Openmoko (was Re: Login screen on firmware upgradation)

halbtaxabo-om at yahoo.com halbtaxabo-om at yahoo.com
Sat Mar 19 13:01:42 CET 2011


No contempt for anyone was either expressed or implied.

However, I do see that it was a mistake to reply to a post, instead of opening a 
new thread.



----- Original Message ----
> From: arne anka <openmoko at ginguppin.de>
> To: Support for Openmoko Device Owners <support at lists.openmoko.org>
> Sent: Sat, March 19, 2011 11:58:05 AM
> Subject: Re: Login screen on firmware upgradation
> 
> well, there's probably a lot of people finding _your_ message both unneccessary  
>and offensive!
> 
> - you hijackd a thread completely unrelated to vent your  individual 
>frustration insdtead of respecting the request of the op
> - you  tried to force your personal opinion about the state of om on everybody,  
>completely ignoring that the people still active an the list very likely think  
>otherwise
> - you claim to be the one who after a long time of joint  self-deception 
>finally speaks the truth -- which is both materially and  factually nonsense. 
>the discussion about om being a failure or not is recurrent  and monitoring 
>silently the list for month now after a rather lively interest  before, i think 
>i safely can say, that those people still active completely  disagree with you 
>(certainly the op, which you regarded with such contempt,  does)
> 
> if whath you posted is your honest opnion, you are free to move on  and leave.
> 
> if you think you have new points to make about om's state and  future, you are 
>free to open your own thread -- but, please, check the archives  before ...
> 
> 
> > Sorry if I offended you, Dr Schaller.
> >  However, I respectfully suggest that you look up the word "rant" in a  
>dictionary
> > before using it. I found your message offensive.
> > 
> > Nick
> > 
> > 
> >> 
> >> From: Dr. H. Nikolaus  Schaller <hns at computer.org>
> >> To: Support  for Openmoko Device Owners <support at lists.openmoko.org>
> >>  Sent: Sat, March 19, 2011 9:17:11 AM
> >> Subject: Re: Login screen on  firmware upgradation
> >> 
> >> Hi Nick,
> >> it must be  said that your rant does not help at all to answer
> >> the original  support question.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Hi Rijul,
> >>  please check that your downloaded image is not corrupted.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> You can download and compare it with our copy which  we
> >> have used successfully an uncounted number of times:
> >> 
> >> 
> >> http://download.goldelico.com/gta02/Moko11/
> >> 
> >> 
> >> You must also flash the image on the flat memory  card
> >> (e.g. /dev/sdb) and not into a partition (and not /dev/sdb1 or  /dev/sdb2).
> >> 
> >> 
> >> To boot from NOR flash, press  the AUX button and
> >> then power on. The boot menu should appear  within
> >> a second. Choose "boot from SD (ext)".
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Hope this helps,
> >> Nikolaus
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Am 19.03.2011 um 07:53  schrieb halbtaxabo-om at yahoo.com:
> >> 
> >> You know, folks, I think it's time to admit that the Openmoko  project was 
a
> >> failure, and move on.
> >>> 
> >>>  It was a great idea and a lot of us supported it with our money as well as  
>our
> >>> time, but the device as eventually sold was poorly designed  and badly
> >>> implemented. Even the people who bought it after  several rounds of 
>hardware
> >>> bug-fixes got a clunky device with  pathetic battery-life. Since the 
>hardware is
> >>> crap, it's not  surprising that software developers didn't exactly flock to 
>it.
> >>>  Trying to make it usable is flogging a dead horse.
> >>> 
> >>> The nearest thing we will get to an "open" cellphone will  probably be 
>something
> >>> made by Samsung, Motorola, or one of the  other big consumer-device 
>companies,
> >>> running  Android.
> >>> 
> >>> I don't want to offend people, but I  think it's time somebody came out and 
>said
> >>> this. If you want to  put your time and effort into Free Software, then 
>pick a
> >>>  platform that has a future. Your time and effort are valuable even if you  
>don't
> >>> get paid for them; don't waste them.
> >>> 
> >>> Nick
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> From: Rijul Jain  <cyberleet at gmail.com>
> >>>>  To: support at lists.openmoko.org
> >>>>  Sent: Sat, March 19, 2011 5:43:27 AM
> >>>> Subject: Login screen  on firmware upgradation
> >>>> 
> >>>>  Hey,
> >>>> 
> >>>> i recently got a neo free runner  and wanted to upgrade the firmware to 
>openmoko
> >>>> 11 so i  downloaded the image , wrote it on my uSD card and tried to boot 
>it  from
> >>>> the phone . It boots up file but after 2 mins , a Green  Coloured Angstrom 
>screen
> >>>> came and it is stuck at om-gta02  login :_
> >>>> 
> >>>> its been stuck there for hours  and i dont know what to do
> >>>> 
> >>>> Anyhelp  would be appreciated . Thanks
> >>>> 
> >>>>  --
> >>>> Rijul Jain
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
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> >>> support at lists.openmoko.org
> >>> https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
> >>> 
> 
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