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Cosmo Communicator - Hardware / Keyboard connector layout

« on: May 19, 2024, 01:18:40 pm »

My cosmo died, and my wife gave me a Samsung S24 phone. But I miss the keyboard, só I intend to build a circuit to turn Cosmo's keyboard into a Bluetooth portable keyboard. I can program an Arduino to discover the keyboard's connector layout, but, just in case, does anyone already did this?

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Cosmo Communicator - Hardware / Keyboard not working and no boot menu

« on: October 25, 2022, 08:17:50 pm »

Hi! My Cosmo's japanese layout keyboard stopped working. The system shows it as "disconnected". Also, the boot menu does not appear after turn on or reboot. After reinstalling Android and Linux the menu appeared just once. Could it all be a software problem, or is my Cosmo damaged?

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Cosmo Communicator - Hardware / Re: Keyboard replacement?

« on: February 12, 2022, 09:15:11 pm »

I was considering doing the same. Completely replacing the keyboard may be difficult and risky, but simply exchanging the keycaps is not difficult. Just be careful. And you might need to reflash the system.

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Cosmo Communicator - Hardware / Sloppy customer support?

« on: February 12, 2022, 03:58:24 pm »

My cat likes to drop little objects frop the desk. So, after a couple of drops, my Communicator's screen glass is all shattered, and the cover's corners are broken. I sent a message to customer's support two weeks ago, which was aknowledged, but still not answered. I sent another message for another reason a year or so ago, which went unanswered too. What is your experience with Planet's support, and is there another way to contact them, or another way to fix my cosmo?

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Cosmo Communicator - Linux / Re: Battery/Power Conservation Strategy

« on: January 16, 2021, 11:14:10 pm »

Hello,

Is the battery life for the Linux OS on the cosmo terrible? I tried to use my Communicator with Linux the other day but the devices only lasted  between  6 to 7 hours in standby mode/Closed.  Are there any suggestions or tips on how to make the device conserve/use less power ?  Would tlp or any other linux packages be applicable?

Lucky you! Mine lasts 3 to 4 hours.   

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Cosmo Communicator - Linux / Re: Cosmo Linux firmware v3 has been released with Cosmo Cover Display support.

« on: November 21, 2020, 10:48:26 am »

Gentlemen,
How long does the battery charge lasts using Linux? I can barely use Linux for six hours before the battery is depleted. I don't know if clock scaling works (the system reports the clock changes), and it seems that core disabling works, because some apps become sluggish. But both actions don't seem to make any difference on battery charge consumption. Disabling CODI on Android allows me to use Cosmo for almost three days with one charge, with moderate use.

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Cosmo Communicator - Linux / Voice call telephony (announced 2 months back)?

« on: July 05, 2020, 03:12:32 pm »

E a, mineiro! Adoro Minas, fui muitas vezes a trabalho pra lá, em outros tempos. E minha irmã morou um tempo em "Berlândia". Gostei da dica do shipito, não conhecia. Meu filho tá estudando na França, mandei entregar lá e peguei nas férias. Só que ele tá voltando, acabou minha mamata...
De vez em quando compilo o kernel pra mudar configurações no meu desktop ou notebook, só coisa superficial. Mas em outra era geológica fui um pouco mais longe. Um grupo de russos e ucranianos tava portando o Linux pra vários modelos de Palm, e um russo fez funcionar o Linux de cartão MMC pro meu modelo, mas só implementou leitura. Funcionava direito, mas não dava pra salvar nada. Consegui implementar a escrita, e mandei pra eles, e ficamos trocando figurinhas por um tempo. Daí tentei portar pra cartão SSD. O uso é igual, mas a identificação e inicialização é  cheia de detalhes. Enchi de kernel messages pra saber o que tava acontecendo, e funcionou, embora estivesse lento demais pra usar, pela enxurrada de mensagens pro console. Fiz a besteira de deletar as mensagens, ao invés de só comentar, e nunca mais consegui fazer funcionar. Alguma mensagem tava "sincronizando" alguma coisa, provavelmente DMA, segundo um ucraniano...
onde tá o repositório da fonte, e tem orientações pra criar ramdisk, o kernel tá numa partição separada? Talvez eu junte loucura e paciência suficientes pra dar uma fuçada.

Inté!

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Cosmo Communicator - Linux / Voice call telephony (announced 2 months back)?

« on: July 05, 2020, 02:26:03 am »

Hi, cam1965! I thought I was the only brazilian with a Cosmo!    Sending and receiving SMS work for me, and I can make calls. Did I missed something, or receiving calls doesn't work yet? And what about power management? Apparently ita accepts "ondemand", "powersave", etc cpu modes, but does really work?

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Cosmo Communicator - Hardware / Stylus

« on: May 03, 2020, 03:19:09 am »

I got a cheap pen from Amazon  (Homder active pen). It works pretty well on a Motorola Moto X4 and on a cheap Samsung tablet. On Cosmo it leaves discontinuos traces at the left side of the screen, and almost nothing at the right side. Frustratig, even more so because I find the sceen almost too sensitive when I touch it accidentaly. Anyway, is there a way to enhance the screen's sensitivity to the pen, or must I try another one?