Re: [Banshee-List] Device support for T-Mobile Pulse (Huawei 8220)

[Gabriel Burt <gabriel burt gmail com>]

Ok, I've also added the vendor/product ids for Pulse and Droid
devices; look for support for them in the next release.

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 4:38 AM, steev182 <stevie mulcahy gmail com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gabriel,
>
> When I run "hal-device | grep android" I get no output, I've put the output
> of hal-device to a file and looked through it for huawei, and found several
> entries for it, the two attached below seem to be those of more interest
> than the others. The only problem is this doesn't look like particularly
> good news for finding Android devices by searching for Android if the
> manufacturers aren't putting it in this USB information.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
>
> 11: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_12d1_1501_noserial_if2'
>  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
>  linux.subsystem = 'usb'  (string)
>  info.subsystem = 'usb'  (string)
>  info.product = 'USB Mass Storage Interface'  (string)
>  info.udi =
> '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_12d1_1501_noserial_if2'  (string)
>  usb.linux.sysfs_path =
> '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5/1-5.4/1-5.4:1.2'  (string)
>  usb.configuration_value = 1  (0x1)  (int)
>  usb.num_configurations = 1  (0x1)  (int)
>  usb.num_interfaces = 5  (0x5)  (int)
>  usb.device_class = 0  (0x0)  (int)
>  usb.device_subclass = 0  (0x0)  (int)
>  usb.device_protocol = 0  (0x0)  (int)
>  usb.vendor_id = 4817  (0x12d1)  (int)
>  usb.product_id = 5377  (0x1501)  (int)
>  usb.vendor = 'Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.'  (string)
>  usb.product = 'USB Mass Storage Interface'  (string)
>  usb.max_power = 500  (0x1f4)  (int)
>  usb.num_ports = 0  (0x0)  (int)
>  usb.device_revision_bcd = 256  (0x100)  (int)
>  usb.is_self_powered = false  (bool)
>  usb.speed = 480  (double)
>  usb.bus_number = 1  (0x1)  (int)
>  usb.can_wake_up = true  (bool)
>  usb.version = 2  (double)
>  usb.linux.device_number = 18  (0x12)  (int)
>  linux.sysfs_path =
> '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5/1-5.4/1-5.4:1.2'  (string)
>  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_12d1_1501_noserial'
> (string)
>  usb.interface.subclass = 6  (0x6)  (int)
>  usb.interface.number = 2  (0x2)  (int)
>  info.linux.driver = 'usb-storage'  (string)
>  usb.interface.protocol = 80  (0x50)  (int)
>  usb.interface.class = 8  (0x8)  (int)
>
> 12: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_12d1_1501_noserial'
>  info.vendor = 'Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.'  (string)
>  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_12d1_1501_noserial'
> (string)
>  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
>  linux.subsystem = 'usb'  (string)
>  usb_device.linux.sysfs_path =
> '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5/1-5.4'  (string)
>  usb_device.configuration_value = 1  (0x1)  (int)
>  usb_device.num_configurations = 1  (0x1)  (int)
>  usb_device.num_interfaces = 5  (0x5)  (int)
>  usb_device.device_class = 0  (0x0)  (int)
>  usb_device.device_subclass = 0  (0x0)  (int)
>  usb_device.device_protocol = 0  (0x0)  (int)
>  usb_device.vendor_id = 4817  (0x12d1)  (int)
>  usb_device.product_id = 5377  (0x1501)  (int)
>  usb_device.vendor = 'Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.'  (string)
>  usb_device.product = 'T-Mobile 3G Phone'  (string)
>  info.subsystem = 'usb_device'  (string)
>  info.product = 'T-Mobile 3G Phone'  (string)
>  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-5/1-5.4'
> (string)
>  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_5e3_608_noserial'
> (string)
>  usb_device.max_power = 500  (0x1f4)  (int)
>  info.linux.driver = 'usb'  (string)
>  usb_device.device_revision_bcd = 256  (0x100)  (int)
>  usb_device.version = 2  (double)
>  usb_device.num_ports = 0  (0x0)  (int)
>  usb_device.linux.device_number = 18  (0x12)  (int)
>  usb_device.is_self_powered = false  (bool)
>  usb_device.speed = 480  (double)
>  usb_device.bus_number = 1  (0x1)  (int)
>  linux.device_file = '/dev/bus/usb/001/018'  (string)
>  usb_device.can_wake_up = true  (bool)
>
>
>
> gabaug wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:57 AM, steev182 <stevie mulcahy gmail com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Would it be possible to get support for the new T-Mobile Pulse? I just
>>> bought
>>> it to replace my iPhone (it runs Android) and I was hoping it would just
>>> work like how my sister's Samsung Galaxy did when I tried it.
>>>
>>> If you just need a USB ID, my output of lsusb contains this:
>>>
>>> Bus 001 Device 008: ID 12d1:1501 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
>>>
>>> If anything else is needed, just let me know and I can find it for you.
>>> It'd
>>> be awesome if this can work though :D
>>
>> We have a system for adding vendor/product ids to recognize as Android
>> devices, which is ok.  But it would be better if there was a generic
>> way of recognizing Android devices, either by the USB information they
>> expose via HAL (or devicekit-disks) or by their filesystem layout.
>>
>> Can you run "hal-device | grep -i android" and see if it returns
>> anything?  For my G1 dev phone, I have
>>
>> udi =
>> '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_HTC_Android_Phone_HT851N003062_0_0'
>> info.product = 'Android Phone'
>> storage.model = 'Android Phone'
>>
>> and more.  We could just look for Android in any of those fields.
>>
>> Gabriel
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