Re: [gentoo-user] Motorola Razr V3i and moto4lin, not working yet.

[Willie Wong]

On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 04:16:29PM -0600, Penguin Lover Dale squawked:
> I admit I have never used moto4lin before and this is my first "fancy"
> phone.  I'm wanting to transfer some ring tones.  What I am doing with
> moto4lin is to have the USB cable hooked directly to the phone.  I also
> have a adapter that I can put the MicroSD card into and hook that to the
> USB without the phone.  I just want them on there, not picky about how
> that happens.
>
> I have tried to have the phone set up as both a data connection and a
> memory card connection.  The data one seems to get further to me.
>
> Also, when I put the card in the adapter and mount it manually, I can
> see files but the phone doesn't seem to see them when I put the card
> back in the phone.
>
> Anybody got one of these and know how to get this to work?  Maybe share
> some settings or something?

Which is your cellphone carrier? If Verizon, then you have almost no
hope. I tried to use Moto4lin a year back with my Verizon phone, and
it seems that Verizon turns off some built-in configuration options
for the phone that allows connection to the computer unless you buy
one of their special connection bundle things with your plan. 

With regards to the mini-card, what I did was put the card in the
phone first, turn on the phone, and the phone will set up a default
directory structure on the mini-card. If I take the memory card out
and use an adapter to connect to the computer, I can access the
pictures, the videos, and stored MP3s in their respective folders. (I
can copy mp3s to an from the memory card, the videos and photos from
the memory card. I have not tried putting videos and photos ONto the
card, but it should be possible.) What I cannot do is access the
ring-tones. I do not know if this is a restriction from the phone
manufacturer (motorola) or from the firmware installed by Verizon.
None of the files I put into the ring-tone folder gets recognized. 

Also, I remember reading something about moto4lin working better for
gsm version of the phones than the cdma versions. But since I can't
back this claim up with any links, treat it with as many grains of
salt as you wish.

Lastly, two of the better places to ask about such questions are:

  ModMyMoto:  www.modmymoto.com
  Howard Forums: www.howardforums.com   (It is currently down for
    maintenance, but should be back up soon.)

Best of luck, 

W
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