Sxmo/Tips and Tricks
Here is a growing list of tips, tricks and configuration snippets for using sxmo. This pages focuses mostly on "non-core" issues, such as runnig apps and everyday usability. The core configuration issues should end up in sxmo doc, as discussed on https://todo.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-tickets/275
Sometimes Modem gets stuck
Sometimes the modem gets irresponsive, stops receiving/sending calls, even when toggled. Rebooting sometimes doesn't change this situation as it seems the modem then needs a hard reset.
Prefered solution: remove battery and reboot.
Sometimes SMS dont get sent/received
It may be a problem with MMS getting "stuck" in the pile, not being processed, and blocking further processing of SMS.
One solution involves mmsd-ng
Another solution is to manually use Modem Manager to delete the incriminated mms:
mmcli --modem 0 --messaging-list-sms
mmcli --modem 0 --sms 0
mmcli --modem 0 --messaging-delete-sms=##
mmcli --modem -r
How to easily change the size of the text, system-wide?
Change the value in: /usr/share/sxmo/appcfg/xresources_xft.xr (try 160!)
Xft.dpi: 192
if you remove the dpi line there you can set dpi on the fly via
xrandr --dpi x
How to send an SMS via command line (or ssh)
cat mysupersmsfile | sxmo_modemsendsms.sh +3363454434 -