Need to use my mobile under Arch

gapo · 2009-02-23 13:28:12

I am having a Motorola ROKR E8. they boast it is a linux phone. But i'm having problems with connecting it with my laptop.
tried it in ubuntu and debian and mint and puppy yet no improvement.

Hoping it would work under Arch.:D

Bluetooth's not the problem.

Could anybody tell me how to mount it or access it or atleast gimme a simple link ?
I have googled for it and google has failed me for the 2nd time.

toad · 2009-02-23 13:50:24

I don't understand your problem. You say:

But i'm having problems with connecting it with my laptop.

Then you go on:

Bluetooth's not the problem.

So what is?
1. How are you attempting to connect to your laptop?
2. What do you want to do with it?
3. Are you using/considering user "helper" programmes such as kmobiletools for example?

area · 2009-02-23 15:43:48

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth

gapo · 2009-02-23 16:42:55

Thanks, but bluetooth's not the problem.

sry for that random rant ... hope this is ok.

I have the above mentioned phone. I would like to access my phone through USB/Data cable connection. My phone has 3 modes : MTP / Memory Card / Camera .

I would like to transfer music files and pictures mainly. Something like Phone tools.

There are no specs. I would be equally happy with something that has an GUI or the command line.

area · 2009-02-23 17:24:26

Put it in memory card mode and connect it to the computer.

then post the output of

lsusb

[edit]

If you're just trying to sync it, i can only suggest using bluetooth (as it is the only method i have attempted).

If you want to use the device as a modem for you laptop etc... there should be ample information about "tethering" the phone to you laptop as a modem.

either way, to help you we need a bit more information about what exactly you want to do.

Last edited by area (2009-02-23 17:29:12)

gapo · 2009-02-24 14:13:40

Output of lsusb

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 22b8:6426 Motorola PCS 
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 04f2:b015 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd 
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002  
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001  
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001  
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. 
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002  
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 046d:c018 Logitech, Inc. 
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001  
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001

Thanks.

btw, I would prefer connecting it without bluetooth just for the sake.

No, I don't need to use it as a modem .

Thanks ...

gapo · 2009-03-09 13:53:31

Umm ... well I think I solved it ...
Pretty simple in fact ..

well first thing was I put it in USB mode.
Seems like it acts just like a memory card then ...
So, I got this bright idea of restarting hal as root

/etc/rc.d/hal restart

Bingo it mounted as a removable disk . It's of fat32 types ... so now all I got to do is

 mount -t vfat /dev/sdb /mnt

The syntax will be
mount -t <typeoffilesystem> <device> <mountpoint>

It's not a big issue ...
but I hope It could help somebody

Last edited by gapo (2009-03-09 13:54:05)

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#1 2009-02-23 13:28:12

Need to use my mobile under Arch

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Re: Need to use my mobile under Arch

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Re: Need to use my mobile under Arch

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Re: Need to use my mobile under Arch

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#6 2009-02-24 14:13:40

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