ZTE phones as modems on Beaver - anyone try that?
rikona
rikona at sonic.net
Fri Dec 17 03:10:40 UTC 2021
On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:33:07 +0000
Mike Marchywka <marchywka at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Top posting as I'm replying from hotmail in the browser,
>
> Consumers' cellular is the carrier.
You might want to call their tech support - it has been pretty good in
the past. And, if you got the phone from them they probably know it
well.
> I wanted to control the phone over the USB at some point- take picture
> or use it as a microphone. Presumably I would need some kind of app
> for that.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mike Marchywka
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> ________________________________________
> From: ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> on behalf
> of Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2021
> 2:41 PM To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: ZTE phones as modems on Beaver - anyone try that?
>
> On 16/12/2021 18:54, Mike Marchywka wrote:
> [...]
> > I can never remember the name or number - I think 16 is Xenis or
> > something but not sure if Beaver is 18 or 20. I just happen to have
> > Beaver on the Laptop and 16 on this workstation.
>
> I think Xenial is 16 (2016) and Beaver is 18 (2018). While both are in
> current support, they are 4–6 years old, and much has changed.
>
> > Neither one worked with my consumer cellular phone that routinely
> > tries to Bluetooth null files :)
>
> I'm not clear what a "consumer cellular phone" is. Are you
> differentiating it from a business cellphone? Is there a difference?
>
> Bluetooth is a royal pain in the butt at the best of times. Many
> devices simply don't put out the right information, and most
> implementations on desktops and laptops are too narrow, and fail too
> soon, not looking hard enough or for long enough to find a device
> signal. Bluetooth on phones works much better, and I think the
> developers of BT on Ubuntu distributions could benefit from a much
> closer look at how the Android implementation is written.
>
> > But assuming I can get it to work, are there apps that are USB
> > controlled?
>
> I'm not sure I understand this question.
>
> Peter
>
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