Mobile phones and datacards

some (brief and preliminary) notes on mobile internet and phone issues...

mobile phones & UMTS/GPRS

supposing all the bluetooth stuff is working and the rfcomm bindings are correct - find the right channel via

 sdptool query dun

here is a working wvdial configuration for Austrian mobile provider ONE (tested on Nokia 6120 and Nokia 6021)

 [Dialer One]
 Modem = /dev/rfcomm1
 ISDN = off
 Modem Type = Analog Modem
 Baud = 460800
 Init = ATZ
 Init2 = ATM0
 Init3 = at+cgdcont=1,"IP","web.one.at"
 Init4 = 
 Init5 = 
 Init6 = 
 Init7 = 
 Init8 = 
 Init9 = 
 Phone = *99#
 Phone1 = 
 Phone2 = 
 Phone3 = 
 Phone4 = 
 Dial Prefix = 
 Dial Attempts = 1
 Dial Command = ATM0L0DT
 Ask Password = off
 Password = web
 Username = web
 Auto Reconnect = on
 Abort on Busy = off
 Carrier Check = off
 Check Def Route = off
 Abort on No Dialtone = off
 Stupid Mode = on
 Idle Seconds = 0
 Auto DNS = on

(UMTS) mobile datacards

a working wvdial configuration for a A1-Vodafone PCMCIA data card
from Austrian provider A1

 [Dialer A1]
 Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
 ISDN = off
 Modem Type = Analog Modem
 Baud = 460800
 Init = ATZ
 Init2 = ATM0
 Init3 = at+cgdcont=1,"IP","A1.net"
 Init4 = 
 Init5 = 
 Init6 = 
 Init7 = 
 Init8 = 
 Init9 = 
 Phone = *99***1#
 Phone1 = 
 Phone2 = 
 Phone3 = 
 Phone4 = 
 Dial Prefix = 
 Dial Attempts = 1
 Dial Command = ATM1L1DT
 Ask Password = off
 Password = ppp
 Username = ppp@A1plus.at
 Auto Reconnect = on
 Abort on Busy = off
 Carrier Check = off
 Check Def Route = off
 Abort on No Dialtone = off
 Stupid Mode = off
 Idle Seconds = 0
 Auto DNS = on

mounting phone filesystem

install obexfs and fuse
find right channel (OBEX File Transfer)

  sdptool browse

/etc/fstab:

  obexfs#-b00-1D-6E-41-6C-E6\040-B11    /mnt/mobile fuse user,noauto 0 0

now:

  mount /mnt/mobile

and unmount with:

 fusemount -u /mnt/mobile