May 9th, 2009 by shashi

Gnokii works awesomely with the Nokia 5130c-2 (XpressMusic) model using the USB for communication.

/etc/gnokiirc configuration for getting it to work (took me some time to figure):


[global]
port = /dev/ttyACM0
model = 6510
initlength = default
connection = dku2libusb
use_locking = yes
serial_baudrate = 19200
smsc_timeout = 10
[xgnokii]
allow_breakage = 0
[gnokiid]
bindir = /usr/sbin/
[connect_script]
TELEPHONE = 09876543210
[disconnect_script]
[logging]
debug = off
rlpdebug = off
xdebug = off


A sample run

anacoluthon:~# gnokii --identify
GNOKII Version 0.6.26
IMEI : 012345678901234
Manufacturer : Nokia
Model : RM-495
Product name : RM-495
Revision : V 05.80


Send sms

anacoluthon:~# /usr/games/fortune | gnokii --sendsms +919936748748
GNOKII Version 0.6.26
Send succeeded!


Some gotchas:
Works as root only at the moment. Can’t get or set ringtones . SMS reader doesn’t work with xgnokii. The connecting USB cable is too short

Next on the agenda, testing opensync with gnokii.

November 17th, 2007 by shashi

Back after a long hibernation!!

Of late, lots of websites have started asking users to register on their websites even to view content or comment on other’s writeups.

Though understandable, too many signups are an annoyance of course. Especially when they start spamming our inboxes. I happened to discover a couple of neat tricks that could help privacy freaks/lazy people like myself.

• A well known trick – BugMeNot: This aggregates account details specific to websites from everybody. When you need to signup, just visit the bugmenot site and query the accounts for the website you want to login. If you don’t find any, signup for one at that website and contribute. Paired with the firefox extension, this is a very useful tool.
• Another intelligent service – Mailinator: The most painful part of signing up is providing our email address, verifying that and get the followup spam, alerts and so on. Mailinator is a cool service that provide throwaway email addresses for you to use. Once you’ve provided the email check up in the mailbox just by giving your email address. No need to login, etc.

Neat innovations