BOUGHT IT!!! (A6 or A7, what about the GPS)

[David Garabana Barro]

On Tuesday 07 July 2009 18:17:42 lists at kitepilot.com wrote:
> OK, I got me an A6 with the Buzz fix, which technically makes it an A7.
> Or does it...
>
> SDG mentioned a possible upgrade to the GPS in the A7, is anybody aware of
> any other changes from the A6 to the A7 beyond the Buzz fix?

This one:

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Image:SOP_for_GPS_capacitor_rework.pdf

More information:

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GPS_Problems


But:
1) It happened only on A5/early A6. I bought my A6 on 08/2008, and it already 
had the capacitor. Look at the PDF to be sure yours has it. You can see it 
simply removing battery.
2) There is an effective software fix