After switching between mobile phones several times I always lost some data, contacts, media, so on…
There is a Linux tool called Gammu which allows to connect a selection of mobile phones. It seems that Gammus functionality is maximal for Nokia and Siemens, but I will give it a try on my Sony Ericsson…
The configuration is not trivial and I found some hints on JohnMcClumpha.org:
Install Gammu
Installing gammu is surprisingly easy (once again thanks to the wonders of apt-get), just use the following command:
sudo apt-get install gammu
Hard wasn’t it? 😉
OK now it’s time to plug your phone in and see if we can get things talking. With the phone connected, type the following command:
lsusb
you should now see your phone listed as a device – for example:
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0421:0802 Nokia Mobile Phones
if not – make sure your cables and power are all good and try again.
The gammu installation comes with some example configuration files which are worth using as a starting point – if nothing else they help you to understand how gammu can be configured so that you can tailor a solution for your needs. These are located in
/usr/share/doc/gammu/examples (in gZip archives).
Copy the gammurc file to /etc/gammurc :
sudo cp /usr/share/doc/gammu/examples/config/gammurc /etc/gammurc
Now edit /etc/gammurc to specify your port and connection type (this will vary based upon where/how you have things plugged in and what sort of cable/interface your phone is using). The settings for mine are:
port = /dev/ttyACM0 connection = dku5
Save this config and from the shell type:
gammu --identify
you should now be presented with some information regaqrding your phone such as:
Manufacturer : Nokia Model : 7200 (RH-23) Firmware : 3.110 T (18-03-04) Hardware : 0903 IMEI : 353363000813894 Original IMEI : 353363/00/081389/4 Manufactured : 04/2004 Product code : 0514143 UEM : 16
If this is the case then you have got gammu up and running and can send yourself a test message with the following command:
echo "boo" | gammu --sendsms TEXT [recipient mobile number]
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