[Gta04-owner] GTA04A4 PCBs for "From Stock" units have arrived

[Dave]

I agree to add your mustard to my sausage.

Dave


On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
<hns at goldelico.com>wrote:

> Hi Stefan,
>
> > Hello together,
> >
> > now this is getting serious for me. As I follow this list for a while I
> most probably know the current status of the GTA04. But     those that
> recently discovered the GTA04 to be reality might miss a recent status
> summary about what's definitive working up to now with currently available
> hardware and software.
> >
> > Can somebody with hands on a working device just give a short summary
> about what's working? As far as I know this should be a success story.
>
> This is in constant flow and depends less on hardware but largely on
> software (kernel and distro) that are being developed/adapted.
>
> Let's try being short.
>
> Hardware: a long list of what is working and a short list where we don't
> know (which does not necessarily mean that it can not work):
>
>   Working: SD card, RS232, GPS, antenna switch, buttons, display,
> backlight, indicator LEDs, WLAN, Bluetooth, UMTS data call, UMTS voice
> call, microphone, earpiece, hands-free speaker, vibracall motor, headset,
> TV-Out, accelerometer, gyroscope, barometer, charging, USB + some things I
> did forget
>
>   Unknown/untested: FM radio/transmitter, camera, torch/flash, ambient
> light sensor, RFID-EEPROM, USB-OTG, Wakeup from incoming call
> Mostly because we don't have drivers or did not yet find time to fix the
> kernel configs in the hw-validation kernel.
>
>   What we don't know before the first devices are being tested, is about
> potential new bugs in the GTA04A4 PCB layout.
>
> Software: Radek reported recently that QtMoko v37 almost completely works.
> And that after just approx. 4 weeks he owns a board. Kernel-3.2 is making
> rapid progress.
>
> Summary: almost everything can work - if the software supports it
> completely.
>
> > Or even better would be a sort of table on gta04.org front page showing
> what's working even in this
> > early stage without having to read dozens of mails. I think this would
> help those still thinking about shelling out money to
>
> Such a list would be fine, but things change (improve) faster than we can
> update. And, it is difficult to track a consistent status of the kernels
> and GUI projects combined with the hardware status.
>
> > get one, but being frightened about getting another unusable piece of
> hardware by bugs like the annoyingly bad audio quality of GTA02 during
> voice call.
>
> Well, there is also a difference between "working" and "well working". We
> don't know exactly how the WiFi/GPS/BT/UMTS sensitivity compares to other
> devices because we have a so low number of devices to test. And the same is
> for audio quality (which largely depends on what we expect - and everyone
> has different expectations).
>
> > For me, for example there is one "key feature" missing to be proven
> functional: Suspend and wake from phone call. At least I never read about
> status of this. This would convince me to even buy one from stock. I hate
> waiting.
>
> That is amongst the untested hardware features. The UMTS module provides
> such a control interrupt to the CPU. But setting it up correctly is
> non-trivial.
>
> If you hate waiting, you could help to iron out the remaining issues (if
> you have experience in one of the areas and some spare time). The more
> individuals contribute small bits the faster the big picture becomes done.
>
> > Just adding my mustard, like we say in Bavaria...
>
> + Weißwurst :)
>
> Nikolaus
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