On Wed, 22 Apr 2009, Possum wrote:
> 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?
> You can try your luck with bitpim.
The only Linux binaries on the site are compiled for i386. I couldn't find
a source version. Is it hiding, or not OSS?
> 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.
I tried the version installable through synaptic (1.0.2), but it couldn't
recognize my phone. It's mostly LG phones anyhow, but hey, it could work.
All of the Linux versions on the site are compiled for i386; do you know if
there's an amd64 version hiding somewhere, or maybe the source?
"bitpim-1.0.6.tbz2" looks like source but isn't -- it's compiled.
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