Re: [SLUG] cell phone interfacing

From: Paul Bransford (draeath@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Apr 22 2009 - 15:04:24 EDT


Found it, but it requires registration. Normal copyright nonsense it seems.

http://pda.etsi.org/pda/home.asp?wkr=RTS/TSGS-0021101v740

The homepage for the working groups etc is here:
http://www.3gpp.org

Paul Bransford wrote:
> Not usually, but they usually support a substandard of the Hayes modem
> standard. My RAZR sends SMS and does phonebook stuff over that protocol.
>
> Linky:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_command_set#GSM
>
> I don't have it anymore, but somewhere I found a PDF of over 500pgs that
> seemed to be an official specification. It's out there somewhere.
>
> In windows I also have an option of talking to the phone using p2k, a
> legally questionable process that lets me access the filesystem, flash
> it, etc. I am not aware of any Linux tools for that, most of what is
> available seems to have been 'acquired' from Motorola service centers
> and internal tools, and reverse engineered.
>
> Eben King wrote:
>> I just got what Tracfone calls a "Motorola W175". This page:
>>
>> http://www.phonedog.com/cell-phone-research/compare-plans.aspx?stid=770&iid=7256
>>
>>
>> leads me to think it's a modification of an existing model, so that
>> Tracfone can call it an "exclusive", and oh, BTW, it hinders
>> comparison shopping. For instance, Wal*mart sells what they call a
>> "Motorola W175-4".
>>
>> I've read that runs Mobile Linux, but that doesn't automatically
>> confer interoperability. It connects to a host computer by USB for
>> charging, and presumably for data transfer too. "lsusb" identifies it
>> as "22b8:40c0 Motorola PCS".
>>
>> Has anyone heard of a method by which the user can access the data on
>> _any_ phone?
>>

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