{"id":466,"date":"2012-10-02T18:14:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T18:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=466"},"modified":"2012-10-02T18:14:59","modified_gmt":"2012-10-02T18:14:59","slug":"linux-and-android-not-talking-to-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/?p=466","title":{"rendered":"Linux and Android – Not Talking to Each Other?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had been frustrated for years with the dire support for connecting mobile phones (cellphones..) on Linux.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bluetooth support to phones was patchy, to say the least, and has been completely re-written for KDE, but still has very limited functionality..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I can (just about) connect to my Samsung Android phone, but can only transfer files to<\/span> the phone, and cannot see all the content..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is software, such as Wammu\/Gammu, and BitPim, but these tend to support older phones, and in many cases, models that are only available in certain geographies..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If I want to transfer files properly, I have to resort to a good old USB cable, and see the phone as a disk drive..<\/p>\n

As Android is based on Linux, one might suppose that communication would be easy, but – ironically – the phone support – even under Windows – tends to be less<\/span> functional, for some reason..\u00a0\u00a0 I even tried some commercial software for Windows for this purpose, and most of the sync functions simply didn’t work reliably, or at all! \u00a0\u00a0 Most instructions for sync of contact info suggest using Google as an intermediary, and this seems to be faintly ludicrous, when I only want to sync two devices that are – at most – a couple of feet apart…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am left with the impression that this may be by design, to not-so-gently promote more so-called ‘cloud’ based solutions, but I really don’t enjoy having to have all my calendar info resident on Google’s systems, just to sync to my phone on my desk..\u00a0\u00a0 This solution works well for multiple devices, and I suspect that this is seen as the sweet spot for this technology..\u00a0\u00a0 We are all assumed to have a phone, and<\/span> tablet, and<\/span> laptop…\u00a0 etc..\u00a0 etc..<\/p>\n

Having said all that, I have now been forced to take the path of least resistance, and set up sync of calendar\/appointment info from KOrganizer via Google to the phone, and it does – so far – appear to be working well..\u00a0\u00a0 I just don’t feel very happy, having to do it that way!<\/p>\n

By the way, I have to apologise for using the ‘C’ word (CLOUD)…\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is classic – and annoying – marketing hype, and I remember the pre-internet days in the ’80s, when X.25 networks were shown as a ‘cloud’ on networking technology slide presentations, and I should know, as I produced – and presented – many of these myself..!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had been frustrated for years with the dire support for connecting mobile phones (cellphones..) on Linux.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bluetooth support to phones was patchy, to say the least, and has been completely re-written for KDE, but still has very limited functionality..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I can (just about) connect to my Samsung Android phone, but can only transfer files to the …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,15,19],"tags":[84,109,117,176,242,255,300,306,354],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-android","category-linux-2","category-opinion","tag-android-2","tag-calendar","tag-cloud","tag-google","tag-linux","tag-marketing-hype","tag-phone","tag-problems","tag-sync"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rglinuxtech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}