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unable to link phone via usb

Asked by pete smout

Hi,
Just got my mobile phone upgraded on 3 network to a INQ1 phone (which has a usb charger for battery!!!) but when I connect the phone to my PC using the USB cable provided i cannot get passed the auto run to access my photo's etc and transfer data from one to the other. Surely this has got to be possible,

If i open the 'mounted' disc that appears on my desktop when my phone's plugged in, all I get is the autorun.exe & setup.exe files and some .info files.

If I run the setup.exe or the autorun.exe files using 'wine' I get an error message telling me the instalation was unsucsessful!

I've also tried using 'gmobilemedia' but cannot get access to the photo's or vids on my phone. which leaves bluetooth as my only connection method which seems daft if I've got to plug it in to charge my phone!!

Any pearls of wisdom out there anyone could share with me no matter how obvious they may appear to you , would be really appreciated.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

With it connected. Can you please provide the output of:

lsusb; sudo fdisk -l

Thanks

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pete smout (petersmout03) said : 		#2

hi,
As requested results below:

pete@Petes-PC:~$ lsusb; sudo fdisk -l
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 1131:1004 Integrated System Solution Corp. Bluetooth Device
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 045e:009d Microsoft Corp.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 009: ID 1614:0809
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1058:1001 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. External Hard Disk
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x70987098

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 60235 483837606 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 60236 60801 4546395 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 60236 60801 4546363+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0003fcde

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 19457 156288321 83 Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x469d60df

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 121601 976760001 b W95 FAT32
pete@Petes-PC:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Ok does the phone have 1Gb storage? If so you will need to mount /dev/sdc1

sudo mkdir /media/phone; sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/phone -o uid=1000

should mount it nicely. You can now simply copy the data over like any other partition

If it's not 1gb in size then let us know and I will probe further.

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pete smout (petersmout03) said : 		#4

Hi,
No unfortunately it's only 512mb not 1gb so mounting as suggested did not work.

thanks for your suggestion,

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#5

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