Connecting Nokia E61 to Ubuntu Edgy

It’s been always tricky to connect a mobile phone to GNU/Linux.
My first effort was pretty promising!
I just connected my Nokia E61 to my laptop (Edgy) via a USB cable. The phone asked for connection type and I chose Data Transfer and just got connected like a normal memory card. Well, I can’t read the internal memory but this is fare enough to reach something in GNU/Linux painless!

Later on I’ll try to really sync it with my computer after I got familiar with OpenSync read the following articles:

Sphere It January 27th, 2007

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1. Fabio | January 29th, 2007 at 13:13

Hi, i have nokia E61 too, but i have very problem to use it as modem.
when i connect it by usb cable i don’t see the mount on /dev/ttyUSB0, so i removed the module cdc_acm and mount the usbserial with vendor and product id result of
lsusb.Everything is ok on dmesg i see the correctly mount on /dev/ttyUSB0, but when run KPPP and try to query modem ,it answer me that unable to fine the modem…..any suggestion…
the system is Edgy with the last update…
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2. Ali | January 30th, 2007 at 15:57

That’s strange you face problem on plugn’ play of USB. It just happened for me. You might changed some settings on USB before.

For me, when I plug and unplug it (with eject) couple of times, plugn’ play freaks out. Otherwise it works fine.

The point is I still didn’t try it as a modem. I let you know if I did.
3. Udu Ogah | July 20th, 2007 at 23:15

Hi, I’ve just successfully connected my Nokia E61 to Ubuntu Feisty.

There’s an excellent program called GPRS Easy connect that allows you to use it as a dial-up GPRS modem. all you need is a sim with credit on it and gprs activated for your line. The applications allows you toselect your phone model and network and the rest is dead easy.

The ubuntu specific instructions can be found at
http://www.gprsec.hu/modules/news/print.php?id=260

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