you may have the same problem I discovered some while back. When I wore my tester hat. Micheal may be able to help you.
Micheal, can you assist here? or tony? tokenwizard wrote: > I have one for you... > I have been "using" my freerunner for about three weeks now. I ordered it > through Koolu.com as soon as it was possible and I got it about three weeks > later. The OM2007 on it was next to useless so I updated and found a bit > more functionality. Later I installed Qtopia and I really liked that most of > the functionality was there, but I still wanted to run an OM distro, so I > tried the ASU 2008.8. I really dislike where that one is going as far as the > illume UI. So I went back to 2008.4 and kept it that way for a bit. TOday I > plugged my phone into the USB on my PC to charge as I always have (while the > phone was running) and the screen immediately went black. No, with this > being a development phone, this didn't really phase me at first. This thing > has seen its fair share of mysterious power issues. But this time was > different. No matter what I do, I cannot get the damn thing to come back to > life. I know it's not the battery because it was almost half full when I > plugged it in. But I have tried holding the Power button for 10 seconds, > and the Power/Aux and Aux/Power combos. I've tried these thing both with and > without the AC adapter attached and after pulling the battery for about a > minute. > > It seems as I have a dead phone now. I don't even hear that distinctive > little hiss that you normally hear when you first press the Power button! > > Anybody seen this before?? > > James > > steve-2 wrote: >> I have a tiny tiny head so all the hats fit. >> >> we are putting together a policy for people who bought from the openmoko >> store. there are several issues. We offer a 14 day DOA Warrenty and a 28 >> day warrenty for 10 packs. The issue is what does DOA mean? Dead on >> Arrival. >> >> If your GSM doesnt work, but getting a download fixes it? is that DOA? >> If your GSM doesnt work but getting a new card fixes it? is that DOA? >> same with GPS, did the software download fix it? >> >> If you send the phone back and it works fine, what to do? >> if you send back a phone and it works fine, who pays for shipping? >> >> Now in the US at retail you can return something if the sky is blue. >> We can't work that way and build a open source phone. well, we can >> but the cost of blue sky returns would have to be added to the phone. >> >> In the end, as micheal will tell you, I work every case. So, If you have >> a problem, email me or micheal. tell us that you tried the fixes we >> suggested. And we will work from there. >> >> Michael Shiloh wrote: >>> ian douglas wrote: >>>> Sean/Michael/Community: >>>> >>>> It's been asked several times, especially regarding the GPS/SD "fixes" >>>> and people ordering pico-farad capacitors and soldering irons ... I'm >>>> hoping that at some point the "squeaky wheel" cliche will work itself >>>> out and we'll get an answer. >>>> >>>> The boxes the Freerunners came in gave no information about warranty, we >>>> need to hear from Openmoko about what exactly the warranty does cover? >>>> My understanding of the warranty time limit is that single purchases got >>>> a 14-day "warranty", and group purchases were given a 28-day "warranty", >>>> but we've never been told what the warranty includes. >>>> >>>> I'd really like to outline some of this on the wiki since we're cleaning >>>> it all up, etc., and since few users will ever search the mailing list >>>> archives anyway. >>>> >>>> Will it include any recall/repairs needed to fix the GPS/SD problems at >>>> a hardware level? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Ian >>> Ian, I agree with you, and I'm sure Steve and Sean (and everyone at >>> Openmoko) do as well. >>> >>> I'm sure that the only reason that Steve has not responded (for he is >>> the one to respond to this) is that he is completely overwhelmed by >>> email, manufacturing and shipping, and releasing stuff this week. He is >>> wearing the hats of Marketing, Operations, Manufacturing, Shipping, >>> Testing, Hardware and Software final test, Field Engineer Manager, >>> Customer Service Manager, Product Oversight (a new category I just >>> created), Trade Show Coordinator, Vertical Market Manager, and many >>> others I can't even remember. >>> >>> I will be talking to him today and I'll see if we can address this issue. >>> >>> Thanks for helping to keep us focused, >>> Michael >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
