No detecting sony ericsson

[sarin_cv]

Hi.. I have a sony ericssin c510 which is having both mass storage mode and file transfer mode. In file transfer mode, opensuse does not detec the phone but in windows, it do. Why is this different?

[TaraIkeda]

Hi.. I have a sony ericssin c510 which is having both mass storage mode and file transfer mode. In file transfer mode, opensuse does not detec the phone but in windows, it do. Why is this different?

Because linux is not windows, there are some devices that just wont work with linux without some tweaking.
I am not sure on sony ericsons but I know I need xmoto to get my motorolla razr to work.

[Camale�n]

sarin cv wrote:

> Hi.. I have a sony ericssin c510 which is having both mass storage mode
> and file transfer mode. In file transfer mode, opensuse does not detec
> the phone but in windows, it do. Why is this different?

File transfer mode usually need you to install some specific vendor software
(PC Suite or Media Sync) which generally is only available for a windows
environment.

What are your goals with the phone?

Greetings,

--
Camale�n

[sarin_cv]

in mass storage phone, no other functionality of phone will be available where as in file transfermode, phone is fully functional. What I need is to sync the phone like an ipod with linux.

moreover dmesg command gave me the following output.

usb 7-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 7-4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 7-4: New USB device found, idVendor=0fce, idProduct=0109
usb 7-4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 7-4: Product: C510
usb 7-4: Manufacturer: Sony Ericsson
usb 7-4: SerialNumber: 3540080302948180

still I can't see any mounted devices.

[Camale�n]

sarin cv wrote:

> in mass storage phone, no other functionality of phone will be available
> where as in file transfermode, phone is fully functional. What I need is
> to sync the phone like an ipod with linux.

I use wammu to manage my phone contacts. Take a look of the capabilities
available for your phone:

http://cihar.com/gammu/phonedb/sony-ericsson/

Greetings,

--
Camale�n

[TaraIkeda]

Just keep in mind the chance your phone wont work here, its not fault of linux if it doesnt work as most hardware is geared to windows.

[sarin_cv]

it is getting detected but not getting mounted.... just have a look at the output of lsusb command

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 004: ID 0fce:0109 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
Bus 007 Device 003: ID 05ca:18a0 Ricoh Co., Ltd
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 1bcf:0007 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc.
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8158 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 413c:8157 Dell Computer Corp.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

2nd one in the list is my phone... now, is there any way to mount it manually?

output of cat /proc/partitions remains the same before and after connecting the phone..

[Camale�n]

sarin cv wrote:

> it is getting detected but not getting mounted.... just have a look at
> the output of lsusb command

(...)

> 2nd one in the list is my phone... now, is there any way to mount it
> manually?

I guess you can only mount it as storage device and it should be auto
detected by your system as soon as you plug it.

> output of cat /proc/partitions remains the same before and after
> connecting the phone..

It should be auto-mounted under /media

Check the phone connection is selected in the right mode (usb mass storage
and not file transfer mode).

Greetings,

--
Camale�n

[sarin_cv]

the mode selected is media transfer... usb mass storage mode is working... no issues... media transfer mode is the problem... in usb mass storage mode, phone will be in switched off condition...can't recieve any calls... but in media transfer mode i can make calls while transferring files.. that is the difference... It would be great if media transfer mode works in Linux also...

[Camale�n]

sarin cv wrote:

> the mode selected is media transfer... usb mass storage mode is
> working... no issues... media transfer mode is the problem... in usb
> mass storage mode, phone will be in switched off condition...can't
> recieve any calls... but in media transfer mode i can make calls while
> transferring files.. that is the difference... It would be great if
> media transfer mode works in Linux also...

Media transfer will need you to install a special program to manage the
phone (I told you "wammu").

Media transfer in cell phones usually need a windows based computer (or a
windows virtual machine) so you can install the manufacturer program to
manage this kind of service and this program is, regrettably, only
available for a windows environment.

It's a pity but it is so :-(

Greetings,

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Camale�n