How to access my BlackBerry

[Mike Fleetwood]

On 14 April 2011 02:32, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 23:19 +0100, Mike Fleetwood wrote:
>> On 13 April 2011 21:26, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Wed, 2011-04-13 at 20:17 +0100, Mike Fleetwood wrote:
>> >> Sdb is where my BlackBerry is attached, but it doesn't seem to work.
>> >>
>> >> [root at edge ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
>> >> [root at edge ~]# mount /dev/sdb /mnt/0
>> >> mount: no medium found on /dev/sdb
>> >> [root at edge ~]# dd if=/dev/sdb of=/tmp/bb count=1
>> >> dd: opening `/dev/sdb': No medium found
>> >
>> > /dev/sdb is the device, /dev/sdb1 is the first partition. You need to
>> > mount the partition, not the device.
>>
>> But fdisk -l /dev/sdb produced not output and dd & mount said No medium found.
>>
>> There aren't any partitions devices to mount.
>>
>>  [root at edge ~]# ls -l /dev/sdb*
>> brw-rw----. 1 root disk 8, 16 Apr 13 22:43 /dev/sdb
>> [root at edge ~]# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/0
>> mount: special device /dev/sdb1 does not exist
>
> I just tried this with my BB 8520. I plugged in the BB, got a pop-up on
> the phone asking if I wanted Mass Storage mode, confirmed it, got the
> KDE Device Manager pop-up, clicked appropriately and duly saw the BB
> mounted as /media/BLACKBERRY, with an interesting set of subdirectories.
>
> The device logged by dmesg was /dev/sdc1.

Worked it out with help from a friend.  Can only configure the
BlackBerry to present as mass storage while attached and charging,
otherwise the option not available.

My friend's Ubuntu box makes it easier.  Just plugin the BlackBerry
and it automatically displays the menu: USB Drive, Sync Media, Charge
Only.  I guess it has different/better udev rules.

Thanks,
Mike


== Configure as mass storage

Plugin BlackBerry
(Goes into automatic charging mode)
Settings > Device > Storage > [Menu] > Enable USB Mass Storage
Unplug BlackBerry


== Use as mass storage

Plugin BlackBerry
Displays menu "BlackBerry device is plugged in:"
 USB Drive
 Sync Media
 Charge Only
Select "USB Drive"
Mass storage auto mounted and desktop runs Nautilus.

[root at edge ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Disk /dev/sdb: 1977 MB, 1977614336 bytes
62 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1021 cylinders, total 3862528 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1            8199     3862527     1927164+   6  FAT16

[root at edge ~]# df -k /media/BLACKBERRY
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1              1926912    493952   1432960  26% /media/BLACKBERRY

Unplug BlackBerry

== Configure back

Plugin BlackBerry
Displays menu "BlackBerry device is plugged in:"
 USB Drive
 Sync Media
 Charge Only
Select "Charge Only"
Unable to access mass storage.