Hi Bev, I have no experience of connecting computers to mobile phones, so this is perhaps conjectural.
But: since apparently you do get a connection using the USB cable, have a look at the output from
lsusb -v
and perhaps, for experimental/investigatory purposes, set up a dedicated directory and, when in that directory, do:
lsusb -t
which, according to 'man lsusb':
Tells lsusb to dump the physical USB device hierarchy as a tree.
This may give you enough information to go further with.
Also, you should be able to locate where the USB device (mobile) is mounted (look at the ouput from 'mount'). In that case (perhaps with the help of 'lsusb -t') you should be able to find your text messages, and copy them down. Maybe Ubuntu deven puts up an icon on your desktop when the device is mounted?
Hoping this helps! Ted.
On 20-Feb-11 18:24:46, Bev Nicolson wrote:
So, I discover that, actually, the usb cable I got for my mobile does work after all which gives me hope. But only temporarily as it does not enable me to transfer texts. Anyone have any ideas? (Sorry if you were wondering why I hadn't RTM first time round. Hope this is a better question.)
Bev.
On 19 February 2011 18:24, Bev Nicolson lumos60@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not wholly convinced Phone Manger is the one I'm after or if PC Suite will work happily with Ubuntu. (Actually on looking at PC Suite, it's got more features than I want or need.) My phone is a Sony Ericsson W205. All I want to do is save text messages onto my computer when my phone gets too full. Ta.
Bev.
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