Further support for Nokia 770
Since the 'no further support' thread is no longer applicable, i'd like to direct community attention to what we can do to continue development on the 770, and that is testing, bugreports and development of ITOS 2007. See these threads.
Some hope for 770 owners... Nokia 770 Development to Continue And especially, OS 2007 on 770 mk2 now available The garage page is here: http://garage.maemo.org/projects/os2007on770/ The wiki is here: http://maemo.org/maemowiki/Os2007On770 In particular, my last issue with Os2006 appears to have been addressed in 2007: "If new Xomap [Hardware scaling on Os2007] doesn't work on the 770, I'd like to know about it. (I don't have time to constantly test it, but I can -- and will -- fix it.)" - Daniel Stone Does he rock, or what? :D So clearly, it2007 is where we can do something productive to keep improvements and bugfixes coming to the 770. I've currently flashed my device to it, and am working to resolve or file bug reports against issues I find. Cheers |
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I'll be convinced when Nokia admits to defective hardware, resulting in WSOD. Maybe then they would finally fix the 770. My guess is that they really don't care, they are just making some comforting noises to calm the storm.
The new 2007 OS does little good on my tablet sitting there with it's third WSOD. I really don't think that the hardware is up to long term development. Nokia, anyone care to FIX the WSOD, for good? No more endless 2 month trips to outsourced repair hell please. I'm waiting... No action really expected, Nokia = worthless customer service. |
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I just got my 770, just before they announced continued support. My question is, exactly what does that mean? Is it OS updates? That's pretty cool. Actual customer support? I haven't dealt with them yet, so I don't know how that goes.
daverup: Pardon my ignorance, but what is the WSOD? |
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Marketing-speak, IOW. |
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AFAIK, this issue happens only with 770's coming from a couple of batches, and the only known cure is to send the unit back so that they replace the screen. HTH, Dre |
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EDIT: Convulted beat me to it! :) |
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Your post seems more informed than mine though :)
Interestingly, and I mentioned this in some other thread, I think that even in units not affected by the "normal" WSOD syndrome, certain (race?) conditions can occur to trigger the WSOD. A case in point may be connecting the tablet to a Linux OS (Ubuntu) running on vmWare Workstation 5.x in Windows XP and using Flasher, which causes XP to crash irrecoverably, and might cause some garbage to be sent over USB, which might confuse the LCD controller. All hypothetical of course, but I do have some strong circumstantial evidence :) I have rebooted my tablet 100+ times since getting it back from repair and the problem did not occur again. Legend has it that I should have experienced anothr WSOD in the first 10 or so reboots. This is all irrelevant to the current thread, of course, but I just thought I should mention it. |
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