Great post. Maybe you can put it on the wiki somewhere, so it's visible to more people.
Cheers! Justin On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Alasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A summary of everything related to the GPS problem. > > Does the people of Openmoko know the problem? > - Yes. > > Do they work on the problem? > - Yes, they are actively searching for a solution. > > What is the problem? > - The Openmoko Freerunner have a long TTFF with the SD card in the phone. > So it takes a long time (10min+) before you get your first GPS data. > > Wat is TTFF? > - This is the time to first fix of the GPS. This is the time the GPS has > needed to get the first clue on where you are on planet earth. So you have > to do this only once. After you have a FF (first fix), you can get more > fixes without any problems with the SD card in the phone. > > So if we have a first fix, the SD card isn't blocking the GPS anymore? > - yes, the SD card isn't blocking the GPS if we have a first fix. (Some > people even claim it's more stable) > > Does they have a solution? > - yes. Their is already a highly alpha software workaround. The software > just disables the SD card when the GPS tries to get it's first fix They are > also examine a hardware solution. > > Do we have to return our Freerunners to Openmoko? > - Probably not, because the software workaround should work too. > > But we can't read of the SD card when the GPS is on? > - Wrong, you will be able to read the SD card when the GPS is on. You will > probably not be able to read the SD card when you're starting the GPS (appr. > 30 sec), because the GPS will only block the SD card when it's searching > it's first fix. After that you will be able to read the SD card again. > > Is their a better software solution? > - Maybe. From reading the mailing list, I have understood that half the > Openmoko team is looking into this bug. All this information is only 1 à 2 > days old and the bug is also young, so I suspect they can finetune the > software workaround and make it only slowdown the SD card or even better. > > Did Openmoko test the GPS with a SD card in it? > - yes > > Whey didn't they find it while testing the Freerunner? > - Because they have to do the tests with a fake GPS signal and with that > signal it worked. (In a fab you haven't a decent GPS signal) They already > have modified the test, so it correspond the GPS signal better. > > Summary of the summary: > You will be able to use the SD card in the same time of the GPS except for > the first appr 30 seconds. (And that's the worst case, because maybe > Openmoko can find better hacks/fixes) > > ps: I have read all the mails about the GPS problem, but I'm still human. If > there is a fault or wrong conclusion in this summary, please let the > community know. > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community