I just recently received my Neo Freerunner. I have no carrier at this time as I am currently in a developing stage and have not used this as a phone at this time. I have updated to the 2008.12 rootfs. I have spent some amount of time learning how to use and install to the freerunner. Once I finally got an ogg/mp3 player installed I tried playing music.
This is when I discovered the audio buzz/rattling noise. After spending some time researching: http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Freerunner_Hardware_Issues#Poor_Audio_Quality http://docs.openmoko.org/trac/ticket/1640 >From #1640, I tried using the scenario.tgz, but this did not fix the problem. The problem happens when I play a music file, the audio is buzzing/rattling. When I plug in anything into the headset jack, the audio never switches from the internal speaker to the headset. It does not even seem to be aware that the headset is even plugged in. It seems that I cannot use external speakers at all. This problem happens on both the original rootfs as well as on the 2008.12 rootfs. I talked to a an audio technician at a local music shop and I am told that the speaker itself may be bad. I am both trying to confirm that it is in fact a bad speaker and not any of the "buzzing" issues as mentioned on the bug track and what I need to do to get the speaker replaced. Can the speaker part be ordered separately or will I have to send the entire board back? Any help would be greatly appreciated. _______________________________________________ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
