ok. i have to pc's. one is running linux mint julia (dell deminsion 2400), and the other is running mint maya (dell deminsion 4800). for the sake of this post i am using the later of the two....
my problem is lsusb recognizes the phone
ric-Dimension-4600 ric # lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 045e:00d1 Microsoft Corp. Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel
Bus 005 Device 005: ID 05c6:1000 Qualcomm, Inc. Mass Storage Device
But in lshw:
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:ff80(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:ff60(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:ff40(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:ff20(size=32)
*-usb:4
description: USB controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:ffa80800-ffa80bff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: c2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
resources: ioport:c000(size=4096) memory:fe800000-fe8fffff
*-communication
description: Modem
product: BCM4212 v.90 56k modem
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:02:01.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm generic bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=serial latency=64
resources: irq:22 memory:fe8fe000-fe8fefff ioport:cf30(size=16)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:07:e9:51:2a:d5
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.24-k2-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.64 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:20 memory:fe8ff000-fe8fffff ioport:cf40(size=64)
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide:0
description: IDE interface
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:1f0(size=8) ioport:3f6 ioport:170(size=8) ioport:376 ioport:ffa0(size=16) memory:febffc00-febfffff
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD800BB-22JH
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 05.0
serial: WD-WCAM94603462
size: 74GiB (80GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000b73bf
*-volume:0
description: EXT4 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
logical name: /
version: 1.0
serial: 4ebc6f5b-061f-47e3-b02d-bcbdcfb380fb
size: 71GiB
capacity: 71GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-09-23 15:44:52 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2012-09-23 15:58:21 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2012-10-08 11:20:54 state=mounted
*-volume:1
description: Extended partition
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
size: 3074MiB
capacity: 3074MiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 3074MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD2000BB-22G
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 08.0
serial: WD-WCAL83199577
size: 186GiB (200GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=000273d3
*-volume
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
version: 1.0
serial: caa335aa-c2f5-4759-88e3-5b9c53128b00
size: 186GiB
capacity: 186GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2012-09-23 22:33:03 filesystem=ext3 modified=2012-10-08 10:06:56 mounted=2012-10-08 10:06:56 state=clean
*-cdrom:0
description: DVD reader
product: DVD-ROM GDR8162B
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom1
logical name: /dev/dvd1
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: 0015
capabilities: removable audio dvd
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
*-cdrom:1
description: CD-R/CD-RW writer
product: CD-R/RW SW-248F
vendor: SAMSUNG
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@1:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/sr1
version: R602
serial: [
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
*-ide:1
description: IDE interface
product: 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:fe00(size=8) ioport:fe10(size=4) ioport:fe20(size=8) ioport:fe30(size=4) ioport:fea0(size=16)
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:eda0(size=32)
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.5
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_intel8x0 latency=0
resources: irq:17 ioport:ee00(size=256) ioport:edc0(size=64) memory:febffa00-febffbff memory:febff900-febff9ff
I cant find it.....and as you can see, its a 4600, not a 4800.
Julia actually recognizes the phone but it litterally blinks on and off on my desktop
Please help.....Thanks

