Post on 14-Dec-2014
description
A Web Operating System for GTA02
Rezart Muco freelancer
open source passionate
What is OpenMoko
Openmoko™ - Open. Mobile. Free.
Openmoko™ is a project dedicated to delivering mobile phones with an open source software stack. Openmoko was formerly
associated with Openmoko Inc, but is nowadays simply a gathering of people with the shared goal of "Free The Phone".
Distributors are currently selling updated versions of the Openmoko Inc's phone released in 2008.
The phone
Cpu - 400 mhz, ARMv4 !!!Ram - 128 MB SDRAM totalMemory - 256MB NAND Flash
WiFi 802.11 b/g transceiver, Accelerometer, A-GPS
Its a very old phone !!
The phone
Its seems that no decent distribution runs decently on this device.
So no Android. Linux runs well, but x11 was horrible!!!
I lost my
Hacking with the phone
Let's grab the sources and Crosscompile :-)
●Linux Kernel●FreeSmartphone.org●Qt Framework
Hacking with the phone
After 2 years hacking with the openmoko I came up with this
Hacking with the phone
Using HTML and Javascript to make the UI of the system
<html> <head>
<script> ….... </script>
</head></html>
Hacking with the phone
A quick view of the system browser
<html> <head>
<script> device.vibro(1000,70);
….... </script>
</head></html>
The system browser , its a very simple Webkit Browser, enriched with special javascript objects.Those objects are able to control the phone
GSM DEVICE
Call to Sysfs to make the phone vibrate
Hacking with the phone
Example application for scanning wifi networks
<ul id="list"> <li> Scanning for Wifi </li></ul><script>
function scanfornets(){var nets=device.shell_exec("iwlist eth0 scan | awk '/ESSID/ {print $1 $2 } ' ","");var p=nets.split('\n');for(var i=0;i<p.length;i++){ var v=p[i].split(":"); if(v[1]!=undefined){ icon('wifi_'+i,"Net : ",v[1],"list","systemjs/dstatus.html"); } }}
scanfornets();icon('back',"Back",'',"list","systemjs/dstatus.html"); </script>
Hacking with the phone
Advantages of using this approach
●There are no 'Native Applications'
●Can use the power of css and jquery, to make a beatifull UI for my phone
●IF you dont like, you can write yourself
your OS. That's a free phonefree phone
Show phone
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