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The Official Samsung SCH-U740 "Alias" Thread

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Posted by: CCBalla10

Quote:
Originally Posted by mdmoose29
thanks alot for the wap settings.. i did a little more searching around this morning and found it before i saw your reply. I'm gonna keep messing around with it and see if I can find a way to get the "Go To URL" function to work. Thanks alot again


There is already a fix for that....there is another howto on this forum that has u740 100% free wap in the title....works like a charm



Posted by: MJPByron

Sorry if this is noobish or I missed a link, but I see people with free WAP and all these connection settings... is there an FAQ on how to make free WAP happen with a VZ u740? (Don't have mine yet, but not having to pay $5/mo for Mobile Web only is a plus)

As another note, does the Verizon browser or the default for the phone view basic HTML sites?



Posted by: b&w_yamaha

Quote:
Originally Posted by MJPByron
Sorry if this is noobish or I missed a link, but I see people with free WAP and all these connection settings... is there an FAQ on how to make free WAP happen with a VZ u740? (Don't have mine yet, but not having to pay $5/mo for Mobile Web only is a plus)

As another note, does the Verizon browser or the default for the phone view basic HTML sites?


Here is a step by step guide on how to get free wap on your phone. http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1153481

Yes this browser will display quite a bit of .html and other sites.. check it out



Posted by: blademaster591

Are there alternative browsers for the U740?

And does the u740 have a proxy setting manager where I can set presets to easily switch through proxy settings?



Posted by: MJPByron

Yamaha: thanks for the linkage, very helpful. I can't wait to save that $5/mo and use it on the GPS instead...

Next noobish question: I have a PPC-6700, that sucker is gone as soon as I get my u740. Is there any (free, if at all possible) way I could transfer my contacts and schedule to the u740? Contacts are a requirement, schedule I can manually do since I'm sure Outlook Mobile isn't compatible with Samsung's proprietary calendar (unless it is and I don't know it).

Also, to all who have returned/exchanged the u740, I've seen posts listing its shortcomings. Did you have to have equipment protection or something like that, or were you able to r/e it within Verizon's 30-day trial period? What phone did you end up switching to?



Posted by: mick4394

Quote:
Originally Posted by MJPByron
Also, to all who have returned/exchanged the u740, I've seen posts listing its shortcomings. Did you have to have equipment protection or something like that, or were you able to r/e it within Verizon's 30-day trial period? What phone did you end up switching to?


I had to ebay mine. I ended up getting $269.00, plus shipping for it, which is what it was going for new at the time (possibly still is).

I replaced it with the SLVR, for a heck of a lot less cash. At times, I miss the QWERTY, but overall the SLVR is a much better phone. I don't miss the u740. It's just not a very good phone.



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by MJPByron
Yamaha: thanks for the linkage, very helpful. I can't wait to save that $5/mo and use it on the GPS instead...

Next noobish question: I have a PPC-6700, that sucker is gone as soon as I get my u740. Is there any (free, if at all possible) way I could transfer my contacts and schedule to the u740? Contacts are a requirement, schedule I can manually do since I'm sure Outlook Mobile isn't compatible with Samsung's proprietary calendar (unless it is and I don't know it).

Also, to all who have returned/exchanged the u740, I've seen posts listing its shortcomings. Did you have to have equipment protection or something like that, or were you able to r/e it within Verizon's 30-day trial period? What phone did you end up switching to?
If you use the My Account page at verizonwireless.com you can use backup assistant for free. From your 6700 go to Get It Now and get Backup Assistant. It will say $1.99, but if you login to your account at verizonwireless.com you can find the information that says the $1.99 will not even show up on your bill.
Run Backup Assistant and it will save your contacts. When you get your new phone, do the same thing and it will sync up your contact list.

For your calendar, try BitPim.



Posted by: MJPByron

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa
If you use the My Account page at verizonwireless.com you can use backup assistant for free. From your 6700 go to Get It Now and get Backup Assistant. It will say $1.99, but if you login to your account at verizonwireless.com you can find the information that says the $1.99 will not even show up on your bill.
Run Backup Assistant and it will save your contacts. When you get your new phone, do the same thing and it will sync up your contact list.

For your calendar, try BitPim.


Forgot to mention, my 6700 is on Sprint. D:



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by MJPByron
Forgot to mention, my 6700 is on Sprint. D:
at the top of every post it shows your phones and provider(s). Of course it shows nothing unless you fill that in.

Just save an outlook address book of your contacts. It has been years since I've had a new phone that I couldn't sync up to an outlook address book somehow.
BitPim will work with 8700 (soon, if it doesn't already), and BitPim can use an outlook address book.



Posted by: mdmoose29

Quote:
Originally Posted by CCBalla10
There is already a fix for that....there is another howto on this forum that has u740 100% free wap in the title....works like a charm


Sweet, that works perfectly. Can't wait for those free nights and weekends! I bet alot of people are gonna want to be getting those extended life batteries now that we all have free internet!



Posted by: LeMInhBURST

yea you can view your text messages from the outside screen.



Posted by: rverginia

Quote:
Originally Posted by zazzified
Who bought the full body shield? Where the heck do the long skinny strips and the square-ish ones go?


The long skinny ones go on the sides and bottom. The longest one goes from the speakerphone button to the mic hole. The shortest on goes on the bottom, and the middle one goes next to the volume up/down. The square-ish ones go on the black hinges.

Have had mine on for over a month now and love it.



Posted by: dmp612

I apologize if I skimmed across this, but when you set an even in the Calender, there is no way to remove the little icon on the main screen, correct?

It is so annoying, it makes me not even want to use the calender feature!



Posted by: stoln05

Wirelessly posted (Sch-u740: SCH-u740 UP.Browser/6.2.3.2 (GUI) MMP/2.0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by dmp612
I apologize if I skimmed across this, but when you set an even in the Calender, there is no way to remove the little icon on the main screen, correct?

It is so annoying, it makes me not even want to use the calender feature!


hmm pretty much theres no workaround for it and i wudnt use it just cause of that but not like i ever use the calender in the phone anyway.. sucks for you calendar users... Unless the icon doesnt bother you..... lol



Posted by: AuroraBorealis

i know this isnt involving this phone however I noticed that at least with my razr if you set whatever event it was at least a day in advance on your calender...that icon never shows up and if I remember correctly still reminded you of it the next day...whatever it was you had it set for...just a thought



Posted by: kelleysheridan

I also noticed that there's no way to turn alerts in the calendar off... and the calendar was one of the reasons why I got rid of my a990....



Posted by: Angela627

Quote:
Originally Posted by rverginia
The long skinny ones go on the sides and bottom. The longest one goes from the speakerphone button to the mic hole. The shortest on goes on the bottom, and the middle one goes next to the volume up/down. The square-ish ones go on the black hinges.

Have had mine on for over a month now and love it.


Have any photos?



Posted by: ChinoX

Not sure if its been address, but I just purchased a nice little carrying case for mine today and weird thing, once i put the phone in it, it lights up as if I'm pressing one of the external, however nothing is being pressed...

So I let the phone go into its "sleepmode", when the external screen goes black, and again as soon as I put it in the case it lights up again, any ideas?

I know I don't have many post but I use the SEARCH button alot and questions I've had have already been answered



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by ChinoX
Not sure if its been address, but I just purchased a nice little carrying case for mine today and weird thing, once i put the phone in it, it lights up as if I'm pressing one of the external, however nothing is being pressed...

So I let the phone go into its "sleepmode", when the external screen goes black, and again as soon as I put it in the case it lights up again, any ideas?

I know I don't have many post but I use the SEARCH button alot and questions I've had have already been answered
If no buttons are being pressed, then I assume the case has some sort of magnetic latch. If the case has no magnet, then a button is being pressed.



Posted by: MDJabber

Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson10
soooooo, can anyone help someone totally new to Samsungs out? I have no idea what to do as far as at least getting my contacts transfered to my phone. The VZW store did not have the cable they needed and never thought to ask to use the one in the essentials kit I bought (not sure that would have worked anyhow) So it took a long time to get at the door and it almost pissed me off.

I have a data cable, I have bitpim but it will not recognize the phone. I am not even worried about ringtones yet as I just want my contacts. Thanks

Did you get this question answered? I have been looking all over this thread because I am having the same problem...BitPim won't recognize my phone...I have a data cable and can't get it to recognize...please help????? Thanks in advance...mj



Posted by: Mark_Venture

Quote:
Originally Posted by MDJabber
Did you get this question answered? I have been looking all over this thread because I am having the same problem...BitPim won't recognize my phone...I have a data cable and can't get it to recognize...please help????? Thanks in advance...mj

So, at 4:06am.. you post that...

at 3:49 you posted the same question in another thread -> http://www.howardforums.com/showpos...437&postcount=6

At 6:46 AM you PM ME....
Quote:
Originally Posted by MDJabber
Hey Mark,

I am having a whale of a time trying to figure out why BitPim won't recognize my phone...it recognizes a hardware device as being present through the USB port but it won't go past trying to detect the phone. I have used the a950 settings lilke people said and also "other cdma phone" to no avail. Do you think you could e-mail me at marcjablon@gmail.com? I've spent the last six hours looking for an answer and I am at my wit's end. Thanks in advance.
Marc
Hmm.. Do you realize that you're phone's model wasn't filled in your profile, and isn't in that PM???

Do you realize that most people sleep when the sun is down?? Have a little patience!!!

Do you realize my Signature says DO NOT PM ME FOR HELP... and points to a thread -> An Open letter to those who PM me for help!! that among other things states...
Quote:
Now a few of my pet peeves that might cause you to receive a "Not So Nice" reply if you PM me...

1. PM'ing me with the EXACT SAME TEXT as you have posted in one or more threads... I view this as wasting my time. When I visit the site, I immediately get a pop-up about new PM's so I view/respond to PM's as soon as I visit this site. Once I've responded, I view the threads. By PM'ing me the exact same text, you are making me read/reply MORE THAN ONCE and i find that RUDE and DISRESPECTFUL!!...
My PM response was pointing you to that thread and telling you your post/profile doesn't say what phone. Not soo bad.

If I had seen these other posts before I replied to your PM'd... you wouldn't have received ANY reply... I would have deleted your PM.



Posted by: ChinoX

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa
If no buttons are being pressed, then I assume the case has some sort of magnetic latch. If the case has no magnet, then a button is being pressed.


yeah it has a magnetic latch...should I just throw it out?! I don't want to damage my phone...btw thanks for your



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by ChinoX
yeah it has a magnetic latch...should I just throw it out?! I don't want to damage my phone...btw thanks for your
If I had a case that made my phone's display light up due to magnetism, I know I sure wouldn't use it.

Take out the magnet.



Posted by: ChinoX

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa
If I had a case that made my phone's display light up due to magnetism, I know I sure wouldn't use it.

Take out the magnet.


Getting rid of the case today, removing the magnet defeats the purpose then it just wont close

Thanks again for all your help



Posted by: Teksu

do you have pics or a link to the case you were using? i have the generic verizon razr holster thing that has a magnetic flap on it, but it doesn't do anything like that to my u740



Posted by: ChinoX

Quote:
Originally Posted by Teksu
do you have pics or a link to the case you were using? i have the generic verizon razr holster thing that has a magnetic flap on it, but it doesn't do anything like that to my u740


No pics but the name on the generic phone case is TechGear



Posted by: Piqua

Quote:
Originally Posted by wilson10
I was wondering the same thing as I love that feature on my Razr and thus far it looks as only opening and turning down. NOT that big of a deal but definitely a bummer. I haven't read the book either though LOL




HOld the # key down



Posted by: rviccaro

I've seen the cases for the blackberry that have the magnet in it and it turns the screen off when the blackberry is put in the case...but i thought there was a magnetic switch or something in the device. Never seen a magnet turn the screen on on a phone that doesn't have that "feature"



Posted by: dacool25

Just wrote up a howto on how to get free pix messaging on u740. It's available here:

http://brsco.info/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13#13



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by rviccaro
I've seen the cases for the blackberry that have the magnet in it and it turns the screen off when the blackberry is put in the case...but i thought there was a magnetic switch or something in the device. Never seen a magnet turn the screen on on a phone that doesn't have that "feature"

I've seen it posted a bunch of times.
The V710 users also used to use this "trick" to get the speakerphone to work with the flip closed. If you pass a magnet accross the back of the V710, it thinks the phone is open (and lights up, BTW) so you can then use the speakerphone.



Posted by: rviccaro

so there must be a magnetic sensor that the phones use to know when they are open then? must be more reliable than a mechanical switch.



Posted by: MDJabber

Actually, Mr. venture, it was NOT the exact same post as my other one...it was several minutes later and I clarified my request because I knew I would be getting responses that included instructions for things I'd already done. Like I said, it was my first time on this forum...stop being an *** and chill out..."Rude and Disrespectful?" That's pretty harsh and rather rude yourself!!!



Posted by: MDJabber

I am still having problems with BitPim and I can't figure it out. My phone was detected as "other CDMA phone" and recognized on COM Port 12...fine. But when I go to send the data to my phone, the window that pops up with all of the options on it is shaded gray so i can't choose anything to send...my only option is to cancel. I NEED to get my contacts on my phone and believe inn BitPim...HELP ME BELIEVE IN BITPIM!!!!

Thanks



Posted by: bobbyd

how is the qwerty keyboard on this phone? i think i might be getting this phone



Posted by: themopedwhiz

really it s not hard , although sometimes confusing, start bitpim, goto settings, and change it to a950 com 12

you have the a950 in the phone selection and manually set the port as com12, because com12 was detected as other

and UNcheck the box for automaticaly detect phone, this way it should keep these settings,

click on the 'file system option'

and expand the file tree, this might take a few minutes be patient

then do a get data from the phone,

then import your contacts CSV file, that you exported from your old phone,

once it imported and approved , send data to the phone ( you have to do this )

i'm using bitpim 9.08 on the both the u740 & the u620



Posted by: yf12

Incoming calls from people that are listed in contacts, display the number instead of the name.
Any setup for this?

thanks !



Posted by: ElementFire

Quote:
Originally Posted by yf12
Incoming calls from people that are listed in contacts, display the number instead of the name.
Any setup for this?

thanks !


Are the numbers entered correctly? I'm not sure, but I think the phone thinks 1-234-5678 <> 234-5678.



Posted by: ElementFire

Sorry for the double post, but this is an entirely different issue:

After V-Cast music manager crashed on my PC today, my u740 has been giving out (quite loud) CLICKS between music tracks (two clicks - one when the song is ending, and one when the next song is beginning). It is particularly loud when headphones are connected in, but the clicks can be heard even when the music is playing through the speakers. The clicks occur occur not only between tracks, and also during fast-forward, reverse, and manual song-change. The clicks are always the same volume (much louder than the music) regardless of the volume of the track (they occur even when the volume has been muted).

I've rebooted my phone, wiped my microSD card, tried different songs, and still no improvement. Is my phone permanently damaged? Anyone else have this issue?

I know this is abnormal because I didn't have any such problem yesterday.



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by ElementFire
Are the numbers entered correctly? I'm not sure, but I think the phone thinks 1-234-5678 <> 234-5678.
US numbers need to be 10 digits. Perhaps try getting rid of the 1. I've never used a 1 on a cell phone - though I've seen posts that say that there are some weird carriers (like if roaming) that require a 1 for a long distance call, but I've never seen that in my 15 years of using a cell phone.



Posted by: ElementFire

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa
US numbers need to be 10 digits. Perhaps try getting rid of the 1. I've never used a 1 on a cell phone - though I've seen posts that say that there are some weird carriers (like if roaming) that require a 1 for a long distance call, but I've never seen that in my 15 years of using a cell phone.


I just verified, and all the numbers in my contact list omit the '1', and my phone identifies each caller by name, perfectly. So, yeah... Don't use the '1'!



Posted by: yf12

thanks for the replies on the incoming call name ID issue. this is my daughters phone. after she entered the area code (10 digits) the incoming calls showed the name. different acting than her previous phone (chocolate), because the #'s were transfered with verizon's back up assistant.



Posted by: zazzified

Quote:
though I've seen posts that say that there are some weird carriers (like if roaming) that require a 1 for a long distance call, but I've never seen that in my 15 years of using a cell phone.
When I was on AT&T back in the day, when it roamed I couldn't complete a call until adding the one.



Posted by: ElementFire

Quote:
Originally Posted by ElementFire
After V-Cast music manager crashed on my PC today, my u740 has been giving out (quite loud) CLICKS between music tracks (two clicks - one when the song is ending, and one when the next song is beginning). It is particularly loud when headphones are connected in, but the clicks can be heard even when the music is playing through the speakers. The clicks occur occur not only between tracks, and also during fast-forward, reverse, and manual song-change. The clicks are always the same volume (much louder than the music) regardless of the volume of the track (they occur even when the volume has been muted).

I've rebooted my phone, wiped my microSD card, tried different songs, and still no improvement. Is my phone permanently damaged? Anyone else have this issue?

I know this is abnormal because I didn't have any such problem yesterday.


I fixed this issue by powering down the phone, removing the battery, waiting a minute, then putting the battery back in and rebooting. Phew.



Posted by: joelfreak

I love my U740 except for one thing. When I leave it on my nightstand at night and it charges, randomly, every minute or so it emits a very soft beep and lights up the "rewind" key on the outer keypad. I have checked ALL of the normal things, I have no new messages of any kind, I tried rebooting the phone, I tried pressing play, turning off bluetooth (thinking it was some kinda searching sound) but its making me batty...does ANYONE know why it would be making that sound at random intervals?



Posted by: mick4394

Quote:
Originally Posted by joelfreak
I love my U740 except for one thing. When I leave it on my nightstand at night and it charges, randomly, every minute or so it emits a very soft beep and lights up the "rewind" key on the outer keypad. I have checked ALL of the normal things, I have no new messages of any kind, I tried rebooting the phone, I tried pressing play, turning off bluetooth (thinking it was some kinda searching sound) but its making me batty...does ANYONE know why it would be making that sound at random intervals?


Mine didn't do this.



Posted by: themopedwhiz

mine ( now hers ) is on charge right now, i don't see this happening



Posted by: EDZORSX

I Just Bought The Usb Music Transfer Kit For My Sch-u740 Yesterday... Ive Tryed Several Times To Sync Music From My Computer To My Phone. Everytime I Try I Hit The Sync Button It Tells Me Phone My Phone Is Connected. Then I Look At My Phone And It Tells Me That It Is Connected????? Can Someone Please Help Me Out With This Problem... Thanks



Posted by: hause55

Sorry if this has been asked before but is there a way to set my phone to vibrate and my alarm to a ring. I just bought the phone and it seems like I have to change back and forth the master volume in order to do this. It is very inconvenient to change the phone to a ringer right before I go to bed every night.

Also my old Samsung phone would vibrate then change to a ringer after about 5 seconds on incoming calls. Is there a way to set this up? Thanks for your help.



Posted by: zazzified

How is it that inconvenient to change it? Just hold down # lol



Posted by: themopedwhiz

Quote:
Originally Posted by EDZORSX
I Just Bought The Usb Music Transfer Kit For My Sch-u740 Yesterday... Ive Tryed Several Times To Sync Music From My Computer To My Phone. Everytime I Try I Hit The Sync Button It Tells Me Phone My Phone Is Connected. Then I Look At My Phone And It Tells Me That It Is Connected????? Can Someone Please Help Me Out With This Problem... Thanks


Don't start the sync program, the phone has to initialize ( start ) the program,
just plug in the phone ( the sync monitor runs in thewindows bkg processes ) and then goto the phone menus to the vcast music to sync, then the program will open up correctly



Posted by: beathookup

just picked up 2 yesterday for my wife and i and i love it so far. still have sprint but its only 20 bux. but love it so far and cant wait to read more in depth about this phone and learn alot of tricks for it.



Posted by: hause55

Quote:
Originally Posted by zazzified
How is it that inconvenient to change it? Just hold down # lol


I didn't know you could just hold down the # key. I was looking for an easy way in case I forget to do it one night and my alarm won't go off. Thanks.

Is there no way to set Vibrate then Ring after a certain time?



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by hause55
I didn't know you could just hold down the # key. I was looking for an easy way in case I forget to do it one night and my alarm won't go off. Thanks.

Is there no way to set Vibrate then Ring after a certain time?
You can use a custome ringtone. Make a ringtone with 10seconds of silence at the begining, for example.



Posted by: hause55

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa
You can use a custome ringtone. Make a ringtone with 10seconds of silence at the begining, for example.


O.K. if I did that could I make it vibrate and ring at the same time then within the custom ringtone? Thanks.



Posted by: theole34

that is how i did it. i made a siren ringtone, and added 10-12 secondsof silence in front.



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by hause55
O.K. if I did that could I make it vibrate and ring at the same time then within the custom ringtone? Thanks.
yes. Set it to vibrate and then choose a ringtone. It will then vib and ring at the same time. Though if you have 10 seconds of silence at the begining of the ringtone you are using, you will hear that silence for the first 10 seconds, of course.



Posted by: digitaldept

Sorry if this is a duplicate post but I could find anything related.
I have the u740, a 1GB card (formatted in the phone)- How do I get my own MP3's onto the card so they play through the front player on the phone?

Here's the kicker- I am on a Mac. I have tried dragging and dropping into the my_music folder but it gives me a player error and says it can't play the songs I've added. I'm using a card reader to transfer

I HAVE successfully cut down songs, saved ad .mid and emailed to my phone for use as ringtones but can't get my music to play.

Help!!

Thanks!



Posted by: anthonyatddn

to play out of the media player, they have to be .mp3 extentions and a max 36 characters (before the extention)

being on a mac shouldnt cause problems. not for this anyway lol.



Posted by: digitaldept

I have the .mp3 extension and far less than the 36 max characters. When I try to play, first it says adding songs to library but then it won't play them. it will only play songs purchased through V-Cast (I bought one from my phone to hear the player and speakers)

I have also tried converting many different ways through Quicktime Pro with no luck. Very frustrating.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.



Posted by: mick4394

Quote:
Originally Posted by digitaldept
I have the .mp3 extension and far less than the 36 max characters. When I try to play, first it says adding songs to library but then it won't play them. it will only play songs purchased through V-Cast (I bought one from my phone to hear the player and speakers)

I have also tried converting many different ways through Quicktime Pro with no luck. Very frustrating.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.


How did you get the songs?

Ripped from CDs or downloaded?



Posted by: R3GUL8OR

Quote:
Originally Posted by mick4394
How did you get the songs?

Ripped from CDs or downloaded?


I would also want to know how you are converting the files. Hopefully you are not copying a diff format and then renaming it with the .mp3 extension cause thats not how it works.



Posted by: digitaldept

Mainly ripped. A few purchased through iTunes but then burned and re-imported with no DRM.



Posted by: digitaldept

I did copy and then rename. How about sharing how it Does work instead of just telling me that's NOT how it works?

Sorry, like I said, noobie here.

Thanks again for helping me out.



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by digitaldept
I did copy and then rename. How about sharing how it Does work instead of just telling me that's NOT how it works?

Sorry, like I said, noobie here.

Thanks again for helping me out.
It sounds like you did it right. He meant that you can't copy a .wav or a .wma and simply rename it to .mp3



Posted by: SQFreak

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa
It sounds like you did it right. He meant that you can't copy a .wav or a .wma and simply rename it to .mp3


But you also can't copy a .m4a file to .mp3 and expect it to play. iTunes by default rips to .m4a. There's a setting in the iTunes preferences (Advanced * Importing * Import Using * MP3 Encoder), then make sure you use the copies of the songs that are MP3 files as created by iTunes or some other encoder.



Posted by: LeMInhBURST

hye i've had my phone for a few weeks now and tis been working fine. but i just tried to put some more songs on my phone... and when i got to sync music it keeps saying connect failure please check your cable connection to the PC. and my cable is fine... whats wrong with my phone!?!?!



Posted by: curtisbeef

do you think this phone will come out for gsm (tmobile,cingular/ATT, anything with a sim card) ??

my friend has this phone for verizon and its great. . but now i want it haha
thanks



Posted by: anthonyatddn

switch to verizon, problem solved.



Posted by: brucemc

Looking to trade up my e815 at this point. Looking at the sch-u740 and don't see a reason yet to pay the extra $100 for an ENV, am I correct? I would enjoy the better picture quality, but if I am happy with that off the 815, can anyone who has owned an 815 let me know if I am in for a disappointment? As I do use the phone for pix, can I freely xfer them via either bluetooth or usb to the computer? Hacked the 815 to allow this, but rather not hack if I don't need to.

Any and all comments appreciated, as I will most likely stick with whatever I choose for a couple years, I rather be a happy camper. I've made enough mistakes that I live with for us all.



Posted by: mick4394

Quote:
Originally Posted by brucemc
Looking to trade up my e815 at this point. Looking at the sch-u740 and don't see a reason yet to pay the extra $100 for an ENV, am I correct? I would enjoy the better picture quality, but if I am happy with that off the 815, can anyone who has owned an 815 let me know if I am in for a disappointment? As I do use the phone for pix, can I freely xfer them via either bluetooth or usb to the computer? Hacked the 815 to allow this, but rather not hack if I don't need to.

Any and all comments appreciated, as I will most likely stick with whatever I choose for a couple years, I rather be a happy camper. I've made enough mistakes that I live with for us all.


The number one reason to choose the enV over the u740 is call quality. In short, on the u740 the call quality is not good, on the enV it is good.



Posted by: brucemc

Seeing how it is supposed to be a phone, I feel like an idiot. I presumed at this stage all these would be about the same. Noticable difference, hmmm?



Posted by: mick4394

Quote:
Originally Posted by brucemc
Seeing how it is supposed to be a phone, I feel like an idiot. I presumed at this stage all these would be about the same. Noticable difference, hmmm?


You'd think, wouldn't you? Unfortunately, it's not the case.



Posted by: anthonyatddn

quality did go down even from my sprint samsung. its acceptable, however, its noticable. check it out for your first few days, and see what ya think.



Posted by: Kamin

I've got a vx9800 and, while i like the phone, i've had a few problems and am thinking about upgrading. Was gonna get a 9900, until i saw this phone. Any suggestions on which one to get?

thanks



Posted by: sant1ago

Does anybody know when there would be a firmware update for this phone?
Thanks



Posted by: mick4394

Quote:
Originally Posted by sant1ago
Does anybody know when there would be a firmware update for this phone?
Thanks


Based on past Verizon Samsungs, my guess is, the firmware updates will be few and far between.

But, you never know, they may actually have a hit on their hands with the u740, and may actually have to support it.



Posted by: jackr5

Sorry if this has been posted but I didn't see it ... anyone have any luck syncing with a Mac? iSync claims not to recognize the u740.



Posted by: bobbyd

is there a way that when the phone is close to be able to see the time? i hit the volume keys but the front screen is just blank I have to open the phone in order to see the time etc



Posted by: k00ey

Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbyd
is there a way that when the phone is close to be able to see the time? i hit the volume keys but the front screen is just blank I have to open the phone in order to see the time etc



im not sure about your settings but, on my u740 all i have to do is hold one of the buttons down for alittle bit then it will show. all 3 buttons work if u hold them down even when my phone is on lock.



Posted by: bobbyd

Quote:
Originally Posted by k00ey
im not sure about your settings but, on my u740 all i have to do is hold one of the buttons down for alittle bit then it will show. all 3 buttons work if u hold them down even when my phone is on lock.

ahh thanks that worked i wasnt holding the button i was just tapping it and didnt see anything but it works the way u said thanks



Posted by: krayak

I download ringtones from websites (like tuneusin) into my computer and then email it to my u740.
but sometimes when my phone gets the msg, one or more of the files are .qcp instead of .mp3.
I can set these files as ringtones, but they won't work.
anyone know why and/or how to fix it?

thanks



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by krayak
I download ringtones from websites (like tuneusin) into my computer and then email it to my u740.
but sometimes when my phone gets the msg, one or more of the files are .qcp instead of .mp3.
I can set these files as ringtones, but they won't work.
anyone know why and/or how to fix it?

thanks
If the file is above a certain size, Verizon converts them to qcp



Posted by: mick4394

Quote:
Originally Posted by jackr5
Sorry if this has been posted but I didn't see it ... anyone have any luck syncing with a Mac? iSync claims not to recognize the u740.


If you want iSync compatibility, you're best off sticking to Motorola's. Chances are, the u740 will never have iSync support.



Posted by: Turbocharger

I put four songs on my u740, and when I start the music player, the first song will either come up as an error, and not play, or play once, but when I come back to it, it will come up as an error.

If I quit the music player and start it again, same thing; the song will be playable once, but then it will come up as an error the next time I try to select it. All the other songs come up fine. Any ideas?



Posted by: hwyldy

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phonenewb
Glad it's finally out...hopefully my requirements will be covered with this one as I need a phone badly.

Can't find an on-line user manual, so maybe you new users can answer:

1. Does it sync (calendar and contacts) with Outlook on a PC?
2. Does the contact list include addresses, or just phone/email?

If it has these covered, the rest is gravy....let's hear those reviews!

Mark

I was wondering how do you get your email from this new phone? can anyone help?



Posted by: monkey107

Hi all! Anyone know how to retrieve a pic? I renamed this pic and after that, it shows the pic as broken!! How can I restore it!? Any help is appreciated. thanks!



Posted by: bobbyd

I got 2 questions

1. when the flip is open does teh outer lcd screen not show anything?
2. the reception on the phone is which one? evdo? or 1x? or is it both of them?



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbyd
I got 2 questions

1. when the flip is open does teh outer lcd screen not show anything?
2. the reception on the phone is which one? evdo? or 1x? or is it both of them?
Every phone is 1x - that's what voice uses. Only data uses EVDO. The u740 is an EVDO phone.



Posted by: zazzified

And yes, when the flip is open the outer LCD shows nothing, for whatever reason.



Posted by: bobbyd

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa
Every phone is 1x - that's what voice uses. Only data uses EVDO. The u740 is an EVDO phone.

ah ok thanks thats what i though i remember on my vx7000 it would say 1x but wasnt sure which of the 2 was my reception but i get it now



Posted by: bobbyd

Quote:
Originally Posted by zazzified
And yes, when the flip is open the outer LCD shows nothing, for whatever reason.

ah aight



Posted by: r3dstar

picked this phone up yesterday as a replacement for the e815 (which i liked a lot) the qwerty keyboard was the eye catcher for me. i have a few quick questions (i waded through about a 1/4 of the pages here)
is there a way to make the outer LCD display stay on?
has anyone had issues with the phone cutting itself off? my phone has done this a few times. only once when i was using it towrite a text message. but about 3 times ive opened it up to a blank screen. in fact it just happened right now. its charging and it was on...i looked over and the front display said "charging" instead of the clock. open it up and its off...



Posted by: anthonyatddn

dunno about it shutting off on its own,

as for keeping the outter display on, sorry, its a no go. im sure it'd draw on the battery pretty hard.



Posted by: r3dstar

Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyatddn
dunno about it shutting off on its own,

as for keeping the outter display on, sorry, its a no go. im sure it'd draw on the battery pretty hard.


my old moto e815 would display the time with no backlight on the outside which i kinda liked since i dont carry a watch, but i suppose the extra step of holding down one of the outside buttons for a second isnt too bad.

the phone shut itself off again this morning on my way into work but has been fine all day... i may have to go by verizon this weekend....



Posted by: R3GUL8OR

Quote:
Originally Posted by r3dstar
my old moto e815 would display the time with no backlight on the outside which i kinda liked since i dont carry a watch, but i suppose the extra step of holding down one of the outside buttons for a second isnt too bad.

the phone shut itself off again this morning on my way into work but has been fine all day... i may have to go by verizon this weekend....



ur not alone bud. my roommates 740 did it too, and it was always when he plugged it into the charger before he went to bed. Couple of others on here have noticed it too.



Posted by: anthonyatddn

Quote:
Originally Posted by r3dstar
my old moto e815 would display the time with no backlight on the outside which i kinda liked since i dont carry a watch, but i suppose the extra step of holding down one of the outside buttons for a second isnt too bad.

the phone shut itself off again this morning on my way into work but has been fine all day... i may have to go by verizon this weekend....




i understand what your sayin. my sprint sanyo's showed the time always, but the screen was "off" but yeah it was a nice thing.

and for the phone cycling on its own. id def take it back especially if its doin it this often. good luck, and post up what their call is on the issue.



Posted by: zazzified

I've had no issues with the phone turning off on its own at all. Hasn't done it once.

Knock on wood...



Posted by: anthonyatddn

mine has not either, im saying though that if his is doing it as much as he's claiming, then id be on the horn with them real quick cuz it would drive me to drinking



Posted by: zazzified

Oh yeah, definitely.



Posted by: anthonyatddn

this is a pretty solid phone. im quite pleased with it. i think the mic hole is a lil tiny, or oddly placed in the corner, but hey, who's worried about a hole that's as big as 2 grains of sugar. pretty good that it can pick up any sound at all all things considered.



Posted by: k00ey

Quote:
Originally Posted by r3dstar
my old moto e815 would display the time with no backlight on the outside which i kinda liked since i dont carry a watch, but i suppose the extra step of holding down one of the outside buttons for a second isnt too bad.

the phone shut itself off again this morning on my way into work but has been fine all day... i may have to go by verizon this weekend....



i would definitely go back to verizon and get a new u740 if mine were shutting off just to be on the safe side.



Posted by: edro13

Are there any samples pics in this thread?

I have a Moto E815 and there is an "E815 Sample Pics Thread".

All the owners post their pics...

Every phone needs one of those threads.



Posted by: edro13

Also, does anyone have pics of what the browser looks like?

Is it the same as all Verizon web browsers, and does it do any actual .html pages, or just the WAP pages?



Posted by: mick4394

Quote:
Originally Posted by edro13
Also, does anyone have pics of what the browser looks like?

Is it the same as all Verizon web browsers, and does it do any actual .html pages, or just the WAP pages?


It's the same old Mobile Web 2.0 as other Verizon phones. Heck, it's not even optimized for the wide screen like the 9800/9900.



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by edro13
Also, does anyone have pics of what the browser looks like?

Is it the same as all Verizon web browsers, and does it do any actual .html pages, or just the WAP pages?
... and all the browsers are Openwave browsers. They all do html pages - they don't support frames/iframes or certain javascript though, so those pages may or may not even display. Also the page size is a factor (the actual kB's of the page) - the phone only has a certain amount of memory allocated to the browser, and if the page exceeds it, you will get an error message. But the page will still be viewable (only up until the memory limit, of course).



Posted by: millertime2

hey how do you take the battery cover off?



Posted by: Wootlax

you slide it off.
the first time is it really hard.
i opened my flip and pushed down on the battery cover as hard as i could.
after 10 minutes of trying i got it. hopefully, it won't take as long for you



Posted by: zazzified

Yeah it's really difficult to remove. You just push and slide, but don't break anything.



Posted by: Angela627

I think my MicroSD card is stuck in my phone?

Usually when i put it in i can take it out by pressing it again and it pops out and you can pull it out. Now I don't even see the card when I look in the slot and can't seem to get it out. The card still recognizes that it's in there tho as I can play mp3s and video off the card.

anyone else have this problem before??



Posted by: ElementFire

Quote:
Originally Posted by Angela627
I think my MicroSD card is stuck in my phone?

Usually when i put it in i can take it out by pressing it again and it pops out and you can pull it out. Now I don't even see the card when I look in the slot and can't seem to get it out. The card still recognizes that it's in there tho as I can play mp3s and video off the card.

anyone else have this problem before??


Yeah, it looks like it's stuck, but you just have to poke it hard enough. I chipped off a portion of my fingernail trying (and my nails are thick).



Posted by: Angela627

Quote:
Originally Posted by ElementFire
Yeah, it looks like it's stuck, but you just have to poke it hard enough. I chipped off a portion of my fingernail trying (and my nails are thick).


I think I did that and now it's stuck even further in

This should be covered in my 1 year warranty no? As the microSD slot is a feature of the phone and if the spring for the card isn't working to pop it back out that's a manufacture defect. I did notice there are 4 screws under the battery cover (which oddly enough I don't have that much of a problem taking off), but I dont want to unscrew those as that would void my warranty. Think if I bring it in they'll give me a new phone and I can try to convince them to unscrew the back on my old phone so there is a chance at me getting my card back? Really dont want to be buying a new 2 gb microsd card.



Posted by: pgens

Have you tried tweezers? I have needed them from time to time.



Posted by: scootr68

Has anyone tried to set up their U740 as a speaker phone via the aux port on their car stereo? I tried this today by using the provided 2.5mm jack that comes with the phone coupled to an adapter to fit an aux cord. All went well, you can hear the person through your speakers but they can't hear you.I'm guessing if I got a microphone and plugged it into the side of the provided adapter that it might work??



Posted by: Angela627

I didn't want to break anything in the slot and thus breaking my phone and voiding warranty cause i mistreated it or something... cause tweezers are metal and i didn't know if that would affect the chip around the card?



Posted by: edro13

Sample camera pics on pages 16 and 17.



Posted by: Geek2Nurse

I've noticed some weirdness with the MP3 player part of the phone and wondered if anyone has found a solution. I listen to audiobooks a lot, and thought it would be nice to load them on my phone so I can listen other places besides in my car. When I delete one I've already listened to, however, and then load a new one, the phone seems to keep partial data in its memory of the one that's been erased. The new tracks will be there, but sometimes they'll show up as being tracks from the previous book/author, instead of under their own track names.

I can't find a way to get rid of the leftover info from previous books, and sometimes it makes things really screwy. I've tried deleting albums using the buttons on the phone, via the VCast application, and directly on the card by inserting it in my laptop... I've tried editing the track information on the card, changing the names of the tracks, changing the names of the albums, inserting an entirely different card with different tracks and playing a few of them before going back to the original card... anything to make the phone re-index the data on the card and recognize it for what it is. So far, nothing has worked.

I've got an Ayn Rand book that's really long (3 CDs of MP3s) and the phone has decided the tracks go in a different order than the author put them in, which makes it really hard to follow the story line! The MP3 filenames are just the track numbers, 01.mp3, 02.mp3 and so on, but on the phone display they all show up as the title of the book. There's no way to differentiate between them, so there's no way even to hunt through to find the one I want. I've deleted and reloaded them, reloaded them with different filenames, and nothing works -- the phone still refuses to see them in the right order, because it somehow recognizes them from the first time they were loaded and persists in using that data instead of refreshing.

Has anyone else run into this? Any ideas for fixing it?



Posted by: Geek2Nurse

One other question. I've tried two different 3mm to 2mm headphone adaptors with the 2mm to USB adaptor that came with the phone, and both of them play in mono with the adaptor plugged in normally. If I back the plug out a little bit and futz around with it, I can find a "magic" spot that gives me stereo, but only with lots of loud popping and static, and if it gets bumped or jiggled at all then I lose the sound completely. My husband has a different phone that came with the same sort of adaptor, and has the same problem with it. Are the adaptors packaged with the phones just all flawed? (Or did I just somehow manage to find two non-standard 3mm to 2mm "standard" converters by two different manufacturers in two different stores in different cities? I *am* talented that way, at times!)

If anyone has found an adaptor that actually works, and can give me model info on it, I'd be grateful!



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by Geek2Nurse
One other question. I've tried two different 3mm to 2mm headphone adaptors with the 2mm to USB adaptor that came with the phone, and both of them play in mono with the adaptor plugged in normally. If I back the plug out a little bit and futz around with it, I can find a "magic" spot that gives me stereo, but only with lots of loud popping and static, and if it gets bumped or jiggled at all then I lose the sound completely. My husband has a different phone that came with the same sort of adaptor, and has the same problem with it. Are the adaptors packaged with the phones just all flawed? (Or did I just somehow manage to find two non-standard 3mm to 2mm "standard" converters by two different manufacturers in two different stores in different cities? I *am* talented that way, at times!)

If anyone has found an adaptor that actually works, and can give me model info on it, I'd be grateful!
You need to use 4 pin plugs.
Stereo phones use 4 pin adapters. Left audio, right audio, mic and ground. If you are using a standard 3 pin plug, you can sometimes get them to work because you slide it out of the jack so that the pins kind of connect. Though I would recommend NOT doing this. You are most likely shorting the left and right audio together. Either that or you are shorting the mic to one of the audio channels.

If you want to use 3 pin stereo headphones as opposed to 4 pin stereo headsets, then I suggest getting a 4 pin to 3 pin adapter. Or get the verizon patch cable that is 4 pin to 3 pin with an inline mic.



Posted by: rviccaro

Quote:
Originally Posted by Geek2Nurse
I've noticed some weirdness with the MP3 player part of the phone and wondered if anyone has found a solution. I listen to audiobooks a lot, and thought it would be nice to load them on my phone so I can listen other places besides in my car. When I delete one I've already listened to, however, and then load a new one, the phone seems to keep partial data in its memory of the one that's been erased. The new tracks will be there, but sometimes they'll show up as being tracks from the previous book/author, instead of under their own track names.

I can't find a way to get rid of the leftover info from previous books, and sometimes it makes things really screwy. I've tried deleting albums using the buttons on the phone, via the VCast application, and directly on the card by inserting it in my laptop... I've tried editing the track information on the card, changing the names of the tracks, changing the names of the albums, inserting an entirely different card with different tracks and playing a few of them before going back to the original card... anything to make the phone re-index the data on the card and recognize it for what it is. So far, nothing has worked.

I've got an Ayn Rand book that's really long (3 CDs of MP3s) and the phone has decided the tracks go in a different order than the author put them in, which makes it really hard to follow the story line! The MP3 filenames are just the track numbers, 01.mp3, 02.mp3 and so on, but on the phone display they all show up as the title of the book. There's no way to differentiate between them, so there's no way even to hunt through to find the one I want. I've deleted and reloaded them, reloaded them with different filenames, and nothing works -- the phone still refuses to see them in the right order, because it somehow recognizes them from the first time they were loaded and persists in using that data instead of refreshing.

Has anyone else run into this? Any ideas for fixing it?


i think the phone sorts by ID3 tags so you would have to use a tag editor and change the track name tags so that they sort the right way when you view them in a list

and as far as the leftover track information, did you try the reinitialize database option when you are in a vcast player subcategory(albums, songs, etc)? that might help



Posted by: rviccaro

Quote:
Originally Posted by millertime2
hey how do you take the battery cover off?


After nearly breaking my phone i found that if you press your fingernail in between the top edge of the battery door and the bottom edge of the panel with the verizon logo on it, and slide down it comes off very easily.



Posted by: Angela627

well brought it to Verizon and they used pliers to pull out my memory card but told me the card was now going to be stuck everytime. So they exchanged my phone. But the hinge is way looser on this one than the previous one. The flip moves a lot when on landscape. Sigh, can't win them all i guess



Posted by: nick12684

WOW! i just saw the commercial for the new song id feature from verizon. i went online to check it out, and its only available for some select phones...only! is this true, is it gonna be compatible with some others in the future: like the 740? its a vcast music phone. anyone know whats gonna happen with the 740 and VCast song id? i so want song id.



Posted by: ElementFire

Quote:
Originally Posted by scootr68
Has anyone tried to set up their U740 as a speaker phone via the aux port on their car stereo? I tried this today by using the provided 2.5mm jack that comes with the phone coupled to an adapter to fit an aux cord. All went well, you can hear the person through your speakers but they can't hear you.I'm guessing if I got a microphone and plugged it into the side of the provided adapter that it might work??


I tried something similar just yesterday. I went to Radioshack and bought a 2.5mm stereo to 2.5mm stereo splitter (or a Y-cable, whichever you prefer) for $6.99. I hooked up one output to my headset, and the other output to a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter, which then connected to a cassette adapter in my car player.

It didn't really work.

Though I had to fidget with the 2.5-3.5 adapter to get stereo music (similar to other complaints in this thread), when a call comes in and I answer it, the person on the other end can't hear me, but I can hear them. This can't be rectified by swapping the devices on the Y-adapter.

Additionally, I think my cassette adapter is sending current back into my phone, so that whenever I connect and disconnect the adapter between my phone and my car stereo, the phone does weird things: disconnect current call / bring up voice-dial / stop playing music and take me back to main menu / etc.

Bah. Well, I'd be grateful if someone comes up with a way to listen to music via my car stereo, and not have to fumble with the cable to answer an incoming call.



Posted by: drose8_07

I just got the u740 after a dreadful one hour of activation problems on the phone. I was not eligible but my dad was so i got it from his upgrade and then switched it to my number so I could have it and so far so good. I use to have the EnV but decided that this maybe the phone for me because of the size.



Posted by: Angela627

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa
You need to use 4 pin plugs.
Stereo phones use 4 pin adapters. Left audio, right audio, mic and ground. If you are using a standard 3 pin plug, you can sometimes get them to work because you slide it out of the jack so that the pins kind of connect. Though I would recommend NOT doing this. You are most likely shorting the left and right audio together. Either that or you are shorting the mic to one of the audio channels.

If you want to use 3 pin stereo headphones as opposed to 4 pin stereo headsets, then I suggest getting a 4 pin to 3 pin adapter. Or get the verizon patch cable that is 4 pin to 3 pin with an inline mic.


If you get a Samsung OEM headset like this would you get stereo? It would just plug directly into your phone and there's no messy adapters to deal with?



Posted by: dustpuppy42

Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how to email pictures from the phone to an outside email account (for instance, send them to a friend's email).

The way I tried that is by sending a TXT message and enter an email address in the recipient field. This didn't work, I never saw the picture sent out via email.

Do I need to sign up for "wireless sync" in order for this to work ?

Thanks for any suggestions !



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by dustpuppy42
Hello,
I'm trying to figure out how to email pictures from the phone to an outside email account (for instance, send them to a friend's email).

The way I tried that is by sending a TXT message and enter an email address in the recipient field. This didn't work, I never saw the picture sent out via email.

Do I need to sign up for "wireless sync" in order for this to work ?

Thanks for any suggestions !
Send a pic message to an email address. That's it - no special steps required. Simply put an email address in one of the To fields.

You can't send a pic in a text (sms) message, of course. It must be a pic (mms) message.



Posted by: dustpuppy42

ok, I understand what happened now, the message ended up in my spam folder. I whitelisted the verizon email address and everything is OK now.



Posted by: SammySnead

Quote:
Originally Posted by Angela627
If you get a Samsung OEM headset like this would you get stereo? It would just plug directly into your phone and there's no messy adapters to deal with?


Let's hope so. I just ordered one off ebay - an OEM one that lists the u740 and stereo (same one that works with Blackjack and SYNC).



Posted by: AuroraBorealis

hello everyone...i apologize if this has been covered before but i'm just curious....is this phone ems capable? And if so are you able to send text messages over 160 characters to non verizon customers? I wanna know if this is a phone restraint or a verizon restraint but with my both my razr and env im unable to send text messages of 160 characters or more...it wont send out as multiple texts...it wont even try...just thought id ask if this phone has this capability...thanks



Posted by: r3dstar

Quote:
Originally Posted by k00ey
i would definitely go back to verizon and get a new u740 if mine were shutting off just to be on the safe side.


thats what i did. nearest store was an hour from me so i drove in last week. also the battery wasnt holding a charge, it was down to one bar in less than 24 hours. talked to the customer service and the lady gave me a new phone no hassle. no problems out of this one. battery charge is lasting 3-4 days on avg use.



Posted by: kelmac

Not sure if there's any Mac users in here...

I know the u740 isn't officially supported by BitPim yet. Really all I want to do at this point is push my address book and calendar out to the phone. I have run the built-in Bluetooth setup assistant on the Mac. It sees the phone and allows me to complete the setup for "available services" (namely "Use with Address Book" and "Access the Internet"). This is a bit deceptive in the fact that you actually can't use the u740 with the address book on your Mac because the Apple iSync application doesn't support the phone (in reality It's not that iSync does not support the phone, its that Samsung have chosen not to equip this phone with the industry standard SyncML protocol for syncing data between computers and other devices).

Anyway, when I launch BitPim and try to detect the phone, it sees nothing. In setup I have chosen the Samsung 950 as the device type and a comm port named "Serial (/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync)".

Any suggestions ?????



Posted by: tcmoore

I can't get DUN to work with my IPAQ 2215. Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by tcmoore
I can't get DUN to work with my IPAQ 2215. Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=938352



Posted by: tcmoore

Thanks I figured it was on here somewhere just couldn't find it.



Posted by: VaMick

Is there a hack to allow game play in portrait mode...my fingers don't seem to be able to use the pad well in landscape.



Posted by: R3GUL8OR

Hey since I no longer have access to a u740 (at least until next week when a buddy of mine gets his) can someone do me a favor. Im running a test to see how many phones are being affected by the VZW forced QCP downconversion. So far the 620 is the only phone I found that is not force-downconverting an MP3 ringtone to QCP. Can one of you guys send a ringtone THAT YOU KNOW has worked on your phone in the past and check to see if it comes as a QCP?



Posted by: rviccaro

OK, i just forwarded an e-mail that I successfully used on May 10 to send a ringtone to my u740 and it worked fine again...came through as an MP3...the file is 225KB MP3 ~20 sec. long



Posted by: R3GUL8OR

Quote:
Originally Posted by rviccaro
OK, i just forwarded an e-mail that I successfully used on May 10 to send a ringtone to my u740 and it worked fine again...came through as an MP3...the file is 225KB MP3 ~20 sec. long


cool./ thanks for doing that. Looks like the Samsungs have slipped through Verizon's cracks on this one. Great for you guys, but still sucks for us who have moto or LG. LOL



Posted by: xanatos1

I haven't read anything here about this... maybe someone can help me.

How do I download new graphics for text messages? I just can't seem to figure this one out. TIA



Posted by: rviccaro

Wirelessly posted (Samsung SCH-u740: SCH-u740 UP.Browser/6.2.3.2 (GUI) MMP/2.0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by AuroraBorealis
hello everyone...i apologize if this has been covered before but i'm just curious....is this phone ems capable? And if so are you able to send text messages over 160 characters to non verizon customers? I wanna know if this is a phone restraint or a verizon restraint but with my both my razr and env im unable to send text messages of 160 characters or more...it wont send out as multiple texts...it wont even try...just thought id ask if this phone has this capability...thanks


To answer AuroraBorealis: yes when typing sms messages the phone will split the messages up to 7 160 character "pages" and send them as separate texts, i'm not sure about cross carrier support though. I would imagine since the phone is splitting the message on the way out that it should work



Posted by: heycraisins

I got this phone two weeks ago and so far I'm impressed with it. I have a few gripes though.

1. How do I view a picture in fullscreen while in landscape mode?
2. How do I get onto a free WAP? I tried following the guides but after you put in the 0218... unlock code, I don't have a "Browser Settings" menu or anything. Just a lot of things with cryptic names.



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by heycraisins
I got this phone two weeks ago and so far I'm impressed with it. I have a few gripes though.

1. How do I view a picture in fullscreen while in landscape mode?
2. How do I get onto a free WAP? I tried following the guides but after you put in the 0218... unlock code, I don't have a "Browser Settings" menu or anything. Just a lot of things with cryptic names.

1. IDK - you probably can't
2. http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1153481
Quote:
Step 4: Go to the "Settings and Tools" menu and press "OK". Once you are in there press the # key, you should be prompted for a “User Lock” password enter “0 0 0 0 0 0” for the password. Once in the “SYSTEM INFO” menu press "0" one more time and you will be prompted with another “User Lock” password request, input 0 2 1 8 2 4 3 4 4 0. This will unlock yet another menu “PARAM EDITOR”, once in this last and final menu go down to the "USERPREFS Editor" and press "OK", erase the “0” and change it to a “1”. Press "OK" to apply the changes and simply press the “END” button to return to the phones main screen.

Step 5: Press the “MENU” button go into the “GET IT NOW” menu once in the
main screen of the menu press “#” and you will be prompted with a “ENTER LOCK CODE” password prompt. Enter the last 4 of your phone number (unless you change the security code). Once you do this you will be in the “Browser Settings” menu. You are now ready to setup the server information for free wap.



Posted by: rviccaro

Wirelessly posted (Samsung SCH-u740: SCH-u740 UP.Browser/6.2.3.2 (GUI) MMP/2.0)

Yeah, the only way to view pics in full screen while in landscape mode is to start the slide show amd pause it on the pic you want to view. Its a clunky way to do it but i havent found another way.



Posted by: EKBSRK

Just got the phone.Im having trouble transferring my phonebook thru bitpim. I have saved my contact list as .csv from my old vx8100, but when i load it and send it back to the u740, it only sends the contacts which were labeled as home numbers and additionally the phone numbers are incomplete. Is there a better way to transfer my contacts?



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by EKBSRK
Just got the phone.Im having trouble transferring my phonebook thru bitpim. I have saved my contact list as .csv from my old vx8100, but when i load it and send it back to the u740, it only sends the contacts which were labeled as home numbers and additionally the phone numbers are incomplete. Is there a better way to transfer my contacts?
If you still have the vx8100, it might be easier to put it back on your account (do an online ESN change) and then use the free Backup Assistant GIN app to save your contacts. Then do an online ESN swap back to the 740 and use the free Backup Assistant to sync up your 740.

As long as you can log into verizonwireless.com, you will not be charged for Backup Assistant (it says $1.99 in the GIN menu, but as it says on the website, you will not be billed as long as you have a verizonwireless login).

I know I've had problems with my csv files in the past. I had to edit the actual csv file to make it reasonable compatible. But if you saved the csv using BitPim, I'd think it would already be in the correct format. Apparently not though.



Posted by: scootr68

backup assistant is awesome on verizon. You can edit, add, delete, and a few other things on your phonebook. you can then sync it to your phone. Make sure though you download the backup assistant via Get It Now before trying to get it to come up via Verizons website. Great thing is no matter what phone you get you can transfer all your contacts to it.



Posted by: joeflyer59

Quote:
Originally Posted by paladin732
for your third question,

If you email your ringtone as a .mid file (just rename the .mp3 to .mid) to XXXXXXXXXX@vzwpix.com the phone will let you save em as ringtones

Sorry if this has been tackled already - I've been reading page after page in this thread without much luck. I just got my phone less than a week ago and something has definitely changed with regards to mp3 ringtones.

I've tried moving mp3's to the SD card, this works great - but no option to set them as ringtones.

I've pic-messaged myself and changed the .mp3 to .mid and this SEEMED to work - I heard the file, saw an option to set as ringtone, got a message that ringtone was set - but alas NO RINGTONE in my selections, and of course it is definitely NOT set. (also, the file was only 240k in size)

Did VZW block this feature, or am I doing something wrong?


joey b



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by joeflyer59
Sorry if this has been tackled already - I've been reading page after page in this thread without much luck. I just got my phone less than a week ago and something has definitely changed with regards to mp3 ringtones.

I've tried moving mp3's to the SD card, this works great - but no option to set them as ringtones.

I've pic-messaged myself and changed the .mp3 to .mid and this SEEMED to work - I heard the file, saw an option to set as ringtone, got a message that ringtone was set - but alas NO RINGTONE in my selections, and of course it is definitely NOT set. (also, the file was only 240k in size)

Did VZW block this feature, or am I doing something wrong?


joey b
Don't rename them.
Use a valid mp3 file. And you can save them as 30 second clips and 64kbps and they should be more than adequate for a ringtone, and smaller than 240k.
But 240k should be fine for a ringtone - if they are over 300k or so, they will most likely get convert on the way to a crappy qcp file.



Posted by: joeflyer59

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa
Don't rename them.
Use a valid mp3 file. And you can save them as 30 second clips and 64kbps and they should be more than adequate for a ringtone, and smaller than 240k.
But 240k should be fine for a ringtone - if they are over 300k or so, they will most likely get convert on the way to a crappy qcp file.

I love you.

(not really, but that's always fun to say.)



Posted by: heycraisins

Quote:
Originally Posted by Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by heycraisins
I don't have a "Browser Settings" menu or anything. Just a lot of things with cryptic names.


I don't have a "Browser Settings" menu. All I have is PEK Info and BREW Info. If I go into BREW Info and click on anything to change then it won't do anything and it won't respond until i hit OK again. (Also, to get into this menu for me, I have to push 0, not # - so maybe there's a new or different firmware?)



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by heycraisins
I don't have a "Browser Settings" menu. All I have is PEK Info and BREW Info. If I go into BREW Info and click on anything to change then it won't do anything and it won't respond until i hit OK again. (Also, to get into this menu for me, I have to push 0, not # - so maybe there's a new or different firmware?)
Do you have a U740?

These are the instructions posted. Are you sure you did step 4? You go to the Service Menu by pressing 0 from the Tools & Settings menu. And then from the Service Menu, you press 0 again for another hidden menu, right? Because if you don't do that and change the setting for the USERPREFS Editor, then you will NOT have the Browser Settings menu.

Quote:
Step 4: Go to the "Settings and Tools" menu and press "OK". Once you are in there press the # key, you should be prompted for a “User Lock” password enter “0 0 0 0 0 0” for the password. Once in the “SYSTEM INFO” menu press "0" one more time and you will be prompted with another “User Lock” password request, input 0 2 1 8 2 4 3 4 4 0. This will unlock yet another menu “PARAM EDITOR”, once in this last and final menu go down to the "USERPREFS Editor" and press "OK", erase the “0” and change it to a “1”. Press "OK" to apply the changes and simply press the “END” button to return to the phones main screen.

Step 5: Press the “MENU” button go into the “GET IT NOW” menu once in the
main screen of the menu press “#” and you will be prompted with a “ENTER LOCK CODE” password prompt. Enter the last 4 of your phone number (unless you change the security code). Once you do this you will be in the “Browser Settings” menu. You are now ready to setup the server information for free wap.[/QUOTE]



Posted by: mleeber

I spent the last several hours reading all the posts here, thought the 740 was just the ticket to get me from T-Mobile to Verizon, but just decided to stick with my D900 and T-Mobile. Both the 740 and EnV have so much promise but Verizon has neutered the phones. Verizon stinks! Even with my 17% corporate discount for Verizon service T-Mobile is less expensive and more flexible. Why buy a powerful phone only to be nickel and dimed by the carrier??? I would like to get the VZ coverage but not at the monetary and functionality cost that Verizon has!

As a side note I did spend an hour comparing the EnV and 740 at the Kiosk. The sreen and camera on the EnV, although the same physical size on both, is much better on the EnV. The EnV also has Mobile Web 2.0 while the 740 only has Mobile Web. Neither have a full browser (I do not understand why a blackberry gets a full browser and these do not). But the ergonomics of the 740 are better IMHO. And I had no trouble typing on the 740, even the P was not that hard to hit, but the EnV is obviously easier to type on.

So the bottom line is the phones are great but the carrier is trying to squeeze you guys for every penny they can get.



Posted by: themopedwhiz

the blackberry gets a full browser, because you have to buy a 'data plan' feature to access the web, there is NO vcast option for the blackberry

with the BB its 'all or nothing' you can full acess OR no access, and almost everybody with a BB pays $44.95 for the data access NOT $15 vcast, because Vcast is NOT availbale on BB, you pay $45 for everything pop3, web browsing , IM etc.. or you pay zero and get ZERO 'no access at all' just phone calls, no text no pix , no email



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by themopedwhiz
the blackberry gets a full browser, because you have to buy a 'data plan' feature to access the web, there is NO vcast option for the blackberry

with the BB its 'all or nothing' you can full acess OR no access, and almost everybody with a BB pays $44.95 for the data access NOT $15 vcast, because Vcast is NOT availbale on BB, you pay $45 for everything pop3, web browsing , IM etc.. or you pay zero and get ZERO 'no access at all' just phone calls, no text no pix , no email
pda's and smart phones have their own OS, and therefore have the browser of the OS. Like the Q has the normal windows browser.

cellphones get the normal openwave browser (with some of the options removed by verizon), and all cellphones with the openwave browser (no matter what carrier) have basically the same browser. Java enabled phones can use something like opera mini, of course. And that's a nice full featured browser.



Posted by: mleeber

My understanding is that even with full internet the 740 will still have limited capabilites due to the browser, right?

Humpa, any idea if I can use Opera Mini on my D900???

Thanks!



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by mleeber
My understanding is that even with full internet the 740 will still have limited capabilites due to the browser, right?

Humpa, any idea if I can use Opera Mini on my D900???

Thanks!
If you can add java games and apps on your D900 then you probably can. It is merely a java app.

As for limited capabilites on the browser, there are just the normal limitations of the openwave browser. Verizon only takes out a couple of menu options - like the ability to save a file from the web to your phone, or the built in custom search that you can set to the url of your choice, and the built in Go To URL feature (verizon has it's own Go To URL and Search that they use instead).
Other than that, it is the normal openwave browser, which you can experience on your desktop if you want - openwave provides an SDK that you can install on your pc if you want.
http://developer.openwave.com/dvl/tools_and_sdk/



Posted by: mleeber

Excellent! Got it loaded and working. Thanks!



Posted by: irecycle

I found you can actually IM and listen to music at the same time.

It's not perfect, but it works.

You have to already be logged in to the Mobile Messenger application. Then start the music player and close the phone (IT MUST BE CLOSED) so that the player is showing on the outer display. Once someone messages you in Mobile Messenger the first thing you will notice is that the currently playing song will skip to the next song (yeah, a minor annoyance). You can then open and read/respond to their message, and the music still plays and will continue to play as long as you like. Close the phone again and the music continues to play.

So yes, there is a way to listen to music and still do something useful on the phone.

Note: For some reason it won't work with some songs. It does seem to work with most though.



Posted by: joeflyer59

So I registered the Zak's and did the WAP config and all is good.. I guess. I guess in all my excitement to tweak with my new u740 phone, I didn't stop to ask why. (migrated from a Treo650)

I can't seem to find any browser, unless I'm missing it. So my question is what does the WAP tweak really do for me with regards to this phone? Does it mainly affect my outgoing text/pix messages? Or perhaps my surfing through all the Vcast stuff (which is a joke, IMHO)

I suppose it's worth it if it simply chops my txt message count in half by taking care of my outgoing ones.

I'm a newbie, so if anyone could enlighten me, that would be rad.

One thing I do have to say is that I REALLY do dig this phone. Especially coming from that bulky 650... it's just hip and really cool.

joey



Posted by: irecycle

The browser comes up when you press UP on the directional pad. There are other ways to bring it up, but that is the quickest and easiest.



Posted by: optikalblitz.

Quote:
Originally Posted by joeflyer59
So I registered the Zak's and did the WAP config and all is good.. I guess. I guess in all my excitement to tweak with my new u740 phone, I didn't stop to ask why. (migrated from a Treo650)

I can't seem to find any browser, unless I'm missing it. So my question is what does the WAP tweak really do for me with regards to this phone? Does it mainly affect my outgoing text/pix messages? Or perhaps my surfing through all the Vcast stuff (which is a joke, IMHO)

I suppose it's worth it if it simply chops my txt message count in half by taking care of my outgoing ones.

I'm a newbie, so if anyone could enlighten me, that would be rad.

One thing I do have to say is that I REALLY do dig this phone. Especially coming from that bulky 650... it's just hip and really cool.

joey


Free WAP actually means "Free Wireless Application Protocol"

It has no bearing on your SMS (Short Messaging Service) ingoing or outgoing.. WAP is your ability to browse .wml (Wireless Markup Languages--similar to .html) pages. WAP browsing enables you to access: stocks, sports scores, weather, email, chats, and some forums (wap.howardforums.com!!!), as well as general information found from something like a google search.

Verizon has its own access page but it restricts your usage (what else is new?) and ability to customize your browsing experience. Having your own webpage & proxy to access, or free access to a public domain (Zak's, Humpa's), will allow you the freedom to do more with your phone's Openwave Browser.

HTH.



Posted by: Humpa

Quote:
Originally Posted by irecycle
The browser comes up when you press UP on the directional pad. There are other ways to bring it up, but that is the quickest and easiest.
Or the News & Info shortcut for those of you that have reconfigured your shortcuts.



Posted by: irecycle

I found a pouch I am quite happy with for this phone.

The brand is Cellet, model noblea

It is designed to fit all slim type phones such as the Razor, so isn't specifically for this phone, but works very well for it.

The main thing I liked about it is that in addition to the spring belt clip, it also has a full belt loop for extra security. There is no way this is going to pop off your belt (like my leather verizon case did for my old phone).

I work on a skyjack most of the day, often 25ft in the air, so I don't want a case that can pop off easy. Now I just have to make sure I don't drop it when it is out of the case.

The case has a magnetic flap which holds nicely. As some people have noted, magnetic catches will sometimes cause the front screen to light up, however it doesn't keep it on. It shuts back off according to the timeout setting you have.

The leather is very nice quality inside and out. The one cutout it has on the bottom is in just the right spot for your charger/headset.

You can see it on the companies web page here: http://www.cellet.com/catalog/produ...&cat=253&page=1
The pics there don't show the new belt loop on the back though (it shows one large spring clip instead).

This is a pic from the ebay auction where I got mine (for under $10 including shipping) which shows the new clip style.



Posted by: SammySnead

Quote:
Originally Posted by Angela627
If you get a Samsung OEM headset like this would you get stereo? It would just plug directly into your phone and there's no messy adapters to deal with?


I ended up getting this and I was given a Verizon branded one (that came with a Music Essentials Kit). FYI, both plug directly into the phone...so no adaptors needed...and both have in-line mics.

The Samsung one is quite annoying as the left side cord is considerably shorter than the right. I believe this is done to keep the mic close to your mouth, but the disparity is too much. I just measured and the left side is 5" long and the right side is about 20" long. The excess cord on the right side gets in your way.

The Verizon branded one (that came with a Music Essentials Kit) has equidistant cords (about 11" on each side). This is very much preferred if you're primary motivation for buying a headset is listening to music. You look like you're actually listening to music. With the Samsung, it seems as though you're making a call with the mic right up in your grill.

Other differences:
Verizon-branded one has that soft headphone-covering material over the earbuds. You can remove this.
Design is slightly different - I think Samsung's look better.

Overall, I gotta go with the Verizon earbuds simply because of the cord length issue.



Posted by: Angela627

Does it play the music in stereo?

Right now I have a 3.5 to 2.5 adaptor and it's playing my music in mono through my regular headphones



Posted by: SammySnead

Quote:
Originally Posted by Angela627
Does it play the music in stereo?

Right now I have a 3.5 to 2.5 adaptor and it's playing my music in mono through my regular headphones


Which one? It doesn't matter because both play in stereo.



Posted by: Angela627

Quote:
Originally Posted by SammySnead
Which one? It doesn't matter because both play in stereo.


talking about the headphones that you have that plug directly into the phone.

because my setup right now with the adaptor isn't playing in stereo.



Posted by: timblac

Can someone help me. It wont let me recieve or send picture messages all the sudden. I can send texts and everything else works fine. I am in verizon coverage area. I get a message receipt failed message and it wont download. It was working fine. You can message me if you have a solution please!



Posted by: finallap76

Good luck...I have had this same problem off and on for about 2 months now. Tech support wants me to have the phone reflashed with software....however the verizon retail/tech store cannot flash without an update...they do not have the orginal UI/software to reload.....I am still fighting them with the issue.....



Posted by: timblac

thanks for the information. I guess im going to have to talk to them too but they have been busy all day cause of somekind of storms in the northeast. I change phones cause i went throught 5 of them not working just to get a differnt phone that doesnt work right



Posted by: timblac

Quote:
Originally Posted by Angela627
talking about the headphones that you have that plug directly into the phone.

because my setup right now with the adaptor isn't playing in stereo.

yes the ones that plug right into the phone do play in stereo. its the best way to listen to the music



Posted by: SammySnead

Quote:
Originally Posted by Angela627
talking about the headphones that you have that plug directly into the phone.

because my setup right now with the adaptor isn't playing in stereo.


Yes, both the Verizon and Samsung headphones plug directly into the phone and both play in stereo. I prefer the Verizon ones because of the equidistant cord lengths. A family member has the same phone, bought the Music Essentials Kit, and gave me the headphones. I bought the Samsung ones for about $10 shipped off ebay.

I think maybe the adapter you bought isn't stereo. From reading other stuff, i think the stereo 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapters have 4 pins or poles. However, it's a lot easier just to plug the headphones directly into the phone instead of dealing with multiple adapters (20-pin->2.5mm adapter + 2.5mm->3.5mm adapter).



Posted by: Angela627

Quote:
Originally Posted by SammySnead
I think maybe the adapter you bought isn't stereo. From reading other stuff, i think the stereo 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapters have 4 pins or poles. However, it's a lot easier just to plug the headphones directly into the phone instead of dealing with multiple adapters (20-pin->2.5mm adapter + 2.5mm->3.5mm adapter).


exactly, the convenience to just plug in directly is worth buying a new set of headphones. Alrighty, guess it's up to me to decide if I should get the Samsung OEM or Music Essentials Kit. I wouldn't use the other stuff in the kit though cause I use a MicroSD card and adaptor for transering files. Hmm, maybe there are other OEM headphones that'll plug into the phone...



Posted by: BILL/T/D/Y

MP3 issues with my 740.I did like the faq said and used the phone to format the card.It has the folders now ect.Even have pix and rings from cell in it instead of in phone memory.
Downloaded the drivers as per link in faq/sticky.Howeven I haven't been able to add anything to card except thru the phone itself.When ever i use the card reader on the pc i can access the files and copy(not actually REMOVE from card) to the pc but it won't allow me to add to card.I get write protecetd errors.
I am new to this stuff so bear with my ignorance.
When ever I try to use the V-music mamager thing it needs the usb cable and phone.I don't have the cable.basicaly now i have the phone, the card, and the music but can't get them all together without the cable.
Help??Dirrection??Am I overlooking anything??



Posted by: rviccaro

Is the write protect switch on the side of the SD adapter enabled? That could cause the symptoms you are describing.



Posted by: mick4394

Quote:
Originally Posted by BILL/T/D/Y
MP3 issues with my 740.I did like the faq said and used the phone to format the card.It has the folders now ect.Even have pix and rings from cell in it instead of in phone memory.
Downloaded the drivers as per link in faq/sticky.Howeven I haven't been able to add anything to card except thru the phone itself.When ever i use the card reader on the pc i can access the files and copy(not actually REMOVE from card) to the pc but it won't allow me to add to card.I get write protecetd errors.
I am new to this stuff so bear with my ignorance.
When ever I try to use the V-music mamager thing it needs the usb cable and phone.I don't have the cable.basicaly now i have the phone, the card, and the music but can't get them all together without the cable.
Help??Dirrection??Am I overlooking anything??


Is your card a Sandisk card, by any chance?

I had this exact problem with a Sandisk card. I switched back to using Patriot cards, and haven't had the problem since. I bet if you try a different card, it will work.

I never did anything about the card, but I won't by Sandisk again. I've had much better luck with the cheaper brands.



Posted by: invisible21

Has anybody tried prying open the little door-looking thing on the bottom edge of the screen? It looks like there are two tiny holes that could be spots to pry off the little panel. If you can't figure out what i'm talking about...open the phone in landscape mode, and look at the left edge of the screen (the point of the verizon v/check kind of points to it). I will probably check it out soon but was wondering if anybody had already done it.



Posted by: AG160

is there a lock button on this phone or can you u set it to lock automatically if not used



Posted by: BILL/T/D/Y

Quote:
Originally Posted by rviccaro
Is the write protect switch on the side of the SD adapter enabled? That could cause the symptoms you are describing.


Nope no switchs here..And the other one is yep sandisk here.Wonder if the verizon store can un-write protect it???



Posted by: BILL/T/D/Y

OK so I'm a DUMMA--!!!!I did a quick search on write protect and came up with this... http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...t=write+protect
Note the pix???When asked about the switch I looked at the reader not the adaptor.Duuuhhh.Had the switch on the card in wrong position.All better now loadin the heck outta this thing as i type.

THANX THANX THANX



Posted by: rviccaro

Wirelessly posted (Samsung SCH-u740: SCH-u740 UP.Browser/6.2.3.2 (GUI) MMP/2.0)

Cool, glad you got it working.



Posted by: NautcaSprt6

Just got a couple questions that I couldnt find in this thread.

1, when you get a text message and its in autoview, can you get rid of the text message without opening the flip?

2, can you change wha the 2 soft keys do, instead of contacts and messages?

3, is there a way to make the external screen to always show the time or maybe to not turn off?

4, is it possible to have the phone vibrate a couple times and then ring. This is a big thing for me because when im at work I like to hear the phone ring, but then i get on the bus and i want it to vibrate, then when i get home i want it to ring again. Going back and forth from ring to vibrate everyday is kind of annoying.

Other than 3 and 4, I love this phone.
Im still conteplating on returning it for the Razr MAXX.

Thanks in Advance
Bert



Posted by: xanatos1

I have mobile web (compliments of the excellent free wap instructions posted here, and Zaks enterprises). I am wondering if anyone has had any luck viewing Youtube content on their phone. As far as I can tell- Youtube does not have a wap version, so the page is awkward to work with, however I found a link that claims we should be able to download youtube content. http://www.ehow.com/how_2031101_dow...utube-cell.html check this out (if you don't already have an answer for me) and let me know, cuz I cannot get it to work for me. TIA



Posted by: xanatos1

Hey Humpa (or anyone that might be able to help), I got wap working on my u740 and my son's 9800, but cannot get it working on my daughters e815. I have triple checked all the settings from Zaks wiki page. I also spent about 2 hours on Zaks shout box trying to get it working. I've done a search on HoFo moto area, but am not getting any help. Any ideas????



Posted by: harrisazor

Easy. To make the phone vibrate and then ring do the following. Make a ringtone(using any number of programs or web based services) with 5/10 seconds of silence before tones. Set the phone to vibrate and ring on that ring tone. The phone will vibrate and after 5/10 will ring and vigrate. When home reset to normal ringtone.

****



Posted by: xanatos1

Quote:
Originally Posted by harrisazor
Easy. To make the phone vibrate and then ring do the following. Make a ringtone(using any number of programs or web based services) with 5/10 seconds of silence before tones. Set the phone to vibrate and ring on that ring tone. The phone will vibrate and after 5/10 will ring and vigrate. When home reset to normal ringtone.

****

Very nice idea! I never thought of that.



Posted by: sebreez2

Hi everyone... I have a strange thing going on with my phone. I can no longer save sounds I get from text messages to my ringtones. It says that it saves, but it goes into "my sounds" instead. I thought maybe my ringtones folder was too full, so I deleted some stuff and still it goes into "my sounds". Any ideas?

Is there a limit on how much the ringtones folder can hold?



Posted by: cephraim

Quote:
Originally Posted by sebreez2
Hi everyone... I have a strange thing going on with my phone. I can no longer save sounds I get from text messages to my ringtones. It says that it saves, but it goes into "my sounds" instead. I thought maybe my ringtones folder was too full, so I deleted some stuff and still it goes into "my sounds". Any ideas?

Is there a limit on how much the ringtones folder can hold?


I have the same problem. Only occurs intermittently, though. Some save as ringtones, others save into my sounds. Can't figure out what the pattern is, but these are ringtones that I am sending to my phone from phonezoo...

Thanks



Posted by: sebreez2

Quote:
Originally Posted by cephraim
I have the same problem. Only occurs intermittently, though. Some save as ringtones, others save into my sounds. Can't figure out what the pattern is, but these are ringtones that I am sending to my phone from phonezoo...

Thanks

mine happens all the time now. I have tested it from phonezoo, my pc, and also text over the sound from my own sounds - it just aint gonna work anymore. I guess I am off to verizon to yell at them.



Posted by: NautcaSprt6

Quote:
Originally Posted by harrisazor
Easy. To make the phone vibrate and then ring do the following. Make a ringtone(using any number of programs or web based services) with 5/10 seconds of silence before tones. Set the phone to vibrate and ring on that ring tone. The phone will vibrate and after 5/10 will ring and vigrate. When home reset to normal ringtone.

****


Never thought of that.
I will be editing my ringtones when I get home today.
Thanks



Posted by: xanatos1

Quote:
Originally Posted by sebreez2
Hi everyone... I have a strange thing going on with my phone. I can no longer save sounds I get from text messages to my ringtones. It says that it saves, but it goes into "my sounds" instead. I thought maybe my ringtones folder was too full, so I deleted some stuff and still it goes into "my sounds". Any ideas?


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Originally Posted by cephraim
I have the same problem. Only occurs intermittently, though. Some save as ringtones, others save into my sounds. Can't figure out what the pattern is, but these are ringtones that I am sending to my phone from phonezoo...

Thanks

Well, don't know if this will help your problem, but it seems to have solved mine (for now). I reset my phone back to factory default settings. (see settings and tools, phone settings, security, reset settings) I thought I would have to take it back to verizon- and I didn't want them seeing that I had enabled free wap on my phone. (which incidently, my ringtone problems occured right after I enabled wap... not sure if that is the reason for my problems). Anyway- after resetting the defaults- my ringtone problems went away. (FYI - resetting the defaults does not affect your contacts or any pics and tones you already have on your phone)



Posted by: cephraim

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Originally Posted by xanatos1
Well, don't know if this will help your problem, but it seems to have solved mine (for now). I reset my phone back to factory default settings. (see settings and tools, phone settings, security, reset settings) I thought I would have to take it back to verizon- and I didn't want them seeing that I had enabled free wap on my phone. (which incidently, my ringtone problems occured right after I enabled wap... not sure if that is the reason for my problems). Anyway- after resetting the defaults- my ringtone problems went away. (FYI - resetting the defaults does not affect your contacts or any pics and tones you already have on your phone)


Interesting. Must have been something other than free WAP that did it, though, as I didn't enable that on my phone.



Posted by: xanatos1

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Originally Posted by cephraim
Interesting. Must have been something other than free WAP that did it, though, as I didn't enable that on my phone.

Yeah- I was thinking it might just be a Coincidence.

A further suggestion... if you decide to reset your defaults. After you reset the defaults... calll *228 option 1 and reprogram your phone. If not, you may still have problems.



Posted by: Renie517

Has anyone figured out a way to alter the color of the status bars instead of red, blue, or black with the themes? thank you



Posted by: swaptrex

i am sorry if this has already been answered, but is there any way to get the calender icon off the main screen while still having future notifications?



Posted by: harrisazor

i have two questions. can the default of 15 sec. for video camer be changed? second, can the default for the calander alter be chaged to light?

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Posted by: Humpa

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Originally Posted by harrisazor
i have two questions. can the default of 15 sec. for video camer be changed? second, can the default for the calander alter be chaged to light?

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1. yes, but you need a memory card in the phone.
2. I don't not what that means.



Posted by: ElementFire

I downloaded one of the free preview songs from VCast, and the entire song plays through the Bluetooth headset! Basically, only songs purchased through VCast can play through the headset, every other song that you've transferred yourself will only play through the built-in speakers or through a wired headset.

Admittedly, the quality through my Moto H700 is lacking...



Posted by: Wynner3

Alright, I have gone through pretty much every page and no one has posted pictures of their phones with skins on them. How do they look? Also, do all the phones come with the nice menu where you see things like a briefcase and stuff or is that only in certain regions? I went to a Verizon Wireless in San Francisco and all the Samsung u740 phones had the briefcase menu and rounded verizon menus. When I went to one where I live, they didn't have the briefcase menu or rounded verizon menus. They were just the same as all other the other verizon phones that they sell now, not including smart phones.





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