On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Paul Bransford wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 15:33 -0400, Eben King wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Paul Bransford wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>
>>> Not usually, but they usually support a substandard of the Hayes modem
>>> standard. My RAZR sends SMS and does phonebook stuff over that protocol.
>>
>> How do I enable TTY-over-USB? I thought it would be automatically done for
>> me, but the only /dev//ttyUSB* I see goes to the modem.
> It should appear as any USB serial device. Anything in dmesg on
> attachment?
This appears when I connect it:
==> /var/log/syslog <==
Apr 22 17:02:08 pc kernel: usb 2-3.2.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 69
Apr 22 17:02:08 pc kernel: usb 2-3.2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Apr 22 17:02:08 pc NetworkManager: <debug> [1240434128.420016] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_451_d004_noserial').
Apr 22 17:02:08 pc NetworkManager: <debug> [1240434128.474645] nm_hal_device_added(): New device added (hal udi is '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_5e3_608_noserial_if0_0').
==> /var/log/messages <==
Apr 22 17:02:08 pc kernel: usb 2-3.2.1: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 69
Apr 22 17:02:08 pc kernel: usb 2-3.2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Nothing shows up in /var/log/dmesg.
>> This p2k -- is it a program or a protocol?
> P2K is both the name of the protocol and the proprietary Motorola OS. I
> don't know if this is the same that your phone has.
>> Any idea whether it would work in VMware?
> It should work in VMWare, but when the phone switches modes it's vendor
> and product IDs change (and you have to quickly reattach the phone to the
> VM).
Yeah, that was the problem with trying to hack my iPod. Didn't have XP on
my laptop back then, so I had to use someone else's with Vista.
> I've sent a whole lot of other replies to myself, each with more and
> more info. I really don't think what I'm giving is necessarily what your
> asking though.
It's good information, thanks. In my CFT I'll look up p2k and see whether I
can make it work. I do have native XP on the laptop (a small partition,
especially for buttheaded developers like Apple's) in case it gripes at
VMware but otherwise works. Bitpim 1.0.2 doesn't work; the website has
1.0.6 so I'll try that.
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