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The idea of usable technology was something that was kind of born in my head as a kid, when I had this fantasy that I could someday build machines people could use. And it happened!

What I am talking about is what it means to be an engineer's engineer. A serious engineer. I so clearly remember him telling me hat engineering was the highest level of importance you could reach in the world, that someone could make electrical evices that do someting good for people takes society to a new level. He told me that as an engineer, you can change your world and change the was of life for lots and lots of people.

#udev entry

#Manufacturer: LG

#Models: All straight USB cables

#Vendor ID: 0x1004

#Product ID: 0x6000

SUBSYSTEM!="usb_device", ACTION!="add", GOTO="cell_rules_end"

SYSFS{idVendor}=="1004", SYSFS{idProduct}=="6000", MODE="0666"

LABEL="cell_rules_end"

I found the rules at http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1317977&postcount=24 but there are a few places that mention this online. I did not install BitPim frm there but installed it myself, and I also manually copied the LG rules instead of using the install script.

And then restart Linux. There is probably a way around the last step but I don't know enough about udev to find out the easy way, so I used the big hammer.

After that I used the latest RPM of BitPim and converted to a Debian package with alien. The version I have installed is 0.9.09, the one available from Ubuntu is 0.9.04. I am not sure if it makes a difference, but I had problems so I installed the newer one.

On the phone you can go to Menu->Tools->Call Settings->Connections->USB and make sure it is enabled.

Once that is setup just start BitPim and click Detect Phone and it finds the phone as long as you remembered to plug in the USB cable. I used the USB cable with the Verizon music connection package.

So far I have editd the phone book, downloaded pictures from the camera to my PC, and uploaded mp3 ringtones to the phone.

Google Translate says it means:
"Luck results often from attention in small things, misfortune often by the neglect of small things."

That seems about right.