bass and #1024 bug rework

2012-08-29 Thread francesco . devita
Hi list I have a GTA02A7, is there someone in Europe who still offer the bass (not buzz) and #1024 bug rework? Thanks. Regards Joif ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community

Re: Neo FreeRunner rework party and Openmobility conference 2011 (Czech Republic)

2011-05-25 Thread Radek Polak
Martix wrote: I hope that we have the first GTA04-EA units shipped by that time and I know that two early adopters come from Czech republic. Nice to hear that! But, I don't know who had ordered these GTA04 and I'm not sure whether they heard about our conference. Please, could you

Re: Neo FreeRunner rework party and Openmobility conference 2011 (Czech Republic)

2011-05-21 Thread Martix
free to bring yours! More informations and program here: http://www.openmobility.cz/konference/openmobility-konference-2011/ Secondly, we are going to setup Neo FreeRunner rework party again and fix your Neo FreeRunner's favourite hardware bugs! This rework party will be day after

Re: Neo FreeRunner rework party and Openmobility conference 2011 (Czech Republic)

2011-05-21 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
informations and program here: http://www.openmobility.cz/konference/openmobility-konference-2011/ Secondly, we are going to setup Neo FreeRunner rework party again and fix your Neo FreeRunner's favourite hardware bugs! This rework party will be day after Openmobility conference on Sunday 19th

Re: Neo FreeRunner rework party and Openmobility conference 2011 (Czech Republic)

2011-05-21 Thread Martix
2011/5/21 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@goldelico.com: Hi Martix, what a pity that I don't speak or understand Czech/Slovak language... Hi Nikolaus, unfortunately, we don't have yet enough experiences, people and resources for organizing international english-spoken event. Although, I like to

Neo FreeRunner rework party and Openmobility conference 2011 (Czech Republic)

2011-05-19 Thread Martix
: http://www.openmobility.cz/konference/openmobility-konference-2011/ Secondly, we are going to setup Neo FreeRunner rework party again and fix your Neo FreeRunner's favourite hardware bugs! This rework party will be day after Openmobility conference on Sunday 19th June 2011 in Brno on FIT VUT room

Re: [ANN] Buzz/#1024/Bass-Rework = Headset Audio Quality Enhancement available in EU

2010-06-07 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
because we have been asked: we continue to offer these rework services and the GTA02A7++ variant. Regards, Nikolaus Am 23.03.2010 um 10:42 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller: just let me follow-up that we can ship A7++ devices by end of the week. They are originals from factory and we have

Re: [ANN] Bass-Rework = Headset Audio Quality Enhancement available in EU

2010-03-23 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
just let me follow-up that we can ship A7++ devices by end of the week. They are originals from factory and we have applied #1024 and Bass-Rework (Buzz-Rework is not required for A7 units). Please look at http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Neo%20Freerunner BR, Nikolaus Am

Re: [ANN] Bass-Rework = Headset Audio Quality Enhancement available in EU

2010-03-18 Thread Xavier Cremaschi
Is it possible to do bass-fix and 1024-fix on a device which had already been to Munchen to be buzz-fixed, or does it involve too many soldering operation to be reliable ? Thanks for providing this service btw. Regards, Xavier. ___ Openmoko

Re: [ANN] Bass-Rework = Headset Audio Quality Enhancement available in EU

2010-03-18 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
areas of the device (Buzz is done at the Microphone; #1024 within the tin-can under the WLAN module and the Bass-Rework under the tin-can under the Bluetooth module). And therefore they can be done independently - or all together (which saves a lot of handling and shipment cost

[ANN] Bass-Rework = Headset Audio Quality Enhancement available in EU

2010-03-13 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
. There is an improvement rework by adding larger coupling capacitors to the output amplifier. This became known as the Bass Rework (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_bass_fix ). Although there is a description of a rework solution (http://people.openmoko.org/andy/additional-headset-audio-caps.pdf ) we

Re: [ANN] Bass-Rework = Headset Audio Quality Enhancement available in EU

2010-03-13 Thread Benedikt
not sound as expected and compared to other digital music players. There is an improvement rework by adding larger coupling capacitors to the output amplifier. This became known as the Bass Rework (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_bass_fix ). Although there is a description of a rework

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-28 Thread Davide Scaini
Hi Michael, i'm also interested in doing teh rework on my own, but on this page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/1024 and related links there are only few images... so can you please post yours when your work is done? thanks d (if you want/can you can contact me directly) On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 11

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-28 Thread Michael Smith
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:04:54 +0100 Davide Scaini dsca...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Michael, i'm also interested in doing teh rework on my own, but on this page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/1024 and related links there are only few images... so can you please post yours when your work is done

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-28 Thread Thomas HOCEDEZ
Michael Smith a écrit : On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:04:54 +0100 Davide Scaini dsca...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Michael, i'm also interested in doing teh rework on my own, but on this page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/1024 and related links there are only few images... so can you please post

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-25 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 08:16:59AM +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: How to test if my devices works or needs rework • obtain a command line (e.g. ssh from outside) • open /usr/bin/mickeyterm • type these commands (one after the other) AT+CFUN? AT+CFUN=1 --- only

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Chris Samuel
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:59:06 am Steven ** wrote: Is there someone offering a similar service in the US? Or Australia ? -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC This email may come with a PGP signature as a file. Do not panic. For more info see:

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Michael Smith
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:05:50 +1100 Chris Samuel ch...@csamuel.org wrote: Or Australia ? Hi. I'm in Melbourne too. Needing to buzz fix an A6 I asked a few electronics engineers. I was looking for somebody who would do delicate soldering work for an hourly rate. The consensus from people I

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Yorick Moko
(https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1024). The software workaround was to disable sleep mode 4 as the default. Although there is a description of a hardware rework solution (http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2009-May/001192.html ) we do not expect that you can do it yourself. Therefore

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Am Freitag, den 23.10.2009, 12:39 +0200 schrieb Yorick Moko: thanks for offering this service! (although too bad I already sent my device once to Germany) can you give us an indication on how much this would improve batterylife? I'm assuming it only extends standby-time. I once saw a

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Hi all, here some answers to recent questions: Q: Rework service for USA, Canada, Australia? A: unfortunately handling import/re-export is too much paperwork and if anything goes wrong, someone might have to pay taxes again. And, shipment is either very slow or much more expensive than within

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread neo
thanks for offering this service! (although too bad I already sent my device once to Germany) can you give us an indication on how much this would improve batterylife? I'm assuming it only extends standby-time. I once saw a graph that indicated that it was a huge boost, but can't find

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Petr Vanek
On Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:06:07 +0200 Michael 'Mickey' Lauer mic...@vanille-media.de (M'L) wrote: Am Freitag, den 23.10.2009, 12:39 +0200 schrieb Yorick Moko: thanks for offering this service! (although too bad I already sent my device once to Germany) can you give us an indication on how much

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Laszlo KREKACS
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@computer.org wrote: Q: Bass-Rework? A: we currently have no plans because it is again a different work which has to be evaluated, tested, prepared for the public. And demand appears to be lower. But having bass rework the same

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 23.10.2009 um 13:21 schrieb Laszlo KREKACS: On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@computer.org wrote: Q: Bass-Rework? A: we currently have no plans because it is again a different work which has to be evaluated, tested, prepared for the public. And demand

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-23 Thread Bastian Muck
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller schrieb: Am 23.10.2009 um 13:21 schrieb Laszlo KREKACS: On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@computer.org wrote: Q: Bass-Rework? A: we currently have no plans because it is again a different

#1024-rework service available

2009-10-22 Thread Dr . H . Nikolaus Schaller
workaround was to disable sleep mode 4 as the default. Although there is a description of a hardware rework solution (http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2009-May/001192.html ) we do not expect that you can do it yourself. Therefore, we have worked on a professional approach. With the help

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-22 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
that was the number it got in the bug tracker (https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1024). The software workaround was to disable sleep mode 4 as the default. Although there is a description of a hardware rework solution (http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2009-May/ 001192.html ) we

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-22 Thread Bastian Muck
in the bug tracker (https://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1024). The software workaround was to disable sleep mode 4 as the default. Although there is a description of a hardware rework solution (http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/hardware/2009-May/001192.html ) we do not expect that you can do

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-22 Thread Treviño
Dr.H.NikolausS wrote: • This is not a Bass-Fix: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_bass_fix Is this planned in the future? I'd like to buy all the fixes at once... ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-22 Thread Steven **
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:16 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller h...@computer.org wrote: Hi all, Conditions • This service is for the EU harmonized market only (sorry for Norway Switzerland) So, this excludes US customers? Is there someone offering a similar service in the US? Thanks,

RE: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-22 Thread Russell Dwiggins
|-Original Message- |From: community-boun...@lists.openmoko.org [mailto:community- |boun...@lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Steven ** |Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:59 PM |To: List for Openmoko community discussion |Subject: Re: #1024-rework service available | |On Thu, Oct 22, 2009

Re: #1024-rework service available

2009-10-22 Thread Ben Thompson
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:04:33PM +0200, Marco Trevisan (Treviño) wrote: Dr.H.NikolausS wrote: ??? This is not a Bass-Fix: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_bass_fix Is this planned in the future? I'd like to buy all the fixes at once... Me too. My freerunner happily went to Germany

rework

2009-03-10 Thread Petr Vanek
hi, i was lucky enough to get someone to perform the gsm buzz rework. i find the images used in the http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/GSM_EMI_noise/big-C_rework_SOP_rc2.pdf quite rather _small_ therefore please find some of my pictures done via microscope here: http://vanous.penguin.cz/files/om

Re: USB headset detection (Was: Pulster fixe(s) and rework)

2009-03-09 Thread Al Johnson
On Sunday 08 March 2009, Andy Green wrote: Somebody in the thread at some point said: |1. Charger (maybe with Y-cable) connected. Detected by 47 kOhm seen on ID |pin. Set USB mode to host and turn off USB power supply. | |2. USB headset connected. Detected by ? Set USB mode to

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-08 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_bass_fix /j 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: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-08 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_bass_fix Yes it's a different way to come at it. By putting the caps in that case void 100uF will fit easily, but it needs long leads, the leads violate the can frame

Re: Bass fix (Was: Pulster fixe(s) and rework)

2009-03-08 Thread Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 12:56:06PM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: Another question - is a single big capacitor enough, if it is put into the ground line instead of having one cap for each of the stereo channels? Or will that wreck stereo sound? One could then use a even bigger cap. I

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-08 Thread Paul Fertser
Andy Green a...@openmoko.com writes: Somebody in the thread at some point said: | http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_bass_fix Yes it's a different way to come at it. The way I documented you keep the leads short, the components are all in the can and the can is unchanged, but you're

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-06 Thread Helge Hafting
Andy Green wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | I have suggested a refinement on the second approach: short the small | capacitors. Add big caps outside the shielded unit - there are places | with room. But don't put wires from

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-06 Thread Helge Hafting
Esben Stien wrote: Stefan Monnier monn...@iro.umontreal.ca writes: (if I could use it as an MP3 player, I'd carry it with me that much more often Until a fix, you can plug in a USB headset;). Won't that rule out simultanous charging with the usb car charger? Anyway, some setup will be

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-06 Thread arne anka
Have you tried tweaking the alsa profiles and set Bass Filter to either 100Hz @ 8kHz (== 600Hz @ 48kHz) or 200Hz @ 8kHz (== 1200Hz @ 48kHz) and Bass Boost to 15? I find the quality just fine for eg. any chance somebody translates that audiophile gibberish into alsa state file gibberish?

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-06 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | There are a couple of 1K resistors to 0V that will then connect directly | ~ to the amp outputs all the time before the new DC blocking caps you | will add back in. But thanks to some recent patches by

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-06 Thread arne anka
Anyway, some setup will be necessary, right? A usb headset headset will be a completely new sound device. Can the phone detect it when it gets plugged in, and then do all the configuration? So the sound player will just work Or will we have to go into the settings and change between host and

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-06 Thread Timo Jyrinki
2009/3/6 arne anka openm...@ginguppin.de: Have you tried tweaking the alsa profiles and set Bass Filter to either 100Hz @ 8kHz (== 600Hz @ 48kHz) or 200Hz @ 8kHz (== 1200Hz @ 48kHz) and Bass Boost to 15? I find the quality just fine for eg. any chance somebody translates that audiophile

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 01:19:07AM +0100, Fox Mulder wrote: | Andy Green wrote: | Johnny Tenfinger is right despite it sounds strange. On some or all A5s | there is no base current limit resistor on the

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Helge Hafting
Andy Green wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 01:19:07AM +0100, Fox Mulder wrote: | Andy Green wrote: | Johnny Tenfinger is right despite it sounds strange. On some or all A5s | there is no base

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Michael Zanetti
On Thursday 05 March 2009 10:38:56 Helge Hafting wrote: Andy Green wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 01:19:07AM +0100, Fox Mulder wrote: | Andy Green wrote: | Johnny Tenfinger is right despite it

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Am Donnerstag, den 05.03.2009, 10:33 + schrieb Andy Green: I did not find a way myself to list the triggers available in the kernel otherwise I would mention it; if someone found one I'm also interested to know. r...@om-gta02:/sys/class/leds/gta02-aux:red# cat trigger [none] nand-disk

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Paul Fertser
Andy Green a...@openmoko.com writes: So, please consider changing the framework to use the red LED to indicate the battery charge state. ... I did not find a way myself to list the triggers available in the kernel otherwise I would mention it; if someone found one I'm also interested to

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | Andy Green a...@openmoko.com writes: | So, please consider changing the framework to use the red LED to | indicate the | battery charge state. | ... | I did not find a way myself to list the triggers

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Helge Hafting
David Reyes Samblas Martinez wrote: any sop on the bass fix? Not yet, jsut descriptions of workarounds. Two small capacitors needs to be replaced with much bigger ones. Unfortunately, they are in a shielded enclosure where there apparently isn't room for sufficiently big capacitors. One

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
I have suggested a refinement on the second approach: short the small capacitors. Add big caps outside the shielded unit - there are places with room. But don't put wires from the caps into the shielded unit. Connect them to the headset plug instead, and break the plug's normal connection

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | I have suggested a refinement on the second approach: short the small | capacitors. Add big caps outside the shielded unit - there are places | with room. But don't put wires from the caps into the shielded

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Timo Jyrinki
2009/3/5 Stefan Monnier monn...@iro.umontreal.ca: I'd love to see a good answer to those questions.  Currently, it's unusable as an MP3 player and that's an important use for me (if I could use it as an MP3 player, I'd carry it with me that much more often, which would in turn increase my use

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-05 Thread Stefan Monnier
| I'd love to see a good answer to those questions. Currently, it's | unusable as an MP3 player and that's an important use for me (if | I could use it as an MP3 player, I'd carry it with me that much more | often, which would in turn increase my use of it). Lifting the can and meddling with

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework (was: Re: buzz fix)

2009-03-04 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
fixes (rework) made by resellers would be great. By fixes, I mean : * GPS - SDIO fix (add a capacitor if I remember correctly) There's a sw-fix for that, which mostly just works * Add a GSM IR resistor for deep sleep Huh? * Change the led transistor power hungry stuff Guys, this has been

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-04 Thread Helge Hafting
(rework) made by resellers would be great. By fixes, I mean : * GPS - SDIO fix (add a capacitor if I remember correctly) There's a sw-fix for that, which mostly just works * Add a GSM IR resistor for deep sleep Huh? * Change the led transistor power hungry stuff Guys, this has been fixed

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework (was: Re: buzz fix)

2009-03-04 Thread wp
for the freerunner would be great :) Regards, Konstantin (One of your other happy GTA02 customers ;) ) Yes, hardware fixes (rework) made by resellers would be great. By fixes, I mean : * GPS - SDIO fix (add a capacitor if I remember correctly) There's a sw-fix for that, which mostly just works * Add

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-04 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
for the freerunner would be great :) Regards, Konstantin (One of your other happy GTA02 customers ;) ) Yes, hardware fixes (rework) made by resellers would be great. By fixes, I mean : * GPS - SDIO fix (add a capacitor if I remember correctly) There's a sw-fix for that, which mostly

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework (was: Re: buzz fix)

2009-03-04 Thread Johny Tenfinger
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 08:32, Joerg Reisenweber jo...@openmoko.org wrote: * Change the led transistor power hungry stuff Guys, this has been fixed for *ALL* FR ever sold!!! No, no, no. You are right only for GTA02v6. On GTA02v5 (which I have) this has been fixed only for orange and blue LEDs

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-04 Thread Fox Mulder
Johny Tenfinger wrote: On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 08:32, Joerg Reisenweber jo...@openmoko.org wrote: * Change the led transistor power hungry stuff Guys, this has been fixed for *ALL* FR ever sold!!! No, no, no. You are right only for GTA02v6. On GTA02v5 (which I have) this has been fixed only

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-04 Thread Andy Green
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Somebody in the thread at some point said: | Johny Tenfinger wrote: | On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 08:32, Joerg Reisenweber jo...@openmoko.org wrote: | * Change the led transistor power hungry stuff | Guys, this has been fixed for *ALL* FR ever sold!!! |

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-04 Thread Fox Mulder
Andy Green wrote: Somebody in the thread at some point said: | Johny Tenfinger wrote: | On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 08:32, Joerg Reisenweber jo...@openmoko.org wrote: | * Change the led transistor power hungry stuff | Guys, this has been fixed for *ALL* FR ever sold!!! | No, no, no. You are

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
Your mentioned 50mA for the AUX LED is ridiculous. It is. Sadly it's also true. And when you are on battery the AUX led is off by default and even if it blinks (like i modified my led behaviour) it isn't really much it uses. Indeed, it's not lit very often... I'll let you guess why that is.

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-04 Thread Thomas B
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 01:19:07AM +0100, Fox Mulder wrote: Andy Green wrote: Johnny Tenfinger is right despite it sounds strange. On some or all A5s there is no base current limit resistor on the bipolar transistor used to light the AUX LED. This 50mA fault current then flows not

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework

2009-03-04 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Mi 4. März 2009 schrieb Fox Mulder: Johny Tenfinger wrote: On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 08:32, Joerg Reisenweber jo...@openmoko.org wrote: * Change the led transistor power hungry stuff Guys, this has been fixed for *ALL* FR ever sold!!! No, no, no. You are right only for GTA02v6. On

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework (was: Re: buzz fix)

2009-01-11 Thread Sam Kuper
2009/1/11 Alexandre Ghisoli a...@ghisoli.ch: Yes, hardware fixes (rework) made by resellers would be great. By fixes, I mean : * GPS - SDIO fix (add a capacitor if I remember correctly) * Add a GSM IR resistor for deep sleep * Change the led transistor power hungry stuff * fix the GSM buzz

Re: Pulster fixe(s) and rework (was: Re: buzz fix)

2009-01-11 Thread Marcel
As a Pulster customer I'd really appreciate such service. :) -- Marcel Am Sunday 11 January 2009 20:05:38 schrieb Sam Kuper: 2009/1/11 Alexandre Ghisoli a...@ghisoli.ch: Yes, hardware fixes (rework) made by resellers would be great. By fixes, I mean : * GPS - SDIO fix (add a capacitor

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

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

2008-12-25 Thread Steve Mosher
The A5 to A6 rework was handled at the factory for the most part. see http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_revisions for details. WRT the a5/a6 rework, I've got to get back with Joerg and Tony Tu to finalize the SOP and then put in place a testing method. One problem is that the Buzz can

[big C rework] Anyone in Chile doing this?

2008-12-22 Thread Tomas Riveros Schober
Hello list, I wonder if anyone in Chile with a freerunner is interested in doing the rework proposed by joerg. I´m cuerrently checking prices and they are making a big discount if they repair 10 or more units. If anyone is interested just email me. Tom PS. I´m going to post this to the spanish

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

2008-12-18 Thread Paul Fertser
Newkirk asks whether he can use tantalum instead of ceramic ones as tantalum are much cheaper and he's going to perform a rework on a reasonable quantity of units (IIRC). 13:00 DocScrutinizer PaulFertser: we don't have any tantalum caps here, and I would guess they are just too big. I was about

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

2008-12-18 Thread Al Johnson
identify the real estate occupied by C1767 there, nor in the component placement diagrams. Can someone point me at the right spot on the board? If it's got enough room for the same 3528 cap we're looking at for the big-C rework (which I doubt, though it looks like it will fit for the big-C

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

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

2008-12-18 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
the documents. ok, I'll rework SOP another time to meet these needs. for now lease refer to wiki about opening he case, and search my people/ folder for recent document (rc2 atm). /jOERG signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

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
placement diagrams. Can someone point me at the right spot on the board? If it's got enough room for the same 3528 cap we're looking at for the big-C rework (which I doubt, though it looks like it will fit for the big-C position) that would be great. j -- Joel Newkirk http://jthinks.com

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
performing the Big-C rework I'd guess (pure personal speculation) that we could add the cap to the SD lines for little more expense and time. j 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

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

2008-12-12 Thread Joel Newkirk
%252bt096gsr1Po3ON6skg%3d%3d j On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:44:30 -0500, 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

2008-12-11 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

RE: GPS rework: Please test and report on software fix prior toattempting any hardware fix

2008-08-10 Thread steve
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Josh Thompson Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 5:03 PM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: Re: GPS rework: Please test and report on software fix prior toattempting any hardware fix Could we get a link

RE: GPS rework: Please test and report on software fix priorto attempting any hardware fix

2008-08-10 Thread steve
A wiki wont do. A proper test proceedure and test report is called for. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shiloh Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 5:33 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: GPS rework: Please test

Re: GPS rework: Please test and report on software fix priorto attempting any hardware fix

2008-08-10 Thread Feydreva
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Shiloh Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 5:33 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: GPS rework: Please test and report on software fix priorto attempting any hardware fix Agreed. I've been trying to gather

Re: GPS rework: Please test and report on software fix prior to attempting any hardware fix

2008-08-08 Thread Neil Brown
On Tuesday August 5, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For a bit more consistency of timing, less manual intervention, and enough readings to get an idea of the run to run variation in that location, can I suggest a script? It could do with a timeout when waiting for a fix since with deivestrength

Re: SDcard holder - convenience rework

2008-08-07 Thread papa-piet
Hehe, i have had a similar idea, but in my case it was the battery. Thanks to jOERG i was able to improve my hack :) papa-piet http://freeyourphone.de Joerg Reisenweber schrieb: for a nice handle to save your fingernails and do no violence on SD-holder by using a knife etc, see:

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