Not the greatest bit of WIKI formatting, but it's there at least and linked from the GPS page:
http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_GPS_Problems -ken ---------- On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:49:43PM -0700, Justin Wong wrote: > 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 > > [email protected] > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
