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W385 ringtones
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Posted by: 0.__.0

does anybody know how to add ringtones to the motorola W385?

Posted by: BartonOC

I've been using p2kcommander. Don't care to pay for or steal moto tools.

I used this driver (registration required - you can find it elsewhere if you look)
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/

I used version 4.9.C of p2kcommander
http://s5vi.vxxxstuff.com/commander/

Once the drivers are installed - the handset was recognized for me as a modem.
I went to the modem properties and noted its com port.

To get p2kcommander to detect the phone i went to options -
Check use this com port - and set the box to comX - where X is the com port number of the motorola usb modem

I also used new(fast) 3G-P2K commands.

- you are looking for the Uusb p2k device found or P2K Tci IF up messages; Volume name fail! & GENERIC FAILURE. are normal-

Once you have p2kcommander connected - you can drop your ringtones (mp3 files) in the following folder:
a/brew/mod/my_ringers/

Then brows to a/ and delete MyToneDB.db and TmpTneDB.db

Restart the phone and you should be able to use the new mp3 files as ringtones.

PM me if you are having problems at any stage - Getting p2kcommander to detect the phone proved to be the tricky part.

Posted by: 0.__.0

thank you. it worked

Posted by: bigmo66

I found I had to have PK2 running and then plug the phone in. Now I want new wall paper!

Posted by: thongsai

omg u are the man.. thx.. i read so many different things.. and tried them all.. thx alot .. now i dont have to pay to receive ringtones

Posted by: limegreenneon

Seriously guy, Ive read about 15 different websites downloaded everything imaginable, and still cant get anything to work.......i have a Verizon w385

and i cant get anything to work...

can i please have an idiots guide to adding ring tones to my phone via usb

Posted by: plantface

I have a quick question. I have a mac with bluetooth, and I've got it sync'ed up with my phone. And I can transfer pictures easily, but for some reason I can't upload any kind of music file whatsoever. I've tried clipping them down and changing the format, but nothing's worked.

Is this just an lost cause, or do I have to figure out someway of unlocking all of the ringtones through bluetooth?

Posted by: jjloalone

I've followed the instructions and have had no luck, the ringtone does not show up in the phone... can I have the dummies guide as well?

thanks in advance

jj

Posted by: limegreenneon

Quote:

Originally Posted by BartonOC

I've been using p2kcommander. Don't care to pay for or steal moto tools.

I used this driver (registration required - you can find it elsewhere if you look)
http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/

I used version 4.9.C of p2kcommander
http://s5vi.vxxxstuff.com/commander/

Once the drivers are installed - the handset was recognized for me as a modem.
I went to the modem properties and noted its com port.

To get p2kcommander to detect the phone i went to options -
Check use this com port - and set the box to comX - where X is the com port number of the motorola usb modem

I also used new(fast) 3G-P2K commands.

- you are looking for the Uusb p2k device found or P2K Tci IF up messages; Volume name fail! & GENERIC FAILURE. are normal-

Once you have p2kcommander connected - you can drop your ringtones (mp3 files) in the following folder:
a/brew/mod/my_ringers/

Then brows to a/ and delete MyToneDB.db and TmpTneDB.db

Restart the phone and you should be able to use the new mp3 files as ringtones.

PM me if you are having problems at any stage - Getting p2kcommander to detect the phone proved to be the tricky part.

I'm sooo pissed at my self, from my posts on here i have a w385 and it took me like 5 hours to figure out how to put ring tones and all that good stuff on my phone, I finally figured it out about a week ago, went back into commander and deleted old ring tones and replace them with new ones.....i accidentally deleted the ring tone folder....made a new one put new ring tones in the folder...everything should be back to normal.........NOTHING WORKED !

no ring tone no text,voice, or anything......i was pissed......i finally got a cheesy ring tone to work last night, I'm off work today so I'm like damn it I'm going to figure it out.........i went back to square one......then i came across your post......what ****ed me up i forgot to delete MyToneDB.db and TmpTneDB.db

Posted by: Trogolodite

Thank you very very much i have been attempting to get some ringtones on my phone for a couple weeks reading and rereading different forums and what not with no luck what so ever.

Thanks for making it such a step by step guide :-)

worked perfectly

Posted by: kdfederer

The step by step instructions above worked great for me.

Thanks

Posted by: O drake

Quote:

Originally Posted by BartonOC

Yeah I've had some trouble with it detecting the phone, it seems to work intermittently.

My question is, how does one, after doing all of the above successfully, d/l pics on to one's desktop PC?

Posted by: kdfederer

Just the same as copying to the phone. Highlight what you want copied on the folder in the phone and click the copy button. Whatever is highlighted is copied to the opposite folder.

Posted by: CDan

Quote:

Originally Posted by BartonOC

This is great, but how does one install P2kCommander and make it run? There's no help at all in the downloaded zip. I have no idea what to do with these files. Have searched far and wide for any install and running help, but the official site has nothing at all. HELP!

If I click on P2kCommander.exe, all I get is a WinXP-Pro error message about closing the program, and some cryptic message about "message file not found".

Posted by: kdfederer

Did you extract the files or are you trying to run from the unzip program?
The files must be extracted to your hard drive. All of them, not just the P2kcommander.exe.

Posted by: CDan

Quote:

Originally Posted by kdfederer

Did you extract the files or are you trying to run from the unzip program?
The files must be extracted to your hard drive. All of them, not just the P2kcommander.exe.

Yes, did that. My W385 is connected, and Moto driver installed and working. Any attempts to run P2KCommander.exe result in either nothing happening, or the crash and error message "message file not found".

I can find NO help for P2KCommander anywhere. Windoz Event viewer tells me this: "Faulting application p2kcommander.exe, version 0.0.0.0, faulting module p2kcommander.exe, version 0.0.0.0, fault address 0x00004e70."

EDIT: OK, I kept trying different versions of P2KCommander, and finally version 4.0.0 works. Not only that, but it recognized the W385 immediately with no changes required. Versions 3.X also work, but cannot see the phone.

Next question: If I have a recorded sound stored in the phone, where will it be? And can I just drop that into the ringers folder to use it?

Posted by: kdfederer

Read the second post. It gives step by step instructions. No, you can't just drop it in. The phone can see the file but won't be able to use it unless you delete the files as described in the second post and restart your phone.
If you already have ringtones assigned, it may change them.

Posted by: codyace

The step by step guide worked great for me, on both my Vista and XP machines!

I've noticed that if you're experiencing connection problems, to simply unplug the phone, start P2k, then re plug in the phone. Finds it everytime

I've just stored all of my phones images locally on my box, and am about to play with my ring tones

Great write up!

Posted by: Sunburnt1

I have tried every thing on here and I still cant get p2k to see my phone

Posted by: ctruth

Thanks a lot man. I've been looking for a way to add my own tunes to my Verizon Moto w385. I'm a puter nerd, but a cellphone newbie. Your post did the trick.

The real problem was getting P2kcommander to "see" my phone. Had to keep connecting and disconnecting my USB hub button and waiting several minutes each time until it finally connected.

Then after I loaded a file and: "Then brows to a/ and delete MyToneDB.db and TmpTneDB.db" I had no incoming ringtone sounds on the phone. No sound no matter what tone I selected.....hmmmmm.

I diconnected the battery and let the phone "refresh" from scratch.

It's playing incoming ringtones now....but, man, that was scary.

Anybody having a "no sound" problem, should try disconnecting and reconnecting the cellphone battery.

Posted by: ctruth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunburnt1

I have tried every thing on here and I still cant get p2k to see my phone

Try installing the Motorola Software Update from this address.

http://direct.motorola.com/hellomot...my_software.asp

I have Verizon and a W385 (no updates for this phone), so I selected "Ve" as my phone and installed the drivers anyway.

The software won't update a W385, but "may" load some USB drivers that will help P2kcommander to "see" your phone.

It appeared to work for me, but then again, maybe I had previously been impatient with the "click the hub button on and off" routine.

One way or the other, it takes me about 5 or 6 minutes to connect.

Posted by: Sunburnt1

Yea I got it finally, I use the method in the #4 post in this thread http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...hreadid=1201366

Had a heck of a time with setting up the modem but it does work

Posted by: ctruth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunburnt1

Yea I got it finally, I use the method in the #4 post in this thread http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...hreadid=1201366

Had a heck of a time with setting up the modem but it does work

The only thing that matters is the bottom line!

Posted by: derekpaw24

did what you said to do to get the ringtones on the phone, but when i set the ringtone of the mp3 it does not work. when i check it shows that all the ringtones are locked. please help.

Posted by: Sunburnt1

did you change the name of the file from .mp3 to .qcp ?

Posted by: derekpaw24

no they are still in mp3. they play on the phone, but when i set it as a ringtone it wont work when someone calls. it uses the default ringtone not the mp3

Posted by: Sunburnt1

well there ya go you must change the file name to .qcp
go to this thread and read the #4 post it tells you what to do http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...hreadid=1201366

Posted by: kdfederer

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sunburnt1

well there ya go you must change the file name to .qcp
go to this thread and read the #4 post it tells you what to do http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...hreadid=1201366

You DO NOT need to change to .qcp. All mine are mp3 or wav and they work fine.

Quote:

Once you have p2kcommander connected - you can drop your ringtones (mp3 files) in the following folder:
a/brew/mod/my_ringers/

Then brows to a/ and delete MyToneDB.db and TmpTneDB.db

Restart the phone and you should be able to use the new mp3 files as ringtones.

Posted by: jac1599

Man, USCC got something right. My W385 has OBEX capable bluetooth so I just connect to my phone and send my mp3 clips over to the audio folder that pops up when I explore my phone.

Posted by: Miki01

I seem to be having problems with this one... Whenever I start up P2k and search for my a/brew/mod/my_ringers/ folder, I can't find my_ringhers... Am I supposed to create that folder?

If so, when I do create it, a folder in a/brew is also created called a/brew/myringers, while in the /mod folder, I have /my_ringers, and at the same time, the MP3 file I drag and dropped to the /my_ringers folder is in the /mod folder, rather than in the folder that I created. In the folder that I did create, though, is a vxx.something.com file that appears after the drag+drop scenario...

Can anyone give me some insight on this?

Posted by: kdfederer

You should already have a "ringer" folder there that has the system ringers in it.
At least it is there on the Verizon W385 and that is what it is and where it is.
You may need to look through all of the <dir> until you find the system ringers and add the ringtones there.

Posted by: LinzA19

So, I'm a phone hacking newbie. And I would just like to say that this forum helped me get my own ringtones and take the pics off my phone and put them on my computer. You are all my new best friends. Thank you very much.

Posted by: telus.ca

If what you say is true, could you share your steps involved to make such changes?

Quote:

Originally Posted by thongsai

omg u are the man.. thx.. i read so many different things.. and tried them all.. thx alot .. now i dont have to pay to receive ringtones

Posted by: kdfederer

Quote:

Originally Posted by BartonOC

Here is your step by step. It is on the first page of this thread.

Posted by: telus.ca

Saw those steps before and followed word-by-word, I still don't believe that anyone that followed them has successfully able to access the W385. I still get the following:
at+mode=8
--> COM14
at+mode=8
--> COM14
No p2k device found, NOT connected !

When I try to browse to _F:\RadAsm\ or to /a P2k Phone System nothing happens.

- Erika

Posted by: Miki01

COM14? How many USB ports do you have?

Posted by: Peechee1

Your method worked on my new W385. Thanks!!!! What other good mods do you have?

Posted by: P__S__2

Quote:

Originally Posted by telus.ca

Saw those steps before and followed word-by-word, I still don't believe that anyone that followed them has successfully able to access the W385. I still get the following:
at+mode=8
--> COM14
at+mode=8
--> COM14
No p2k device found, NOT connected !

When I try to browse to _F:\RadAsm\ or to /a P2k Phone System nothing happens.

- Erika

Same here, I followed it step by step and it still says No P2k device found.

Posted by: Miki01

For some apparent reason, when I delete TmpTneDB and MyToneDB, it makes my music list just turn blank. It knows that there are files there, and I can preview it, but only my Telus-bought ringtones actually show up... I've been at this ringtone thing for a few weeks... I was able to to just about every other mod to my W385 except this one...

Posted by: P__S__2

Quote:

Originally Posted by telus.ca

I got mine to work by doing this,

go to Control Panel, then go to Phone and Modem Options, then go to the Modems tab and then check what COM it is on, I too was typing COM 14, but it really wasn't.

Then go to the options menu on P2kCommander, and type in the COM# that your modem is being recognised as, then connect your phone, and it should detect it.

Posted by: jimbr1

Wow, wish I had read thru all the posts before deleting my new ringtones (p2kcommander worked for me-great info on page 1 btw...thanks)..but I had the problem...the new ringers would play back to listen to them,but when using them, or any ringtones for incoming calls-wouldn't work..had to delete all of the new ringtones for it to work again...may try and re-install new ringtones...AND THEN REMOVE AND REPLACE THE BATTERY!...I did find that different versions of p2kc work better with different phones...when downloading ringtones from an E815, version 3.3 worked best, when downloading rintones into a W385, the latest version worked best.

Posted by: Catman39

can you use motorola phone tools to add ringtones to the W385?

Posted by: Miki01

Directly, no. You use MPT to put songs in your W385, but you need BitPim or P2KCommander to delete two .dB files in order for those songs to actually be applied as ringtones.

Posted by: Peechee1

MPT won't work for me to add music. when I open the program, the media area is greyed out and unavailable to me. is this just for my w385 or anyone elses? Doesn't matter - P2k worked for me in the method described above to add ringtones.

Posted by: bgaddz

for some reason, i got p2k to see my phone once, but never again. have tried everything on here. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Posted by: wwfarch

Alright, so as with many people I had a lot of trouble getting p2kcommander to recognize the phone. The instructions were slightly unclear. When you specify the com port you can't just put the number of the com port. For example if your phone is in com port 4 you must enter COM4 and NOT simply 4. This was the mistake that I made. I hope this helps somebody

Posted by: hemmy33

Quote:

Originally Posted by wwfarch

Alright, so as with many people I had a lot of trouble getting p2kcommander to recognize the phone. The instructions were slightly unclear. When you specify the com port you can't just put the number of the com port. For example if your phone is in com port 4 you must enter COM4 and NOT simply 4. This was the mistake that I made. I hope this helps somebody

Hi,

I am a newbie at the mobile phone game as well and find all of this truly fascinating. My phone did not ship with a USB cord. I am presuming W385's normally do ship with USB cords. Having said that, I do have Bluetooth on my 385. I am able to connect to my phone through my Mac laptop and transfer pictures and mp3's.

Is there a way of using bluetooth to help run pk2commander wirelessly?

Is there a Mac version of pk2commander? (I do not have bluetooth on my PC desktop)

Thanks kindly!

Posted by: ij9zapem

Quote:

Originally Posted by BartonOC

- you are looking for the Uusb p2k device found or P2K Tci IF up messages; Volume name fail! & GENERIC FAILURE. are normal-

Once you have p2kcommander connected - you can drop your ringtones (mp3 files) in the following folder:
a/brew/mod/my_ringers/

what happened if i dont have the my ringers folder, and i have a camera folder instead, could this folder be somewhere else or im doing something wrong? -please i need some advice, thanks

Posted by: davidsco27

I FINALLY got P2K Commander to work. I had to use V 4.9.C because the newest, version E would not recognize the phone. Got the ringers working fine. Now, how do I get the pic over???

Posted by: greppson

if you just want to add mp3 ringtones do this:

go to ventones.com

ESPECIALLY for verizon users.

you upload the mp3, select the portion of the song you want (don't go over 30 seconds cause it'll just go to voicemail), have the website email it to you and then forward that to your phone at (XXX)XXXXXXX@vzwpix.com where (XXX)XXXXXXX is your phone number. takes about 15-20 minutes to get the email on your phone, but it will work.

open the text message, it will automatically play the mp3, just save it as a "my sound" or ringtone or something using the left button option. then go to menu, get tunes and tones, go to my ringtones and set it for whatever you would like.

much easier then using cords and deleting files on your phone.

i've already transferred 3 over today and they are working perfectly.

jason

edit: obviously don't put the ( and ) in the email address of your phone, just XXXXXXXXXX@vzwpix.com. for example, your number is 111-222-3434, use 1112223434@vzwpix.com.

Posted by: dorian1979

I followed BartonOC instructions and it worked first time. Then I tried to install Moto's Continental and Classic rings with no luck.. I tried in both MP3 and MID formats. It shows up in the list but when I click "ok" to set ringtone, it just goes back to previous screen... Any idea? Or does anyone have Continental and Classic in a format that definitely works?? Or do you know where I can download them?

Thanks!

Posted by: BartonOC

I got it from a site called M O B A N G O. For some reason whenever I post the link - the forums change it to howardforums.com its really 'w' 'w' 'w' DOT 'M' 'O' 'B' 'A' 'N' 'G' 'O' DOT 'C' 'O' 'M' /media_details/continental/ZXY454!MT7I=

www.howardforums.com/media_details/continental/ZXY454!MT7I=

I used this one and it works. A different mp3 i got didn't work - (not even on the computer)

I tested moving a midi file into the ringers folder (not a moto ringer) with success as well.

Good luck!!!

Posted by: dorian1979

Ok, I got it to work.. I had to remove MyToneDB.db and TmpTneDB.db again. I guess this needs to happen every time you drag a new ringtone onto your phone.

Another issue, no matter what volume I put the phone on, the ringer stays at the same volume level. Both for Continental and Classic? Any ideas? Is it something wrong with the files? Have you ever run into this?

If you do not have that problem, can you let me know where you found both the Continental and Classic ringtones??

Thanks a MILLION!!!

Posted by: Cmac24

ok what's up guys i have the w385 everything worked for me, except i only have about 1 second of the ringtone? any suggestions?

Posted by: BartonOC

I would hook your phone back up to p2kcommander and take a look at the size of the file - and make sure the size is the same byte for byte. When transferring make sure not to close the little window that pops up - this interrupts the transfer and you will get partial files.

Either way - i would delete the file, recopy it over, re delete your .db files and restart the phone.

If it still doesn't play and you can verify the whole file copied - you might try re-encoding at a different bitrate.

Posted by: dorian1979

Hey BartonOC, any idea about the volume issue? Why can't I adjust the volume on the files that I transferred? Whether I put the ringer on low or high, it is the same level when the phone rings...

Any idea? Anyone??

Posted by: trdd

p2kCommander 4.9.E
phone = V9m

some say put connection mode in "USB" and others say "Com". They both work as far as reading the seems, but don't show up the memory card directory or phone dir. Instructions say "select "/a P2k phone system" from the drop down box and you will see the phone files populate on the left." Not the case here.

Any ideas?

MFT reads the phone, but of course is locked to any good stuff.

***Thanks to wwfarch... I missed pages 2-4 before posting! My bad.
Once I typed "COM5" instead of "5" for the Com port, new hardware showed up! I can now access the files. Now for some more reading...

SEARCH, the answer is out there!

Thanks for all the postings.

Posted by: davidsco27

I used verision "C" of P2K commander and it worked perfectly. E didn't work for me

Posted by: anew_phase

New to the Block ...
I can access my Verizon W385 from your instructions.

Can I change my default event alert tone. The default is short and easily missed? Also, can I set a repeat every 2 minutes until I acknowledge it?

Regards,
Tom

Posted by: Sm07

WOW i have been tryin get this to work for hours and still nothing. it says the phone is connected but i cant seeem to find any of the places he said to put tthe ringtones at, if anyone has the time it would be nice if you could msg me or sum1 post a more detailed guide.

Posted by: Stat1c

Sm07

here:
http://staticfx.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=53

Posted by: Sm07

thx but it still doesn't work. i followed thoes steps. mine is a little diff than wut they have listed.
when u get to the:
-Dbl click a
-Dbl click brew
-Dbl click mod
-Dbl click my_ringers

I dont have a my_ringers after mod, mine say camera. o.O help plz

Posted by: BartonOC

If you don't have that folder - do you have a verizon phone? These instructions are verizon specific. If its another branded phone (or possible the verizon prepaid - i don't have that one to know) - look for a folder with files in it named the same as the ringers already available on your phone. If thats the case - let me know what brand you have and where the files were.

Thanks,

BartonOC

Posted by: yellow_iron_man

Is there a reset button on the W385? Had a bad problem with first phone after using P2KCommander. The display showed up with colored circles and "HELLOMOTO" across the screen.

I just installed all the same files on the new phone and it's still OK

I looked all over the first phone and could not find a button to reset

Posted by: Stat1c

reset, as in, restore it to the original files? or just turn it off and on?

Posted by: yellow_iron_man

What I'm trying to say is -- After I used P2K and downloaded my files it worked for about two hours and then -CRASH - different corlored circles and "HELLOMOTO" across the screen. Pulled the battery and all that stuff but could do nothing - hoping for a reset button somewhere

Posted by: Stat1c

the only thing I can think of is that the phone would need to be flashed back to the original state. Maybe with MSU(Moto software update?) Ive never done it with a moto.. only an LG. if the phone is new...you could bring it to VZW and say u need a new phone cause that one broke?

Posted by: hudson_w385

After a couple of hours of reading different posts and trying every program out there I've finnally got P2K to read my phone but of course the ringers folder is not there does anybody have a fix for a Telus phone?

Posted by: Stat1c

Hudson,

look in your phone.. check the names of a few ringtones, then look thru the folders untill you find the ringtones in P2K.

Posted by: xxxthedemonxxx

ok ive read threw all the pages of this topic, and tryd everything, i tryd installing the drivers multiple times, but whatever i do i cannot get p2k or bitpim to find my w385, when i plug it in to the usb, all it does is start charging my phone, wutdo i do?

Posted by: WAKennedy

Quote:

Originally Posted by telus.ca

The Telus phones seem to be set up differently. I'm a Mac user running Windows XP in Parallels Desktop and don't have a good working knowledge of Windows so that hasn't helped. P2KCommander is not the most intuitive progam either.

You do have to follow the other suggestion regarding checking the COM port in the Control Panel and then going to Options in P2kcommander to change the port in order for the phone to be recognized. There is no a/brew/mod/my_ringers folder on my phone. I navigated to a/motorola/shared/audio and copied the mp3 file there then went into the phone to Media Gallery->Sounds, selected the new mp3 and hit Options. It now allows me to choose Apply As... Ringtone. Seems to be set up right, just waiting for someone to call to see if it actually works.

Posted by: WAKennedy

Quote:

Originally Posted by hemmy33

Ahh, another Mac user! I've tried every Mac shareware app I could find and nothing will recognize the phone. I don't know why Motorola doesn't release Mac drivers. I had no problems using Bluetooth on the Mac to copy pix and mp3's to the phone but it won't give you access to the ringtones folder. So you seem to be pretty much stuck using P2kcommander in Windows.

What you need is a standard USB to mini-USB cable, which my phone didn't come with either. I'm just using the cable from my digital camera. If you have any other device (non-iPod mp3 player etc) that came with a USB to min-USB cable, that one should work too, otherwise they're probably pretty cheap to buy.

Posted by: jjoaquin23

ive got it set up right and been able to put ringtones on my phone. But which folder holds the pictures that I take with the camera? i want to move the pics to my laptop

Posted by: titaniumtrev

You first need to run MSU (Motorola Software update) and refrain from going beyond step one. Keeping MSU in the background, run P2K commander ( I'm using v4.9E).

IN the P2KCommmander options check

Manual setting ... check Com port
use this volume on 4th slot \a\

P2k Tuning.... safe

Miscellaneous Options .... check on Check new releases online (If desired)
check nothing else

Back to the main screen copy you MP3's to /a/motorola/shared/audio/

once that is done return to the /a/ directory

and delete the 2 .db files (MyToneDB.db and TmpTneDB.db ) using the delete function in P2kCommander

Restart Your phone using the restart function.
You should be able to use your MP3's as ringtones.

If you verify the file properties of your Mp3 in the phone it may not indicate Apply Possible : Yes.

But if you edit your contact and change their Ringer ID you will (should) have access to your Mp3.

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Posted by: srsTBob

I have an amazingly simple way to get mp3 ringtones to work on the W385 with Verizon that worked for me.

Just take whatever mp3 file you want as your ringtone, change .mp3 to .qcp and just transfer it to the my_ringers folder. ( I did it over bluetooth, and on a mac, if that makes any difference)

Posted by: bianaryborn

wow i have just been using my bluetooth dongle on my pc to send the mp3

Posted by: formulation

I first of all want to thank everyone who posted in this thread. I was able to get my phone connected (P2K) and download the ringtone I wanted using the info posted.
Now... my phone will not ring. I deleted the .db files before restarting the phone through P2K and removed the battery once. I have done this twice and verified the ringtone is present with P2K. I see the .db files are created when the phone is restarted. Still no ringtones. Any other suggestions?

Posted by: meganisonfire

ok so im trying to figure out where my pics are on my w385.. i finally got my p2k software to recognize the phone.. but now i cant figure out where my pics are on the phone.... plus once i transfer(i already transfered some bmp and jpg that were part of the phone) i cant view them on my computer. i have photoshop and that doesnt work either... any suggestions?

Posted by: meganisonfire

nvrmnd.. figured it out on my own.. DUH.. i changed the file name of the pix and realized they were being saved in 18808(something like that) folder...also..i was transfering them to sdcard.. and it turns out it wasnt saving all teh way.. i just sent them to c: and it works fine.. thnx 4 all ur support....

Posted by: techman59

Thanks , I been trying for a long time to load my own ringtones.. your the man

Posted by: armandoarana

this worked like a charm, just takes time to figure out the steps.
THANKS!!!

Posted by: techman59

Use usb port right from computer..I was using hub and it kept timing out..from computer no problem....

Posted by: titaniumtrev

Simply check the files you've created see if they function in MMP (Microsoft Media Player), or some other Media playing software. If they don't work then there is a prob when you created them . I'm using Wavepad from NCH software( Great software). If they do functino then there must be some other prob.

Posted by: ndnygaard

Come on guys this is kindergarden....use MPT

Posted by: lilgamecubedude

I have a W385 For telus (yes im from canada) i did the p2k comander thing and go to the mod folder. but my_ringers wasnt in there - i went back to the a/ and those 2 files that u had to delete were there so i deleted them. BUt no as i look on my phone the ringtones i download have a little lock beside them and when i have downlaoded them the lock is open and thats how i get the apply as option. HOw do i do these for all of my ringtones?

Posted by: Zoofa88

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Originally Posted by titaniumtrev

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Bump! - Anyone?

Posted by: Jono1983

Thanks brother .. got her all wired up now ... Is there a way to put games on our phone ? ...

Posted by: WAKennedy

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Originally Posted by lilgamecubedude

I have a W385 For telus (yes im from canada) i did the p2k comander thing and go to the mod folder. but my_ringers wasnt in there - i went back to the a/ and those 2 files that u had to delete were there so i deleted them. BUt no as i look on my phone the ringtones i download have a little lock beside them and when i have downlaoded them the lock is open and thats how i get the apply as option. HOw do i do these for all of my ringtones?

On the Telus phones there's no my_ringtones folder. Look for a/motorola/shared/audio and put them there.

BTW I did NOT have to delete any MyToneDB.db or TmpTneDB.db file.

Posted by: KylaK

i know nothing about phones... and i can't figure out the p2k Commander and how i connect it to my phone... please help!

Posted by: Stat1c

Kylak....try this

http://staticfx.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=53

Posted by: Atosryac

Anyone else try this on a Verizon W385? Since I don't have a Bluetooth thingy for my computer, here's what I found through trial and error:

1. Edit mp3. (Anything >30 secs is going to get cut off when the caller gets punted to voice mail. Bitrate doesn't seem to matter -- I've used from 60/44 to 128/44 -- though I've tried to keep overall file sizes 200-300kb. I had a file just over 500kb rejected by Verizon, and I haven't experimented with 400kb files.)

2. Change file extension to QPC. (Windows protests, but you don't need to actually convert the audio file. Verizon seems to reject anything MP3, but you can email the exact same file as QPC or MID...however, MID won't work for step 4.)

3. Email QPC file to xxxxxxxxxx@vzwpix.com (Substitute your 10-digit phone number for the x's.)

4. Open the text message on the phone, and the sound should start playing. Follow the menus: Options -> Save -> Set As -> Ringtone or Ringer ID. (Note that while you can email MIDs to your phone, the "Set As" option does NOT appear and you can only save the MID to "My Sounds" and not as a ringtone. I'm not quite sure, but I think you might get hit with messaging charges for this method.)

Now, if someone could tell me how to do something similar on a US Cellular W385...? US Cellular rejects my emails...even 60kb files exceed some kind of message size limit.

Posted by: Stat1c

use MSU and P2K. no need to email it. the USB canle is the same that is used for many cameras.

Posted by: mystachicka

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Originally Posted by WAKennedy

On the Telus phones there's no my_ringtones folder. Look for a/motorola/shared/audio and put them there.

BTW I did NOT have to delete any MyToneDB.db or TmpTneDB.db file.

Do you know how to get them so you can apply them as id ring tones? It seems I can only select one as id. I thought it may have to do with file size but unsure. Did you run into this problem?

Posted by: WAKennedy

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Originally Posted by mystachicka

Do you know how to get them so you can apply them as id ring tones? It seems I can only select one as id. I thought it may have to do with file size but unsure. Did you run into this problem?

It might have something to do with file size. These phones don't have much storage. I cropped all the songs that I wanted for ringers down to about 15 seconds using Motorola Phone Tools.

After I had uploaded them I went to Media Gallery>Sounds on the phone and selected each song, hit Options and did Apply As Ring Tone which makes it your main ringer. I don't know if that step makes a difference or not, but it worked the first time so I kept on doing it for each song I uploaded. After that I was able to go to Contacts and set them as id ringers.

Posted by: mystachicka

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Originally Posted by WAKennedy

Yes, once I applied it as a ring tone, I was able to use them as ID's. Thanks so much for that! Such a simple thing, that would have taken me forever to figure out! LOL.

Posted by: skatebman

Hi I'm from canada and I just bought a W385 from Koodo Mobile(Same as Telus) and my Phone is in french. I sucessfuly put new ringtone in it and just to warn you if you are with Koodo I did not have to delete MyToneDB.db and TmpTneDB.db
and everything work perfectly and the sound is good. Also the path to the ring with Koodo is a/brew/Shared/Audio

and btw sry for my bad englich I'm french canadien

Posted by: nicoleeeeeeeeex

where can i get the usb thing you need for this?

Posted by: skatebman

http://cgi.cafr.ebay.ca/Mini-USB-Ca...1QQcmdZViewItem or Futur shop bestbuy

Posted by: Stat1c

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Originally Posted by nicoleeeeeeeeex

where can i get the usb thing you need for this?

its a mini USB. if you have a digital camera.. more than likely its the same cable.

Posted by: ronmar

Just tried this yesterday, and it works pretty well on my verizon W385, using the motodev driver and the P2Kcommander as specified in the #2 post in this thread. I had no problems getting the computer to recognize the phone. Mine seems to come up on Com3 every time. The only issue I had was my own fault. On the pulldown where you enter the com port, you also need to check the box beside that line item telling P2K to use that com port.

Plug in the phone, once the computer recognizes it, check the port in control panel/phone and modem and then start P2K. Select and enter the comport on the options menu, then on the pulldown menu over the right side screen select "P2K phone system", and P2K will read the phone and the right hand menu will have the phone file structure in it(root folder is called "a"). You can select a folder on your computer for the left screen and using the copy button, you can move stuff back and forth between the windows. I found that after loading the new ringtones and deleting the two specified files in the phone root folder, you can reset the phone using the reset button in P2K. This does the same thing as removing the battery, at least it did on my phone.

Works great for me, I can move pics off the phone onto my computer as well as update new ringtones. I was also able to delete all the factory wallpaper images and free up a bunch of memory in the phone for my own pics. Thanks for posting the method.

Posted by: 2594jh

the doesnt get picked up as a modem so i cant open it or nothin

Posted by: ronmar

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Originally Posted by 2594jh

the doesnt get picked up as a modem so i cant open it or nothin

Did you plug the phone intothe computer before or after you loaded the motodev driver? If you did it before, it may have been seen as something else, depending on your operting system. If this happend, then the device may be listed as something inoperable as it dosn't have the driver associated with it, and subsequent reconnections are just ignored by the computer. you need to plug in the phone and open device manager(start, settings, control panel, system, device manager) and look for anything that has a yellow question mark. If you find something with the question mark that you can identify as the phone(will probably have w385 in the label) you need to disconnect the phone, then de-install/remove that item from device manager. Then load the motodev driver and THEN re-connect the phone. With the device not in device manager, when it gets re-conncted, the computer will again see it for the first time and should atempt to associate the motodev driver with the phone.

If this dosn't work, does it do anything when you plug in the phone? In winXP, windows gives a bell tone that it has been connected and the phone starts charging. If you are not seeing some sort of activity there may be issues with your version of USB or that particular port?

Posted by: ronmar

Oh, and I think someone also posted here about having problems using a USB HUB. If you have anything inbetween computer and phone, take it out of circuit and plug this thing directly into the computer USB port...

Posted by: LeoSchwartzkopf

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Originally Posted by BartonOC

You are SO the man. Or the woman. Or the child. Whatever.
Finally got this working on my Verizon W385. Awesome.

Posted by: 2594jh

the pk2 commander doesnt work

Posted by: LeoSchwartzkopf

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Originally Posted by 2594jh

the pk2 commander doesnt work

Did you download the right version? Did you indicate the correct COM port properly, per the instructions earlier in the thread (e.g. 'COM3', not just '3')

Didn't work for me when I tried it initially weeks ago; not sure what I did wrong, but following the instructions in post #2 step-by-step today, it worked.

Posted by: ndnygaard

OK guys,
There alot of issues with P2K, It's Driver Picky, Mode sensitive an all around pain in the A$$. Motorola Phone Tools will load ringtones with no probs. its available all over the web.

Posted by: LeoSchwartzkopf

Quote:

Originally Posted by ndnygaard

OK guys,
There alot of issues with P2K, It's Driver Picky, Mode sensitive an all around pain in the A$$. Motorola Phone Tools will load ringtones with no probs. its available all over the web.

Yeah, I used P2KC version 4.9.C for a while, then for some reason, it just stopped recognizing my W385; so then I downloaded 4.9.E, and now that's working fine. For now.

I had tried Motorola Phone Tools weeks ago, but had no luck with that -- I don't remember exactly what problem I had; I should try it again, if only to report back...

Posted by: 2594jh

which is the correct version n i dont know were to type the comport

Posted by: dealaday

I have a w385u from boost. I started messing around cause' i wanted to put some real music on my phone for ringtones. I'm able to use the ''multimedia studio" in MPT to choose a section of mp3, title it, recode, and transfer to phone all really easy. Problem was when I updated MPT it wouldn't recognize the phone anymore. MPT v4.0 worked the best, or try MPT v4.30. I also got it to work w/ the newest version choosing CDMA Generic driver, but "multimedia studio" and internet connection don't work yet. I'll try with a newer driver when i find it again. Anyway, anyone know of a good network access config. f0r BoOsT, or anything that works for network on BoOsT? Sorry in advance for asking, I'm sure it's all in here but there's 100's of pages, and 4 or 5 different providers for this phone. Any BoOsT Unlimited help would be appreciated.

Thanks...

Posted by: ndnygaard

That update does change the phone selection menu...Don't worry. Its been awhile so bear with me. The w385 in the list has like 3 or 4 choices. That cool just try one of the other CDMA w385 chouces. One of them works fine. But I have slept since i had to deal with this issue. But like I say just choose another model of the w385 from the list.