Full list of changes:

• ABI change, because of increasing some limits.
• Config file option rsslevel no longer works, superseded by gammu checkversion.
• Dropped GSM_ReadHTTPFile from API, gammu now uses CURL instead.
• Support for longer notes on Nokia phones (bug #607).
• Add deleteallmemory command.
• Ignore trailing spaces in AT commands.
• Fix crash on long lines in vCards.
• Compatibility with broken iWOW responses (bug #650).
• Do not use hard delete flag for updating entries (bug #634).
• Identify Nokia 1200 (bug #649).
• Fix parsing of date/time reply on Sony Ericsson G900 (bug #647).
• Increased limit for folder name (bug #646).
• Fix parsing of empty date (bug #643).
• Recognize general number on Nokia 6230i (bug #655).
• Fix writing of phone number using HEX charset (bug #512).
• Recognize more CME errors, thanks to Paolo oopla@users.sf.net.

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Debian users will find packages in experimental as soon as it passes NEW queue.

PS: I still have about 100 unread mails about Gammu, so please be patient.

As a first step I just wanted to make a backup of all things. Gammu can do it quite well and it's the tool I trust for this purpose:

gammu backup /tmp/phonebook.vcf
gammu backup /tmp/calendar.vcs

Now it's time to play with OpenSync. We will use setup guide and SyncML guide as a starting point. As I had in past problems with both sides - both phone and Evolution failed with some random errors, I wanted to go step by step. So I started with setting up phone to files synchronisation:

msynctool --addgroup file2phone
msynctool --addmember file2phone file-sync
msynctool --addmember file2phone syncml-obex-client

Now we need to configure file storage, just tell it where it should store the data:

msynctool --configure file2phone 1

And change path in your editor to something like:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
  <!-- directory path for file-sync -->
  <path>/home/foo/phone-backup/</path>

  <!-- should care of subdirectories (TRUE or FALSE) -->
  <recursive>FALSE</recursive>
</config>

Now the more tricky part comes, we need to set up phone end:

msynctool --configure file2phone 2

Fortunately we can use example from the SyncML guide and just fill in Bluetooth address (you can get it using hcitool scan) and channel (sdptool browse 00:b0:0b:fa:ce:00):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
  <bluetooth_address>00:b0:0b:fa:ce:00</bluetooth_address>
  <bluetooth_channel>7</bluetooth_channel>
  <identifier>Sony Ericss</identifier>
  <version>1</version>
  <wbxml>1</wbxml>
  <username></username>
  <password></password>
  <type>2</type>
  <usestringtable>0</usestringtable>
  <onlyreplace>0</onlyreplace>
  <onlyLocaltime>0</onlyLocaltime>
  <recvLimit>0</recvLimit>
  <maxObjSize>0</maxObjSize>
  <contact_db>Contacts</contact_db>
  <calendar_db>Agenda</calendar_db>
  <note_db>Notes</note_db>
</config>

And now we should be able to synchronise whole phonebook from phone to selected directory:

msynctool --sync file2phone

Okay, this works, let's try more complicated thing - include Evolution in the chain. The steps are the same, config file for phone is the same, Evolution plugin has sane defaults you usually don't have to touch:

msynctool --addgroup phone2evo
msynctool --addmember phone2evo evo2-sync
msynctool --addmember phone2evo syncml-obex-client
msynctool --configure phone2evo 1
msynctool --configure phone2evo 2

But now comes the tricky thing - Sony-Ericsson phones usually have something broken around notes (or it is broken in OpenSync, I don't care, simply synchronisation fails without this step) and we have to avoid synchronisation of them. This can be done by changing filter file in group we've created above (usually in file ~/.opensync-0.22/group2/filter.conf):

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<filter>
  <note/>
</filter>

And finally we can start the synchronisation and it should work:

msynctool --sync phone2evo

You can also GUI multisync0.90 to do the configuration and start synchronisation, but it is not much different, you also still have to edit XML files.

• Fixed freeze while searching for Bluetooth devices.
• Fixed guided configuration of Bluetooth devices (no more complains about not existing device).
• Fixed saving of backups to folder with non ASCII names.
• Validation is less strict and allows hopefully all number.

This release also comes with binary for Windows with embedded Gammu 1.20.0.

• Do not fail if phone does not support call notifications.
• Improved handling of empty config file.
• Lot of translation updates.
• Fix compatibility with some IMAP servers.

This release also comes with binary for Windows with embedded Gammu 1.20.0.

• Compatibility with current gammu.
• Improved compatibility with Python 2.5.

Download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/python/

• Do not crash on EMS messages with no text (bug #612).
• Fixed reading of OBEX files (bug #614).
• Fixed decoding of Nokia messages (bug #527).
• Fix handling of UTF8 charset with some Motorola phones.
• Identify Motorola V635.
• Set again charset in Motorola phones after changing AT mode.
• Automatically enable OBEX for Motorola phones.
• Fix searching of correct Bluetooth channel.
• Improved SMSD error messages.
• Fix SMS listing when phone was in text mode (bug #584).
• Fix compilation when WCONTINUED/WIFCONTINUED is not defined.
• Fixed listing SMS messages from AT phones in text mode (bug #584).
• Added smscgi daemon by "Kamanashis Roy Shuva" kamanashisroy@gmail.com.
• Cache once read messages to avoid reading them again (bug #481).

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/.

• Fixed decoding of Nokia messages (bug #527).

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Debian users can get packages from experimental.

• Fix handling of UTF8 charset with some Motorola phones.
• Identify Motorola V635.
• Set again charset in Motorola phones after changing AT mode.
• Automatically enable OBEX for Motorola phones.
• Fix searching of correct Bluetooth channel.
• Improved SMSD error messages.
• Fix SMS listing when phone was in text mode (bug #584).
• Fix compilation when WCONTINUED/WIFCONTINUED is not defined.
• Fixed listing SMS messages from AT phones in text mode (bug #584).
• Added smscgi daemon by "Kamanashis Roy Shuva" kamanashisroy@gmail.com.
• Cache once read messages to avoid reading them again (bug #481).

You can download from usual place: http://cihar.com/gammu/, Debian users can get packages from experimental.

So if you wrote me something, just try to be patient, sending another emails to urge your issue won't help anybody. I will just have more unread mail to process until I get to real work.