Dial In/Out + SMS In/Out now works

[Kevin Dean]

The only time I've ever actually gotten a SMS message that appeared on
OpenMoko was when I inserted my wife's SIM card and it told me I (she)
had 8 unread. At that time, the Messages application segfaulted when
opened. I flashed qtopia and re-inserted my SIM and was prompted that
I had SMS messages so results aren't consistant enough to even really
say that "some things sometimes work with some conditions". I plan to
go through each application "soon" to attempt to find inconsistancies
and put rhyme or reason to why things fail but I've not done that yet.

I've made MANY phone calls from my OpenMoko based Neo. I do have
stability complaints but I'm almost sure it's the software itself.
I've never had an otherwise-functioning Neo that failed to connect to
the cellular network. I've had OpenMoko crap out which causes Dialer
to die but I've never had OpenMoko work BUT calls fail.

As to seeing the SMS sending dialogue, never. I have NEVER seen
anything more than the button turn orange after being pressed. I
actually assumed that functionality for that button hadn't been
written and since i know next to nothing about how the SMS should be
passed off, I've never looked at the code.



On Jan 24, 2008 3:09 PM, Peter Rasmussen <plr at udgaard.com> wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> OK, but did you get a message through?
> Have you received one from another phone?
>
> Peter
>
>
> Kevin Dean wrote:
> > Those steps exactly up until #8, which I've never seen.
> >
> > On Jan 24, 2008 2:55 PM, Peter Rasmussen <plr at udgaard.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The way I sent a message was:
> >>
> >> 0.Boot up the Neo, enter SIM code and wait for registration.
> >> 1.Select the message icon from the home page.
> >> 2.On the bottom select the pencil looking icon, which apparently puts
> >> you into message writing mode.
> >> 3.Enter a phone number at the top input bar, labelled 'Unknown'. I
> >> didn't use country code, eg. +45 for Denmark, and I don't suppose it is
> >> necessary.
> >> 4.Push on the field below and type some text, which will become your SMS
> >> pay-load.
> >> 5.The 0/160 field to above-right will show how many characters you have
> >> typed and how many your are able to type in all.
> >> 6.Regarding how many characters you are able to type in all, 160 is
> >> actually not correct, but should be 156. I don't remember what the last
> >> 4 chars are used for, because GSM says 160 chars, but effectively it has
> >> always been 156chars.
> >> 7.When you are done, hit the top-left icon that looks like an envelope
> >> in a hurry.
> >> 8.You should now get pop-up windows showing that connection attempts are
> >> made to your service provider.
> >> 9.If you get as far as #8. the message should be on its way, but if no
> >> message shows up after hitting the 'send' button, then the message is
> >> not sent.
> >>
> >> Let us know how you do (everyone of you, with a Neo! :-)
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> >>
> >> Lucas Bonnet wrote:
> >>
> >>> Peter Rasmussen <plr at udgaard.com> writes:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> With the recent image:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://buildhost.openmoko.org/daily/neo1973/deploy/glibc/images/neo1973/OpenMoko-openmoko-devel-image-glibc-ipk-P1-Snapshot-20080123-fic-gta01.rootfs.tar.gz
> >>>>
> >>>> I was able to make voice calls and messaging work on my GTA01, and
> >>>> this is great progress seen from a user's perspective!
> >>>>
> >>>> The Message UI is rather puzzling, though, I was able to use it.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> Indeed, now it seems to be a bit more reliable, it asks for my PIN and
> >>> autoregisters at every reboot. Just in time for my OpenMoko demo next
> >>> week :)
> >>>
> >>> I haven't managed to send a SMS though, the UI is quite puzzling, and
> >>> the Random Button Pressing Technique didn't get me very far.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>