GPRS miracle

Bought the Samsung C5212 phone recently, and tried to get the PC connected using GPRS.

Since, unlike in Windows, the wvdial utility is omnipotent, I had a feeling that merely plugging the phone in would be adequate to get connected.

I was wrong.

The first attempt at using the same wvdial.conf file as the previous phone resulted in an error.

So I tried creating a separate config file with the

wvdialconf wvdial2.conf

command. Edited the resulting file to insert the proper number and ID etc using vi.

vi wvdial2.conf


and retried wvdial with the new config file

wvdial --config wvdial2.conf

This showed up a different error - Voice line Detected.

Googled for this error and nothing useful turned up.

Luckily the phone came with the windows application to get online. So, installed the app in a Windows box and tried connecting through it. The phone did get connected, but required some nudging. Strangely, the modem would not be activated unless the phone is disconnected - the application was verbose enough to mention this.

The app was not satisfactory, and given the situation was looking forward to selling off the one day old phone for a discount.

But, not before giving it one last try in linux.

Miracle, Miracle, Miracle.
The phone connected just fine. Using the wvdial2.conf file and the wvdial.conf file. No problems what so ever.

Was I shocked and awed!!!

So the phone stays.

I am not sure why the phone acted up the first time I tried connecting. But, I am hypothesising that the connection session in Windows sort of influenced the outcome the second time.