Norayr Chilingarian <nor...@arnet.am> wrote: > Why not add information about free fw and loader to the mentioned wiki page? > So that people who are not in this mailing list, may know about this fw > and a free fc-load tool.
Adding the info to the wiki would be a good idea indeed, but there would be several difficulties with that: * Editing the wiki requires a login account; I don't have one and don't feel comfortable asking for one. * Most of the Openmoko community sees my FreeCalypso work as being illegal, because they have voluntarily chosen to live and/or accept citizenship in repressive countries which deem it to be so. I suspect that the power-keepers of the Om Wiki would not want to have anything to do with my illegal project and its equally illegal fruits. > Also, it would be good to have step by step instructions like get this > source here, These 3 tarballs contain everything one would need: ftp://ftp.ifctf.org/pub/GSM/FreeCalypso/leo2moko-r1.tar.xz -- the source ftp://ftp.ifctf.org/pub/GSM/TI_src/wine/installed-env.tar.xz -- build tools ftp://ftp.ifctf.org/pub/GSM/FreeCalypso/loadtools-r1.tar.bz2 -- free flasher > compile it like that, The leo2moko and loadtools tarballs contain README files with compilation instructions. > get another source there, compile it, See above. > and run this command with these arguments. The README file in the loadtools package tells you how to run fc-loadtool as well. I will grant though, that my current instructions are written assuming a highly technical user, and it would indeed be beneficial to have another, more hand-holding version for more novice users. What we need for that is a community volunteer who would be both able and willing to produce one. I.e., we need a community volunteer who can work with someone like me on one end (understand my instructions etc), and also be in touch with more novice users on the other end. Anyone wants to volunteer? All you would need to do is to go through the process of compiling and flashing my GSM firmware into your GTA02, become comfortable with the process, and then document it for others who would need more novice-friendly hand-holding. If you or anyone else would like to give it a try, you can start by downloading the 3 tarballs listed above and then attempting to follow the steps in the README files inside. Tell me where you get stuck, and I'll help you navigate that step. If you can go through the process once, even if it requires a lot of hand-holding from me, chances are good that you would then be able to document the process for others at the less technical level. VLR, SF P.S. If anyone manages to get as far as the loadtool> prompt, please give me a shout before you type any flash erase or flash program commands - I would not want you to ruin your device by wiping out its very hard-to-recover RF calibration data. If you succeed in reaching the loadtool> prompt, stop there and ask for further assistance - I will then tell you how to save those precious RF calibration values. There is no possibility of damage until you reach that loadtool> prompt and type a flash erase or flash program command though, so prior to reaching that point, there is nothing to worry about - please play freely! _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
