Samsung SGH-A412

[Dave Hall]

Putting this back on the list (please "Reply to All")

On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 13:13 +1000, Simon wrote:
> The last few lines from "dmesg" are as follows:
> 
> [   55.809610] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir at monad.swb.de).
> [   55.909615] NFSD: Using /var/lib/nfs/v4recovery as the NFSv4 state 
> recovery directory
> [   55.919441] NFSD: starting 90-second grace period
> [   60.664253] NET: Registered protocol family 17
> [   78.656019] NET: Registered protocol family 10
> [   78.656208] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
> [   83.958708] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> [10620.371664] usb 2-3: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and 
> address 3
> [10620.481858] usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [10621.174047] cdc_acm 2-3:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
> [10621.177172] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_acm
> [10621.177363] 
> /build/buildd/linux-source-2.6.22-2.6.22/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: 
> v0.25:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB modems and ISDN adapters
> 
> The phone itself seems to register that it's connected as the little PC 
> icon displays on screen and it charges via USB OK.

Ubuntu is seeing it as a modem.

"usb 2-3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice" shows that given the
current configuration of the phone and available drivers that is all
ubuntu can use it as.

I don't have any experience with Samsung phones, but Nokia S60 phones
will prompt when connected to a PC what type of connection you want to
use "PC Suite" (Modem), "Mass Storage" (Behave like a USB stick), "Media
Player" (Some proprietary crap that does work) and one other I forget
(photo printer i think).  Maybe break out the owners manual for the
phone and see if can help you change the usb connection profile, then it
might work for you.

Another option is to try using bluetooth if you have a bt dongle
available.

A fallback option might be to use gnokii or something to access the
phone.

Cheers

Dave

> 
> Dave Hall wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 08:38 +1000, Simon wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi all.
> >> I've just received a Samsung SGH-A412 mobile phone from Telstra and I'm 
> >> trying to get it to communicate, without any luck, via USB with Gutsy 
> >> 64bit.  When I plug the phone in to the PCs USB port the phone switches 
> >> on but that's the extent of it.  All I'd like to do is be able to 
> >> upload/download files, mainly OOG audio tracks, to the phone's memory.  
> >> I'm not happy being stuck on my Win XP box to interact with this device. 
> >> Please excuse my NOOB abilities here.
> >>     
> >
> > After you plug it in, run "dmesg" (without the quotes) in a terminal and
> > post the last 10 lines or so here.  That should give us some idea of
> > what is going on.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >