GSM, SD, daily phone

[François-Léonard Gilbert]

Le 09-08-20 à 17:57, Seth Rothenberg a écrit :

> My wife's Motorola phone died.
>
> I'm not ready to sign a new contract,
> so I need to push the Free Runner from
> eternal TEST into PRODUCTION.  (Today?)
>
> I like SHR (have been using "Testing"),
> but it hasn't made phone calls recently,
> certainly not since it came back from the hardware Buzz Fix.
> With AT&T, it is not recognizing the SIM.
>
> And SD card is not working.
> I just tested the SD in a friend's laptop,
> and there is an empty file system on it.
>
> I understand the GSM upgrade might fix the phone issue,
> but the safe way to do that is with SD card.
> (Can I do it with NFS over SSH?)
>
> Any advice appreciated.  In the meantime I have to
> stop making fun of my co-worker who shares a cell
> with his wife, because I am next....
>
> Thanks
> Seth

I've been using QtMoko V5 daily since last month, and it works well.

There are still a few annoyances phone-wise:  the sound levels (mike  
and speakers) cannot be changed during a call, that is set in a config  
panel.  Flash messages are not elegantly trapped, they are just  
displayed like an SMS (my provider uses them for voice mailbox  
notifications).

Some people find the echo-cancellation not up to par, but that seem to  
be ambiant noise-dependent.  Also, do NOT use screen-lock if sleep mod  
is permitted: the screen-lock locks the power button and the power  
button is the only way to come back from sleep...

Battery life is very good with sleep enabled.  I have low brightness  
set after 20 sec and sleep after 2 mins, and the battery is good for 2  
days including regular game usage(maybe 1h30) and a few minutes of  
talk (less than 10 i think).

Toy-wise, QtMoko, and QtExtended from which it forked, are covered in  
eye-candy and never fail to impress friends by their sleekness and  
user-friendliness.

Wifi in V5 does not work, except on open networks in phase with the  
moon and your astrologer.  V6 is said to fix that.

I tried the V6, but it dropped me at boot to a console root login,  
with no screen keyboard avaliable.  Needless to say, I flashed V5  
right back.

YMMV, but I like it.

Francois-Leonard Gilbert