How can I tether my Blackberry over USB cable (to sync info)? [SOLVED]

Firstly, I have to thank all of you for making this such a great community and excellent guide to getting almost anything working on Linux - this is what makes Archlinux the best distro IMHO. I have hardly ever needed to post anything here because the answers are almost always either in the wiki or the forums.
Lately though, I received a Blackberry 8310 and wanted to tether it to use its data plan here in Ecuador. After following http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Blu … GPRS_Howto using a small USB bluetooth adaptor, this has worked well and the connection stays up nicely, though very slow (to be expected). Blueman is a great program! Looking at improving my connection speeds (and reducing my latency), I am now trying to get the phone tethered via a USB cable to the phone, rather than over-the-air (Bluetooth).
The problem I am having is that I cannot establish which device exactly is the USB port connecting to? Before this phone, this worked fine on my Nokia E51 setting the modem to be /dev/ACM0. On Nokia, I would connect the phone, select PCSuite mode and 'sudo wvdial movistar' or my /etc/ppp/peers/movistar script would work fine. Blackberry however is a whole different kind of animal. I connect it with a standard USB cable, select 'no' to mass-storage-mode on the phone, and can see it in lsusb fine but the only device I seem to be able to use is /dev/tty2 but modem not initialising.
How can I be certain which device I am using? Will post some lsusb and dmesg.log out put when I get home to give you more info.
thanks for any guidance you can give me,
Last edited by minimal (2010-11-16 16:18:48)

Well, haven't got much further here unfortunately, though I have more logs and debug information now:
First, I connect the blackberry to the USB port and run 'lsusb':
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0fca:0004 Research In Motion, Ltd.
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
so I have my blackberry device listed by the looks of things..
I then run (for more info):
peter ~ $ lsusb -v -d 0fca:0004
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0fca:0004 Research In Motion, Ltd.
Device Descriptor:
bLength 18
bDescriptorType 1
bcdUSB 1.10
bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level)
bDeviceSubClass 0
bDeviceProtocol 0
bMaxPacketSize0 16
idVendor 0x0fca Research In Motion, Ltd.
idProduct 0x0004
bcdDevice 1.07
iManufacturer 1 Research In Motion
iProduct 5 RIM Composite Device
iSerial 3 8F606BB12465F80D8C6F4F3CA17D9CC896C5F475
bNumConfigurations 1
Configuration Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 2
wTotalLength 97
bNumInterfaces 2
bConfigurationValue 1
iConfiguration 0
bmAttributes 0x80
(Bus Powered)
MaxPower 500mA
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 0
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 8
bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class
bInterfaceSubClass 1
bInterfaceProtocol 255
iInterface 2 BlackBerry
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x83 EP 3 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x85 EP 5 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x06 EP 6 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x87 EP 7 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x08 EP 8 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Interface Descriptor:
bLength 9
bDescriptorType 4
bInterfaceNumber 1
bAlternateSetting 0
bNumEndpoints 2
bInterfaceClass 8 Mass Storage
bInterfaceSubClass 6 SCSI
bInterfaceProtocol 80 Bulk (Zip)
iInterface 4 RIM Mass Storage Device
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x89 EP 9 IN
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Endpoint Descriptor:
bLength 7
bDescriptorType 5
bEndpointAddress 0x0a EP 10 OUT
bmAttributes 2
Transfer Type Bulk
Synch Type None
Usage Type Data
wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes
bInterval 0
Device Status: 0x0000
(Bus Powered)
/etc/wvdial.conf :
[Dialer defaults]
Modem = /dev/modem
Baud = 115200
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATE0
;Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
[Dialer movistar]
Modem = /dev/tty2
Init3 = AT+cgdcont=1,"IP","wap.movistar.com.ec"
Phone = *99***1#
Stupid Mode = 1
Username = movistar
Password = movistar
..and the contents of the /etc/ppp/peers/movistar file:
show-password
noauth
#/dev/ttyACM1
# Peter: believe this is the Backberry 8310 device after running 'lsusb':
/dev/rfcomm0
debug
##115200
460800
connect /etc/ppp/peers/movistar-connect
disconnect /etc/ppp/peers/movistar-disconnect
defaultroute
#replacedefaultroute
noipdefault
# Peter: uncommented the following line to debug:
nodetach
usepeerdns
crtscts
local
ipcp-accept-local
#lcp-echo-interval 0
maxfail 10
lcp-echo-failure 0
lcp-echo-interval 0
#lcp-max-configure 0
#lcp-max-failure 10000
#lcp-max-terminate 0
#lcp-restart 30000
novj
nobsdcomp
novjccomp
nopcomp
noaccomp
linkname movistar
mtu 1500
mru 1500
user "movistar"
password "1234"
My /etc/ppp/peers/movistar-connect script :
#!/bin/sh
exec chat \
TIMEOUT 5 \
ECHO ON \
ABORT '\nBUSY\r' \
ABORT '\nERROR\r' \
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' \
ABORT '\nNO CARRIER\r' \
ABORT '\nNO DIALTONE\r' \
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r' \
'' \rAT \
TIMEOUT 12 \
SAY "Press CTRL-C to close the connection at any stage!" \
SAY "\ndefining PDP context...\n" \
OK ATH \
OK ATE1 \
OK 'AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","wap.movistar.com.ec","",0,0' \
OK ATD*99# \
TIMEOUT 22 \
SAY "\nwaiting for connect...\n" \
CONNECT "" \
SAY "\nConnected." \
SAY "\nIf the following ppp negotiations fail,\n" \
SAY "try restarting the phone.\n"
my /var/log/dmesg.log :
Jul 29 21:11:11 el-duro kernel: ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, transactions will use polling mode
Jul 29 21:11:13 el-duro logger: ACPI action undefined: BAT1
Jul 29 21:11:15 el-duro laptop-mode: Laptop mode
Jul 29 21:11:15 el-duro laptop-mode: disabled, not active
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: scsi2 : usb-storage 3-1:1.1
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access RIM Blackberry SD 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 CCS
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jul 29 21:12:04 el-duro dnsmasq[2316]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Jul 29 21:12:04 el-duro dnsmasq[2316]: using nameserver 208.67.222.222#53
Jul 29 21:12:04 el-duro dnsmasq[2316]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local interface
Here are my logs..
=============
/var/log/kernel.log :
Jul 29 21:11:11 el-duro kernel: ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, transactions will use polling mode
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: scsi2 : usb-storage 3-1:1.1
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access RIM Blackberry SD 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 CCS
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
/var/log/messages.log :
Jul 29 21:11:11 el-duro kernel: ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, transactions will use polling mode
Jul 29 21:11:13 el-duro logger: ACPI action undefined: BAT1
Jul 29 21:11:15 el-duro laptop-mode: Laptop mode
Jul 29 21:11:15 el-duro laptop-mode: disabled, not active
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: scsi2 : usb-storage 3-1:1.1
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access RIM Blackberry SD 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 CCS
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jul 29 21:12:04 el-duro dnsmasq[2316]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Jul 29 21:12:04 el-duro dnsmasq[2316]: using nameserver 208.67.222.222#53
Jul 29 21:12:04 el-duro dnsmasq[2316]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local interface
/var/log/everything.log :
Jul 29 21:11:11 el-duro kernel: ACPI: EC: GPE storm detected, transactions will use polling mode
Jul 29 21:11:13 el-duro logger: ACPI action undefined: BAT1
Jul 29 21:11:15 el-duro laptop-mode: Laptop mode
Jul 29 21:11:15 el-duro laptop-mode: disabled, not active
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro load-modules.sh: 'usb:v0FCAp0004d0107dc00dsc00dp00icFFisc01ipFF' is not a valid module or alias name
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: scsi2 : usb-storage 3-1:1.1
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
Jul 29 21:11:52 el-duro kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access RIM Blackberry SD 0001 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 CCS
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Jul 29 21:11:53 el-duro kernel: sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
Jul 29 21:12:04 el-duro dnsmasq[2316]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Jul 29 21:12:04 el-duro dnsmasq[2316]: using nameserver 208.67.222.222#53
Jul 29 21:12:04 el-duro dnsmasq[2316]: ignoring nameserver 127.0.0.1 - local interface
Maybe the blackberry required 'usb_modeswitch' - though I could not work out how to use this command
Any ideas out there? Is there a simple way for me to probe USB devices in use? As far as I can tell it IS /dev/tty2 but I need to confirm this.
Many thanks,
Last edited by minimal (2010-07-30 14:55:19)

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