The DRAFT fix for the buzz problem is here: C&P of joerg's mail.
http://people.openmoko.org/joerg/GSM_EMI_noise/big-C_rework_SOP__DRAFT!!__.pdf Please NOTE IT'S A DRAFT! It's not secret, but it's not yet destined to anybody not actively searching for it. Status of this paper is: "should be exactly reproduce an A7 on A5/6 aidio-wise, but not yet tested". So go on on risk. cheers jOERG PS: all suggestions to improve this paper, as well as any reports on actually doing the mod are welcome and highly appreciated Leonti Bielski wrote: > Hello and welcome to OM community :) > > 1.) This is so-called buzzing issue. It's hardware related and in a > week or so a paper explaining how to do a fix will be available. > You can read about it from those links: > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_Hardware_Issues > http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td675090|a675090 > > 2.) From what you've written it seems like you don't suspend your > phone. What image do you use? Anyways, you have to enable autosuspend > - so phone will go to sleep while not being used and wake up only on > certain events - call/message/cable connected/headset connected. > Without suspend phone can work only for about 8 hours or a little > more. With suspend my phone can be waiting for calls for a couple of > days without any problems. Battery life is for a long time not a > problem anymore. > Tips: try to manually suspend your phone using power button > (asu/fso/shr/debian). > On QtExtended if I recall correctly autosuspend is disabled by default > so you have to enable it to get the most of your battery life :) > > Leonti > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Dave Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello folks, >> >> Just a few questions really to kick start me being on this list. :-) >> >> I received my FreeRunner about a week or so ago and have just about got >> around to playing with it a bit more and actually using it. It's running >> FDOM based on recommendations, and picked up my Orange SIM and contacts >> without difficulty. >> >> A few issues I have had though: >> >> 1) Recipients of phone calls consistently seem to report a buzz / >> crackling during calls made from the FreeRunner. Apparently the buzz is >> particularly prevelant when I stop speaking, whilst I'm speaking the >> line seems to be clear enough - anyone suffered a similar issue and know >> / suspect it's cause? >> >> 2) Battery Life. I was warned by people before getting the phone that >> battery life wasn't great as of yet, and as I understand from what I >> have it is a fairly high priority. However, what do you folks do to >> maximise life out of your battery? >> The reason I ask is that with everything (bar GSM) turned off, and the >> phone mostly locked / on standby (30 second timeout for standby and >> blank screen are set up at the moment) I am struggling to get even 12 >> hours life out of it. >> To give an example from today, where I didn't get chance to glance at >> the phone whilst at work, it went from being fully charged at 08:00 (I >> took it off charge from the Desktop at that point) to being powered down >> and without the juice to startup at 16:30. >> So, what do you all do to get the most out of it, and what sort of life >> do you get? >> >> Whilst I can live with the battery as a work in progress, the >> crackliness would be interesting to find out if it's just my unit >> suffering, as it does make using it as my primary phone a little difficult! >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Dave >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
