Steve Mosher wrote: > 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?
There was a response (before Steve's) that suggested a battery issue. I agree with that, and would want first to confirm that the battery is not dead. Can you measure the battery voltage, or test with another battery? > > > 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
