Back to the basics: improving user experience

[Dale Maggee]

One thing I forgot to mention about 2007.2: Accelerometers don't work, 
which is kinda annoying.

In terms of 2007.2 being maintained, I wouldn't hold your breath. SHR 
could be interesting, though...

-Dale


Giovanni wrote:
> I'm also still using 2007.2, which is reasonably stable.
>
> I have the same usage/behavior as Dale Maggee wrote.
>
> I also hope that 2007.2 can be improved and maintained until there is a
> really stable distro.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Dale Maggee <antisol at internode.on.net>wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm still using 2007.2, because in my experience it does have the most
>> solid phone/sms functionality.
>>
>> It's far from perfect, though:
>> - Suspend / resume is a dog, and since it's not being worked on any more
>> I'm doubtful that this will ever be fixed. I have suspend and resume
>> turned off, and use the 'dim only, don't lock' option, which turns off
>> and locks the screen (despite the label), but doesn't suspend it. This
>> gives reasonable reliability, but means you're limited to about 4-6
>> hours of battery life.
>>
>> - hangs - after amassing quite a few SMS's and a large call history, it
>> takes a *long* time to open the dialler or the messaging application.
>> During this time it's sitting at 99% CPU utilization. It works, but you
>> need to be patient. Thankfully the dialler seems to pop up quickly when
>> you're recieving a call.
>>
>> - Lockups - after using it for a while, it seems to require rebooting
>> about once every 2 days or so - it just seems to freeze for no apparent
>> reason. This may be due to something I've done.
>>
>> I'm impressed by Qtopia and by FSO3, but both have caveats which for me
>> meant using 2007.2. I'm not a fan of ASU / 2008.x at all, although I am
>> about to give FDOM a try.
>>
>> -Dale
>>
>> Warren Baird wrote:
>>     
>>> I must admit I never tried 2007.2 - but the things I read about it
>>>       
>> suggested
>>     
>>> that it also wasn't very stable - people recommended using Qtopia if you
>>> wanted a stable phone experience.
>>>
>>> Does 2007.2 really provide a rock-solid phone/sms experience?
>>>
>>> Warren
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Johny Tenfinger <seba.dos1 at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 19:54, Warren Baird <photogeekmtl at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> Until I'm convinced those items are addressed, my $400 FR is going to
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> remain turned off in my backpack, and my friends who bought iPhones will
>>>>         
>>>> continue to laugh at me for 'wasting' my money on such a 'phone'.
>>>>         
>>  *please*
>>     
>>>> give me some ammunition to use against them!
>>>>
>>>> Use the 2007.2, Luke!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
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