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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 [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/ openmoko-community mailing list]. Major updates are also sent to the [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/announce/ announce mailing list].
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The official Openmoko updates (discontinued early 2009) can be found in [[Weekly Engineering News]].
  
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You may also wish to take a look at the [http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Neo_FreeRunner_(GTA02)_FAQ Neo Freerunner FAQ].
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You can see the latest edition [[Community_Updates/current]]
  
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Interested developers may additionally 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] (all mailing lists are available [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/ here]).
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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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You are invited to add questions or topics you think should be included in the Community Updates by emailing community@lists.openmoko.org or by editing section 2 of this wiki page.
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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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See [[Community_Updates#Previous_Community_Updates | below]] for a list of previous updates.
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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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'''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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==Current issues==
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'''Releasing'''
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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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# 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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===GPS Performance of the Freerunner===
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= Ramp up to launch series =
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The poor GPS performance on the Freerunner has been traced to an
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interaction between the microSD card and the GPS unit. A software
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and a hardware fixes are available, see [[GPS Problems]].
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===GTA02 battery status===
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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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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?). This was fixed two months ago (see [http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=957#c1 Bug 957]).
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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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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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A bug in the GSM firmware prevents some USA 3G SIM cards from working properly. The bug has been fixed, but the GSM module is under extremely tight legal protection. 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! Meanwhile, we have resolved the difficulties I was having performing the upgrade, and I am now able to upgrade your handsets. Anyone interested in having me do this should contact me at michael@openmoko.org.
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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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=== SMedia 3362 Documentation & OpenGL ES Drivers ===
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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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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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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-May/017531.html 2008-05-20 - Whats up with the freerunner mass production?]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/015189.html 2008-04-14 - next costumers location]
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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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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/015080.html 2008-04-11 - FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update]
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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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=== Power Management on the Neo1973/Freerunner===
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-March/014361.html 2008-03-25 - Production status Update]
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The current battery life of the Neo1973 and Freerunner is not satisfactory. A lot of changes seem to be necessary to the kernel, drivers and related user-space applications. Hopefully the situation will improve over time.
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-February/013555.html 2008-02-25 - Community Update]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-February/013356.html 2008-02-14 - Community Update]
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==Previous Community Updates==
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-February/013280.html 2008-02-10 - Community Update]
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*[[September 28, 2007 Community Update]]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-January/012821.html 2008-01-24 - Community Update]
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*[[October 12, 2007 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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*[[October 13, 2007 Community Update]]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-January/012357.html 2008-01-02 - 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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*[[December 09, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[[December 20, 2007 Community Update]]
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*[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-January/012357.html January 2, 2008 - Community Update]
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*[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-January/012499.html January 10, 2008 - Community Update]
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*[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-January/012821.html January 24, 2008 - Community Update]
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*[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-February/013280.html February 10, 2008 - Community Update]
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*[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-February/013356.html February 14, 2008 - Community Update]
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*[http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-February/013555.html February 25, 2008 - Community Update]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-March/014361.html March 25, 2008 - Production status Update]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/014928.html April 7, 2008 - Any updates on the PVT status?]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/015080.html April 11, 2008 - FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-April/015189.html April 14, 2008 - next costumers location]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-May/017531.html May 20, 2008 - Whats up with the freerunner mass production?]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-June/018575.html 5th June, 2008 - Cleared to start Mass production]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-June/018887.html 10th June, 2008 - SMT is running!]
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* [http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-June/019384.html 14th June, 2008 - When it will be possible to buy OpenMoko?]
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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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NOTE: as FreeRunners are now shipping, it seems less likely that Community Updates will be posted in the form they used to be (as they mostly related to the expected release dates). But Wolfgang Spraul has begun with the Weekly Engineering News.


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. Major updates are also sent to the announce mailing list.

You may also wish to take a look at the Neo Freerunner FAQ.

Interested developers may additionally wish to follow the progress on the openmoko-kernel mailing list and the devel mailing list (all mailing lists are available here).

You are invited to add questions or topics you think should be included in the Community Updates by emailing community@lists.openmoko.org or by editing section 2 of this wiki page.

See below for a list of previous updates.


Current issues

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

GPS Performance of the Freerunner

The poor GPS performance on the Freerunner has been traced to an interaction between the microSD card and the GPS unit. A software and a hardware fixes are available, see GPS Problems.

GTA02 battery status

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?). This was fixed two months ago (see Bug 957).

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

A bug in the GSM firmware prevents some USA 3G SIM cards from working properly. The bug has been fixed, but the GSM module is under extremely tight legal protection. 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! Meanwhile, we have resolved the difficulties I was having performing the upgrade, and I am now able to upgrade your handsets. Anyone interested in having me do this should contact me at michael@openmoko.org.

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)

Power Management on the Neo1973/Freerunner

The current battery life of the Neo1973 and Freerunner is not satisfactory. A lot of changes seem to be necessary to the kernel, drivers and related user-space applications. Hopefully the situation will improve over time.

Previous Community Updates