QtMoko v44

[Radek Polak]

Hi,
QtMoko v44 is now available for download [1]. This should be best QtMoko
release for GTA04 and i think i can recommend it for daily use. The GTA04 HW
adaption is now nearly finished.

Changes since v43:

  * using 115200 as initial speed for bluetooth uart
  * qmplayer can now play in fullscreen and pause on incoming call
  * enabled default suspend interval on battery (3 minutes)
  * you can set 1s interval in locked mode
  * usb mac address should be now really fixed
  * detecting cable using vbus sysfs node
  * added logos for sd card and nand boot
  * implemented rebooting to other distro
  * turing on/off bluetooth with rfkill on gta04
  * after boot bluetooth is now turned off on gta04
  * workarounded bug with gps preventing suspend on gta04

The most important thing with this release is fixing suspend. It is now working
perfectly.

By default after boot bluetooth is now turned off, so you will get 25mA suspend
current.

Do not forget to try the multiboot. Just unpack any distro to /distros, press
POWER and select if from and reboot there.

I think you can now finally "just use" the phone. All you have to do should be
to charge it every second day. This was my goal and i think it has been
reached now. Now I plan to spend time on not so important features, like
keyboard, the app shop and freecell port ;-) Don't expect next release in next
few week - i think it's time to slow down.

Btw you can also try 3.3 kernel. You can just:

        apt-get update
        apt-get remove linux-image-3.2-qtmoko-gta04
        apt-get install linux-image-3.3-qtmoko-gta04

and reboot.

In the end i'd like to send special thanks to Neil Brown for his kernel work
and for answering all my questions.

Enjoy the release

Radek


PS: i will try to find time to do also release for GTA02


[1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA04/

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[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller-2]

Hi Radek,

Am 12.04.2012 um 15:40 schrieb Radek Polak:

> Hi,
> QtMoko v44 is now available for download [1]. This should be best QtMoko
> release for GTA04 and i think i can recommend it for daily use. The GTA04 HW
> adaption is now nearly finished.
>
> Changes since v43:
>
>  * using 115200 as initial speed for bluetooth uart

why that?

All GTA04A4 boards are initialized and tested for 3 MBit and only
a handful of GTA04A3 boards (like yours) have 115200. I think
it is better to ask those to upgrade the default baudrate.

BTW: if anyone runs the hw-validation kernel/hw-test script this upgrade
is done automatically if needed.

>  * qmplayer can now play in fullscreen and pause on incoming call
>  * enabled default suspend interval on battery (3 minutes)
>  * you can set 1s interval in locked mode
>  * usb mac address should be now really fixed
>  * detecting cable using vbus sysfs node
>  * added logos for sd card and nand boot
>  * implemented rebooting to other distro
>  * turing on/off bluetooth with rfkill on gta04
>  * after boot bluetooth is now turned off on gta04
>  * workarounded bug with gps preventing suspend on gta04
>
> The most important thing with this release is fixing suspend. It is now working
> perfectly.
>
> By default after boot bluetooth is now turned off, so you will get 25mA suspend
> current.

That is already quite good. 1200 mAh / 25 mA = 48 hours

> Do not forget to try the multiboot. Just unpack any distro to /distros, press
> POWER and select if from and reboot there.
>
> I think you can now finally "just use" the phone. All you have to do should be
> to charge it every second day. This was my goal and i think it has been
> reached now. Now I plan to spend time on not so important features, like
> keyboard, the app shop and freecell port ;-) Don't expect next release in next

A preliminary version for a universal app shop is here:

http://www.gta04.org/swi/index.php

There is also an experimental JSON download:

http://www.gta04.org/swi/json.php

> few week - i think it's time to slow down.

Yes, your speed is impressive!

>
> Btw you can also try 3.3 kernel. You can just:
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get remove linux-image-3.2-qtmoko-gta04
> apt-get install linux-image-3.3-qtmoko-gta04
>
> and reboot.
>
> In the end i'd like to send special thanks to Neil Brown for his kernel work
> and for answering all my questions.
>
> Enjoy the release
>
> Radek
>
>
> PS: i will try to find time to do also release for GTA02
>
>
> [1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA04/
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[Christ van Willegen]

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 15:40, Radek Polak <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi,
> QtMoko v44 is now available for download [1]. This should be best QtMoko
> release for GTA04 and i think i can recommend it for daily use. The GTA04 HW
> adaption is now nearly finished.

Radek, that's looking great! I can't wait to have a GTA04 in my
clammy, sweaty hands...

Christ van Willegen
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[Patryk Benderz]

Dnia 2012-04-12, czw o godzinie 15:40 +0200, Radek Polak pisze:
> Hi,
> QtMoko v44 is now available for download [1]. This should be best QtMoko
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> I think you can now finally "just use" the phone. All you have to do should be
> to charge it every second day. This was my goal and i think it has been
> reached now.
Great job Radek! As always! I am waiting for GTA02 release :)

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[Radek Polak]

On Thursday 12 April 2012 15:58:36 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:

> > Changes since v43:
> >  * using 115200 as initial speed for bluetooth uart
>
> why that?

This is just the initial speed. If you have fast speed it will immediately
switch to the high speed (at least that's how i understand it). So if you have
fast speed enable it will work on high speed, if not it will talk on 115200.
See:

        http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/gta04-owner/2012-April/002118.html

Regards

Radek

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[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller-2]

Am 12.04.2012 um 16:12 schrieb Radek Polak:

> On Thursday 12 April 2012 15:58:36 Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>
>>> Changes since v43:
>>> * using 115200 as initial speed for bluetooth uart
>>
>> why that?
>
> This is just the initial speed. If you have fast speed it will immediately
> switch to the high speed (at least that's how i understand it). So if you have
> fast speed enable it will work on high speed, if not it will talk on 115200.

Ah, ok. Then, I would suggest to start with 3 MBit and fall back to 115200 only
if it does not work.

> See:
>
> http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/gta04-owner/2012-April/002118.html
>
> Regards
>
> Radek


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