On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 17:55 -0600, Robert Yaklin wrote: > I have also sniffed the communication when attempting to use > BlackBerry Media Sync which does not support my devices but does send
That one could be helpful also .... > a LIST command...probably to get the filesystem size. I suspect that > Media Sync may work with devices with 1GB or more of on-board device > memory, but I don't have one and have not downloaded the emulator yet. > > On 1/7/09, Robert Yaklin <ryak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mass storage only works for devices with an SD card, and then ONLY to > > transfer to/from the SD card. I've got older 7xxx and 8xxx series > > devices that do not have a memory card slot. > > > > On 1/7/09, Jason Thomas <ja...@debian.org> wrote: > >> Hi Robert, > >> > >> Linux should be able to access your bb as a USB Mass Storage device. > >> Below is the output from my kernel when I connect my bb, on Debian sid. > >> > >> > >> [1909612.689528] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and > >> address 10 > >> [1909612.877830] usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > >> [1909612.890095] scsi13 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices > >> [1909612.893632] usb-storage: device found at 10 > >> [1909612.893635] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before > >> scanning > >> [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0fca, > >> idProduct=0004 > >> [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=5, > >> SerialNumber=3 > >> [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: Product: RIM Composite Device > >> [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: Manufacturer: Research In Motion > >> [1909612.890095] usb 2-1: SerialNumber: > >> FE216BF928723656BAAF354554BE01110D6407F3 > >> [1909618.163710] usb-storage: device scan complete > >> [1909618.297134] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access RIM Blackberry SD > >> 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 CCS > >> [1909618.310404] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] 15954944 512-byte hardware sectors > >> (8169 MB) > >> [1909618.311991] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > >> [1909618.312000] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 53 > >> [1909618.312004] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > >> [1909618.324510] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] 15954944 512-byte hardware sectors > >> (8169 MB) > >> [1909618.328093] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off > >> [1909618.328102] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 53 > >> [1909618.328107] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through > >> [1909618.328113] sdb: sdb1 > >> [1909618.336159] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk > >> [1909618.336159] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 17:01 -0600, Robert Yaklin wrote: > >>> I found the Barry project in my quest to get file transfer to/from > >>> BlackBerry device memory working without using Roxio Media Manager. > >>> >From what I have read about Barry and the parts of the source I have > >>> looked at, it appears that Barry does not support this. From searching > >>> the web and RIM's site, there does not appear to be any lightweight > >>> program to do this and I'm not going to waste my time trying to > >>> contact RIM to ask them to write one since others have not found them > >>> very responsive. > >>> > >>> Sniffing the USB communication reveals that there is some > >>> initialization after which simple commands like GET and PUT and LIST > >>> are used to do transfers. > >>> > >>> I'm not much of a programmer and would like to see if anyone has or > >>> could write a utility that I could use to send packets to endpoint 0x4 > >>> or 0x3 (depending on BB model) and read from endpoint 0x83. I could > >>> then continue investigating and documenting the protocol. > >>> > >>> I've also been unable to get Barry to compile on my Debian system... > >>> Something about "no matching function for call to..." when compiling > >>> base64.cc. > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > >>> It is the best place to buy or sell services for > >>> just about anything Open Source. > >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Barry-devel mailing list > >>> Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel > >> -- > >> Jason Thomas > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > >> It is the best place to buy or sell services for > >> just about anything Open Source. > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Barry-devel mailing list > >> Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel > >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > _______________________________________________ > Barry-devel mailing list > Barry-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/barry-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. 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