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Questions tagged [phone]

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Cisco Jabber for Linux?

Some people at our company are using a so called Cisco Jabber in Windows OS to improve handling of phone calls directly at the PC instead of using the telephone anymore. After installation, one has to register the client to the server just with a…
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How can I get my photos off of an old cell phone in Linux?

I have an old, non-Android flip phone (Samsung SPH-M400) from about 2012, and I would like to get the photos off of it. The phone is fully functional, but its service is deactivated. I have tried everything I can think of to get those photos off.…
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Getting a true open-source only OS running on a phone? Android?

I've read a lot, and heard both sides, but still slightly in the cloud when it comes to android. Android is a open source OS, but when I buy a phone, it comes preloaded with google services and apps that are clearly not open-source, and are…
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How to install Linux (or a similar OS) on smartphone?

I need to install Linux on my next mobile, a smartphone, which will be my first one. How do I do that? I mean, it surely won't have a CD drive and I don't see a way for including a USB drive or even getting into BIOS. Can I install it via computer…
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Arch linux on phone, with touch-oriented DE

There's (finally) starting to be a move towards "phones as portable desktops." I'm surprised it's taken this long. The basic idea is that phones are powerful enough to run full software and operating systems, so why not just give them a toggleable…
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Recover data from broken Samsung phone

I've got an old Android phone with broken display and I'd like to get the data (in particular photos) out of it. I connected it to my computer but it did not mount automatically and mount says that "no medium found". With dmesg and lsusb I see that…
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Arch Linux: not able to get to Nokia phone storage

I have a Nokia 230 mobile (basic model). I am using Arch Linux. I was able to connect mobile to my laptop using USB and was able to see the storage files using pcmanfn (file manager). I used to get notification when I connect to my laptop.…
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How do I get my phone to ring using Linphone and MagicJack?

I have a VOIP number setup with Linphone and IPKall. I am using my old magicJack to connect my handset. The handset works for voice input and output, but when I receive a call, it only rings in the handset speaker, so I have to set the output device…
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batch curl request w/ https address txt file

I have multiple phones I am trying to obtain the up time for phones. I have enabled REST API for all phones and am looking to run CURL scripts to get the value of uptime. I have a script to get the value off of a Polycom phone. The below command…
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sudo error unable to resolve host locahost (using linuxdeploy on android device)

So I installed linuxdeploy on my phone to mess around with a debian linux. Installed debian 9 for arm64 and so far so good. Only when I run any "sudo" command, I'm getting the following warning: sudo: unable to resolve host localhost: no such file…
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Turn a Raspberry Pi 3B+ (Raspian Stretch) into a bluetooth headset (HSP)

I have a high end USB headset that I am trying to use with my cell phone for making phone calls while in my office. Obviously, I cannot plug a USB headset into an Android or iPhone so I am attempting a new project. I would like to plug the headset…
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Touch command "Invalid timestamp" android phone

I have used the adb shell command to shell into my android device. I then tried to run the command... touch -t 201108231405.14 *.png To changed the modified time of all the files in the Photos directory of the device. The error message I get…
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Access files on Samsung GT-S5230 (Avila)

I'm a new (still new) linux user (Fedora, LXDE). The phone I currently use is Samsung Avila, or Samsung Star (Samsung GT-S5230, http://www.samsung.com/pl/consumer/mobile-devices/other-phones/others/GT-S5230LKAPLS/,…
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How to switch Huawei CDMA 2252+ to USB from CD-ROM?

I have Huawei CDMA 2252+ phone and I want to connect it to Linux to send SMS. In Fedora 15 (64bit) it is taken as CD-ROM. This is the output of dmesg after the phone is plugged in. [10887.524339] USB Mass Storage support registered. [10888.614507]…
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Is there an ARM repository for Arch Linux?

I'm trying to create a chroot for my rooted Android phone. I want to do this with the arch_bootstrap.sh script found on the wiki, but I can't find an ARM repository. My PC is x86_64 Arch Linux and my mobile is a HTC Desire running Cyanogenmod 7.
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