[plug] mounting mobile phone filesystem - update

[Richard Meyer]

On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 21:23 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 20:12 +0800, Richard Meyer wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 19:20 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2007-06-03 at 19:01 +0800, Richard Meyer wrote:
> 
> 
> > > 
> > > No, mine is a ZTE F272 - the standard, basement model available 'free'
> > > with a $20/mth telstra plan. I am about to take delivery of a 1GB
> > > micro-SD card to suit and use its mp3 player capability :-) For that
> > > card I also have a usb adapter/thumdrive so that part of getting files
> > > _into_ the phone will be easy. What I was hoping to do was access the
> > > internal memory to backup/update the contacts, etc. There is s/ware that
> > > came with it for windoze that I haven't tried under wine since I'm no
> > > wine expert. But that s/ware does promise a lot of PC<->phone syncing
> > > options - if only it was possible in linux :-(
> > > 
> > > Gavin. 
> > 
> > Hmm, that's what I was wanting to do, and I got the 850 as an upgrade
> > from CDMA on a $20 Telstra plan.
> 
> ditto (mine an upgrade for cdma, that is). Not sure I understand you:
> were you wanting connectivity to load mp3 onto the phone? If that's so
> then I know from past experience that it's a snap to load onto the
> memory card first using an adapter/card reader and then plug the card
> into the device. This side-steps the whole device connectivity issue. if
> I'm misunderstanding you, you'll need to go into more specifics.
> 
> Gavin     

Naw, I don't really need a phone with all the bells and whistles. If it
can make and receive calls and keep a list of about 20 common phone
numbers, I'm happy. I would have liked it if it had worked as a every
other USB device I have works, but it's not bothering me really. Anyway
I have a dedicated MP3 player (actually an OGG player).


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Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
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