Nokia N95 and LINUX

[Vertical]

Hello

I use linux on my PC and very interested in how to connect, synchronise and install apps on N95. Are there any working soft around?

[salada2k]

You could try VmWare.....

There is also some 'workaround software'

Here: Should Nokia make "PC Suite" for Linux? - PC Suite and Other Nokia Software - Nokia Support Discussions

[Olen]

I use linux, and the n95 works fine with it, except from a few things, such as maploader (to pre-download maps) and firmware updates.
For these things I borrow a Windows-machine at work.

The memory card can be accessed by mounting the phone as a normal portable disk. This allows you to up/download images, music, videos and such.

For synchronization of contacts and calendar, I actually use Horde on a webserver. It supports syncml, and allows me to use an LDAP-backend for my contacts, so I have the same contacts in the phone as in evolution and thunderbird (and even mutt if I would want to), and I can manage them either via horde or via the phone.

Same with the calendar.

It is a bit tricky to set up, and I recommend using the CVS-version, as a lot has been updated and fixed since the latest release, but once it is up, it works like a charm.

To install software, I simply download the .sis (or .zip or whatever) files to my webserver. This also makes it easy to reinstall everything if I need to.
Just put them in a directory and add a .htaccess-file with:

AddType application/vnd.symbian.install .sis
AddType application/vnd.symbian.install .sisx
Options +Indexes

and you can simply browse to that folder with any web-browser on the phone, and install whatever software you want.

[affinity]

Originally Posted by Olen

It is a bit tricky to set up, and I recommend using the CVS-version, as a lot has been updated and fixed since the latest release, but once it is up, it works like a charm.

To install software, I simply download the .sis (or .zip or whatever) files to my webserver. This also makes it easy to reinstall everything if I need to.
Just put them in a directory and add a .htaccess-file with:

AddType application/vnd.symbian.install .sis
AddType application/vnd.symbian.install .sisx
Options +Indexes

and you can simply browse to that folder with any web-browser on the phone, and install whatever software you want.

I need to send provisioning messages to my phone, ones normally sent via OTA SMS or similar by the service provider.

Now I have an XML file to load that sets the STUN server and other settings for use of VoIP on my N95 and I am aware of the NowSMS product, but I have my own webserver and I believe that I should be able to manually download and install the DM settings directly without the use of NowSMS or any other similar product.

Can you help me please?

[jjl]

Originally Posted by Olen

I use linux, and the n95 works fine with it, except from a few things, such as maploader (to pre-download maps) and firmware updates.
For these things I borrow a Windows-machine at work.

The memory card can be accessed by mounting the phone as a normal portable disk. This allows you to up/download images, music, videos and such.

For synchronization of contacts and calendar, I actually use Horde on a webserver. It supports syncml, and allows me to use an LDAP-backend for my contacts, so I have the same contacts in the phone as in evolution and thunderbird (and even mutt if I would want to), and I can manage them either via horde or via the phone.

Same with the calendar.

It is a bit tricky to set up, and I recommend using the CVS-version, as a lot has been updated and fixed since the latest release, but once it is up, it works like a charm.

To install software, I simply download the .sis (or .zip or whatever) files to my webserver. This also makes it easy to reinstall everything if I need to.
Just put them in a directory and add a .htaccess-file with:

AddType application/vnd.symbian.install .sis
AddType application/vnd.symbian.install .sisx
Options +Indexes

and you can simply browse to that folder with any web-browser on the phone, and install whatever software you want.

Olen,
Horde seems like it'll do exactly what I want as well. Did you run into any problems setting up the syncml service with your Horde installation? I'm probably going to install it soon, but I have heard that there is some kind of bug, either with Nokia's syncml implementation or with Horde's, that requires a little bit of hacking to sync properly. Did you experience any difficulties? What version are you running?

Also-- how is your experience with it? Are to-do's synced, or does the Calendar not support syncing those?
Thanks!