Mikhail Umorin <[email protected]> writes: >> > 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. > > Paul, I think you are missing the risk part of it: if I screw up in software > I > can just reflash the device if I break a tiny piece of hardware -- my $400 fr > is gone.
I'm somehow certain that's a wrong assumption. Unless you do something really cruel you're not likely to foobar the whole device. Also even some fatal mistake will cost you less than $400 because the prices really dropped lately. > Software and hardware are two totally different animals and being a geek in > one does not imply being a geek in the other. Being a geek is a way of life, that's how i see it. > I don't feel comfortable with any hw work exactly because of the risks > involved. So, I would like some else fix this hw bug, but not just a guy > around the corner -- I want a high degree of certainty that I shall get back > a > working device. Well, i had a talk with cell phone repair guy today. Showed him my FR with front case dismounted so he could see how much work is involved in doing the buzz-fix. He said the work itself is very-very easy and he'd charge $30 or probably $15 if he liked the client. Probably you just can't imagine what cell phone repair guys usually do, comparing to that buzzfixing is really easy. -- 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
