On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Al Johnson <openm...@mazikeen.demon.co.uk> wrote: > On Monday 09 November 2009, Eric Smith wrote: >> Hi >> >> I have not used my freerunnner much since I bought it soon after >> public launch due to battery issues. >> >> Recently flashed the latest unstable SHR and initially looked >> reliable and promising as a regular phone. But then I >> experienced missed calls and failure to dial. >> (perhaps I will try Qt Extended Improved to see if this >> works better as a regular phone) >> >> But I know there is a lot of new work on SHR and I hope that >> it allow me to have a reliable regular phone. >> >> Meanwhile, I want to use the freerunner as a WIFI connected >> SIP client. No need to make cellular calls or do *anything* >> else than VOIP. > > Your battery won't last long in this case because you can't suspend and still > receive calls. You could save a bit of battery by turning off the GSM though. > >> What is the advice on both the platform and application above it to >> reliably support WIFI and a sip client? I see linphone is mentioned >> in this forum. > > linphone worked for me a while back, but would need some work to make it > usable. The main problem is the lack of alsa scenario switching between ring > and call. The gui could be made more suitable for a handheld device too. Besides that, also by using the alsa scenario for voip, sound does not reach the earpiece. Thats a problem I have with SHR and qtmoko, with linphone 3 and linphone 2 respectively. It was working with older distros.
> >> I do have a problem with batterys not charging well and >> discharging fast, maybe some distributions fix this? > > I don't have any problem with battery on shr-u, but we may just have different > expectations. > >> Thanks for suggestions. >> _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community