New Freerunner, factory image - "Registering..."

[Al Johnson]

On Wednesday 16 July 2008, Stroller wrote:
> On 16 Jul 2008, at 18:01, Greg Bonett wrote:
> >> ...
> >> Anyway, once booted to the factory image I get continuously a
> >> "Registering..." message in the top-left corner of the Home screen.
> >> After 30 minutes or so this message persists.
> >
> > Did you get this resolved?  I'm having the same experience right now.
> > Still doing some testing though...
>
> Hi there,
>
> Yes, I certainly did. The SIM card was not seated properly.
>
> In fact, I had it in the wrong way around!! This is quite easy to do
> - the cut-out corner of the SIM should face the TOP of the phone;
> once the holder is fully down you slide sideways to lock it - note
> the word "LOCK ->" stamped into the plastic.
>
> I think I read on IRC that a number of other people have had the same
> problem.

For those confused about the orientation of the SIM or the SD card there's a 
photo on the wiki:

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Getting_Started_with_your_Neo_FreeRunner#Installing_the_Micro-SD_card.2C_the_SIM_card.2C_and_the_Battery

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Image:FR_SIM_SD_open.jpg