I have a fairly basic Alcatel OT S319 phone. There is no hope of expanding the memory so I would like to find some software to help me transfer the text to my PC. What should I look for? I have found a list of possibilities but I've no idea which would be the most Linux compatible. Thanks.
Bev.
Bev Nicolson asked:
I have a fairly basic Alcatel OT S319 phone. There is no hope of expanding the memory so I would like to find some software to help me transfer the text to my PC. What should I look for? [...]
http://www.gsmarena.com/alcatel_ot_s319-2279.php suggests it has miniUSB and Java MIDP 2.0. So, I think first thing to try is sticking a USB cable into it and seeing if it mounts as a usb-storage disk and you can copy anything easily writeable off of it.
If not, does MMS let you send things off to an email address? I think that'll cost, sadly.
If not, you could try pasting text into an email client like http://mujmail.org/ (which I mentioned at http://www.news.software.coop/top-8-j2me-midp-applications/554/ ) or an SSH client like MidpSSH http://www.xk72.com/midpssh/ but both will incur mobile data charges because that phone has no WLAN.
Hope that helps,
On 23/11/10 17:19, Bev Nicolson wrote:
I have a fairly basic Alcatel OT S319 phone. There is no hope of expanding the memory so I would like to find some software to help me transfer the text to my PC. What should I look for? I have found a list of possibilities but I've no idea which would be the most Linux compatible. Thanks.
Bev.
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Have you tried Gammu/Wammu. It doesn't have your Alcatel listed but it may be worth a try. My Samsung wasn't listed and it has some functionality on it. You can download the Tarball from www.wammu.eu but it is also found in packages for some distros. Ubuntu has it in its repositories.
Mark
How do I run gammu? So far I've established that I can recharge my phone using a camera data cable. But that's it.
Bev.
Have you tried Gammu/Wammu. It doesn't have your Alcatel listed but it may be worth a try. My Samsung wasn't listed and it has some functionality on it. You can download the Tarball from www.wammu.eu but it is also found in packages for some distros. Ubuntu has it in its repositories.
Mark
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If you use Wammu, the GUI front end, you should get a Wizard which you can use to configure it to the phone. If the phone is connectable to Wammu, then it should connect. I did find with my Samsung that I needed to fiddle around with the settings before I got it to work and Wammu/Gammu is a little temperamental.
However, I have a sneaking suspicion that it's like a cheap Nokia I have which has a mini-USB port but it does nothing as the phone isn't designed to interface with a computer. Is the Alcatel equipped to connect with a computer? I couldn't see whether it did or not on my quick Google for it.
Mark
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I have a fairly basic Alcatel OT S319 phone. There is no hope of expanding the memory so I would like to find some software to help me transfer the text to my PC. What should I look for? I have found a list of possibilities but I've no idea which would be the most Linux compatible. Thanks.
Bev.
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Hmm. Looks like you're right Mark, checking the manufacturers web site. I think an upgrade may be in order. Thanks everyone.
Bev.
However, I have a sneaking suspicion that it's like a cheap Nokia I have which has a mini-USB port but it does nothing as the phone isn't designed to interface with a computer. Is the Alcatel equipped to connect with a computer? I couldn't see whether it did or not on my quick Google for it.
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