On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 01:01:27PM +0200, Riccardo Centra wrote: > Why Qtopia? I prefer that you release the next minor update ( aka 2008.10 ) > and focus all works on paroli and tichy. > The new framework is pretty usable and stable.
Our plan is to bring qtopia to a more usable state then it currently is before the next big thing - fso + tichy (?) + paroli , but enhancements which could be brought to the new software stack will get higher priority. People (including myself) still need to use the phone before that. :) - John > 2008/10/16 John Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 05:15:59PM +0800, W.Kenworthy wrote: > > > 2008.9 + updates > > > > > > A phone that works: > > > reliably make and receive calls > > > reliably make and receive sms's > > > > > > At the moment, totally losing sms messages (phone sometimes > > > hangs/crashes when one comes in) or not waking up if suspended when one > > > comes in means that its almost unusable as a phone. > > > > > > It often takes several boots before the pin dialog comes up. If you > > > forget while waiting and it does come up but its awhile until you get to > > > it, it will hang so you have to reboot anyway. Sometimes restarting X > > > helps, but not always > > > > > > > > > Stability: > > > My average in normal usage is at least two boots a day due to crashes, > > > and often extra rebooting to check if an sms comes in (sometimes they > > > will only show on fresh re-registration. Leaving the phone on and > > > registered for hours doesnt seem to help - not sure how vodafone > > > australia takes to retry messages but surely its less that 12 hours. > > > The only way to stop crashes is not to use the thing! No GPS, no > > > wireless, no phone calls, and definitely never send/receive an sms :) > > > > > > I suspect the event/0 thread is at the root of a lot of this so I am > > > waiting a fix for that. > > > > > > I dont think I am alone in this - hopefully the new focus means that > > > these issues can be dealt with. > > > > > > I am a little concerned though that you think things like boot time is > > > important enough to mention, but not basic issues like being able to > > > reliably make a phone call. Though a faster boot means less time wasted > > > going through multiple bootups to get the thing registered. :) > > > > I would like to explain a bit more about this: > > > > We're not the only team that will work on the new focus. Stability > > should be greatly improved by the effort of FSO, and boot time is just > > another thing we would also like to improve. > > > > At the same time, we will work on fixing qtopia bugs as well, so if > > the problems you have is in trac already, we will look into them. > > > > > > - John _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community