Re: has anyone tried this usb hub with their freerunner?
Not this one but something similar. See http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/user:lindi for a link. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
[ANN] Bass-Rework = Headset Audio Quality Enhancement available in EU
Dear Freerunner owners in the EU harmonized market, a known problem of the Neo Freerunner design is that the headset output lacks some low frequency signals (bass). Thererfore music played through the headsets does not sound as expected and compared to other digital music players. There is an improvement rework by adding larger coupling capacitors to the output amplifier. This became known as the Bass Rework (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_bass_fix ). Although there is a description of a rework solution (http://people.openmoko.org/andy/additional-headset-audio-caps.pdf ) we do not expect that you can do it yourself and not in the required quality. Just a note what the problem is: we need 47 uF in 0805 dimensions and they are a little expensive and difficult to get and space is very close. Therefore, we have worked on a professional approach. With the help of a local SMD specialist company in Munich, we can now offer a rework service to those who want to improve audio quality. The price is 49 EUR (incl. German VAT) plus shipment. Details can be found at: http://www.handheld-linux.com/wiki.php?page=Bass-Rework Finally a note of caution: acoustic quality is very subjective so that we can't guarantee that the result is good enough for your expectations. We can only guarantee that there is a technical improvement. Nikolaus Schaller Some Pictures How the rework looks like: http://www.handheld-linux.com/images/Bass-Rework1.jpg Oscilloscope signals of a sine wave sweeping from 10 Hz to 100 Hz (for an original unit and for a reworked unit): http://www.handheld-linux.com/images/Bass-Rework2.jpg http://www.handheld-linux.com/images/Bass-Rework3.jpg Mobile Office Solutions by Golden Delicious Computers GmbHCo. KG Buchenstr. 3 D-82041 Oberhaching +49-89-54290367 http://www.handheld-linux.com AG München, HRA 89571 VAT DE253626266 Komplementär: Golden Delicious Computers Verwaltungs GmbH Oberhaching, AG München, HRB 16602 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Nikolaus Schaller Digital Tools for Independent People ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [ANN] Bass-Rework = Headset Audio Quality Enhancement available in EU
On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 12:35 +0100, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: Dear Freerunner owners in the EU harmonized market, a known problem of the Neo Freerunner design is that the headset output lacks some low frequency signals (bass). Thererfore music played through the headsets does not sound as expected and compared to other digital music players. There is an improvement rework by adding larger coupling capacitors to the output amplifier. This became known as the Bass Rework (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA02_bass_fix ). Although there is a description of a rework solution (http://people.openmoko.org/andy/additional-headset-audio-caps.pdf ) we do not expect that you can do it yourself and not in the required quality. Just a note what the problem is: we need 47 uF in 0805 dimensions and they are a little expensive and difficult to get and space is very close. Therefore, we have worked on a professional approach. With the help of a local SMD specialist company in Munich, we can now offer a rework service to those who want to improve audio quality. The price is 49 EUR (incl. German VAT) plus shipment. [snip] Wow! Last night I was hoping the bass-fix would be made available as this is the last problem I have. Thank you! Benedikt ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Comparing A5 and A7 sound settings
Hi, I just bought myself A7+ FreeRunner since my A5 started to have its USB port breaking, buzz fix faltering, display problematic, plastic case pins broken etc. (1,5+ years of very heavy use:)). I just noticed that A7 requires much lower microphone settings than A5, something known but often forgot. I settled on the ones below for the A7. Having the Mono higher, I heard buzzing but with these settings it's gone and I can hear my voice in the other phone clearly/loudly still. I'm using one spare LG phone I have for the other end. Mic Sidetone Mux: 'Mic 2' = the correct setting, please try to not spread misinformation that it'd be wrong simply because it happens to also increase the volume and therefore buzzing as well if other settings are high Mic 2: '3' (= 0dB) Mono Sidetone: '5' (= 0dB,) Mono Playback '100 (= -21dB) (for buzz-fixed A5 I had this around 115) Just my two cents. I think at this point distributions' defaults should be towards A7 users, since all new users are anyway A7 users and A5/A6 owners by now are surely aware of the ALSA setting problematics. -Timo ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Comparing A5 and A7 sound settings
Timo Jyrinki timo.jyri...@gmail.com writes: Hi, I just bought myself A7+ FreeRunner since my A5 started to have its USB port breaking, buzz fix faltering, display problematic, plastic case pins broken etc. (1,5+ years of very heavy use:)). I just noticed that A7 requires much lower microphone settings than A5, something known but often forgot. I settled on the ones below for the A7. Having the Mono higher, I heard buzzing but with these settings it's gone and I can hear my voice in the other phone clearly/loudly still. I'm using one spare LG phone I have for the other end. Mic Sidetone Mux: 'Mic 2' = the correct setting, please try to not spread misinformation that it'd be wrong simply because it happens to also increase the volume and therefore buzzing as well if other settings are high Mic 2: '3' (= 0dB) Mono Sidetone: '5' (= 0dB,) Mono Playback '100 (= -21dB) (for buzz-fixed A5 I had this around 115) Just my two cents. I think at this point distributions' defaults should be towards A7 users, since all new users are anyway A7 users and A5/A6 owners by now are surely aware of the ALSA setting problematics. Hi, If it really depends on the Ax model I think they should be somehow distinguished by /proc/cpuinfo so if different ALSA settings are needed, they should be selected automatically based on that. łp -Timo ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: pisi cannot fetch contacts from sim in shr. please help
On 13 March 2010 18:24, Chuck Norris norris.ch...@mail.ru wrote:
ok. that does the trick. Now pisi have another problem:
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raise UnknownMethodException('%s is not a valid method of interface
%s' % (method_name, dbus_interface))
UnknownMethodException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod:
Unknown method: GetUsedBackends is not a valid method of interface
org.freesmartphone.PIM.Contact
this problem with opimd I suppose. It converts contacts from sim to
local vcf succesfully.
So is it possible to tell opimd use vcf?
i got this error, and mistakenly hit yes when it asked to continue
processing. my contacts are all visible now, so i guess it worked
ok.at your risk, though
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