[ubuntu-uk] moto4lin

[Mark Jose]

On Saturday 01 September 2007 21:43, Tony Travis wrote:
> I've got a Motorola V220 mobile, and I bought a £2 USB cable for it
> instead of forking out £30+ to buy one from Motorola bundled with their
> Windows software...
>
> I subsequently got the Motorola software in a rather strange online deal
> where I can have the software free if I sign up to 'EasyCinema' (from
> the same people as EasyJet) and spend £7. However, it makes my heart
> bleed to have to boot Windows just to communicate with my mobile so I
> was very pleased to find 'Moto4Lin':
>
> 	http://moto4lin.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page
>
> Has anyone else used this?
>
> 	Tony.


I have used it Tony. A bit fiddly to set up in the first place I recall - I 
can't remember exactly what it was that I needed to add to the system to get 
moto4lin working, but I know it wasn't very clear and easy to find out.
Once it is working though, it is a good piece of kit. Allows you to add/remove 
the pictures and messages etc as well as, if you fancy a challenge, hack 
around inside a bit! I removed loads of built in junk (photos and videos etc 
from Motorola as well as their sounds). I still have the phone and I can rig 
it up again and re-install the moto4lin software to remind myself what it was 
I needed to do if it will help. The only reason I don't use the phone now is 
because the battery is pretty beat.

Mark