On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 06:27:47PM -0400, Eben King wrote:
> 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?
>
Looks like you can get the latest source through subversion.
"The source is stored in Subversion at sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=75211. You
can check it out using the Subversion tools for your platform. Note that the
main code is at https://bitpim.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bitpim/trunk/bitpim."
(From http://www.bitpim.org/developer.html)
>> 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.
>
Googling for the terms "motorola" and "bitpim" yields a few results. When I
used it, my phone (an LG) didn't have "official" support of any kind, but
limited features were available. I was able to directly access the filesystem,
which is mainly what I was looking for.
As for amd64, try source listed above.
Good luck, hopefully these efforts will be fruitful.
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