Eben King wrote:
> 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?
>
quick answer:
"svn co"
long answer:
http://sourceforge.net/scm/?type=svn&group_id=45176
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