Re: [SLUG] cell phone interfacing

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Fri Apr 24 2009 - 11:42:54 EDT


On Fri, 24 Apr 2009, Possum wrote:

> 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)

Criminy, the src/ directory contains _each_file_. Any idea how to make it
give me the lot as a tar.bz2 or similar?

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