[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] 770 display failure workaround

[From: Weinehall David (Nokia-M/Tampere)]

On ons, 2006-03-29 at 13:41 +0200, ext Philippe Laporte wrote:
> Hi,
>      I'm not quite sure why you adopt such an antagonistic attitude.
> 
> I would bet you 1000 Euros, and I am not rich, that the Nokia kernel 
> team has a workaround patch.

Yeah, because it's so much more profitable for Nokia to replace devices
than provide a software fix.  Ehrm.  NOT.

Just face it, you're off chart here.

> Even though my grand plan may be evasive to some, it should be obvious 
> thta I am trying tyo pressure Nokia into allocating time to provide the 
> code for the patch.
> 
> The reason for not having it in the device: you are convinced that if any reason would exist, you would be personaly aware of it?
> 
> The LCD hasn't "failed". The reference here is http://www.maemo.org/maemowiki/HowDoiBecomeRoot

The article you reference to quite clearly says:

"If you get this, there is a hardware failure in your device and you
need to return it and get a replacement -- VilleRanki That failure is
probably not related to any software-actions. Displays like the one of
the 770 tend to break at powerup. But if yours survived the first 5 or
10 times, it should survive the rest, too"

In other words, the display has the highest likelihood of breaking the
first few times you power cycle the device.  That's when most people
(well, at least the developers) enable the R&D mode.  People see broken
display, and draw the conclusion "Ohhhh, broken display when I enabled
R&D-mode, must be a software bug".  This is incorrect reasoning though.
The display is faulty, not the software.

Bottom line: STOP TROLLING!

Oh, and PLEASE don't top-post.


Regards: David Weinehall (and YES, I work for Nokia/OSSO)