Camera with GSM ;)
So I’ve replaced my rusty D70 with a new cam. Not quite 
, but the D750i‘s camera is pretty decent for a phone. Sony released three phones being pretty much exactly the same except for acessories and firmware. I got the D750i, cheapest of the three, which appears to be a T-Mobile branded w800, not too much different from the k750i.
In Linux the phone acts as a usb-storage device when connected using the USB cable. Bluetooth OBEX transfers work fine as well.
What I wasn’t able to get working and I would appreciate any help from lazyweb is external GPRS connections. While I was able to connect from within the phone, using jmirc, connecting a computer or my palm through the phone remains a wish. The modem refuses to accept the init string I used in my old siemens s55 (at+cgdcont=1,"IP","internet"). If I leave that out and just dial *99#1, the phone bails out and pppd dies unhappily:
GNOME PPP: Connecting... GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.54.0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Initializing modem. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATX3 GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATX3 GNOME PPP: STDERR: OK GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Modem initialized. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Sending: ATM1L3DT*99# GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Waiting for carrier. GNOME PPP: STDERR: ATM1L3DT*99# GNOME PPP: STDERR: CONNECT GNOME PPP: STDERR: ~[7f]}#@!}!}!} }8}#}$@#}(}"}'}"}"}&} } } } }%}&,t}1}>8}#~ GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Carrier detected. Waiting for prompt. GNOME PPP: STDERR: ~[7f]}#@!}!}"} }8}#}$@#}(}"}'}"}"}&} } } } }%}&,t}1}>r[11]~ GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> PPP negotiation detected. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Starting pppd at Sun Aug 14 04:44:18 2005 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> pid of pppd: 759 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Using interface ppp0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> pppd: X3 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> pppd: X3 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> pppd: X3 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> pppd: X3 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> pppd: X3 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> pppd: X3 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> Disconnecting at Sun Aug 14 04:44:23 2005 state: 0 state: 0 GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> The PPP daemon has died: PPP negotiation failed (exit code = 10) GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> man pppd explains pppd error codes in more detail. GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> I guess that's it for now, exiting GNOME PPP: STDERR: --> The PPP daemon has died. (exit code = 10)
If you know what sort of voodoo needs to be applied in the internet profile or what magical init string the phone accepts, I would be greatful. Uncle google will not talk to me.
Of course replacing the custom t-mobile firmware with w800′s would be rad as I am not using t-mobile. But I’m not sure it’s possible at all.
Update: Thanks for the help folks, just using the connection ID in the dial string is all that is needed (*99***[CID]#). I will post some sample images from the phone soonish.