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Sorry, I think i'm missing something. Everywhere I've looked it says the gnokiirc file should be named ".gnokiirc". How does a person name a file this? It has to be done in Xterm doesn't it? When i try to rename the file from the filemanager it gives me an error. What would be the command to rename from xterm? I can copy the file in xterm, but it's not named correctly. Everybody else has managed to get past this part, so there must be something I don't know. I did change the .gnokiirc file, but right now there's still a name infront of it. (Pretty new to the Xterm side of the IT)

Ok... You knew this was coming, so let's get it over with: You need to read up on basic *nix commands.

That said, here's what you need to do:

$> mv gnokiirc .gnokiirc

On *nix you use the move command to rename files. Remember that on *nix everything is a file, so no-one come back with stuff about folders, devices and links.

Hmmm... I had fixing phonelink on my N800 todo list, and here's a funky thing: I installed phonelink from the package on the Maemo repository, and when I ssh to the box, gnokii is NOT installed. The Package Manager says it's installed, but I can't find the executables. My guess is that will cut into the functionality of phonelink What do you think?

What's the current recommended package for an N800?

a good way to find what files a .deb package is installing is to read the .list file it creates in /var/lib/dpkg/info.
$ cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/yourpackagename.list

Thanks for the tip, but that's not the question. This is:

What version of the phonelink installation is the Nokia Internet Tablet community currently favouring?

BTW - That won't necessarily tell you what the package installed. It just tells you what it's supposed to install.

find / -name gnokii* is what I used. It tells me what's actually on my system.

Hope I understand the question; I have been using extensively version 0.7 (that's the latest) for several months in my N800 without serious problems. If you want to build something on top, I think that's the version to choose. I would be happy to test anything you build.

Some side notes:
1. The SMS is not sent if the phone is inside a menu (maybe this is a specific problem on my mobile, Nokia 6310) and you don't get any notification about it. It has happened to me many times to be inside the phone's contacts menu reading the number of the person I want to sent the SMS, which meant that I never sent that message. Very annoying..
2. There isn't a confirmation that the SMS was sent.
3. The delivery notification (you can set in your phone's SMS settings) never arrives if you sent it through the phonelink software.
4. The sent SMS is not saved anywhere (neither on the software nor in the phone's memory)
5. It uses something that comes with the GPE (can't remember now), but it is not registered properly (sorry for missing the proper technical terms). What I mean is that you can uninstall it without getting the prompt that this is used by the phonelink. Thereafter, the phonelink fails to start without any details, unless you start it in xterm witch tells you which part is missing.

Big thanks to Fred for his efforts.

Chris

Thanks for you answer, and I will read up on the commands. It was all for nothing though, I don't think my phone supports Remote SMS. (I used the AT model and tried channel 1-14, 3/4 were audio, and 10/11 were file transfer, according to the little icons on my phone. )

It connects to my Sony Ericsson W810i, but none of the command works.

Phonelink easier to install (0.8 Bora)

the installer creates a valid gnokii configuration file if none is present ...
Hope this will help those finding it difficult to install.
Checkout garage !
Enjoy
Fred

Lightweight gets Phonelink v0.8 to work

I'm i bit of a newbee to all this so took a while – here is what I did and hope this is of help to other doderers like me. The latest version much easier – I have tried in the past and failed. Thanks Fred :-).

1.You need your phones bluetooth MAC address – you can find this using the N800 using Tools > Contol pannel then bluetooth. Click the 'devices' button – select your phone – click 'edit' the address is the 00:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx number at the bottom.

2.Load GPE contacts database – you will need this to put the phone numbers in you want to SMS or auto-dial using phonelink. It installs from here http://www.cobb.uk.net/770/gpe-calendar.install

3.Populate the GPE contacts database with some names and numbers (it will have loaded by default into the 'extras' folder) – I managed to send v.cards from my mobile to populate the database as it as a v.card import tool – but don't worry if you don't know how to do that just type :-).

4.Install https://garage.maemo.org/frs/downloa...6.14_armel.deb then install https://garage.maemo.org/frs/downloa...bora_armel.deb

5.Ok tricky bit – you need to have X terminal loaded http://maemo-hackers.org/osso-xterm.install. Launch X terminal (also in extras by default – you get a black screen with a ~ $

type the following lines

cd /home/user
vi .gnokiirc << note the dot . Before the gnokiirc >>

press “i” to enter text edit mode (a capital I appears at the bottom) you can then edit the text and change :

port=00.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx to your phones MAC address.
model = xxxx to your phones number e.g. 6021

and scroll down a bit – press PgDn on the right of the screen

TELEPHONE = xxxxxxxxxxx your phones number

Then type :wq and the file will be saved – phew. You can close X terminal

6.Start phone link
Ta-da
Press the search button and the entries you put in GPE contact will appear. Select one and press ADD and it will appear on the right hand side. Select it then press the SMS button at the bottom and a window will pop up to enter the SMS text then off it goes. Make sure your N800 and phone have bluetooth turned on :-)

Good luck