[plug] mounting mobile phone filesystem - update

[Richard Meyer]

On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 21:09 +1000, Joshua Chase wrote:
> http://whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/629412.html might be
> useful.
> 
Bottom posting, then top posting and now middle posting  ;-)

Thanks.

I had been on that site before, and found that the software they had was
not usable under Linux (or Mac).

It appears that the phone doesn't follow standard USB protocols. Since
when plugging it in, we don't get any indication of where the storage
space is even.

Doesn't bother me, because I use a phone as a phone, not as a mobile
computing device with all my life-story on it.  ;-)

Thanks anyway
Cheers
RM

> Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>         On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 15:26 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
>         > On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 14:23 +0800, Arie Hol wrote:
>         > > 
>         > > On 3 Jun 2007 at 14:19, Arie Hol wrote:
>         > 
>         > - snip-
>         > 
>         > > The above was incorrect (see amendment below - sorry about
>         that)
>         > > 
>         > > Have a look in /proc/sys/dev and see if any files or
>         directories have 
>         > > been created which may relate to the USB device being
>         detected by your 
>         > > system.
>         > 
>         > I get no change in that folder after the phone is plugged in
>         and
>         > settled. This is what I have as output from
>         "ls /proc/sys/dev/": 
>         > "cdrom parport raid rtc"
>         > 
>         > > Maybe that would provide a clue as to "what to mount"
>         > 
>         > Sorry, not so for me :-(
>         > 
>         > > Also have a look in /dev to get a clue as to what may be
>         mountable.
>         > 
>         > As you know this is a heavily populated directory, many
>         possibles I can
>         > rule out easily but some I have no idea about :-(
>         > 
>         > > And don't forget to create a directory in /mnt so that you
>         can access the 
>         > > device as part of your filesystem.
>         > 
>         > Thanks, that was done. I always use a generic address
>         of /media/usb for
>         > devices plugged in to usb :-) ( FYI: I find that rpm distros
>         such as
>         > redhat, suse, fedora, etc seem long ago to have
>         adopted /media as the
>         > mount point for removable media, not /mnt as you may be used
>         to)
>         > 
>         > > Like I said just guessing here.
>         > 
>         > More "guesses" welcome from any and all :-)
>         > 
>         > Gavin
>         > 
>         > BTW: I just discovered of this new phone that it
>         automatically charges
>         > off the usb port. geeee, ahhh :-) Maybe old hat for you
>         people but this
>         > is first new phone I've bought in _8_ years. LOL. I gave up
>         on the
>         > expense of getting a Treo or similar smartphone (see
>         previous
>         > postings). 
>         
>         If that phone's a ZTE 850, and you get it working, please let
>         me know
>         how. I was totally unable to. My desktop is set up to
>         automatically
>         mount anything plugged in and give me an icon on the desktop.
>         It doesn't
>         give me anything.
>         
>         It also charges from the USB hub.
>         -- 
>         Richard Meyer 
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>         It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. 
>         William Pitt, 1783
>         
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Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
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