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This page gives you access to some regular updates released by the projects, OM or community. All communications channels of the Openmoko community are listed at the [[Community Resources]] page.
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Even though OpenMoko strives to keep the community informed of the development progress, OpenMoko does not provide delivery dates. Instead, OpenMoko reports the project status here and on the openmoko-community mailing list.  
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The official Openmoko updates (discontinued early 2009) can be found in [[Weekly Engineering News]].
  
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The status is usually updated at least twice a month, usually by [[User:Michaelshiloh|Michael Shiloh]]. Updates are also mailed to the community mailing list (see below for previous updates), and major updates are also sent to the announce list.
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You can see the latest edition [[Community_Updates/current]]
  
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You are invited to add questions or topics you think should be included in the Community Updates.
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= Post launch series =
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* [[Community Updates/Draft]]
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* [[Community Updates/2011-12-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2011-09-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2011-05-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2011-03-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2011-02-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-12-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-11-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-09-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-08-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-07-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-06-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-05-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-04-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-03-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-02-10]]
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* [[Community Updates/2010-01-14]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-12-31]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-12-09]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-11-25]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-11-11]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-10-28]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-10-14]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-09-30]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-09-16]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-09-02]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-08-19]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-08-06]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-07-23]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-07-09]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-06-25]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-05-22]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-04-30]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-04-17]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-04-05]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-03-20]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-03-06]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-02-20]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-02-06]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-01-23]]
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* [[Community Updates/2009-01-12]]
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* [[Community Updates/2008-12-29]]
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* [[Community Updates/2008-12-15]]
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* [[Community Updates/2008-12-01]]
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* [[Community Updates/2008-11-16]]
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* [[Community Updates/2008-11-02]]
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* [[Community Updates/2008-10-19]]
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* [[Community Updates/2008-10-03]]
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* [[Community Updates/2008-09-17]] - Activity since launch
  
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The latest Community Update is the [[December 09, 2007 Community Update]].
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== Rules for community updates ==
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After May 22nd 2009 OM stopped working on community updates. These rules are here to make it possible for the community to keep the updates running.
  
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==Discussion of current issues ==
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The draft of the news will be listed here but not on the main page until it gets released. (example, see [[Community Updates/Draft]] ). Upon the release of the current updates a new page should be created. The news will be added there. On release, the link will be set on the main page. Detailed instructions below.
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<!--- this summary was updated by community members because it was not updated by [[User:Michaelshiloh|Michael Shiloh]]--->
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===GTA02 hardware design and test===
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The information below has been collected from various sources, feel free to add questions and comments here.
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While writing a device driver for the new battery which provides an accurate counter of the charge state of the GTA02, the driver developer discovered that the device driver does not get a reading of the charge state due to a very long response time with only one I/O signal when trying to read the charge state. To be able to read the battery status properly, it has been written that it will be necessary to re-design that part of the GTA02 for hardware version GTA02A5 to use two I/O signals to reduce the response time (one for transmitting commands, one for receiving data?). [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=957#c1 Bug 957] may have more information.
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'''Adding news'''
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# Don't expect someone else to add it, add it yourself and make it nice
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# Add links to blog posts, applications, mailing list posts that you think are worth to announce to the whole community
  
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12/06/2007 - GTA02a5 is a minor variation from GTA02a4, so it shouldn't take very long. We are waiting for confirmation of Wifi and a few other parts of the GTA02a4 hardware before we manufacture even a small test run of GTA02a5.
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'''Releasing'''
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# If it's The Release Date and you notice the news has not been released, DO IT! Don't expect someone else to do it for you.
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# When you release, move the content of Talk: page to the actual wikipage.
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# Add a link to the released update page to http://wiki.openmoko.org/index.php?title=Community_Updates
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# Prepare the draft page for the next community news: captions, dates etc.. Releasing news on Thursdays every two weeks sound's good to me.
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# Send a post to the community mailing list with the link to the released news and the draft of the next news.
  
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===gllin GPS driver for GTA01===
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= Ramp up to launch series =
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11/29/2007 - Thanks to a tremendous amount of hard work by many people, we have ready
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a release of gllin, the GPS drives. Instructions at [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-November/011916.html] or grab the ipk directly from [http://3rdparty.downloads.openmoko.org/gllin/].
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===850 MHz band not supported in USA+Canada (e.g. comment 24 on bug #256)===
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Even though Openmoko strives to keep the community informed of the development progress, Openmoko does not provide delivery dates. Instead, Openmoko Inc. reports and discusses the project on a day to day basis, using the [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/ openmoko-community mailing list]. Developers will wish to follow the progress on the [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/openmoko-kernel/ openmoko-kernel mailing list] and the [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/devel/ devel mailing list]. Major updates notices are sent to the [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/announce/ announce mailing list].
  
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The GSM chip set is capable of quad band operation but the circuit implemented in GTA02 only supports 3 bands. Currently GTA02 supports only 900/1800/1900MHz.
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As FreeRunners started shipping, that series of Community Updates mostly related to the expected release date has been taken over by a more community-oriented newsletter.
  
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11/29/2007 - We would like to offer an 850/1800/1900MHz version of GTA02 for areas that need it. We are looking into whether this is feasible or not. This requires a number of changes (components, firwmare, calibration, etc.) and so is uncertain until we test it.
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-June/019384.html 2008-06-14 - When it will be possible to buy Openmoko?]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-June/018887.html 2008-06-10 - SMT is running!]
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Conversion of GTA02 to quad band would require major changes and so will not happen.
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-June/018575.html 2008-06-05 - Cleared to start Mass production]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-May/017531.html 2008-05-20 - Whats up with the freerunner mass production?]
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12/09/2007 - Since the GSM section is essentially the same between GTA01 and GTA02, we thought a good experiment would be to modify a couple GTA01 handsets for 850MHz and to test them out here in the USA. I just received these handsets on Friday and am now getting ready to thoroughly test them. I have more than enough volunteers to help test, so I have no need for more.
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/015189.html 2008-04-14 - next costumers location]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/015080.html 2008-04-11 - FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update]
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===Delivery of a GSM firmware update for the 3G SIM bug ([http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=666 #666])===
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/014928.html 2008-04-07 - Any updates on the PVT status?]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-March/014361.html 2008-03-25 - Production status Update]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-February/013555.html 2008-02-25 - Community Update]
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A bug in the GSM firmware prevents some USA 3G SIM cards from working properly. The bug has been fixed, but since the GSM module is under extremely tight legal protection, it is not clear whether or how we can allow customers to perform this upgrade themselves.
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-February/013356.html 2008-02-14 - Community Update]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-February/013280.html 2008-02-10 - Community Update]
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11/13/2007 - We have heard that TI has figured out a way to let you, our customers, upgrade the firmware, but we have not been able to get hold of the person at TI who can tell us how we should do this.
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-January/012821.html 2008-01-24 - Community Update]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-January/012499.html 2008-01-10 - Community Update]
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A temporary workaround was that I would perform the GSM firmware upgrade for you, but unfortunately, I've not been able to connect reliably with the GSM hardware debug serial port. I'm working on solving this with the crew in Taiwan. GSM firmware upgrade is pretty much done by one person at one computer setup, so I suspect there is something different between his setup and mine that we have not yet identified.
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-January/012357.html 2008-01-02 - Community Update]
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12/09/2007 - We've been informed that everything legal has been agreed upon by all parties regarding the process that would allow you to upgrade your own GSM firmware. All that remains is to get everything signed. Apparently the process of getting things signed takes a few weeks!
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==Questions or Topics you think are missing==
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=== SMedia 3362 Documentation & OpenGL ES Drivers ===
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There is an open source kdrive driver being written for the GTA02 which will use hardware to accelerate the XRender extension. While the chip is capable of 3D graphics, no OpenGL ES driver/library is avaliable and OpenMoko developers will not be writing one in the near future (although they have not ruled it out in the long-term).  
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Documentation for the SMedia 3362 has been promised ([http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-September/010175.html see this post]). However, this refers to documentation OpenMoko developers will be writing themselves, not the technical documentation SMedia have provided OpenMoko with. The OpenMoko developers had to sign an NDA with SMedia to obtain this documentation and are therefore unable to pass this information on to community developers. (See [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-November/011349.html this post] for details)
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=== I have a question. ===
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I read from Claes Mogren's notes "a hardware bug in power management with GTA02v4... ...release will be delayed even further... " So how long is this delay? (OpenMoko does not predict how long things will take. Instead, we do our very best to tell you what is going on. - Michael Shiloh)
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I'm sure I'm not the only person feeling disappointed as I had really hoped to get myself a wifi version of the phone for a Christmas present, even if I have to use the command line just to make a call at least I would have it in my hand.
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==Previous Community Updates==
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*[[September 28, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[October 12, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[October 13, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[October 15, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[October 16, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[October 25, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[October 31, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[November 6, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[November 13, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[November 26, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[November 29, 2007 Community Update]]
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This page gives you access to some regular updates released by the projects, OM or community. All communications channels of the Openmoko community are listed at the Community Resources page.

The official Openmoko updates (discontinued early 2009) can be found in Weekly Engineering News.

You can see the latest edition Community_Updates/current

[edit] Post launch series

[edit] Rules for community updates

After May 22nd 2009 OM stopped working on community updates. These rules are here to make it possible for the community to keep the updates running.

The draft of the news will be listed here but not on the main page until it gets released. (example, see Community Updates/Draft ). Upon the release of the current updates a new page should be created. The news will be added there. On release, the link will be set on the main page. Detailed instructions below.

Adding news

  1. Don't expect someone else to add it, add it yourself and make it nice
  2. Add links to blog posts, applications, mailing list posts that you think are worth to announce to the whole community

Releasing

  1. If it's The Release Date and you notice the news has not been released, DO IT! Don't expect someone else to do it for you.
  2. When you release, move the content of Talk: page to the actual wikipage.
  3. Add a link to the released update page to http://wiki.openmoko.org/index.php?title=Community_Updates
  4. Prepare the draft page for the next community news: captions, dates etc.. Releasing news on Thursdays every two weeks sound's good to me.
  5. Send a post to the community mailing list with the link to the released news and the draft of the next news.

[edit] Ramp up to launch series

Even though Openmoko strives to keep the community informed of the development progress, Openmoko does not provide delivery dates. Instead, Openmoko Inc. reports and discusses the project on a day to day basis, using the openmoko-community mailing list. Developers will wish to follow the progress on the openmoko-kernel mailing list and the devel mailing list. Major updates notices are sent to the announce mailing list.

As FreeRunners started shipping, that series of Community Updates mostly related to the expected release date has been taken over by a more community-oriented newsletter.

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Even though OpenMoko strives to keep the community informed of the development progress, OpenMoko does not provide delivery dates. Instead, OpenMoko reports the project status here and on the openmoko-community mailing list.

The status is usually updated at least twice a month, usually by Michael Shiloh. Updates are also mailed to the community mailing list (see below for previous updates), and major updates are also sent to the announce list.

You are invited to add questions or topics you think should be included in the Community Updates.

The latest Community Update is the December 09, 2007 Community Update.

Discussion of current issues

GTA02 hardware design and test

The information below has been collected from various sources, feel free to add questions and comments here.

While writing a device driver for the new battery which provides an accurate counter of the charge state of the GTA02, the driver developer discovered that the device driver does not get a reading of the charge state due to a very long response time with only one I/O signal when trying to read the charge state. To be able to read the battery status properly, it has been written that it will be necessary to re-design that part of the GTA02 for hardware version GTA02A5 to use two I/O signals to reduce the response time (one for transmitting commands, one for receiving data?). Bug 957 may have more information.

12/06/2007 - GTA02a5 is a minor variation from GTA02a4, so it shouldn't take very long. We are waiting for confirmation of Wifi and a few other parts of the GTA02a4 hardware before we manufacture even a small test run of GTA02a5.

gllin GPS driver for GTA01

11/29/2007 - Thanks to a tremendous amount of hard work by many people, we have ready a release of gllin, the GPS drives. Instructions at [1] or grab the ipk directly from [2].

850 MHz band not supported in USA+Canada (e.g. comment 24 on bug #256)

The GSM chip set is capable of quad band operation but the circuit implemented in GTA02 only supports 3 bands. Currently GTA02 supports only 900/1800/1900MHz.

11/29/2007 - We would like to offer an 850/1800/1900MHz version of GTA02 for areas that need it. We are looking into whether this is feasible or not. This requires a number of changes (components, firwmare, calibration, etc.) and so is uncertain until we test it.

Conversion of GTA02 to quad band would require major changes and so will not happen.

12/09/2007 - Since the GSM section is essentially the same between GTA01 and GTA02, we thought a good experiment would be to modify a couple GTA01 handsets for 850MHz and to test them out here in the USA. I just received these handsets on Friday and am now getting ready to thoroughly test them. I have more than enough volunteers to help test, so I have no need for more.

Delivery of a GSM firmware update for the 3G SIM bug (#666)

Background:

A bug in the GSM firmware prevents some USA 3G SIM cards from working properly. The bug has been fixed, but since the GSM module is under extremely tight legal protection, it is not clear whether or how we can allow customers to perform this upgrade themselves.

11/13/2007 - We have heard that TI has figured out a way to let you, our customers, upgrade the firmware, but we have not been able to get hold of the person at TI who can tell us how we should do this.

A temporary workaround was that I would perform the GSM firmware upgrade for you, but unfortunately, I've not been able to connect reliably with the GSM hardware debug serial port. I'm working on solving this with the crew in Taiwan. GSM firmware upgrade is pretty much done by one person at one computer setup, so I suspect there is something different between his setup and mine that we have not yet identified.

12/09/2007 - We've been informed that everything legal has been agreed upon by all parties regarding the process that would allow you to upgrade your own GSM firmware. All that remains is to get everything signed. Apparently the process of getting things signed takes a few weeks!

Questions or Topics you think are missing

SMedia 3362 Documentation & OpenGL ES Drivers

There is an open source kdrive driver being written for the GTA02 which will use hardware to accelerate the XRender extension. While the chip is capable of 3D graphics, no OpenGL ES driver/library is avaliable and OpenMoko developers will not be writing one in the near future (although they have not ruled it out in the long-term).

Documentation for the SMedia 3362 has been promised (see this post). However, this refers to documentation OpenMoko developers will be writing themselves, not the technical documentation SMedia have provided OpenMoko with. The OpenMoko developers had to sign an NDA with SMedia to obtain this documentation and are therefore unable to pass this information on to community developers. (See this post for details)

I have a question.

I read from Claes Mogren's notes "a hardware bug in power management with GTA02v4... ...release will be delayed even further... " So how long is this delay? (OpenMoko does not predict how long things will take. Instead, we do our very best to tell you what is going on. - Michael Shiloh)

I'm sure I'm not the only person feeling disappointed as I had really hoped to get myself a wifi version of the phone for a Christmas present, even if I have to use the command line just to make a call at least I would have it in my hand.

Previous Community Updates