Re: OpenMoko Cambridge pub meet
Could always organize one of our own. Miracle of Science [1] on Mass Ave would be a nerdy appropriate venue [1] http://www.miracleofscience.us/ On Sep 1, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Ken Young wrote: I'm afraid he means *real* Cambridge - as in England. But if he means Cambridge Mass, I'll be a happy guy. Ken Young (in Cambridge, Mass) ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Micro SD question
I've had no problems with my Trancend 8Gb on SHR, Hackable, or Android. On Aug 7, 2009, at 11:54 PM, Cristian Gómez wrote: Hi all, I'm waiting for my FR (can't wait). I'm following the list and see some messages complaining about problems with some micro SD cards (like Kingston) I want your opinions about what memory should I buy. Does a Markvision one work correctly? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [android] panicking images and suspend/resume ?
Fix for incoming call to voicemail bug: http://www.mail-archive.com/android-freerun...@android.koolu.org/msg01047.html On Aug 5, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Chris Samuel wrote: On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 09:54:13 pm Michael Sheldon wrote: I don't know about the panicking image, but the koolu cupcake alpha 1 image suspends fine for me: http://koolu.org/releases/cupcake-1.5-alpha1/ Sadly it appears that this image still has the issues of not registering correctly with Vodafone in Australia (reported to Koolu 30th May), resulting in all calls being permanently diverted to voicemail. :-( cheers, Chris -- Chris Samuel : http://www.csamuel.org/ : Melbourne, VIC This email may come with a PGP signature as a file. Do not panic. For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPGP ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Questions about installing Android to an external SD card
I've been using it for a few days now, and at first, it was quite slow. Then I hacked around, uninstalled a few things, and found a little app that activates a user defined swap. So far it's worked like a charm. I can make calls, but haven't tested receiving them (all my friends are getting sick of me asking for them to call me). I'd say it's as fast if not faster GUI wise than SHR or Hackable. Wifi and SMS both also work, but you still can't import contacts from SIM. Big downside to the release is the lack of a marketplace app, so finding things to install is a challenge. slideme.org has a few free apps. On Jul 20, 2009, at 4:40 PM, xChris wrote: Hi, This version 'auto installs' the Android on the device (flash). I just killed my working SHR , in order to test it.. This version has some improvements but its still slow (in my opinion: non usable) (my SIM card is ok but I can't make /receive calls) Chris ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
[android] Re: Questions about installing Android to an external SD card
On Jul 20, 2009, at 5:56 PM, Marcelo wrote: Then I hacked around, uninstalled a few things, and found a little app that activates a user defined swap. Can you provide more details? Installed this: http://code.google.com/p/a-swapper/ and threw 128M at it. I doubt the stuff I uninstalled had much effect on system performance. Everything is pretty snappy, except for entering a URL in the browser (it looks like it's doing a live google search as you type. Why anyone would want this feature is beyond me). I also turned off all the animations/orientation, turned off USB debugging in the developer settings, and disabled selection sounds. I beleive in the Android Marketplace there was a Marketplace browser :-P and there's a website you can use to browse the Marketplace, too. But yes, the official Marketplace browser is not included in the free source that Google opened up. I've been able to browse http://www.android.com/market/ but not install anything from there, and most apps I find online have download links to the marketplace app. I remember seeing the marketplace app on one of the earlier Koolu betas. Will that work on cupcake? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: I need a cookbook. Pleeeease...
On Jul 18, 2009, at 9:12 AM, li...@kitepilot.com wrote: Done with the apology, I hope someone here can provide me a simple cookbook to change this QT thing to the latest Openmoko. Not a full cookbook, but the 2 quickest/easiest recipes. (No disrespect to the OM and SHR teams, but they take a bit more low level knowledge and way more time to get a fully working phone.) After you get one of these installed (or both. They live nicely together on my phone), I recommend reading up on the other distros available, and picking one you feel comfortable with. Anyway, on with the cooking: Android Snack This is sort of the microwave pizza distro. Quick, simple, filling the basic needs, but it lacks the satisfying I can hack the planet from my phone! feeling. Ingredients: Computer (any flavor) Freerunner (duh) 1 SD card reader (attached to above computer) 1 SD card, FAT formatted (the 512k one that came with the Freerunner will work fine) Latest Android for Freerunner release [1] Directions: - Open up the Freerunner and remove the SD card [2] - Insert card into card reader and mount on computer - Download the Android zip file and unzip. - Copy all the files from inside the folder to the SD card. Do not just copy the folder over - Reassemble the Freerunner and plug in. - Power on the Freerunner while holding down the AUX button [3] - At the boot menu, press the AUX key until Boot from microSD (FAT +ext2) is selected, then press the power button - Watch text scroll by as Android installs itself onto the phone - When it's done, it will reboot itself. You will first see a Koolu splash screen, then an Android one. The first boot may take a few minutes, so just be patient - Android is installed, and ready to use. More usage information can be found at Googles Android site [4] Hackable:1 Takeout This distro has the Everything, including the kitchen sink approach that comes with Debian. It takes some basic Linux knowledge, but it's fast and fairly stable. It lives on the SD card, so you can dual boot. Ingredients: Computer (Linux based, distro doesn't matter. Mac or Win works, but they need special tools) Freerunner (again, duh) 1 SD card reader (attached to above computer) 1 SD card, FAT and ext2 formatted, details below (minimum 1Gig, but I recommend an 8Gig Trancend card. I've used it without any problems) Latest Hackable:1 for Freerunner boot and file system files (currently Rev4) [5] [6] Directions: The Hackable:1 team already wrote up some good installation docs on their wiki [7] [1] http://koolu.org/releases/cupcake-1.5-alpha1/android-freerunner-koolu1.5-alpha-1.zip [2] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner#Installing_the_Micro-SD_card.2C_the_SIM_card.2C_and_the_Battery [3] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner#Buttons_and_connectors [4] http://www.android.com [5] http://download.hackable1.org/h1-ext2_partition-rev4-classic-rc1.tar.gz [6] http://download.hackable1.org/h1-fat_partition-rev4.tar.gz [7] http://www.hackable1.org/wiki/Installation ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Anti-Whining: Happy Moko Moments
A few weeks ago there was an alien armada threatening to annihilate all life on the planet. So I grabbed my trusty Freerunner, and Will Smith flew me up to their mothership in orbit where I hacked out a little python script to disable their defense shields. I uploaded the script to their mainframe, and we managed to fly clear of the ship just before it exploded, and thus we saved all of humanity with a Freerunner. Then again, I may have just fell asleep watching a movie... On Jul 16, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Warren Baird wrote: I like to try turning that around and start a thread for people to talk about their successes. Maybe if we get enough good ones we can push it onto the wiki. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Hello world. Is the Neo Freerunner dead?
Will it talk to the ATT's US network? It does. What do I tell them? No need to tell them anything. I haven't, and have not had a problem in the 8 months I've had my Freerunner. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Hello world. Is the Neo Freerunner dead?
Slight correction on my part: If you already have ATT service, there is no need to tell them anything. Just swap the SIM card out of your old phone and into the Freerunner. On Jul 7, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Damian Spriggs wrote: Will it talk to the ATT's US network? It does. What do I tell them? No need to tell them anything. I haven't, and have not had a problem in the 8 months I've had my Freerunner. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: How to stop mailing list spam.
Go to the list options page and select the digest option. That will only send one a day. Then in your mailer, create a filtering rule for the digest. And it's not spam if you sign up for it. ;) On Jul 2, 2009, at 7:08 PM, abatrour wrote: How do I stop all the emails being sent to my inbox? I only access this forum through the openmoko/nabble website and I find it a huge annoyance to be spammed messages every day. -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/How-to-stop-mailing-list-spam.-tp3198315p3198315.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Why one cannot recommend the freerunner as a daily phone (was Re: Is a FreeRunner sufficient for me?)
Sure, it's a developer phone, and is marketed as such, but what they don't tell you is what kind of developer. When I got mine 6 months ago, I took that to mean applications, not everything about this needs massive help. I think one of the pitfalls for OM was trying to put everything out at once, instead of systematically selecting and stabilizing a kernel, then get the underlying system working, and finally get the UI and useable applications. Now I haven't tried all the distros out there, but from the chatter I read on the maillists, it seems that each are shooting for that moving target in continuing the all at once approach, and predictably coming up short. Don't get me wrong, I love my Freerunner, and it's my daily/only phone (Hackable:1and SHR). I just wish I could spend more time working on applications than messing around with little fixes, rebooting, and waiting for something reasonably stable to develop for. :) On Jun 22, 2009, at 10:05 PM, David Ford wrote: this phone is marketed as a developer's phone, and all the websites related to this phone all have (or should have) discussion largely surrounding this. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Project B guessing game
I'm going to guess that it's an end user programable version of one of these: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/b278/ Because we all know how good they are at making electronics that produce an annoying noise :) On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:39 AM, David Reyes Samblas Martinez wrote: It has a screen it has a button (maybe a direction pad) it can be holded in one hand. .. I vote some kind of wireless low cost tablet ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: How to get started with Openmoko phone?
Yep, you'll have no problem keeping your phone number. When you sign up with a new provider, they'll transfer it for you. -- Damian On Jun 7, 2009, at 7:18 PM, Mike wrote: Thank you, Robin and Damian! I know how it works now. Another question: Shall I be able to keep my cell phone number? Thanks again for your time! ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Visit at Openmoko
Wow. So we have rumors of mass layoffs, a semi-official Wait for the official announcement announcement, and mass panic. This can only mean one thing: OM has been bought out by Microsoft for 2 copies of MS Bob and a case of Pocky. You heard it here first! *grin* On May 26, 2009, at 1:00 PM, Steve Mosher wrote: Thanks, As you can well imagine Sean and I are working on an official statement. This time around a lot more is involved than just us writing post so please be patient. This week is pretty hectic for me and Sean, I'm travelling out of town today ( SF) and then I'll be back for an Android conference on wensday and thursday. Steve ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Openmoko on FLOSS weekly
I just started listening to it. The sound quality is fine, even with Skype, but uhm, the answers are uhm, a little uhm, hard to uhm, follow. Uhm. ;) On May 18, 2009, at 10:40 PM, Christopher Hall wrote: How did it sound, we had some problems with the Skype connection from Taiwan. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [SHR-Testing] Wireless Frustration
I just re-flashed and it works fine for me so far. Here's what I did: 1) Flash testing image and kernel 2) opkg update/upgrade 3) installed the mofi beta release [1] 4) depmod -a and reboot 5) load mofi, it scanned all the networks in the area, I chose mine (open, no encryption) 6) tested connection with TwitterMoko (because it crashes if there is no web access) [1] http://projects.openmoko.org/frs/?group_id=165release_id=193 I have had problems with it not working after a resume, but I haven't tried it out yet. Hope this helps --- Damian Spriggs On Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at 01:58PM, Konstantin chaosspaw...@gmx.net wrote: George Brooke schrieb: On Tuesday 28 April 2009 12:49:44 Helge Hafting wrote: Adam Jimerson wrote: Well it is nice to see that I am not the only person with this problem, for me Mofi doesn't even load, I am installing the one from opkg.org http://opkg.org to see if I have any better luck with it. I have trouble with wifi in SHR testing too. I suspect a kernel problem. I usually run wpa_supplicant. Failing that, I connect to WEP networks using iwlist iwconfig commands directly. Even these low-level tools fails most of the time. Occationally iwlist eth0 scan will work, but repeat the command and eth0 suddenly doesn't support scanning. And of course it won't ever connect to any access point. Similiarly, iwconfig may claim there is no support for setting the essid. Having low-level stuff like iwconfig fail is what makes me suspect a kernel problem. Try rmmod a6000 (I think thats the correct module) them modprobing it again as that some times works for me. I tried that once, too, which resulted in a kernel panic. The funny thing was that I was in the middle of a phone call, which went on nevertheless until the other side hung up. Smartphones are interesting devices :D solar.george Regards, Konstantin ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [android] koolu beta 6?
I tried it a few days ago: Pros: - I liked the installation. They package everything in a single tarball that you expand on your SD card. Boot from the card, and it installs QI, kernel, and root fs. No mucking about trying to figure out which kernel works with what release - After the first time booting (which will take a very long time. Let it sit for a while), it boots fairly quickly. - UI is fast and responsive Cons: - Connectivity just isn't there, at least for me. It would find my open wifi, but kept dropping (even when I was sitting right next to the base station. Could not connect to my service provider with any sort of strength (ATT). I get full bars in SHR. - It seemed to forget settings. I changed the ringtones, and it went back to the default After not being able to use it as a phone, I went back to SHR. In all, a good start, and something I'll be keeping my eyes on (d) On Apr 19, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Pieter Colpaert wrote: http://koolu.org/releases/beta6/ I never heard of this before. Anyone tried it yet? Is this a cupcake release (I just got used to the great soft keyboard in android 1.5!)? Is there somewhere a working/not working list available? Pieter ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Request for Feedback - SATAN
I've installed it just fine a few times, but could never get it to run (SHR Testing and Unstable) On Mar 20, 2009, at 4:33 PM, Anton Persson wrote: Hi folkz! I just wanted to request user feedback for my app SATAN, if there are _any_ users out there.. I know some people have at least tried, and hopefully all have succeeded, to install and start the application.. But I want to know; have anyone succeeded making some noise with it? What are your thoughts? Do you want any specific improvements or changes? Best regards, Anton Persson ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Context based usage of the 'AUX' button
I've had this happen when ScummVM freezes or exits unintentionally. I've found that starting and quitting ScumVM without playing anything brings the AUX lock back. you could also remap the key with xmodmap. On Mar 2, 2009, at 1:17 PM, The Digital Pioneer wrote: Ack, nope, AUX has no effect. I'm seriously wondering if my SHR is just screwed up so that AUX doesn't work at all, since I have not encountered a situation yet where hitting it did anything. Locking doesn't work either, which ticks me off... :\ ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Context based usage of the 'AUX' button
try this: enlightenment_remote -binding-key-add ANY Keycode-177 NONE 1 simple_lock On Mar 2, 2009, at 1:36 PM, The Digital Pioneer wrote: My broken AUX has nothing to do with ScummVM. AUX hasn't done anything since I flashed SHR-unstable. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Neverball, anyone?
After a quick glance of the system reqs. I want to know what kind of phone your friend has that'll run that application! On Feb 13, 2009, at 8:29 PM, Steffen Winkler wrote: Hi, since I've seen that game on a mobile telephone of a friend I want it for the FR, too. My programming skills are not so good in linux environment (C#, SQl, a little VB6 and VB.NET and a very little bit Python ;)) so I just wanted to know: Could it be possible to make neverball playable on the neo? Source code is on the website ( http://neverball.org ) in the download section...the source code has to be compiled, so I think the compiler has to be installed on the neo first...but would that all work? Because the neo processor is not the best and it's not a 686 processor or something like that... ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: New Release of GuitarTune v0.20 (based on Alsa)
Bass Guitar, low E is at about 40.5 HZ (though the harmonic makes it low E on a guitar). Low B (5 string Bass) is ~31HZ I'd suggest, instead of a fret-board, a gauge (like a speedometer) to show how close to in tune you are. Sort of like standard analog tuners. It's been a while since I've been in the code, but I think there's a GTK widget that does this Love the app, thank you for taking the time to develop it! I just used it a few minutes ago to tune my axe. On Feb 8, 2009, at 1:44 AM, c_c wrote: Also - it would be nice to hear about what other instruments are being tuned! Hmmm, time to change the name of the app perhaps?! I'm also in the process of pimping up the GUI. Just thought it would be nice to look at a sexier GTK program! I was kind of going for a guitar fretboard look (I know it's been overdone on the iPhone) but maybe I need to relook that. Any Ideas? ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [SHR] SMS
To change the date/time: http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/time.html Even after setting the time, the messages all have the wrong timestamp (mine say January 1970) The [X] button works for me, though (shr unstable, latest updates) On Jan 27, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Matthew Lane wrote: I have a question about SHR SMS. I loved SHR, but I found that call volume was very low, and I had trouble finding my SMS messages. When receiving an incoming SMS, I could not delete the notify window with the X on the upper illume taskbar, and all of my SMS messages said they were received on Jan 1, 1987. I'm assuming this is because I didn't correctly set my system clock, but how would I do that? And how would I raise call volume, and delete the incoming message window? Thanks! Matt ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: spam
I really don't care what type of sun tanning lotion they are using. But there's not much you can do about forged headers and open relays. (d) --- Damian A. Spriggs Writer: Weekly World Shrew http://www.weeklyworldshrew.com On Jan 25, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Paul Wouters wrote: And perhaps for openmoko to start publishing SPF records Paul ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: How do you like to read a phone number?
That's because nobody outside the US wants to talk to us these days, anyway. ;) (d) --- Damian A. Spriggs Writer: Weekly World Shrew http://www.weeklyworldshrew.com On Dec 29, 2008, at 5:20 PM, Pat Barrett wrote: That's close, the traditional way of writing it is (651) 867-5309 or else 651-867-5309. It the number requires a 1, for instance in a toll free number, it's: 1-888-867-5309. I don't think I've ever even seen the + on a phone number, in this country, anywhere but in Skype and on my Freerunner. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [FSO/SHR/debian] SMS location app
On Dec 25, 2008, at 12:33 AM, Angus Ainslie wrote: I've started an app to help find lost or borrowed Freerunners. It watches for specially formatted SMSs and when it sees the right one it SMSs back its location. Now this is just brilliant! Good work, and thank you. (d) --- Damian A. Spriggs Writer: Weekly World Shrew http://www.weeklyworldshrew.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
MAME?
Has anyone ported/started working on a port of MAME for the freerunner? A quick search didn't turn up anything. I know there's a port for the iPaq, so I don't think a freerunner version should be too tough. I just don't want to duplicate anyones efforts. Thanks (d) --- Damian A. Spriggs Writer: Weekly World Shrew http://www.weeklyworldshrew.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
