Fwd: [Community] [ANNOUNCE] Goldelico Replicant Testing Snapshot (2014.08)

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi,
this might be of interest for this list.
BR,
Nikolaus



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> Von: Lukas Maerdian <luk at slyon.de>
> Datum: 22. August 2014 13:52:58 MESZ
> An: op-community <community at openphoenux.org>
> Kopie: gta04-owner <gta04-owner at goldelico.com>
> Betreff: [Community] [ANNOUNCE] Goldelico Replicant Testing Snapshot (2014.08)
> Antwort an: OpenPhoenux Community <community at openphoenux.org>
> 
> Hey!
> 
> After a long period of silence, which was due to me being busy with
> university work, I have a new Goldelico Replicant announcement to make!
> Fortunately, Paul added quite some changes to upstream Replicant in the
> mean time, which I could import into our single-partition, easy
> installable and multi-device Goldelico Replicant variant.
> 
> The free GTA04 Android/Replicant port improved quite a bit during the
> last few months. I'll try to summarize what happened since our last
> announcement in April:
> 
> Integrated upstream changes, as reported by Paul:
> * GPS support
> * stable & fast WiFi
> * Vibrator support
> * adb via function_fs
> * Audio configuration (for A4)
> * Power Profile
> 
> Additional Features:
> * support Letux 2804 (GTA04) phone, Letux 3704 PDA, Letux 7004 tablet
> * support for LIS302 accel sensor (by Alexandre)
> * support for TEPT4400 ambient light sensor
> * automatic brightness control on Letux 3704 (using TEPT4400)
> * integration of Radio Interface Layer (hayes-ril)
> * improvements to hayes-ril, to support the GTA04 modem (GTM601)
> 
> The most exciting features are probably the improved WiFi and RIL
> integration, in combination with the Audio profile. I've been especially
> focused on the RIL. Besides basic SIM access and network authentication,
> you should be able to test phone calls (audio routing on A3 models still
> missing), receive basic SMS (sending still missing) and connect to the
> 3G mobile data network. The RIL is not yet very solid; If you cannot
> connect to the network, a reboot, flight-mode toggle or mobile data
> toggle might help. Once connected to 3G or WiFi you can also initiate
> and receive SIP calls with good sound quality on A3 and A4!
> Using those technologies, you can now get a good internet connection on
> your GTA04, which can be used for surfing, emails and SIP calls, using
> Androids integrated SIP client.
> 
> If you appreciate what you see here, I'd like to kindly ask you, on
> behalf of Goldelico, to consider making a donation to the GTA04 project.
> Your donations will help to keep our efforts going and support projects
> such as Android porting, Kernel upstreaming, project representation at
> conferences and more. Donations can be made here:
> http://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=GTA04%3ADonation
> 
> === Download ===
> http://download.goldelico.com/gta04-replicant/4.2/20140821-replicant+3G.tbz
> 
> === Installation ===
> * mount your SD card to /media/roofs
> * download 20140821-replicant+3G.tbz
> * tar xjvpf 20140821-replicant+3G.tbz -C /media/rootfs
> * sync
> * unmount the SD card and boot your GTA04 with it
> 
> === Documentation ===
> http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-replicant/
> 
> === Changelog & Issues ===
> http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-replicant/issues/
> http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-replicant-device.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/replicant-4.2
> http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-kernel.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/3.12-replicant4
> 
> === Get involved ===
> We're a small team, always looking for your support, be it code,
> testing, documentation or donations. If you'd like to get involved,
> please have a look at the documentation page.
> 
> During my final tests of this snapshot on a Letux 3704 (GTA04A4 based),
> I experienced some very strange SIM related errors and was not able to
> enter my PIN. I think this is some specific problem to my hardware, as
> everything was working fine on my GTA04A3. If you're not able to enter a
> PIN, please report this problem and provide you RIL log (issue "adb
> logcat -b radio" on the host were your device is connected to, to get
> the log)
> 
> Another feature were I'd appreciate test reports is audio phone calls
> (not SIP) on the GTA04A4. Theoretically sound should be working, but I
> could not test this, because the A4 based L3704 I have does neither have
> a mic nor speakers.
> 
> As reported by Paul in his upstream Replicant report, we're also looking
> for somebody to improve/implement the power saving functions of the
> libertas_sdio WiFi kernel driver. If you're interested in this topic,
> please have a look here:
> http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-kernel/issues/651/
> 
> -- Munich, 2014-08-22
> 
> Kind regards,
>  Lukas Märdian
> 
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