[Gta04-owner] Some remarks on qtmoko v41

[Sven Dyroff]

Hello Radek,

>> 1.) Booting
>> I't not predictable what will happen after inserting the battery. The
>> currently encountered possibilities are:
>>
>> .....
>
> I might take a look at these later. I am currently still working on 
reliable 
> phone calls... So rare problems with workarounds have wait now.

OK. I just told you because on v40 it seemed to fixed, that with v39 I had 
to boot the phone always twice because of the PIN. Now the problems arised 
again and this time even more crazy...


>> 2.) Power management
>> 
>> If I followed this mailing list right, it was mentioned that poweroff
>> should now go down to about 100 µA for RTC. I cannot confirm this. It's
>> the same as before: When I load the battery to 100% full, then poweroff
>> the phone for 12 hours and then poweron it again, battery is then less
>> than 70% full. I tried two cases, both with the same result:
>
> I cant help much here. I think the focus is now (or should be ;-) to 
make low 
> power consumption in suspend. I personally never power it off.

It's clear that this is something for the kernel developers. Sorry that I 
put it within one mail that refers to qtmoko.

For me this issue is important. For me one of the most important 
attributes a mobile phone must have is that it's very little. So please 
understand that my current 2G phone is a Leady X501, you can see here:
http://www.faq4mobiles.de/attachment.php?attachmentid=57474&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1328829478

In addition to voice calls and SMS/MMS it has a 1.3 mpix camera, plays mp3 
and 3gp and has an USB connector, so I will not miss it.

The smallest 3G phone I know is the Sony Ericsson X10 mini. I bought one 
last year for a very cheap price, but I don't like it. As phone it's too 
big but the touch is too little for my fingers and even with bigger 
touches on other phones I cannot chum up. Not to mention all the security 
problems of this closed stuff... So how to solve this problem?

Then came the GTA04...

No capacitive touch, but an resisitive one, wonderful touchable with pen! 
And far-reaching open source! Great! Only one problem: Big, chunky and 
heavy-weight. So how to solve this problem?

Answer is easy: I don't need 3G, GPS and all the other things all the time 
with me. In most cases I know in advance when I'll need them. So I take 
this phone only with me when really needed.

So I beg for solving this power issue, because every time having to remove 
the battery in order to prevent it from being drained uselessly is not 
very healthy for the tabs of the case...


>> 3.) GPS

>> I have a question about NeronGPS. I found the following nice
>> documentation: http://tvuillaume.free.fr/NeronGPS/users_guide.htm  But
>> what do the "+" and the "-" mean? In qtmoko v41 they're now no more 
within
>> circles, but placed within the upper left and right corner. But what do
>> they mean? Can anyone please explain?
>
> I have NeronGPS as submodule and it seems that i messed up and made 
release 
> with wrong version. This one is newer but the older was nicer and more 
> advanced. I'll fix this in v42.

I find the positioning in the upper corners nice. But nevertheless if 
circles or corners, what is the meaning of the "+" and "-" ??

Best regards
   Sven

 
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