ZTE phones as modems on Beaver - anyone try that?

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 17 Dec 2021 at 13:15, David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:
>
> The ONLY time I EVER managed to do Bluetooth file transfers between
> mobile phone and a Linux computer was with a Nokia 6230i. Everybody was
> most impressed with the Linux distribution I was using because they'd
> never managed to get it to work with windows.

:-D

I did use my Nokia 6310 via Bluetooth, both to a laptop and to a Psion
PDA over IRDA.

But yes, it is much too hard and not getting a lot better.
https://xkcd.com/2055/


> It's never worked for me since. Now on a Moto G8 Power Lite, I just
> plug into the USB and only use the Bluetooth for hands free use.

Yup. Audio is the only thing that seems to work reliably.

On Ubuntu about 5Y ago, I had to install a whole new Bluetooth stack
to get a mouse working, and it wasn't reliable then.

A colleague of mine at SUSE found a set of steps to get Bluetooth
audio working with openSUSE for all of our video meetings. It was
astonishingly complex. I didn't even try, TBH.


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