Hi there,
So my Freerunner arrived this evening, I plugged it in and started

charging and it powered itself on. I _love_ that kernel messages are

displayed during boot-up, and the plastic of the Freerunner's case

has a really nice feel to it.
Anyway, once booted to the factory image I get continuously a

"Registering..." message in the top-left corner of the Home screen.

After 30 minutes or so this message persists.
Cell phone reception in my flat is always a little poor - I have to

walk to the window if I want an intelligible conversation - but all

other phones have connected to the phone network fine, SMS'd and rung

on incoming calls fine when located at my desk.
Could this indicate that my SIM is amongst those which the Freerunner

doesn't like?
It is a UK O2 SIM, at least a couple of years old, probably several

and perhaps 7 or 8. It has been used last in my Sony-Ericsson P990i

which is 3G, but I have no idea if that phone has been used at full

speed. I find that when I received this P990i, c 15 months ago, O2

sent me a new SIM which is marked as "3G", but I have never used it

as the phone "seemed to work fine" with the old one.
It is very nice that a terminal app is included on the default image,

but I cannot work out how to enter a forward-slash ("/"), so cannot

list /var/log and see if there's anything interesting in there. Would

I be best advised to set up USB networking and log in via SSH to see

what's going on? Having plugged it into the wall and started it

charging for the first time I am reluctant to unplug it until it is

fully charged, as per the instructions. So any suggestions of how to

debug this from the phone's own console would be appreciated.
Stroller. 
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