[Gta04-owner] QtMoko v41

Sun Mar 11 22:16:53 CET 2012

it was the U-Boot 2011.03-rc1 with the corresponding boot.scr of the
hardware testing revision


On 3/11/12, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
>
> Am 11.03.2012 um 19:36 schrieb Michele Brocco:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tested the NAND version and it works! My feeling is also that it is
>> a bit faster. I am just trying to launch qtmoko from SD now through
>> boot menu but it looks for an img1.rbg16z. And it is not able to find
>> or load any. I tried to cp another rbg16z file as img1.rbgz16z but it
>> still says:
>>
>> ** Unable to read "img2.rgb16" from mmc 0:1 **
>> reading img2.rgb16z
>> MMC: block number 0x1000090d exceeds max(0x762000)
>> MMC: block number 0x80040972 exceeds max(0x762000)
>> MMC: block number 0x1000865 exceeds max(0x762000)
>>
>> ** Unable to read "img2.rgb16z" from mmc 0:1 **
>> NAND read: device 0 offset 0x1d0000, size 0x40000
>> 262144 bytes read: OK
>> Error: Bad gzipped data
>>
>> When I do not start it from boot menu the sd version is loaded but the
>> kernel loaded is not the one from the SD card is it seems.
>
> Which u-boot/bootscr pair did you use?
>
>>
>> Regards and thanks for your work!
>>
>> Michele
>>
>> On 3/11/12, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns at goldelico.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Radek,
>>> great work!
>>>
>>> I tried to test it but I get a kernel image CRC error (at least with the
>>> version in /boot/uImage in the .tgz).
>>>
>>> Can you please cross-check?
>>>
>>> BR,
>>> Nikolaus
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 10.03.2012 um 22:42 schrieb Radek Polak:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> QtMoko v41 for your Phoenux is now ready for download [1].
>>>>
>>>> List of changes since v40:
>>>>
>>>> * gsm-voice-routing has highest -20 priority
>>>> * gsm-voice-routing gained led indicators
>>>> * gsm-voice-routing walkie talkie algorithm was improved
>>>> * Disabled UMTS on GTA04 to workaround disconnect problem
>>>> * Low level modem LED indicators
>>>> * Added support for oFono telephony backend
>>>> * NAND images
>>>> * Wifi is manually turned on when running from devtmpfs
>>>> * Removed udev from init again (using devtmps for fast boot)
>>>> * GTA04 kernel is built with nodebug options
>>>> * RED led is turned off when QtMoko starts
>>>> * Build without unnecessary tools (Yann Dirson)
>>>> * Disable forced Qt rebuilds (Yann Dirson)
>>>> * NeronGPS compiles on 64bit (Yann Dirson)
>>>> * Fixes in translations (Yann Dirson)
>>>> * Newer v4l headers (Yann Dirson)
>>>> * fixed black screen in settings for locked mode
>>>> * /media/card is now FAT on /dev/mmcblk0p3
>>>> * better description for ringtones settings icon
>>>>
>>>> The main work was still on telephony, because it's not yet perfect.
>>>>
>>>> I am now using walkie talkie echo reduction. While you are
>>>> speaking/listening
>>>> the playback/recording is now completely suppressed - so theoretically
>>>> there
>>>> should be no echo at all.
>>>>
>>>> The voice routing program has now diagnostics on AUX led. When the
>>>> program
>>>>
>>>> starts it starts slow blinking RED/GREEN until it successfully reads
>>>> from
>>>> UMTS
>>>> sound card. Then it signals RED when walkie talkie algorithm thinks that
>>>> you
>>>> are speaking and GREEN when listening.
>>>>
>>>> Similar diagnostics is added to modem drivers (for both oFono and
>>>> QtMoko's).
>>>> When the modem notifies new call it starts blinking GREEN on POWER led.
>>>> The
>>>> blinking works also in suspend and stops when you check missed calls.
>>>>
>>>> I was trying to address the problem when modem disconnects on USB [2].
>>>> Previous fix that was trying to reopen modem tty after few seconds did
>>>> not
>>>> work
>>>> for some reason. I can see that it opens the tty (and also lsof shows
>>>> it's
>>>>
>>>> open), but there were no data coming. So i tried my theory that it
>>>> disconnects
>>>> only on UMTS. Now i am sending AT_OPSYS=0,2 on modem init. It would be
>>>> nice if
>>>> you could try it and report if you still see modem usb disconnects. If
>>>> this
>>>> wont work we need to find another way how to fix this.
>>>>
>>>> Nikolaus: do you have any info how modem firmware upgrading works? Is
>>>> any
>>>> special hardware required?
>>>
>>> I am still working on clear answers.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Since this release you can use oFono for telephony. It was done in less
>>>> then 9
>>>> days. So if you don't like funky Qtopia AT commands you can use oFono
>>>> ;-)
>>>> or
>>>> FSO. All of them are now supported. To use ofono you need to do:
>>>>
>>>> 	update-rc.d udev defaults
>>>> 	apt-get update
>>>> 	apt-get install ofono
>>>>
>>>> Now edit /opt/qtmoko/qpe.env and change QTOPIA_PHONE=oFono
>>>> You can also set it to Fso or anytime back to AT (it's case sensitive).
>>>> Btw
>>>> oFono can be now used only for calls. I havent managed to get SMS
>>>> working
>>>> yet.
>>>>
>>>> You can now also quite easily install QtMoko to NAND:
>>>>
>>>> 1/ boot from SD card
>>>> 2/ download qtmoko-debian-gta04-v41.jffs2 and uImage-for-jffs2-v41.bin
>>>> 3/ apt-get install mtd-utils
>>>> 4/ flash it to NAND:
>>>>
>>>> 	flash_eraseall /dev/mtd3
>>>> 	nandwrite -p /dev/mtd3 uImage-for-jffs2-v41.bin
>>>>
>>>> 	flash_eraseall /dev/mtd4
>>>> 	nandwrite -p /dev/mtd4 qtmoko-debian-gta04-v41.jffs2
>>>>
>>>> For me NAND is much much faster then SD card. It boots in 40s without
>>>> any
>>>> optimizations. Even telephony is lightning fast compared to SD - taking
>>>> and
>>>> hanging calls is immediate. It can be because i have class 2 SD card
>>>> with
>>>> big
>>>> rootfs now...
>>>>
>>>> Last thing is updated kernel (latest NeilBrown's). It boots faster,
>>>> wakes
>>>> in
>>>> 1s and is generally much faster.
>>>>
>>>> It would be nice if we could make telephony rock stable. I am now using
>>>> GTA04
>>>> for about month as my main phone. It's usable, but far from perfect. The
>>>> main
>>>> problem was/is? the USB disconnects - i sometimes get to the state where
>>>> i
>>>>
>>>> cant dial/receive call and need reboot.
>>>>
>>>> So enjoy and report bugs or success.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Radek
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA04/
>>>> [2]
>>>> http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/gta04-owner/2012-February/001563.html
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