Re: New A700 firmware (XL08) enables access under bitpim

Thanks for the nicely detailed reply Stephen.  It looks like there are a
few things I can do to help get the A700 supported. (pointers/links in any
of the areas appreciated).

1. Get a source mode environment going to run tests (start at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitpim).  Fresh coding will be another
matter but I'm fairly good at debug work.  I'll look at the SPH-A620
profile to get started (my wife has this phone anyway).  Is the A620
profile pretty robust already, or should I avoid letting her edit her
phonebook/photos/ringers with it (for her, a working phone is priority #1,
2, and 3 ... I'm in enough trouble when I mess with the TiVo :D )?

2. Find a reasonable way to test the modem/filesystem mode switching.  I
don't have vision (don't use the browsing enough to justify the monthly
charges), so I can't test modem mode cheaply.  Any pointers here to
another test method?  I don't have snapsync and I don't see a trial
version of the website.  Datapilot doesn't seem to have support for the
A700.

3. Start examining the protocol results using a terminal.  This will take
some reading of the file dev-docs dev-doc/samsungnotes.txt you mentioned. 
I'm also guessing the phonebook files themselves need binary field parsing
or are they returned in a pre-delimited form?  Also do some reading on
what the heck BREW is :)

4. Post findings back here of protocol to make sure I've got it straight. 
Filesystem view in read only mode seems to work easily enough.  Video
files are stored in 3g2 format.  Quicktime 6.5 can play them.  Photos are
in jpg format.  Info (name identification primarily) on both are stored in
separate files.  Is there any general documentation on the filesystem of
this phone (or "these" if most the of recent vintage CDMA phones are
similar)?

5. Assuming efforts from 1-4 haven't resulted in it already, see if I can
understand Python and the various phone-specific files to hazard an
attempt at writing an A700 profile (since no-one has one yet).

Anything I've missed??

Jerry





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