On 10/3/2012 7:17 AM, Nux! wrote:
On 02.10.2012 23:29, Frank Cox wrote:
My cell phone provider just sent me a letter stating that my 3 year contract is up and they will give me a Samsung Galaxy 3 if I will sign a new contract.
I'm wondering how well (or if) that phone will work with Centos 6. My existing Samsung phone (can't remember the model number) doesn't integrate well or at all with Centos; whenever I plug it into the computer it finds the phone but apparently can't actually communicate with it so I can't transfer data back and forth without having to remove the memory card from the phone and copy information directly to and from that. Which is a nuisance.
Hi,
It should work fine; this phone I think supports native usb storage, just connect the phone with a usb cable and go in Settings somewhere and activate the usb storage feature. That's how I use my Samsung ave II and my better half's Galaxy Mini, at least. There's also Bluetooth if you're looking at transferring files. In addition to that you can install apps on the phone that can talk CIFS and FTP..
So no need to really mess with the SD card.
The S3 also comes with "Kies air". This allows you to access almost everything on the phone through a web browser. There is a java applet that it uses for file transfers, although I think you can still transfer single files even without the applet.
I haven't tried it on Linux, but it works just fine with the Windows version of Chrome and I don't think it is doing anything that would cause any cross-platform issues.