Re: Upgrading 1973 to Freerunner
Ian Stirling wrote: Basically, the screen is glued down, and will be difficult to remove. Actually, that's not the case. I took apart a Neo1973 (GTA01) on the weekend, and the screen is very easy to remove (the only tool required is the Torx screwdriver for the case, the guitar pick so you don't cut your fingers getting the front off, and your fingernails to remove some conductive tape). In fact it would be *very* easy to replace a broken Neo1973 screen with a good screen from another device which has a working screen but a broken circuit board. -- Rod ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Upgrading 1973 to Freerunner
I think there was a post on the list about a month ago asking this and ultimately, it would cost about as much to "upgrade" a GTA01 as it would to buy a new GTA02 outright. On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 10:55 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In view of 'many' 1973's becoming obsolete and probably 'ridden' with > unfixable problems, would it be 'thinkable' to replace the > internals of the device with a FreeRunner Motherboard ? > > I heard that the most costly part of a device it the screen, and that the > screen IFAIK is the same for both systems, an upgrade would be > cost-effective. > > Is this at all thinkable ? > > Thanx > W > > ___ > 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: Upgrading 1973 to Freerunner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In view of 'many' 1973's becoming obsolete and probably 'ridden' with unfixable problems, would it be 'thinkable' to replace the internals of the device with a FreeRunner Motherboard ? I heard that the most costly part of a device it the screen, and that the screen IFAIK is the same for both systems, an upgrade would be cost-effective. Is this at all thinkable ? As I understand it - no. Basically, the screen is glued down, and will be difficult to remove. All of the internal plastic needs changed - only the outside case is the same. Having said that - I'd like this. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Upgrading 1973 to Freerunner
In view of 'many' 1973's becoming obsolete and probably 'ridden' with unfixable problems, would it be 'thinkable' to replace the internals of the device with a FreeRunner Motherboard ? I heard that the most costly part of a device it the screen, and that the screen IFAIK is the same for both systems, an upgrade would be cost-effective. Is this at all thinkable ? Thanx W ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
