Hi support list,

I posted previously about my problem on this list, and have not made any 
progress in my situation despite many repeated attempts at getting my modem to 
work. I tried everything I could think of, and when that didn't work, many 
people on the list had helpful suggestions, which I also tried to no avail. To 
recap briefly from my previous posts:

- I started using the FreeRunner when I got it in August '08. I started using 
it as my daily phone pretty much right away, suffering for a while, before I 
got things working more or less the way I wanted them to.
- In early December, it suddenly stopped working. I hadn't changed anything on 
the phone for several days before it stopped working. One minute I was making 
and receiving calls, and the next I couldn't dial out, and people couldn't 
reach me. I rebooted and it still didn't work. I switched my SIM to my 
dumbphone so I could look at the problem later when I got home.
- I got home and reflashed my kernel and rootfs. No change. I tried several 
different combinations of kernel and rootfs, all of which worked fine with my 
phone and SIM before. I knew the SIM was fine, because it worked with my 
dumbphone. I tried some other SIMs anyway, which also were known to work with 
my phone before the GSM stopped working. Nothing. It was a busy week for me so 
I put the Neo down and kept using my dumbphone for a little while.
- A couple of weeks later I contacted the list for suggestions. Someone 
suggested looking at the output of logread, which showed a "+CME ERROR: 100" 
when trying to talk to the modem. Setting a PIN was also recommended; the phone 
prompted me for a PIN, meaning it was able to see my SIM, even though it 
couldn't register the network. It also rejected incorrect PIN entries and 
accepted correct ones, further demonstrating that the SIM was recognized.
- Somebody also suggested flashing moko10. I did this, and the update took 
fine, but did nothing for my problem.
- Elsewhere on the list, I read a tip about logging into the USB console to fix 
a broken u-boot environment. About a month or two before the GSM stopped 
working, my u-boot environment broke and I could only successfully boot from 
the NOR u-boot, not the NAND. I was able to successfully fix u-boot and boot 
from NAND once again, but my GSM was still broken.
- I noticed that there was a beta moko11 firmware. In desperation, I flashed 
this. The update went fine, but still no GSM.
- I have continued trying different images and SIMs and other things, hoping 
the phone would magically come back to life, but no luck.

I can still use the FR for non-phone stuff (GPS still works like a champ), but 
would REALLY like to get GSM working again sometime soon. At this point I am 
convinced that something broke in the hardware somehow, and would like to know 
what I can do about getting the unit repaired and what the associated costs 
would be.
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