On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:35:40 +0200 Mark Panen <mark.pa...@gmail.com> dijo:
>> Although OT if you have an android phone, virtual cable is an >> alternative to bluetooth, it uses FTP via the cell switch, or a >> wireless router if you use one at home as I do. Also its fast, much >> faster than bluetooth. I was always under the impression that >> bluetooth was intended for control purposes rather than control. > Richard, please explain in detail, how to use a usb cable, i am > desperate. You need a USB cable with mini or micro connector on one end (depending on the make and model of the phone, and a regular USB connector on the other end for the computer. Just plug the phone in. The Linux computer should mount it automatically. If it does not, use dmesg |tail or var/log/messages to see what happened when you plugged it in. On my older Froyo phone it mounted automatically, but on my new Gingerbread phone the phone pops up a message asking if I want to set it up in USB mode. It doesn't mount until I say OK. Once I say OK I see Nautilus pop up a browser window. When I first started using an Android phone I tried connecting via Bluetooth. I didn't have much problem pairing and connecting, but data transfer was lagged into the next week. Seriously slow. Like ten minutes to transfer a 20 MB MP3 file. And I had 30 GB to put on the phone's SD card. Then I just connected the USB cable and got decent transfer rates. Nowadays I still use the Bluetooth connection, but only if I just need to transfer a pic quickly to the computer. Bluetooth is easier and faster to set up for me because I usually have to rummage around for the USB cable. But for serious file transfers, forget it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111022085513.1cc99...@mailhost.pdx.edu
