Thanks, Ben -- I just got the SIM card from T-Mobile, the uSD card and the FreeRunner! we'll see how it goes!
On Monday 08 June 2009 03:55:35 Ben Wong wrote: > On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Mike<[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Rene -- > > > > I just ordered the freerunner -- very exciting! > > Excellent. You may want to check the GSM firmware version when you > get it. I received my phone recently and it had an old firmware on it > (version 8 instead of 11, I think). The phone mostly worked, but I > couldn't do GPRS until I flashed the GSM firmware. > > Here's the page for how to update it: > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing > > Note that, although the web page describes the procedure as a > lobotomy, it's not nearly so scary, even using the step-by-step > method, which I did. Even easier, there's a microSD image you can > download that automates the procedure for you. > > By the way, the advice to just buy a SIM card instead of a whole > plan is the right one. That way you won't be locked into a year long > contract. I'm using T-mobile and it works great; data is unlimited > and the price is fair. I've heard T-mobile's coverage is not as good > as AT&T's in the US, but it hasn't been a problem for me. My only > complaint is that ping times are often over 1000ms, and I'm not even > sure that that's T-mobile's fault. > > --Ben > > _______________________________________________ > 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
