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

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 13:55:27 -0600 (CST), Gerald Fountain
<[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 )?
I would get the source code running in the background and focus on the
protocol first.   But the MM-A700 will be based on the A620 code,
unless the phones are wildly different.

The A620 code is fine for reading the phonebook and wallpaper.  I do
not recommend writing to the A620 phonebook with any existing BitPim
version, (see my post earlier today on crappy firmware for why). 
Phonebook writing will either be fixed or disabled for the next BitPim
release.

> 
> 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.
Just click the right mouse button on a filename in the filesystem view
and select go to modem mode.  Then immediately quit BitPim and try
talking to your phone with a terminal program.  If you can send AT
commands (e.g. AT&V) and get responses, then you are in modem mode.

> 
> 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 :)
The phonebook is all in ASCII with AT commands like AT#PBOKR.

Surf the web to find out what BREW is.  Here "Brew mode", "Diagnostic
Mode", and "Filesystem Mode" are basically synonymous.

Stephen


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