Problems connecting cell phones to Puppy

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Liboicl
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Problems connecting cell phones to Puppy

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I have two phones which I am trying to get to work in Puppy Linux. My current version is Lucid Puppy 5.2.

1. A nameless watch phone from Hong Kong.

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# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        9730    78149600+  83  Linux
# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0409:005a
Bus 008 Device 002: ID 1532:0009
# tail /var/log/messages
Jan 15 11:49:21 puppypc user.info kernel: usb 7-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Jan 15 11:49:21 puppypc user.err kernel: usb 7-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Jan 15 11:49:21 puppypc user.err kernel: usb 7-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Jan 15 11:49:22 puppypc user.info kernel: usb 7-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
Jan 15 11:49:22 puppypc user.err kernel: usb 7-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Jan 15 11:49:22 puppypc user.err kernel: usb 7-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
Jan 15 11:49:22 puppypc user.info kernel: usb 7-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
Jan 15 11:49:23 puppypc user.err kernel: usb 7-1: device not accepting address 4, error -71
Jan 15 11:49:23 puppypc user.info kernel: usb 7-1: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
Jan 15 11:49:23 puppypc user.err kernel: usb 7-1: device not accepting address 5, error -71
Jan 15 11:49:23 puppypc user.err kernel: hub 7-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
2. Motorola ROKR E8

Plugging this device in doesn't change anything that was listed above.


Conclusion:
1.The first phone works perfectly fine in Windows XP. I have tried running it through a Virtual Box, but Linux doesn't enumerate it on the usb device list. When I plug it in the phone asks what type of connection to make [Mass Storage, Webcam, COM Port] I choose Mass Storage and it says Done.

2. The second phone I have never had connected to a computer before. The previous owner, one of my friends has on Windows Vista with working results. The cable I am using is a universal cable from Hong Kong, so it may be the problem. I have not had a chance to test this one on Windows XP because I no longer have any Windows operating system in my house.

EDIT: I'm pretty sure the second one is a problem with the cable. I think it will only charge and not transfer data.

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