http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1352508#post1352508
As you have noticed on USB share only Windows or MacOs are supported, not GNU/Linux (please like++ this article to show RIM that GnuLinux users base exists) ..
Here a short note on how access your device files from your favorite OS
Through USB :
dmesg
[16062.619907] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0fca, idProduct=8012
[16062.619927] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[16062.619932] usb 2-1.2: Product: RIM Network Device
[16062.619935] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Research In Motion, Ltd.
[16062.619938] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 6E3A2FAF098D7FC8818CC28FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
[16062.647726] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[16062.679388] rndis_host 2-1.2:1.0 usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2, RNDIS device, 42:6f:ff:ff:ff:ff
[16062.679422] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
[16062.680881] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_wlan
ifconfig usb0 ; sudo dhclient usb0
#| usb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 42:6f:2a:83:ff:ff
#| inet addr:$host+1 Bcast:169.254.224.51 Mask:255.255.255.252
host=169.254.160.137 # minus one
user=devuser
smbclient -L //$host/ -U $user%''
#| Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.37]
Sharename Type Comment
--------- ---- -------
IPC$ IPC IPC Service (Samba (bbx))
removable_SDCARD Disk removable_media_SDCARD
media Disk media
certs Disk certificates
Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.37]
Server Comment
--------- -------
Workgroup Master
--------- -------
user=devuser
user=blackberry
password=blackberry
time smbget smb://$user:$password@$host/ -R
# Downloading 6-7 MB/s on usb2 or ubs3
# Can't open directory smb://devuser:blackberry@169.254.0.1//media: Permission denied
If you need to erase you files :
mkdir -p ~/mnt/media sudo mount -t cifs //$host/media ~/mnt/media \ -o username=BlackBerry%password
Easier way it is to use wifi support , and access them using SMB/CIFS protocol Settings / About : / Device Name = bbx (my default value was BLACKBERRY-3965) Settings / Storage and Access : / Access Using wifi = ON / Change Wifi Password = password (replace with yours) Settings / Storage and Access / Identification on Network : / Identity / WorkGroup = WORKGROUP (no need to change) / Identity / Username = BlackBerry (no need to change) You can reboot and reconnect to wifi On your host setup a few tools (assuming your running debian or derived ubuntu mint etc) sudo apt-get install sudo cifs-utils smbclient Now let see if service is visible from the network : smbtree -N \\BBX Samba (bbx) \\BBX\IPC$ IPC Service (Samba (bbx)) \\BBX\removable_SDCARD removable_media_SDCARD \\BBX\media media \\BBX\certs certificates mkdir -p ~/mnt/media sudo mount -t cifs //bbx/media ~/mnt/media -o username=BlackBerry%password unable to add mount entry to mtab error 22 detected on close of mtab unable to add mount entry to mtab If you git those messages, You can just ignore them, it mounted as we check : ls ~/mnt/media/ books camera documents downloads misc music photos print videos voice There you go, if you want to make this permanent you can also tweak something to get it mounted automagically but this is not BlackBerry Specific Note this report has been tested using BlackBerry DevAlphaC (Software Release 10.1.0.138) On issue you can check : nmap bbx Starting Nmap 6.25 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-06-14 00:17 CEST Nmap scan report for bbx (192.168.0.129) Host is up (0.0046s latency). Not shown: 996 closed ports PORT STATE SERVICE 139/tcp open netbios-ssn 443/tcp open https 445/tcp open microsoft-ds 1111/tcp open lmsocialserver
Then as a developer you can abuse of logfiles and use your platform tools (grep, watch, inotify etc)
//$host/media /mnt/media cifs noauto,credentials=/home/$USERr/.smbpasswd 0 0
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