Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Accessing a Samsung phone and it's data.

[Jack]

On 2019.08.08 03:47, james wrote:
> On 7/31/19 2:21 PM, Jack wrote:
> > On 2019.07.31 12:25, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
> >> On 2019-07-30 22:44, Dale wrote:
> >>
> >>> I wonder, if I bought a bluetooth USB thingy and put that on my
> >>> puter, would that help any? Since I hooked up my wifi router and
> it
> >>> uses that, would that help? Or is the USB cable directly connected
> >>> the best way?
> >>
> >> I have a USB to BT adaptor.? It's worse than paperweight: I could
> >> never make it work on gentoo, or any other kind of Linux.? I think
> it
> >> might be like the infamous Winmodems of old, requiring a
> proprietary
> >> driver to do anything at all.
> >
> > I have one that works just fine.? It shows up with lsusb as:
> >
> > Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd
> Bluetooth
> > Dongle (HCI mode)
> >
> > I ordered it online, for not much money, but I'd have to dig to see
> if I
> > still have any records of where I ordered it.? (eBay is likely)? I'd
> > also have to do some digging to see if I needed to modify my kernel
> > config to add anything for it.? So far, I have only used it for a
> > headset, and I know I went through a number of trials and errors
> before
> > getting it to work consistently, but it does work fine.
> >
> > Jack
> >
>
>
> Hello Jack,
>
> Not sure this device would work for you; but if your phone has a
> type-C
> port, it be interesting to try. For that matter, I'm not sure it will
> work with linux (Gentoo, RHEL, *buntu....) But it sure looks
> promising.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-3USB3-0-Multiport-MacBook-Samsung/dp/B07DHQ2X8Z
>
> hth,
> James

Thanks, but I have no need for anything like that (nor does my phone  
[not a Samsung] have a USB-C port) but perhaps for Dale?