[patch] Samsung SPH-i500 Palm phone as a modem and organizer under 5.3-RELEASE

Julian Elischer julian at elischer.org
Thu Dec 9 14:59:54 PST 2004


forwarded to the usb list..


Sean Welch wrote:

>I saw a while back that someone was asking about using this device as
>a modem.  I've now purchased one and have done some work on the usb
>subsystem to use it both as a modem and a Palm device.  Have a look at
>the PR I just filed (with the patch in it):
>
>http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=74849
>
>The message I saw earlier is here:
>
>http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?155150000.1067738418
>
>I've taken the liberty of cc'ing you, LER, just in case you still have
>the phone and would like to use it with FreeBSD.
>
>The section I've added to my /etc/usbd.conf file to handle syncing is
>as follows:
>
>device "Samsung I500"
>        devname "ucom0"
>        vendor  0x0830
>        product 0x0001
>        release 0x0100
>        attach "/usr/bin/su - welchsm -c '/usr/X11R6/bin/jpilot-sync -b'"
>
>Note that the vendor and product codes belong to Palm *not* Samsung.
>I prefer a full backup of everything on the phone but if you just want
>contacts/notes/schedule you can leave off the -b.  Make sure usbd is
>running and this will fire off as soon as you hit the sync button
>(logged in or not!).  Running the GUI interface for jpilot will also
>work -- IF you press the sync button *before* starting the program.
>Neither coldsync nor gnomepilot seems to work, though I suspect that
>with the newer usb setup in -CURRENT (creating ttyU* devices) that
>gnomepilot would work there.
>
>I hope someone else can get as much use as I am from this device!
>
>Sean
>
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