Still can't register GSM

Daniel Dadap daniel at digsoc.com
Fri Dec 12 23:08:34 CET 2008


I wrote earlier about being unable to register GSM. It happened out of
the blue and I still can't register.

> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:33:49 +0000
> From: Andy Green <andy at openmoko.com>
> Subject: Re: GSM no longer registers on GTA02 - how to troubleshoot?
> Your U-Boot environment can have some issue, that's why the problem
> behaviour is so sticky.  You are into trying to get a USB serial
> connection on ttyACM0 on your host and meddling from there.
>
> About your main problem not much idea except confirm the SIM still works
> on another phone I guess.
>
> - -Andy

Yeah, I'm going to try messing around over the USB console, but I'm
trying to get GSM to work first.

The SIM works fine on my dumbphone which I have been using for the
past few days. I've tried two different SIMs, from two different
carriers, both of which used to work on my FR, and both of which still
work on other phones. I know that the FR can see the SIM because I can
read contacts off of it and stored SMS messages. I have reflashed the
phone with several images which were all known working. I'm stumped,
and I'm worried that it might not be a software problem. (I think FR
only has 30 or 60 day warranty and mine is already older.)

How much would an out of warranty repair cost, if I have a hardware problem?

How can I tell what the FR is trying to do when it tries to register
(and fails)? I like to know if it seems to be the antenna, or the
Calypso, or something else.

> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:09:47 -0500
> From: Paul <paultsai at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: GSM no longer registers on GTA02 - how to troubleshoot?
> To: "Support for Openmoko Device Owners" <support at lists.openmoko.org>
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> I received the same behavior when I updated to the latest testing images.
>
> I revered to the old 2008.9 images and things are working again.
> --
> Paul

I tried many different images, all of which used to work fine. None of
them can register.

Also, does anybody know how I can reply to a message and keep it in
the right thread if I don't receive individual messages? (I am
subscribed in digest mode.) Is there a web interface where I can reply
to a specific message?



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