FSO and GSM instability

[NeilBrown]

On Sat, August 9, 2008 9:33 pm, Clare wrote:
> Yes,  I have a GTA01 and GTA02 both running FSO-M2. Each one has a SIM
> card. The GTA01 has its blue bar steadily on. The GTA02  the bar is
> off more than on.Sometimes it briefly says "No Service".  I have
> fiddled with it and taken some notes but it is
> quite erratic. and even if I succeed in ringing it the call drops out.
> Neither phone answers a call till it has gone through a complex
> startup. while doing 1234 frequently as it goes into withdrawal very
> quickly, it is necessary to press the phone icon, get the keyboard,
> press  the X on the keyboard which gets the 4 icons back press the
> phone icon. at that point the bar goes blue and it changes from
> "zhone" to "Vodafone AU."
> Neither is doing well at initiating a call either. GTA02 I managed to
> hear hello once from the other phone then nothing.
> I can look inside via ssh if I knew what to look for.
>
> clare

"Me too".

If I run mdbus -s -l and grep for gsm I see the CID (cell ID??) changing
quite often, and the signal strength jumping around, sometimes high,
sometimes 0.  Never low (during the short period that I watched).

e.g.

ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '590C',
'strength': 0, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 86, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '5909',
'strength': 86, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 86, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 0, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 0, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 0, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '5909',
'strength': 87, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 84, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 0, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 0, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '5909',
'strength': 89, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 84, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '590C',
'strength': 0, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}
ogsmd    INFO     org.freesmartphone.GSM.Network.Status: {'cid': '6E48',
'strength': 87, 'provider': 'vodafone AU', 'lac': '08A2', 'registration':
'home'}


NeilBrown