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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> >>>
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