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Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Post by daviddoran »

lucb1e wrote: post #79
daviddoran wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a completely different issue. The site is mixing up dollars and euro so it's overcharging. It's not a conscious price decision they've made.

Apple mixes up euros and dollars as well. Last time I checked anyway, a $999 device would be €999 in europe.

Yes, but in this case the buyer sees $230 in their shopping cart but actually gets charged €230. Which is nearly $300. It's fine if Geeksphone decide to charge the same in dollars and euro, but they're displaying in one currency and charging in another (without conversion) which is obviously wrong. It seems to have been an honest mistake and they've indicated on their forums that they're fixing it.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Post by lawl »

icebraining wrote: post #38
lawl wrote: post #28

It's sad you can only pay with credit cards. I refuse to get a credit card.

It's sad that your bank doesn't offer virtual CCs. They're awesome ;)

Yes that's exactly what I'd want to use. Log in to your bank, create a virtual one-use CC, buy something and the CC no longer exists. Well, not exactly, there's still vast room for improvment but it'd be better that how it is now. Sadly, I could not find any finance instutite here that offers that.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Post by bluepill »

javis wrote: post #63
_pferreir_ wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep. I was seriously considering buying it. Didn't do it immediately because I was hesitant. Now I just can't :(

Their Twitter feed hints it isn't out of stock and they recommend trying again in a few minutes. https://twitter.com/geeksphone/status/326661079826563072

yup, but in Spain, a few minutes usually means a couple of hours

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Post by soapdog »

shared4you wrote: post #78
soapdog wrote: post #74

guys, congratulations for those who succeeded on buying. Remember: this is a developer preview phone. Firefox OS is not ready yet. Expect updates and bugs at this stage. I have two keons and they are pretty good but the system still in flux and not all APIs are implemented yet. ps: I am a Mozilla Rep working with Firefox OS awareness.

Will I be able to upgrade the OS/firmware when FxOS is "ready"? Do I need to "root" the phone to upgrade?

The geeksphones are unlocked and open. You can reflash them at your leisure. It is as easy as:

    sudo adb reboot bootloader  

    sudo fastboot flash boot boot.img 

    sudo fastboot flash splash splash.img 

    sudo fastboot flash system system.img 

    sudo fastboot flash userdata userdata.img 

    sudo fastboot reboot
This will reflash the phone and reboot, provided you have the right images which can be built from source or downloaded from geeksphone (once they release it). The most important part is Gaia and Gaia can be built and installed from source.

These are open devices and the promise of an open web app ecosystem is far too fun for hacker like us to let it pass.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Post by fabrice_d »

MrUnderhill wrote: post #55
joelthelion wrote: post #31

How open is the hardware? Are the drivers open source?

Apologies for replying without an answer, but I'd love to know this as well. Additionally, how/where is the hardware produced? I'd gladly pay twice this and more for full openness software/hardware/ethics-wise.

It is "Engineered in SPain, Made in P.R.C" It's as open source as it can, you can rebuilt from scratch and rebuilt a boot images with a new kernel if you wish (just clone https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G and run ./config.sh keon). I just did that last week to add something we need for Firefox OS.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Post by gabriel »

jwoah12 wrote: post #85

Is anyone else getting this? In order to perform site maintenance, our online shop has shut down temporarily. We apologize for the inconvenience and ask that you please try again later.

I haven't seen anything other than this message. Whether it was last week, yesterday, or right now.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Post by jurre »

lucb1e wrote: post #66
CrazedGeek wrote: post #10

Sigh. My order came to $155, and the site's trying to charge me 155 EUR. That's not really good, given that 155 EUR is about $200. EDIT: It will charge the correct price if you switch the prices on the site to EUR. Second problem: one of my cards gave an unspecified error, the other was was denied by the bank for whatever reason. :/

That's what most websites do, even Apple. Especially Apple actually. Buying something from America in Dollars is often much cheaper.

Apple USD prices are excluding VAT while EUR prices include that.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Post by mobiplayer »

icebraining wrote: post #39
ragsagar wrote: post #18

Link to database cannot be established: SQLSTATE[42000] [1203] User db59706 already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections

Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but the user id makes it sound like they're on shared hosting. I surely hope not.

They're hosted by MediaTemple and the IP doesn't look to be shared with other customers. Requesting the site without a host sends you to the main GeeksPhone site, so at least they're not on a shared hosting.

Maybe on a single VPS, but definitely not shared.

Re: Firefox OS phones now available from Geeksphone

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Post by bjxrn »

lucb1e wrote: post #79
daviddoran wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a completely different issue. The site is mixing up dollars and euro so it's overcharging. It's not a conscious price decision they've made.

Apple mixes up euros and dollars as well. Last time I checked anyway, a $999 device would be €999 in europe.

That's largely due to taxes though.
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