Re: GSM Firmware upgrade

2009-05-17 Thread Olivier Berger
Risto H. Kurppa ri...@kurppa.fi writes: On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Olivier Berger ober...@ouvaton.org wrote: Thanks for your efforts, but my understanding of a user-friendly procedure would be a max. 7 steps with 50 lines long description or something like that, which could be

Re: GSM Firmware upgrade

2009-05-17 Thread pike
Hi Try again: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing And if not happy, feel free to make it clearer, after all, it's a wiki... That's pretty perfect. It got me going (and with me, I hope, a new base layer of the pyramid shaped userbase of openmoko). Paul Ferster - sorry I directed myself

GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread Paul Fertser
pike pike-openm...@kw.nl writes: The instructions on the Flashing page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing sound very scary, and I am not inclined to do that yet. Is upgrading the frimware required to install 2009/testing ? My hardware has been fine using QTExtended. Upgrading GSM

Re: GSM Firmware upgrade

2009-05-16 Thread Olivier Berger
arne anka openm...@ginguppin.de writes: but it doesnt say which version of firmware needs upgrading, or any way to check your current firmware version, neither on the Flashing page; the flashing issue has been discussed so much the last few weeks that i honestly do not understand, how

Re: GSM Firmware upgrade

2009-05-16 Thread Sound Freedom
I did it now. It taken 5 minutes. Really easy No Problem. It's work. Thx 2009/5/16 Olivier Berger ober...@ouvaton.org arne anka openm...@ginguppin.de writes: but it doesnt say which version of firmware needs upgrading, or any way to check your current firmware version, neither on the

Re: GSM Firmware upgrade

2009-05-16 Thread Paul Fertser
Olivier Berger ober...@ouvaton.org writes: but it doesnt say which version of firmware needs upgrading, or any way to check your current firmware version, neither on the Flashing page; the flashing issue has been discussed so much the last few weeks that i honestly do not understand, how

Re: GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread Robin Paulson
2009/5/16 Paul Fertser fercer...@gmail.com: pike pike-openm...@kw.nl writes: The instructions on the Flashing page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing sound very scary, and I am not inclined to do that yet. Upgrading firmware is not scary at all, and is especially easy with the uSD

Re: GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread Adam Jimerson
How big of uSD card is needed to use the image to upgrade the GSM Firmware? On May 16, 2009, at 4:56 AM, Paul Fertser wrote: pike pike-openm...@kw.nl writes: The instructions on the Flashing page http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing sound very scary, and I am not inclined to do that

Re: GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread George Brooke
On Saturday 16 May 2009 18:13:39 Yorick Moko wrote: untar the image of http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing#uSD-card_Image and you'll know it... i'm quite sure 128MB will suffice the 512MB one, delivered with the FR surely will On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Adam Jimerson

Re: GSM Firmware upgrade

2009-05-16 Thread Risto H. Kurppa
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Olivier Berger ober...@ouvaton.org wrote: Thanks for your efforts, but my understanding of a user-friendly procedure would be a max. 7 steps with 50 lines long description or something like that, which could be understood (at least to grasp if it's needed and

Re: GSM Firmware upgrade (was: Re: [Om2009] a community effort)

2009-05-16 Thread Adam Jimerson
On Saturday 16 May 2009 01:33:38 pm George Brooke wrote: george-laptop~/openmoko/fluid☮:du -h flash-moko11-2.image 271Mflash-moko11-2.image I think you'll need the 512meg one. solar.george Thanks, good thing I keep a hold of the 512MB one that came with my phone. -- We must plan for

GSM firmware upgrade is recommended for everybody (was: Re: [shr-testing] sim not recognised)

2009-05-15 Thread Paul Fertser
yet? http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GSM/Flashing yeah, i thought about that. i was hoping to avoid it - more potential for a fubar than i like. If you read the wiki page in question you'll see that there's no potential to fubar unless you really dedicated to do it. GSM firmware upgrade

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-11 Thread Michael Shiloh
of this. Meanwhile, a useful point of information would be your experience: For those of you for whom I performed the GSM firmware upgrade, did the Neo 1973 work properly with your ATT SIM card after the upgrade? Most of you wrote me when you received the phones to indicate that it did. Does

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-11 Thread ian douglas
personal ATT SIM card, and they always worked fine. Starting a few months ago my ATT SIM card no longer works in upgraded Neos. We're trying to get to the bottom of this. Meanwhile, a useful point of information would be your experience: For those of you for whom I performed the GSM firmware

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-11 Thread Michael Shiloh
of this. Meanwhile, a useful point of information would be your experience: For those of you for whom I performed the GSM firmware upgrade, did the Neo 1973 work properly with your ATT SIM card after the upgrade? Most of you wrote me when you received the phones to indicate that it did. Does

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-11 Thread Michael Shiloh
no longer works in upgraded Neos. We're trying to get to the bottom of this. Meanwhile, a useful point of information would be your experience: For those of you for whom I performed the GSM firmware upgrade, did the Neo 1973 work properly with your ATT SIM card after the upgrade? Most of you

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-11 Thread ian douglas
Michael Shiloh wrote: I checked the map, and I'm in the same situation as you: 1900 and 850. But I notice the maps are not maintained by the providers. How do we know they are up to date? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Mobile The US T-Mobile network predominately uses the GSM/GPRS 1900 MHz

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-11 Thread Michael Shiloh
Excellent info, again. Thanks. You ask: Is there a way to tell on the Neo which frequency band it's currently using? That might be kind of handy... I think there is. I'm trying to locate it. I had thought it was an em command. I'll try to find it tomorrow. Michael ian douglas wrote:

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-11 Thread Mike Hodson
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian, I checked the map, and I'm in the same situation as you: 1900 and 850. But I notice the maps are not maintained by the providers. How do we know they are up to date? Michael If you need, I can get a very

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-11 Thread ian douglas
Mike confirmed that my home address is in an 850/1900 area, which gave me decent T-Mobile coverage, and weak-but-present coverage with ATT. Ian Mike Hodson wrote: On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Michael Shiloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ian, I checked the map, and I'm in the same situation

Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-10 Thread Michael Shiloh
, a useful point of information would be your experience: For those of you for whom I performed the GSM firmware upgrade, did the Neo 1973 work properly with your ATT SIM card after the upgrade? Most of you wrote me when you received the phones to indicate that it did. Does it continue to do so

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-10 Thread Bobby Martin
be your experience: For those of you for whom I performed the GSM firmware upgrade, did the Neo 1973 work properly with your ATT SIM card after the upgrade? Most of you wrote me when you received the phones to indicate that it did. Does it continue to do so? If not, when did this start happening

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-10 Thread Jae Stutzman
Weird. I suppose this same SIM works in other phones (non neos)? Do you have another ATT sim to try? Does the SIM keep track of what phones it is inserted into? And if so, perhaps it's memory is full? I have not read the GSM spec in great detail, but perhaps it is plausible :) Maybe you sim is

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-10 Thread joerg
Am Di 11. März 2008 schrieb Michael Shiloh: Jae Stutzman wrote: Weird. I suppose this same SIM works in other phones (non neos)? Yes; it works perfectly in the ATT provided Nokia. You activated hardware-password on the GSM-module? I never heard of SIM-cards remembering the phones

Re: Question for those of you for whom I've done a GSM firmware upgrade

2008-03-10 Thread ian douglas
I performed the GSM firmware upgrade, did the Neo 1973 work properly with your ATT SIM card after the upgrade? Most of you wrote me when you received the phones to indicate that it did. Does it continue to do so? If not, when did this start happening? What are the symptoms? For the larger

GSM Firmware Upgrade (was: Re: Ultimatum)

2007-12-24 Thread Michael Shiloh
Hi, GoXbox Live wrote: What's the benefit of doing the upgrade? Earlier versions of the GSM firmware had trouble recognizing some SIM cards. If your card is recognized, there is no need for this upgrade. Are there known bugs in the firmware of gta01vb4? Merry Christmas gxl