Re: [Bitpim-devel] Re: Sanyo Sprint phones -- Sanyo SCP-8100 info

[Mr. M. L. <mai...@ya...>]

this is great! i have a sanyo 4900, and i assume it
should be the same.

I'm anxious to know when i can start using bitpim in
linux to load images and midi files onto my phone!:)


--- Loren Passmore
<mic...@us...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks to Roger's excellent help, I can report
> success in accessing the 
> internal filesystem of the Sanyo SCP-8100.
> My main goal in doing this is to be able to use
> BitPim to access/backup 
> my phonebook info, and I've found the file that
> contains that 
> information, so that's a start.
> 
> Details:
> -Phone is attached by generic USB cable for this
> phone (purchased on 
> ebay from eforcity.com)
> -I installed the free software provided by Sprint 
>
(http://sprint.com/pcsbusiness/gettechnical/applications/pcs_connection.html)
> 
> 
> -At this point, the phone appears as a modem in the
> Control 
> Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager
> -Right click/properties on "Sanyo USB Phone". 
> Select "Modem" tab in 
> dialog, and note port (in my case, COM3)
> -Now launch BitPim. Go Edit/Settings and enter the
> com port in the 
> appropriate field, e.g. "COM3"
> -From View menu in BitPim, make sure "View
> Filesystem" is checked
> -now, on BitPim's Filesystem tab, you can explore
> the filesystem of the 
> phone.
> 
> Filesystem:
> -I extracted the whole filesystem using the very
> useful "Backup Entire 
> Tree" option available by right-clicking on the
> directory tree in the 
> filesystem tab.
> -I located my contact information in directory
> /nvm/nvm/nvm_0008
> -/nvm/nvm/nvm_0020 also has some contact
> information, perhaps the call 
> history?
> 
> I'm interested in working to integrate reading of
> this info into BitPim. 
> I haven't started to look at the code, but wanted to
> go ahead and post 
> this info.
> 
> Roger, thanks again for your help.
> 
> -loren
> 
> 
> 
>
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