Re: [SLUG] cell phone interfacing

From: Possum (possum@possumism.net)
Date: Wed Apr 22 2009 - 15:28:39 EDT


You can try your luck with bitpim.

Some phones can interface very nicely, but on mine, for instance, I was able to
directly access the filesystem, and not do much more. This was reasonably
useful, though, since I was able to do what I wanted to do.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 02:49:19PM -0400, 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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>
> Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be
> adequately explained by stupidity." Derived from Robert Heinlein
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