Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 11:17:48PM +0400, Paul Fertser wrote: >> "arne anka" <[email protected]> writes: >> >> > the only time i ever heard of 140h suspend were the mail from daniel >> > willmann after he applied a hw fix to #1024. >> >> Yes, exactly. But fixing is fairly trivial, the soldering part is in >> fact easier than the buzz fix. > > Yes, the soldering part. So you "only" have the remaining parts to do: > > 1) Find somewhere to buy a 10 uF SMD capacitor small enough. E.g. there's > nowhere in Denmark I can get one. I'd need to go abroad (Malmö, Sweden)[1] > for a shop that sells a 0805 16 V one to hobbyists or, as I'll do in this > case, buy 20 0805 22 uF ones from Digikey, of which 18 will be used > for the bass fix, one for #1024 and one for fun and games[2].
I admit it's easier to source the cap being in Moscow, here you just go to a shop and buy as many as you need. But even if one can't go to a shop himself he can ask a buddy to get the caps and send by snail mail. I can't see how it's can make a real problem. > 2) Disassemble the Neo not doing any damage. Trivial, wiki instructions are very clear, and plastic clips are durable enough. I did it the day i bought my FR without fear or issues. > 3) Take the can off in such a shape as to be able to put it on > again. Well, i did it myself during F9N (not exactly comfortable conditions!) with a usual knife i borrowed from Daniel. Did no damage. That was the first time i opened the GSM can. Requires a bit of patience, otherwise trivial. > 5) Put the can back on in a reasonably good shape. > 6) Assemble the Neo. Both are non-issues for any man who's not disabled. > And the thing is, if you don't already have a soldering iron and can't > borrow one (including someone to operate it?) then part 4) isn't really all > that trivial either. Having seen so many cool hardware projects/tricks/hacking devices/DIY mods from European folks i really doubt it's that hard to find a guy who can solder modern components somewhere nearby. Aren't there any projects in universities that require soldering? So there're people who know how to do it. > Unless someone sets up a #1024 fix programme, like there was the > buzz fix programme, the #1024 fix will likely be out of reach to > most of those affected. Rask, with all my respect i still can't see what makes it prohibitively hard for most of FR users to actually implement #1024 fix. Sometimes i'm told i'm leaving in a parallel universe. Well, that's quite possible indeed. > These days, you're less likely to be punished by hanging for such > behaviour. I do not exactly like the analogy :-/ > But I think you should still not assume that every Neo owner has > access to the #1024 GSM fix necessary for the 140 hour standby time. Should i also refrain from assuming every Neo owner has access to some *nix box? Or to ssh client? This might make sense _if_ Neo wasn't a geek/hacker/developer device. But it is so its users are supposed to be able to solve small riddles along their ways to freedom. -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:[email protected] _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
