[opensuse] Experience with Mobilephone under openSUSE
Hello Mates, i plan to buy an new Mobilephone. I wish me an Phone, that can sync with Kontact. Which experience you have? Can anyone propose any Phone? -- Sincerely yours Sascha Manns openSUSE Member openSUSE Ambassador openSUSE Marketing Team openSUSE Build Service Web: http://saschamanns.gulli.to Blog: http://saigkill.wordpress.com ClaimID: http://claimid.com/saigkill -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi Am Donnerstag 24 September 2009 12:36:06 schrieb Sascha 'saigkill' Manns:
i plan to buy an new Mobilephone. I wish me an Phone, that can sync with Kontact. Which experience you have? Can anyone propose any Phone?
Any Android based phone should do, but AFAIK in that case you would have to sync through google, so that might be a no-go for you. Regards, Matthias P.S.: If anybody knows a way to sync contacts and kalander from the android without using google I'd really appreciate any hint. -- Matthias Bach http://www.marix.org
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 13:31 +0200, Matthias Bach wrote:
Am Donnerstag 24 September 2009 12:36:06 schrieb Sascha 'saigkill' Manns:
i plan to buy an new Mobilephone. I wish me an Phone, that can sync with Kontact. Which experience you have? Can anyone propose any Phone? Any Android based phone should do, but AFAIK in that case you would have to sync through google, so that might be a no-go for you.
Agree, I'm not willing to proxy all my data via Google so many of these kinds of things are a non-starter.
P.S.: If anybody knows a way to sync contacts and kalander from the android without using google I'd really appreciate any hint.
Funambol has many backend connectors and an Android client. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:36 +0200, Sascha 'saigkill' Manns wrote:
Hello Mates,
i plan to buy an new Mobilephone. I wish me an Phone, that can sync with Kontact. Which experience you have? Can anyone propose any Phone? --
I have a couple of Sony Ericsson phones (W595 and G502). They both connect very easily with openSUSE and can share contacts, calendar, tasks, up/dlownload files. The only piece it can't share are notes. Very easy to set up and sync using bluetooth. Never really tried to do it using USB, but most likely possible. Cheers, Allen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:32 +0000, Allen Benter wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:36 +0200, Sascha 'saigkill' Manns wrote:
Hello Mates,
i plan to buy an new Mobilephone. I wish me an Phone, that can sync with Kontact. Which experience you have? Can anyone propose any Phone? --
I have a couple of Sony Ericsson phones (W595 and G502). They both connect very easily with openSUSE and can share contacts, calendar, tasks, up/dlownload files. The only piece it can't share are notes.
How are you doing this? My goal is to communicate these things with evolution. In fact, any solution is interesting. I had a SE T68 that was not nice on Linux. Of course, that was a while back.
Very easy to set up and sync using bluetooth. Never really tried to do it using USB, but most likely possible.
Bluetooth is fine. I am also looking for a new phone, so I have the same question. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, 2009-09-24 at 15:44 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
Very easy to set up and sync using bluetooth. Never really tried to do it using USB, but most likely possible.
Bluetooth is fine. I am also looking for a new phone, so I have the same question.
I have a Nokia 5220 XpressMusic that syncs aceptably well via bluetooth, much easier than via usb cable. I use wammu to get data from the phone, or natilus to get files. But the funtionality is nowhere near what you get with the manufacturer Nokia Suite, which requires XP at least. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkq79OsACgkQtTMYHG2NR9XkOgCghtgcYXkxdd7sXDap27hdH/Gm 2PwAoJfnKSakePAkLduS0TLSJA7uZq/J =WfSq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:44 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:32 +0000, Allen Benter wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:36 +0200, Sascha 'saigkill' Manns wrote:
Hello Mates,
i plan to buy an new Mobilephone. I wish me an Phone, that can sync with Kontact. Which experience you have? Can anyone propose any Phone? --
I have a couple of Sony Ericsson phones (W595 and G502). They both connect very easily with openSUSE and can share contacts, calendar, tasks, up/dlownload files. The only piece it can't share are notes.
How are you doing this? My goal is to communicate these things with evolution. In fact, any solution is interesting.
That is exactly how I have been using it. Under gnome & syncing with Evolution. When I needed to replace phones I bought SE because all the internet sites I read suggested they were easy to sync with linux, and it proved to be the case. It was a while ago that I set it up, but I just did it again to make sure. Some parts in the following description may not be necessary. I am running openSUSE 11.0 and have the following components installed: bluez-gnome (0.26) bluez-libs <other bluez stuff> gnome-bluetooth (0.11) libopensync libopensync-plugin-evolution2 libopensync-plugin-irmc multisync multisync-gui multisync-evolution2 multisync-irmc and some other -plugins for both On the bluetooth applet I already had my phone bonded, so I am not sure if you need to bond first, then config, or if the config process will establish a bond. Open a terminal and type hcitool scan this will report something like Scanning ... 00:23:F1:8A:75:35 W595 00:23:4D:D2:B6:CF Photosmart C309a series then, in the terminal do sdptool browse 00:23:F1:8A:75:35 which will return heaps of stuff, but in particular look for Service Name: OBEX IrMC Sync Server Service RecHandle: 0x2008009 Service Class ID List: "IrMC Sync" (0x1104) Protocol Descriptor List: "L2CAP" (0x0100) "RFCOMM" (0x0003) Channel: 8 "OBEX" (0x0008) Profile Descriptor List: "IrMC Sync" (0x1104) Version: 0x0101 and make a note of the channel (in this case, 8). Now, start multisync-gui and add a new group. Edit this group and add new members irmc-sync evo2-sync
From memory, my testing confirmed many internet sites that notes are unsupported and should be disabled. Hence, tick the box next to notes.
When you click on each member the right pane will change to settings. For irmc-sync add the channel number and and the address for the phone. Here is my config <config> <connectmedium>bluetooth</connectmedium> <btunit>00:23:F1:8A:75:35</btunit> <btchannel>8</btchannel> </config> For evo2-sync you can select which calendar etc you wish to sync. Then, simply close the settings window and click on Refresh to sync between evolution and your phone. But First, always backup you evolution data and your phone data. If there are conflicts between the two devices multisync will ask you which one it should use. I haven't had any problems, but I know my wife has had some contacts go missing. I don't think this is a problem with multisync, but rather the way we have been usig it. Hope this helps in getting your phone connected. Cheers, Allen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sep 25, 2009, at 1:10 AM, Allen Benter wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:44 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:32 +0000, Allen Benter wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:36 +0200, Sascha 'saigkill' Manns wrote:
Hello Mates,
i plan to buy an new Mobilephone. I wish me an Phone, that can sync with Kontact. Which experience you have? Can anyone propose any Phone? --
I have a couple of Sony Ericsson phones (W595 and G502). They both connect very easily with openSUSE and can share contacts, calendar, tasks, up/dlownload files. The only piece it can't share are notes.
How are you doing this? My goal is to communicate these things with evolution. In fact, any solution is interesting.
That is exactly how I have been using it. Under gnome & syncing with Evolution. When I needed to replace phones I bought SE because all the internet sites I read suggested they were easy to sync with linux, and it proved to be the case.
[interesting stuff deleted] Are you running GNOME or KDE? Or does that even make a difference here? Despite the fact that I am using evolution, I run KDE 4.3.1 I guess I will look at SE phones. Hey, I am living in Sweden. Anything else would be unpatriotic. My last phone was a Nokia, which did not work, It is not supported on my Mac either. I like my iPod touch and would not mind a iPhone to become a one-gadget-guy. But the exclusive arrangement with the local telecom is not a great deal. I could go to Italy or France and get an un-locked one. But setting up Linux with an SE phone should be easier, right? :) -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Office: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 And remember: It is RSofT and there is always something under construction. It is like talking about large city with all constructions finished. Not impossible, but very unlikely. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2009-09-25 at 08:08 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Sep 25, 2009, at 1:10 AM, Allen Benter wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 15:44 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:32 +0000, Allen Benter wrote:
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:36 +0200, Sascha 'saigkill' Manns wrote:
Hello Mates,
i plan to buy an new Mobilephone. I wish me an Phone, that can sync with Kontact. Which experience you have? Can anyone propose any Phone? --
I have a couple of Sony Ericsson phones (W595 and G502). They both connect very easily with openSUSE and can share contacts, calendar, tasks, up/dlownload files. The only piece it can't share are notes.
How are you doing this? My goal is to communicate these things with evolution. In fact, any solution is interesting.
That is exactly how I have been using it. Under gnome & syncing with Evolution. When I needed to replace phones I bought SE because all the internet sites I read suggested they were easy to sync with linux, and it proved to be the case.
[interesting stuff deleted]
Are you running GNOME or KDE? Or does that even make a difference here? Despite the fact that I am using evolution, I run KDE 4.3.1
I am running GNOME on openSUSE 11.0. The last phone I had was an LG which I never got to connect using wammu/gammu. This time I read on the internet that many SE phones used IRMC.
But setting up Linux with an SE phone should be easier, right? :)
Setting up any phone under Linux 'should' be easy. In the end, I think I was lucky to pick two models that conencted so easy. Different models, other manufacturers and who knows. As the saying goes, YMMV. Good Luck. Allen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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