The warranty is also bugging me. Is there anywhere else I could get one? Or would OM be willing to sell an extended warranty for a bit more $$?
Or at least a cheap spare parts program? I don't mind swapping out parts if they're available at reasonable prices. On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jim Morris wrote: >> ian douglas wrote: >>> Guys, >>> >>> My intention was not to create a message thread for people to vent about >>> what they like or not about the Freerunner. I created the thread to get >>> an official stance from Openmoko about the state of the warranty, and if >>> it would cover any hardware fix offered by OM for the GPS/SD problems. >> >> And a good thread it was too :) >> >> I am also very curious about the potential GSM fixes. Will these be done >> by sending it back, or will it be something us hackers can do (and >> soldering sub-micron capacitors to invisible traces I do not consider >> your average hacker can do, and I have been playing with a soldering >> iron for 35 years, and I would not attempt it :) >> >> The GSM problems particularly worry me, because it does make the phone >> useless as a phone and I need to know if I need to go buy another phone >> as a primary phone or not. Whereas problems with GPS & SDCARDS are not >> show stoppers for me. > > Have you tried the recommended approach of a new SIM card? Who is your > carrier? Have you added them to the GSM database on the wiki? > > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- H. Lally Singh Ph.D. Candidate, Computer Science Virginia Tech _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
