Motorola "Phone Tools" Substitute -- Cellphone use

moxieman99 · 04-26-2007, 09:58 PM

Motorola "Phone Tools" Substitute

I just bought a Motorola V321i cell phone and a usb cable to connect to my computer. The cellphone is also bluetooth capable.

If you are using Windows, Motorola has a CD of programs called "Phone Tools" that you can buy. Is there an equivilent for Linux 2.6 kernel? My linux computer (Mandiva Free 2006, 2.6.12 kernel) recognizes that there is a device there, but not what it is, so I cannot connect to it.

What I'd like to do is transfer data and files between the cellular telephone and the computer (syncing is NOT necessary). Is there a substitute/work around for buying "Phone Tools" from Motorola and using Windows XP?

If there is not a substitute , do I just buy a USB bluetooth broadcaster and try to connect that way? Will that work without having to buy software?

Thanks,

Moxieman99

indeliblestamp · 04-27-2007, 01:16 AM

I have a Motorola phone too (its an A780). I don't know if there are any alternatives to the Phone tools software on Linux, but I guess you don't need it.
When I connect my phone through the USB, my Linux box detects the memory card just fine, and I have to do a

Code:

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/memory

(as root) to mount it.
After that I can access its contents and transfer files, just like how you need.
In your case it might be in /dev/sda, or maybe /dev/sda2, or something else. You can verify this by running 'dmesg' as root and seeing the last few lines.

I'm not sure why your Mandriva is not auto-mounting your phone, so I guess you'll have to try doing it manually using the command mentioned above.

Dont' forget to unmount your phone once you're done:

Code:

umount /mnt/memory

moxieman99 · 04-27-2007, 06:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arungoodboy

I have a Motorola phone too (its an A780). I don't know if there are any alternatives to the Phone tools software on Linux, but I guess you don't need it.
When I connect my phone through the USB, my Linux box detects the memory card just fine, and I have to do a

Code:

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/memory

(as root) to mount it.
After that I can access its contents and transfer files, just like how you need.
In your case it might be in /dev/sda, or maybe /dev/sda2, or something else. You can verify this by running 'dmesg' as root and seeing the last few lines.

I'm not sure why your Mandriva is not auto-mounting your phone, so I guess you'll have to try doing it manually using the command mentioned above.

Dont' forget to unmount your phone once you're done:

Code:

umount /mnt/memory

Thanks,

I'll try it again. Like I said, my computer recognizes that something is there, but won't touch it. I'll see if I can manually mount it (again).

moxieman99 · 04-27-2007, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moxieman99

Thanks,

I'll try it again. Like I said, my computer recognizes that something is there, but won't touch it. I'll see if I can manually mount it (again).

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Still no go, and a new question presents itself. kharddrake in Mandriva says that there is an unknown device connected but gives no information. It does not show a disk at dev/sda1 or the like.

I ran lsusb and that shows the cellphone at bus 2, dev 2, ID 22b8:2ac2 Motorola PCS. Tried running mount in terminal with the -U option and various permutations of the ID information from lsusb. It comes back with "invalid UUID"

What do I put in for the UUID? Is there any reason why Linux is showing a device but not showing it as a disk that can be mounted?

Thanks.

mma8x · 04-27-2007, 10:08 AM

i had a razr a few years ago:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=389159

indeliblestamp · 04-27-2007, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moxieman99

I ran lsusb and that shows the cellphone at bus 2, dev 2, ID 22b8:2ac2 Motorola PCS. Tried running mount in terminal with the -U option and various permutations of the ID information from lsusb. It comes back with "invalid UUID"

Okay, I don't have Mandriva and I haven't tried mount with -U before, but here's what lsusb looks like for me:

Code:

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 22b8:604c Motorola PCS A780 GSM Phone (storage)

Also, here's one of the last lines of my dmesg:

Code:

SCSI device sda: 98304 512-byte hdwr sectors (50 MB)
 sda: sda1

So I use mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/<some-folder-name>.
In your case, lsusb shows your bus and device id as 002, have you tried mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/<some-folder-name>? (Wait, actually my own lsusb doesn't seem to make sense to me, so maybe you should just go by what your dmesg says

)
Sorry, I can't think of anything else that might be causing problems. Maybe someone else here..

moxieman99 · 04-28-2007, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arungoodboy

Okay, I don't have Mandriva and I haven't tried mount with -U before, but here's what lsusb looks like for me:

Code:

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 22b8:604c Motorola PCS A780 GSM Phone (storage)

Also, here's one of the last lines of my dmesg:

Code:

SCSI device sda: 98304 512-byte hdwr sectors (50 MB)
 sda: sda1

So I use mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/<some-folder-name>.
In your case, lsusb shows your bus and device id as 002, have you tried mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/<some-folder-name>? (Wait, actually my own lsusb doesn't seem to make sense to me, so maybe you should just go by what your dmesg says

)
Sorry, I can't think of anything else that might be causing problems. Maybe someone else here..

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Dmesg doesn't show an "sdaX" or "hdaX" or anything else that I can use to mount. I can figure out what line in dmesg must be the phone, but no useful (to me) information. /proc/local/usb didn't show anything that I could use either.

Of course, in Windows, the phone shows up as a modem (one of its advertised uses), but in HardDrake it shows up as "unknown/other" and shows no information.

Mundim · 05-04-2007, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moxieman99

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Dmesg doesn't show an "sdaX" or "hdaX" or anything else that I can use to mount. I can figure out what line in dmesg must be the phone, but no useful (to me) information. /proc/local/usb didn't show anything that I could use either.

Of course, in Windows, the phone shows up as a modem (one of its advertised uses), but in HardDrake it shows up as "unknown/other" and shows no information.

I'm having the problem. I have a V3, the disc that came with it have a problem and I could not install Motorola Tools (I prefer linux anyway) and when plugging it on linux (Fedora 6), it is identified as a modem. The system logs shows:

usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices
cdc_acm 2-2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.25:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters

So, no sda, sdb or whatever. If someone knows how to mount is as a disk, please tell me. Thank you very much.

ECACE · 10-16-2007, 08:05 PM

Take a look at the following link...follow the directions carefully and you should be ok. I did this with my V3 and now KRZR and have no problems.

http://www.summet.com/blog/2007/03/2...s-in-mandriva/

Once you have that working:

Google: kmobiletools -- This is a lot like MPT for windows. I actually much prefer this over MPT.

Google: moto4lin -- This will let you do 'some' phone editing like P2K programs -- You will have to install the p2k drivers, google it, very cool once it is working.

Best of luck.