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Thank you for purchasing this Developer release of Neo FreeRunner. The Neo FreeRunner phone is the second hardware platform to take advantage of Openmoko. This guide will help you get to know your Neo FreeRunner and how to start using your Neo FreeRunner. |
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You can boot your Neo FreeRunner in following ways:
These ways allows you to update the kernel and root filesystem.
Press and hold Power button (about 8 seconds) until Openmoko splash screen turns up. You may now release the Power button, and Neo FreeRunner will continue to boot into Openmoko Image. |
Press and hold Power button, then press and hold AUX button (about 5~8 seconds ). You can see BOOT MENU for NAND Flash. Press AUX to select the options, Power to execute. |
Press and hold AUX button, then press and hold Power button. Release AUX button. You can see BOOT MENU for NOR Flash. ( This options usually used for developer. If you can't log in NAND , you can log in U-Boot in NOR Flash. ) |
NOTE: There are six options you can choose when you log in NOR Flash.
1. Boot 3. Set console to USB 4. Set console to Serial 5. Reset 6. Power off
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As Openmoko development continues, Openmoko regularly releases updated versions of the Openmoko root filesystem, the kernel, and the U-Boot. These may be programmed into the Flash memory of Neo FreeRunner. You can use the USB cable and Openmoko provided tool to flash Neo FreeRunner.
NOTE: The Openmoko software team builds images daily. If you want to use the newest image, you can download the image from the daily build, but we recommend you download the most stable image from http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Freerunner/. Images here have been tested by the test team. |
You can download the flashing tool from: http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Freerunner/dfu-util
On the GNU/Linux host, you you can use following command to download dfu-util:
wget http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Freerunner/dfu-util
You can download the kernel from http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Freerunner/
Type in the following command in the terminal of a GNU/Linux host.
./dfu-util -a (partion name) -R -D (download image file name)
ex:
./dfu-util -a kernel -R -D uImage-2.6.24+svnr4082-r4055-r3-neo1973.bin
Before you execute the command , please log in Neo FreeRunner in NOR Flash . Neo FreeRunner needs to boot into U-Boot when flashing. Then connect your Neo with Linux Host via USB cable. Press Enter to execute the command. When flashing succeeds status(0) = No error condition is present |
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NOTE: The meaning of parameter you spcified:
-a --alt alt Specify the altsetting of the DFU interface by name or by number |
You can download the root filesystem from : http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Freerunner/
Type in the following command in the terminal of a GNU/Linux host.
./dfu-util -a rootfs -R -D openmoko-devel-image-fic-gta02.jffs2
When flashing succeeds
status(0) = No error condition is present
Done!
Connect Neo FreeRunner to Linux host with USB cable. For OS X please refer to MacOS_X. After booting into Openmoko image, there will be a new interface, usb0, in your Linux host.
Type in the following command in the terminal of a GNU/Linux host.
ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssh root@192.168.0.202
Press Enter to pass the password.
Edit /etc/network/interfaces
auto usb0 iface usb0 inet static address 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.0
Edit /etc/conf.d/net
config_usb0="192.168.0.200/24"
Restart the networking service and type in the following command in the terminal of GNU/Linux host.
ssh root@192.168.0.202
Press Enter to pass the password.
If you don't want to remember the IP number of your phone you can create an alias by adding the following line to your /etc/hosts:
192.168.0.202 openmoko
Now it should immediately be possible to connect your phone using the following command line:
ssh root@openmoko
If you want to know more about FreeRunner, you can get more information in following topics: