Will there be a hardware revision for the buzzing issue?

Steve Mosher steve at openmoko.com
Sat Nov 22 00:22:38 CET 2008


That would be great, especially for guys in the community who
want to start a repair business.

Joerg Reisenweber wrote:
> Am Mo  17. November 2008 schrieb robert lazarski:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm about to buy an openmoko, as I finally have some time and cash.
>> However, my understanding is that the latest phones for sale have a
>> buzzing issue and its confirmed to be hardware related. Will there be
>> a hardware revision? Or I'm a stuck using a soldering iron and new
>> parts to fix it? Please correct me if I'm misinformed.
> 
> We are actually in the process to figure out how to fix *all* devices sold, by 
> implementing the so-called "big-C" fix (which means add a 100uF, replace one 
> R), which can be done by those experienced in soldering. Not yet clear where 
> this will end, but we're on it.
> 
> Very next thing is we will publish a rework SOP paper.
> 
> Also see other answer in this thread.
> 
> cheers
> jOERG
> 
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