ok I figured it out, it wasn't so hard, but maybe you could add it to your guide for newbies like me ;] I had to set permissions for nonroot user on /dev/tty0 (just to be sure I set them also on /dev/ttyACM0)
It's working now! thanks a lot!
HowTo: Use MyPhoneExplorer under GNU/Linux (English Version)
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weinbi_restored
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floD_restored
Hi there!
First of all: thanks a lot for this great tutorial! I just switched from winXP to Ubuntu 7.10 and did not want to miss MPE (syncing my phone and writing SMS without breaking my thumbs )
I first tried to do it using VirtualBox (seamles mode is incredible!), but I did not manage to connect my k610i via USB ("phone could not be identified"). --> last chance: wine...
So here are some hints of what I had trouble with (maybe helpful for others):
- the command $ regsvr32 *.dll actually does NOT work. It only regs the first DLL found in the working directory. You have to go in the MPE-directory and the DLL-subdirectory and reg those files manually. Important: the OCX-files have to be registered the same way. Otherwise you get ugly Runtime Errors and MPE won't start... (I think it is what allotment did with a loop)
- As mentioned in this forum, the kWab.dll does not have to be registered. (Good for those who read this before trying, I didn't ) Trying to register it my gdm crashed and I lost my session... (maybe it has to do with the graphics driver, mine is a closed nvidia driver)
After linking the COM1-port, as allotment described, MPE finally started (wow!)
First impression and writing a test-SMS (writing SMS is the most important feature to me) seems to be positive!
It took some time and now it finally works.
I do not have any more energy to try it out for myself today, so I'm just asking:
Did anyone try to upgrade MPE 1.3.3 from the wine-edition with a newer version? @FJ: can you give a hint if it could be possible or are there any changes which make it completely impossible? Would be great, if I can save some hours
Thanks!
flo
First of all: thanks a lot for this great tutorial! I just switched from winXP to Ubuntu 7.10 and did not want to miss MPE (syncing my phone and writing SMS without breaking my thumbs )
I first tried to do it using VirtualBox (seamles mode is incredible!), but I did not manage to connect my k610i via USB ("phone could not be identified"). --> last chance: wine...
So here are some hints of what I had trouble with (maybe helpful for others):
- the command $ regsvr32 *.dll actually does NOT work. It only regs the first DLL found in the working directory. You have to go in the MPE-directory and the DLL-subdirectory and reg those files manually. Important: the OCX-files have to be registered the same way. Otherwise you get ugly Runtime Errors and MPE won't start... (I think it is what allotment did with a loop)
- As mentioned in this forum, the kWab.dll does not have to be registered. (Good for those who read this before trying, I didn't ) Trying to register it my gdm crashed and I lost my session... (maybe it has to do with the graphics driver, mine is a closed nvidia driver)
After linking the COM1-port, as allotment described, MPE finally started (wow!)
First impression and writing a test-SMS (writing SMS is the most important feature to me) seems to be positive!
It took some time and now it finally works.
I do not have any more energy to try it out for myself today, so I'm just asking:
Did anyone try to upgrade MPE 1.3.3 from the wine-edition with a newer version? @FJ: can you give a hint if it could be possible or are there any changes which make it completely impossible? Would be great, if I can save some hours
Thanks!
flo
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FJ_restored
In the first post you'll find a link to a wine-version: http://www.fjsoft.at/files/MyPhoneExplorer_wine.zip
This is v1.6.1. You cannot use the common MyPhoneExplorer cause it seems to be impossible to register or use the file SPort.dll which is used from the common MPE for the communication.
This is v1.6.1. You cannot use the common MyPhoneExplorer cause it seems to be impossible to register or use the file SPort.dll which is used from the common MPE for the communication.
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Eddie Plum_restored
floD, I too am using Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) but I cannot get the VB6 runtimes to install. Can you tell me if you had any problems with this and how you got around it?
I tried VirtualBox as well. It seems to have problems with USB on any platform (I have a virtual Gutsy box on my work windows machine).
Ed.
I tried VirtualBox as well. It seems to have problems with USB on any platform (I have a virtual Gutsy box on my work windows machine).
Ed.
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weinbi_restored
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Eddie Plum_restored
weinbi, please see my earlier post for error text
I could not download from the MS site for some reason - it just times out after a couple of minutes. I have tried various download locations found by Googling. I have tried different versions of the runtimes installer. I have even tried manually downloading and registering all the files!
I have deleted ~/.wine for now, so there's a clean slate for trying again.
Ed.
I could not download from the MS site for some reason - it just times out after a couple of minutes. I have tried various download locations found by Googling. I have tried different versions of the runtimes installer. I have even tried manually downloading and registering all the files!
I have deleted ~/.wine for now, so there's a clean slate for trying again.
Ed.
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floD_restored
Thanks FJ for that link, this is the location, I downloaded my version from.
Will this version be updated sometimes or is it for some reason (the DLLs?) the last version ever, that could be built for wine?
@Eddie Plum: I had some trouble installing the VB runtime, but I read about extracting the files and putting them in the system32-folder manually... If I remember correctly it was by putting the parameter /D on the install package of the VB6 runtime. I am not on my Ubuntu system right now, so if it does not work, let me know and I will look up the exact way step-by-step.
Flo
Will this version be updated sometimes or is it for some reason (the DLLs?) the last version ever, that could be built for wine?
@Eddie Plum: I had some trouble installing the VB runtime, but I read about extracting the files and putting them in the system32-folder manually... If I remember correctly it was by putting the parameter /D on the install package of the VB6 runtime. I am not on my Ubuntu system right now, so if it does not work, let me know and I will look up the exact way step-by-step.
Flo
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FJ_restored
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floD_restored
Hi FJ,
I see... Thanks a lot for doing that work for Linux users!
Sorry, if I'm getting a little offtopic
When you have to do the same rewritings everytime it could be helpfull to use diff-tools or versioning systems like SVN... This can help you managing different versions of the program and applying updates to different branches.
Of course, it's only a tip! The engineering is yours
Flo
I see... Thanks a lot for doing that work for Linux users!
Sorry, if I'm getting a little offtopic
When you have to do the same rewritings everytime it could be helpfull to use diff-tools or versioning systems like SVN... This can help you managing different versions of the program and applying updates to different branches.
Of course, it's only a tip! The engineering is yours
Flo
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Gast
Hi, I'm trying to get this working with Ubuntu 7.10
I've got MyPhoneExplorer up and running with Wine, except for a small problem when I try to exit: I get a box saying "run time error '6': overflow" and then in order to get rid of the tray icon I have to go into services and manually stop the 1.6KB "zombie" service MyPhoneExplorer. I also have a minor problem in that the 'minimize to tray' button hovers on my screen even when i minimize the window.
However, my biggest problem is that I can't get bluetooth to work. I followed the tutorial above as far as I could, but I don't think bluetooth settings are quite the same in Ubuntu as in SUSE. Although my phone is paired and trusted by my computer, it's still not working.It may be because I don't have a file called /dev/rfcomm0. I found a file in /usr/bin/ called rfcomm and tried it with this but with no success.
So, any ideas?
I've got MyPhoneExplorer up and running with Wine, except for a small problem when I try to exit: I get a box saying "run time error '6': overflow" and then in order to get rid of the tray icon I have to go into services and manually stop the 1.6KB "zombie" service MyPhoneExplorer. I also have a minor problem in that the 'minimize to tray' button hovers on my screen even when i minimize the window.
However, my biggest problem is that I can't get bluetooth to work. I followed the tutorial above as far as I could, but I don't think bluetooth settings are quite the same in Ubuntu as in SUSE. Although my phone is paired and trusted by my computer, it's still not working.It may be because I don't have a file called /dev/rfcomm0. I found a file in /usr/bin/ called rfcomm and tried it with this but with no success.
So, any ideas?
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Eddie Plum_restored
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Gast
No, I can connect to and browse my phone fine using the built-in bluetooth manager... It's just getting it to work with wine that isn't working.I have found bluetooth to be rather flaky in Gutsy. It's been pretty stable is Suse since 9.x, but I often have to restart both my computer and my phone to reestablish a bluetooth connection in Ubuntu.
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Gast
Sorry but I'm having trouble getting the phone to work with USB
I really like this app and would love to be able to get it running, so any help would be appreciated
I've managed to register all the .dlls and .ocxs, and the program loads successfully, however, when following the usb guide:
Using the 1st command, I get an error that the dosdrive folder doesn't exist (And it doesn't when I go to check ), and navigating to the dosdevices folder and running the 2nd command, it says 'replace 'com1''? and is blank, and I am unsure what to put. Typing yes/y does nothing, and just takes me back to the command line.
Anyone know how to get it running?
I really like this app and would love to be able to get it running, so any help would be appreciated
I've managed to register all the .dlls and .ocxs, and the program loads successfully, however, when following the usb guide:
Code: Alles auswählen
:~/$ cd ~/.wine/dosdrive/
:~/.wine/dosdevices$ ln -is /dev/ttyACM0 com1 Anyone know how to get it running?
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Gast
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weinbi_restored
The folder's probably called ~/.wine/dosdevices instead
You're right. I edited the the howto.
So the problem is, probably, that in your distri this file has another name. Use google to find out how it is called! The replace all commands with "rfcomm0" with your filename.It may be because I don't have a file called /dev/rfcomm0. I found a file in /usr/bin/ called rfcomm and tried it with this but with no success.
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Gast
Fixed it using this page: http://ubuntology.com/2007/10/27/access ... ntu-gutsy/So the problem is, probably, that in your distri this file has another name. Use google to find out how it is called! The replace all commands with "rfcomm0" with your filename.
Before I run MyPhoneExplorer I have to run "rfcomm connect 0 XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX 2", but that's a minor inconvenience.
Thanks very much for your help!
P.S. I still have the "run time error 6" problem mentioned above, any ideas?
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Gast
i can't install mpe... i have already installed wine and vb6, and followed all the steps... but it still occur an error message and the installation don't go on.
"Run-time error '429'
You do not hava an appropriate license to use this functionality"
any sugestions?!
thanks for all the work i have been tried many handset manager... the last one wammu... but anyone is like the mpe that i used in windows... with all my important messages saved in a file and i would love to use it again in ubuntu
"Run-time error '429'
You do not hava an appropriate license to use this functionality"
any sugestions?!
thanks for all the work i have been tried many handset manager... the last one wammu... but anyone is like the mpe that i used in windows... with all my important messages saved in a file and i would love to use it again in ubuntu
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weinbi_restored
Urr... I really have no idea what that could be...
But instead of install every thing per hand, you can try the new MyPhoneExplorer Installation Script: http://www.fjsoft.at/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4794
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I found a posting with the same error: http://www.fjsoft.at/forum/viewtopic.ph ... hlight=429
But this is in Windows... The solution was there to install with with admin-access, but in GNU/Linux with wine it is not so easy.
Can you give more input?
Distribution? Wine-Version?
Was the problem during the installation of the vb6? What exactly did you install? The vb6-RUNTIME is needed...
</EDIT>
But instead of install every thing per hand, you can try the new MyPhoneExplorer Installation Script: http://www.fjsoft.at/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4794
<EDIT>
I found a posting with the same error: http://www.fjsoft.at/forum/viewtopic.ph ... hlight=429
But this is in Windows... The solution was there to install with with admin-access, but in GNU/Linux with wine it is not so easy.
Can you give more input?
Distribution? Wine-Version?
Was the problem during the installation of the vb6? What exactly did you install? The vb6-RUNTIME is needed...
</EDIT>
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Gast