windows mobile 6 phone detection...

[creeping death]

i got a htc 3400i cell phone...it has something called "activesync" and to allow me to transfer files from computer to cell is not direct.

the htc people have given their software , and the mobile phone only gets detected if the software is installed...

htc uses windows mobile 6. and the set is not getting recognised in fedora 9...

how do i do detect and transfer files in fedora?

[JohnVV]

Boot into windows xp or vista( that disk they gave you may be for vista only )


You just got to love MS windows ONLY hardware !

Maybe , just maybe, wine might work . don't hold your breath .

[creeping death]

great!....I m screwed....:( but you know....
i was searching and and i found a software called synCE ,

i m following their wiki (http://www.synce.org/moin/SynceInstallation/Fedora) , but i m not able to install it....here is where i get stuck...


Mandatory connection tools

This software is required for a basic connection to work, so that you can send files to and from your device.

$ sudo yum install odccm

odccm is installed as a system service but disabled by default. You can start it with

$ sudo service odccm start

If odccm should be started automatically add it to the desired runlevel via chkconfig

$ sudo chkconfig --level 35 odccm on


i install odccm , but "service odccm" does not work...it says that there is no command called service...

i tried to ask about this in their IRC but they said it works for ubuntu and they don't really know much about fedora...:(

[JohnVV]

off hand i take it you did set up sudo .It is not set-up by default
if not then just use " su - " without the "" the first time

su -
-- your root password
yum install odccm
service odccm start

and use this
chkconfig --list odccm
instead of the wrong command
"chkconfig --level 35 odccm on" -- will not work

[creeping death]

off hand i take it you did set up sudo .It is not set-up by default
if not then just use " su - " without the "" the first time

su -
-- your root password
yum install odccm
service odccm start

and use this
chkconfig --list odccm
instead of the wrong command
"chkconfig --level 35 odccm on" -- will not work

thanks...i did this by going to system>administration>services

but now i have another problem...
the wiki says to
1.connect the device and type "pls" in the terminal. when i type pls this is what i get

]# pls
** Message: Hal reports no devices connected

** (process:4521): WARNING **: No devices connected to odccm
pls: Could not find configuration at path '(Default)'


and a message pops up at the bottom saying that kernel has some problems...and to report the problem to linuxoops.org , which i did...

i had already patched the kernel according to the wiki...

yum install dkms

and i got the synce-usb-rndis-lite-dkms-0.11-1.fc9.noarch.rpm from here (http://fedora.lowlatency.de/review/synce-dkms/)


any ideas, my kernel is 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686

[creeping death]

[Solved]
you know what screw all this...all I wanted was to transfer some mp3 and mp4 and a couple of doc files to the phone...and the activesync bull**** would not let me in linux...i was trying so much googling here and there this and that...then i saw the light...i said screw all this!! i went down to a shop and got myself a card reader...PROBLEM SOLVED!!

[mego22ff]

Not sure what version of WM you are using, mine is 6.1, but I was seeing the same thing. To fix it I followed the directions here: http://www.synce.org/moin/SynceInstallation/Fedora; then on the PDA went to Start -> Settings -> Connections -> USB to PC and unchecked "Enable advanced network functionality". Once I did this I was able to run pls and all the other synCE commands successfully.

[creeping death]

Not sure what version of WM you are using, mine is 6.1, but I was seeing the same thing. To fix it I followed the directions here: http://www.synce.org/moin/SynceInstallation/Fedora; then on the PDA went to Start -> Settings -> Connections -> USB to PC and unchecked "Enable advanced network functionality". Once I did this I was able to run pls and all the other synCE commands successfully.
:(
nope...still no luck for me - i still get the same message when i type pls...mine is wm6 pro btw.

[mnemonik]

Not sure what version of WM you are using, mine is 6.1, but I was seeing the same thing. To fix it I followed the directions here: http://www.synce.org/moin/SynceInstallation/Fedora; then on the PDA went to Start -> Settings -> Connections -> USB to PC and unchecked "Enable advanced network functionality". Once I did this I was able to run pls and all the other synCE commands successfully.

Hi... I've a HTC Touch Diamond with WM6.1 and I would like synchronize it with Fedora 10 by synCE. After did installation steps on synce wiki I recived this error from pls command:

WARNING **: synce_info_from_odccm: Failed to get devices: The name org.synce.odccm was not provided by any .service files
pls: Could not find configuration at path '(Default)'

I attempted to unchecked "Enable advanced network functionality" but I recived it yet...

Any idea???

Thank's!

[creeping death]

well i solved the problem...the solution might seem quite inappropriate, but I assure you , It works like a charm...

i plugged in the phone to computer usb connection. obviously linux was detecting the device, but could not understand what to do.
i install windows xp on latest virtualbox.
i enabled usb connection and added the list various USB devices connected to the computer. (generic RNDIS device was the windows mobile device for me.)
once i started windows xp , it imediately detected the device and started installing drivers. i installed activesync software and now it works like charm.

i m sharing my /home/directory with windows xp. it shows up as a network drive. and i imported my contacts from evolution to outlook. and copied my media files onto the windows mobile device.

virtualbox is really very simple to use. :)

i'd suggest that if you are not able to work with synce try using virtualbox

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