Using Nokia E71 as a USB modem on Jaunty

[marc]

Amichai Rotman said:

> I am trying to set up my Nokia E71 to serve as a backup 3G Internet.
> 
> I cannot follow any of the guides I found because the phone is not
> recognized:
> 
> I connect the USB cable to the computer, nothing happens. I do lsusb and
> nothing new is there . In Hardy I used to see Nokia Mobile Phone on the
> list...
> I tried this on my desktop Kubuntu 9.04 and on my Asus eeePC running
> Ubuntu Mobile Remix base on Ubuntu 9.04.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!

I've been doing this with an e61 for a couple of years. I use bluetooth.

Unfortunately, after moving to 9.04, bluetooth seems to have died a 
death. I can crash bluetooth at will (with SIGSEGV). I've filled bugs, 
but never received a response. Unfortunately, now we're "officially" out 
of beta, without symbols in the compiles, the backtraces are useless, so 
I no longer file bugs against it.

Good luck.

-- 
Best,
Marc

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