I received and unpacked my surplus FreeRunner box weeks ago, but have not tested my surplus FreeRunners until today. Since all my FreeRunners look the same, I labelled my first FreeRunner (the one I (try to) use as my daily phone) 0, then my surplus FRs 1 - 5 inclusive.
Note: my surplus FRs were tested with only the AC adapter connected (I used the same AC adapter for all my surplus FRs): no batteries, SIM cards, nor microSD(HC) cards were installed. Here are my test results: FR #1: No end user-visible signs of life. :( FR #2: Will not boot without AUX. Booted U-Boot from NOR, then booted Debian (?) from NAND until it hung with an “Aborted” line after successfully starting avahi-daemon. :( A known-good bootable microSD(HC) card would probably be useful here. FR #3: Will not boot without AUX. Booted U-Boot from NOR, then booted Om 2008 (?) from NAND. Could not get display to come on again after the suspend timeout. :( FR #4: This is the only GSM 900 of my 6 total FRs. Will not boot without AUX. I sense a pattern here: does booting without AUX require a battery? Anyway, booted U-Boot from NOR, then booted SHR from NAND. Hardware appears to work, but many GUI apps hang. Maybe they assume a SIM card is installed? FR #5: Will not boot without AUX. Booted U-Boot from NOR, then started booting some Koolu image (Android?) from NAND, then hung or the boot time exceeded my patience (the Koolu screen never changed.). Conclusion: Not too exciting. :P I will put my surplus FRs away again and return to trying to make QtMoko v18 on FR #0 less unusable. :( The more I (try to) use my FR (#0), the more attractive the N900 looks. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
