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

[Greg Bonett]

I recently switched to the Qtopia image and this fixed my "registering..."
problem.  I am now able to make and receive calls reliably.


> You could post the output of "logread -f"
>
> On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 09:42 -0500, Greg Bonett wrote:
>> Although I'm still having trouble getting this SIM card to work but I
>> think it's doable.  It actually registered last night and I was able to
>> make and receive a phone call.  After a reboot it went back to
>> "Registering...."
>>
>> It sounds like the "contacts lining up" issue is not the problem. I
>> think
>> its lining up correctly.
>>
>> Image of SIM:
>> http://www.gregbonett.org/sim.png
>>
>> > 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
>> >
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