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Posted by: insectinest

Hey, I was wondering if anyone had effectively put ringtons on there Venus, and not had the "non-drm protected file" error ?? .. and if so, how ? , I've tried a couple different ways to put the tones on the phone. They work, but i cant 'set as' on the phone without the drm error.
please help.

Trevor.


Posted by: Steve.G

I've put many ringers on my Venus. Never seen a DRM error.


Posted by: insectinest

I've heard that Verizon customers dont have this problem, I'm a Canadian, and my provider is Telus .... Are you Verizon cx?


Posted by: Steve.G

Yup, VZW is my carrier


Posted by: insectinest

******, i wish that Telus didn't lock these phones down to tight ... Ah well .. hopefully someone figures out the hack for this phone.
P.S> my girlfriend is totally not l33t.


Posted by: chj828

yeah seriously, can't do anything but download from telus with their terrible premade ringtones...


Posted by: football_fan11

Well thats not true. Im with Telus and I put my own ringtones on my Venus. Using Bitpim. You just have the keep them under 3MB.


Posted by: Steve.G

meh? why would you have a 3mb ringtone in the first place? Or do you mean TOTAL of 3mb?


Posted by: football_fan11

Nope, 3MB per ringtone. Anything over 3 and it says that it has been blocked.


Posted by: donlevy

Quote:
Originally Posted by football_fan11
Well thats not true. Im with Telus and I put my own ringtones on my Venus. Using Bitpim. You just have the keep them under 3MB.

i cant seem to connect my telus LG 8800 to bitpim no matter what i do. Whats up withthat?


Posted by: Leetamus

I'm on Telus and I"ve managed to add my own ringtones, I tried following a few tutorials, but mine never worked when I tried putting them where everyone else apparently successfully put them, so it might be different on Telus so I'll post what I did, might help someone!

----------------------------------------------
WHAT YOU"LL NEED
-usb cable that came with the phone
-BitPim installed on your computer
----------------------------------------------

1)plug the phone into your computer using the usb cable. When asked if you want to "connect phone to pc using usb" say NO or BitPim won't connect.

2)start up BitPim, choose the 8800 for phone type. Under 'view' select 'View Filesystem'. Put your ringtones in the filesystem here:
brew>shared>ringtones

DONE!

A couple of points:
-save your ringtone as mp3
-max length of 30 seconds
-if you use Audacity set the mp3 to highpass of around 300 to limit the bass so it won't distort

Hope that helps you Telus users! I spent a while troubleshooting to figure this out!


Posted by: football_fan11

I have several ringtones over 1 min... My gf has a 3 min ringtone (she has an 8550 though) but, I found that as long as it is under 3MB you're ok.


Posted by: Leetamus

Ahh ok, I thought the ringtones will stop after 30 seconds even if they're much longer, but never tested that so could be wrong


Posted by: chj828

thx so much. now i can add some good ringtones on my phone!!!


Posted by: donlevy

Ahh, now i see. Yeah this works like a Dream. Thanks alot! Telus users with the Venus can finally enjoy free ringtones. nice work Leetamus


Posted by: jon62551

yea i was just wondering, i installed bitpim and i chopped my ringtone up using audacity and i changed the highpass to 300, but when i put my ringtones on my phone they dont have that great of quality, any help???


Posted by: jon62551

yea i was just wondering, i installed bitpim and i chopped my ringtone up using audacity and i changed the highpass to 300, but when i put my ringtones on my phone they dont have that great of quality, any help???


Posted by: thellusion

Awesome. Works like a charm. Thanks Leetamus. Just got this phone a few hours ago.


Posted by: aki096

I just got a LG 8800 Venus (pink) from Telus and I followed Leetamus's instructions. I can get to the ringtones folder but it won't allow me to add any files. It says that the directory is locked by the service provider. Is there a way around that?


Posted by: Leetamus

Quote:
Originally Posted by jon62551
yea i was just wondering, i installed bitpim and i chopped my ringtone up using audacity and i changed the highpass to 300, but when i put my ringtones on my phone they dont have that great of quality, any help???


you'll have to do some tests, i get different results every time i try it seems... 300 may not work for you, but I found that some highpass helped, maybe tweak the numbers


Quote:
Originally Posted by aki096
I just got a LG 8800 Venus (pink) from Telus and I followed Leetamus's instructions. I can get to the ringtones folder but it won't allow me to add any files. It says that the directory is locked by the service provider. Is there a way around that?


go to that directory, rightclick an empty spot and choose 'reboot phone' (or something like that) - should work once it restarts, i've got that warning a few times but rebooting always worked it out for me


Posted by: aki096

Quote:
Originally Posted by Leetamus
go to that directory, rightclick an empty spot and choose 'reboot phone' (or something like that) - should work once it restarts, i've got that warning a few times but rebooting always worked it out for me


Thanks Leetamus, your method works, although I had to reboot multiple times before I could drag my stuff into the folder.


Posted by: adrian168

Hello all,

I purchased this LG Venus phone today and tried to unlock the ringtone. However, it doesnt work for me in Leetamus's method. I download BitPim 1.05 Official and I do the exactly procedure. I can say "No" when they said if I want to plug it to USB on the Venus's screen. So far so good right? Later when I open the BitPim software, nothing happen and never asked me for the Phone type so I press that Phone logo with a magnify glass. They said "No phone detected/recoginzed, Run Setting" I press yes and i change it to the 8800 version. The software doesnt load. I am using Vista Preium? Any comments? Thanks for your kind assistance.

Many thanks

Adrian


Posted by: adrian168

The bitpim software doesnt recognize my phone somehow?

Thanks

Adrian


Posted by: adrian168

Can anyone help me plz. I tried to put the ringtone. It worked successful expect I cant find the ringtone on my cellphone. It transfer well after the "reboot phone" but I cant find the ringtone on my cellphone. I search everywhere. I've look under the "My Ringtone" but i cant find mine? any advices, plz help. Thank you soo much~~


Posted by: ProtoProtoss

Quote:
Originally Posted by Leetamus
I'm on Telus and I"ve managed to add my own ringtones, I tried following a few tutorials, but mine never worked when I tried putting them where everyone else apparently successfully put them, so it might be different on Telus so I'll post what I did, might help someone!

----------------------------------------------
WHAT YOU"LL NEED
-usb cable that came with the phone
-BitPim installed on your computer
----------------------------------------------

1)plug the phone into your computer using the usb cable. When asked if you want to "connect phone to pc using usb" say NO or BitPim won't connect.

2)start up BitPim, choose the 8800 for phone type. Under 'view' select 'View Filesystem'. Put your ringtones in the filesystem here:
brew>shared>ringtones

DONE!

A couple of points:
-save your ringtone as mp3
-max length of 30 seconds
-if you use Audacity set the mp3 to highpass of around 300 to limit the bass so it won't distort

Hope that helps you Telus users! I spent a while troubleshooting to figure this out!


confirmed working... thanks. ;-p


Posted by: AgentViet

I've tried rebooting over 10 times now and it is still always blocked. Any suggestions?


Posted by: AgentViet

Quote:
Originally Posted by Leetamus
go to that directory, rightclick an empty spot and choose 'reboot phone' (or something like that) - should work once it restarts, i've got that warning a few times but rebooting always worked it out for me


I've tried rebooting many times now but it still doesn't work. I am not able to add the ring tone into the folder. It still says that it's not accessible and has been blocked by the phone provider.


Posted by: Leetamus

Quote:
Originally Posted by AgentViet
I've tried rebooting many times now but it still doesn't work. I am not able to add the ring tone into the folder. It still says that it's not accessible and has been blocked by the phone provider.


Have you tried turning the phone completely off, then plugging it in and turning it on? It's something to do with the phone being on for a while.. if it's anything like a computer then the only way to truly clear the ram is to turn it off.. might work for ya although I didn't have to do this.


Posted by: arbour2668

for me bitpim with my vx8800 and it just dosent work ive tried everything on this forum i tried every thing


Posted by: VancouverCanuck

Hay.....There is a difference between LG VX 8800 and LG 8800.
What may work on the VX may not work on the LG !!!!!!
The Bitpim works fine to put ringtones on my phone. However when I go to the phone to sellect the new ring tone, its not there. When I go back and restart the Bitpim program and check my phone it show up. But back on my phone there is no ringtone in the folder.....What gives.


Posted by: VancouverCanuck

Quote:
Originally Posted by VancouverCanuck
Hay.....There is a difference between LG VX 8800 and LG 8800.
What may work on the VX may not work on the LG !!!!!!
The Bitpim works fine to put ringtones on my phone. However when I go to the phone to sellect the new ring tone, its not there. When I go back and restart the Bitpim program and check my phone it show up. But back on my phone there is no ringtone in the folder.....What gives.


UPDATE:
LEETAMUS solution to put ring tones on your LG8800 works.
After you have followed LEETAMUS instructions

Just a few things to observe....
If Bitpim says it is in the file...Its is there But...
1) turn off the Bitpim program.
2) Unplug from your computer.
3) Shut off your phone.
4) turn your phone back on

Your ring tone should be in the my ringtone folder. IT WORKS.


Posted by: Lvenom

Further Update
Thank you for all the help as I was finally successful in getting a ringtone to the phone without causing any great damage. LEETAMUS's solution worked fine but there was a step left out. Being a total newbie with BitPM and all I wasn't sure how to get the file to the specified folder. So following LEETAMUS's directions, when you find the
brew>shared>ringtones, right click on that folder and you'll get an option to add a file. Once the file shows in the folder i just right-clicked in the folder and chose "Reboot Phone". Phone rebooted and I was able to use my newly loaded ringtone. Again thank you guys for all the work in figuring this out and making it easier for us green horns to actually make use of this new technology.


Posted by: NightFoxXIII

Works on the 8800 since I had similar problems with like how most of you guys have it.

Possible Solutions:
- If locked, try manually setting the phone detection to the LG-VX8800. After go under the file systems and under shared and the ringtone folder, try adding the file.
- If blocked, try resetting it a few times.

Majority of the time, it's a hit and miss procedure, so you can't always expect to load the ringtones indefinitely. -.-'' I wish phones were as free as Verizon though ^^''


The situation I had before was that I already had custom ringtones but wanted to add additional, but suddenly blocked me. I tried resetting and trying to transfer the ringtones (both from the Media folders method then send the phone data OR I manually set it by looking for the specific brew folder)


Quote:
Originally Posted by Leetamus
...

A couple of points:
-save your ringtone as mp3
-max length of 30 seconds
-if you use Audacity set the mp3 to highpass of around 300 to limit the bass so it won't distort

Hope that helps you Telus users! I spent a while troubleshooting to figure this out!


Eh? How did you get to change the highpass? I don't know how to get to that... Sounds good since some of it is really loud and is rock (like Persona 3 soundtracks ><'')


Posted by: tenvolt

I have a Venus 8800 on Telus, I've successfully downloaded Bitpim, it detects the phone, I can see the Filesystem and the brew/shared/ringtone folder. I right-click in the folder and say New File... and put in my MP3. But then I can't figure out how to use this MP3 as a ringtone? I'm not sure where it shows up or under what file name or whatever. I've looked through the various ringtone options in the phone and don't see the new file listed anywhere. Any ideas?


Ahhh... didn't see the other posts, I just had to power off the phone then power it back up and now I see the ringtone! Wooo-hooooooooo! I wish these Canadian providers would smarten up and stop gouging their customers.


Posted by: Taylor_m1

I have the LG Venus and have been trying to find a solution to setting an mp3 to a ringtone (I've cut a song down to less than 30 seconds as an .mp3), tried following leet's steps but bitpim won't detect my phone, I canceled the "found new hardware" promt and started bitpim after connecting my phone to the usb port but it still won't detect it.

I tried clicking "find phone" in which it doesn't detect and prompts me to find settings, I choose the vx8800 and port: auto. that fails as well, tried doing the wizard which also fails.

if I go to open the filesystem it says "Failed to auto-detect the port to use. I couldn't detect any candidate ports"


so it seems as thought the "port" is my problem? plz help don't want to spend a fortune using telus's crappy ringtones.


Posted by: Leetamus

I have to manually select my phone. Make sure when you connect the phone via usb that you select no when it asks you if you want to connect. I have found my port number changes from time to time so go into the setting and try a few different ports.

good luck!


Posted by: Taylor_m1

I tried manually selecting it (through the phone wizard), and i've always cancelled the "new hardware found" window that comes up. How do you find different ports? in the phone wizard it only ever lets me choose: Auto or Com1


Posted by: tenvolt

Like the previous post says, I don't think it matters if you say OK to the "New hardware found" prompt on your computer - in fact you may need to do this so that the computer can "see" the phone. I did install the drivers for my phone so that I can manage the phone. What I did:
- install phone drivers
- connect phone to USB cable
- *on the phone* when it asks you if you want to connect to the computer, choose NO or Cancel or whatever
- run Bitpim
- I have to select the phone type every time, it auto-detects it as something generic. Go into Tools > Options or wherever it is and select the proper phone model
- I haven't had to change the port yet, it worked on whatever the default was but I have only tried it a couple of times
- upload the MP3 to the proper BREW folder per the instructions in this thread

This worked for me and my daugher is now happy with her Miley Cyrus ring-tone.

Also as an aside, there is a great free program called MP3MyMP3 which allows you to record *anything* you can hear on your PC. So you can go to Youtube and play a video, go to Amazon or iTunes and play the preview of a song, find a song you like on last.fm, or whatever, and record it to an MP3, then use this MP3 as your ring tone. Great way to capture audio from anywhere on the Web that you may not already have as an MP3 and use it as a ring tone.


Posted by: misannabellexox

plzz i tried on this program but i have problemss....... can somebody help me..... the program cant connect to my phone and i can do anything... i want ringtones on my phonne sooooooo badddd!!!!!


Posted by: girlinacoma

I need the drivers for this phone because I lost the CD. Anybody have a good link with the drivers?


Posted by: blueis300

Ive done it in the past and now its not working. I get an error everytime I try and drag an drop or it says its there but can see. Whats the best way to shrink .mp3 and can qpst work? Also on the phone it shows a bunch of default ringers but not in the file system . How do I delete them?


Posted by: greatwhiteangel

Quote:
Originally Posted by Leetamus
I'm on Telus and I"ve managed to add my own ringtones, I tried following a few tutorials, but mine never worked when I tried putting them where everyone else apparently successfully put them, so it might be different on Telus so I'll post what I did, might help someone!

----------------------------------------------
WHAT YOU"LL NEED
-usb cable that came with the phone
-BitPim installed on your computer
----------------------------------------------

1)plug the phone into your computer using the usb cable. When asked if you want to "connect phone to pc using usb" say NO or BitPim won't connect.

2)start up BitPim, choose the 8800 for phone type. Under 'view' select 'View Filesystem'. Put your ringtones in the filesystem here:
brew>shared>ringtones

DONE!

A couple of points:
-save your ringtone as mp3
-max length of 30 seconds
-if you use Audacity set the mp3 to highpass of around 300 to limit the bass so it won't distort

Hope that helps you Telus users! I spent a while troubleshooting to figure this out!



Hi,

I just did all of the stuff listed above. I'm able to access my phone. I can see all of the dirs. I'm able to open up to the rintone dir and see the ringtones that i was foolish enough to buy from Telus. however when i right click and select "add file" i browse thru the dirs select a ringtone. Bitpim delays for about 10sec (as though it is adding the file to the dir) and then gives me this error.

" Access to the file/directory has been blocked on this phone by the phone provider"

anyone know what to do?


Posted by: greatwhiteangel

I don't need a response.... i was able to figure it out on my own.

In case anyone else has this problem here is why i had an issue.

After i started BitPim up i when into the setting and changed to Venus and selected auto detect comm. then i saved and when i detected the phone i guess Bitpim changed from what i had selected to the generic phone. all i had to do was go back into the setting in bitpim and select the correct phone (AGAIN) and then everything worked fine.


Posted by: CesarMeh

New to this stuff so I'm needing a hand here.

I managed to get my file onto my Venus and set a few people to my new custom ringtone. However, when these particular phones call me, the default ringtone goes off instead. I don't have caller ID, so when these phones call me it just says "no ID." Does anyone know if I require that to get these custom rings to work?

FYI, I'm with Telus if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance.


Posted by: girlinacoma

Quote:
Originally Posted by CesarMeh
New to this stuff so I'm needing a hand here.

I managed to get my file onto my Venus and set a few people to my new custom ringtone. However, when these particular phones call me, the default ringtone goes off instead. I don't have caller ID, so when these phones call me it just says "no ID." Does anyone know if I require that to get these custom rings to work?

FYI, I'm with Telus if that makes a difference.

Thanks in advance.



No, you cannot use custom caller ID ringtones without Caller ID. This is the intergral part of the CID ringtone


Posted by: CesarMeh

Nuts to that, but thanks for letting me know. I didn't remember ever asking for CID on my old pay as you go phone so I was a little confused.


Posted by: fuqnig

I was wondering what Audacity is? and how do i change the highpass?


Posted by: fuqnig

When i convert the audio file and crop the part i want this ringtone comes out very distorted how can i fix this? or can someone recommend an easy program to use and the settings i should use to fix this?


Posted by: Tigger11

Hi,

So I read this entire thread, got motivated and downloaded BitPim. But, it can't find my port? USB ConnectioN? I tried the back, the front of my computer and I'm frustrated...

I was hoping someone can guide me.




Posted by: Steve.G

You say you can't find the USB ports on your computer?


Posted by: Tigger11

No I mean BitPim is failing to recognize the correct port. So my computer reads COM3 - on BITPIM. (Whatever that means).
I have like 5 USB ports, so I've now plugged it into the fifth one in hopes that this time I can find....the phone under FILESYSTEM>........

bah


Posted by: Steve.G

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tigger11
No I mean BitPim is failing to recognize the correct port. So my computer reads COM3 - on BITPIM. (Whatever that means).
I have like 5 USB ports, so I've now plugged it into the fifth one in hopes that this time I can find....the phone under FILESYSTEM>........

bah


Ok, just to be clear.. the Telus Venus or the Verizon Venus? Where did you download the drivers from? Did you reboot after you installed them? Now, when you have finished installing the drivers, open up your device manager and you should see:

Under Modems - an LGE CDMA modem
Under Ports - an LGE CDMA USB serial port with a COM number after it

If those two are not there the phone did not install properly.

Now, open Bitpim and hit "detect phone" .. it should recognize the Venus by itself.


Posted by: Tigger11

Whoa.

It's a Telus Venus. From Canada. And when I try finding TElus - VEnus, it says "NO" And only allows me to pick Verizon: Venus or ALL: Venus. This being the option to pick...the model and all.


I downloaded bitpim from www.bitpim.org - that is the driver...right ?

WAIT, the driver is ... what the computer asks for everytime I plug in my phone??? Because I own a P.C. but at work when used the USB cable, I was using a MAC and it never asked for a driver. And yeah, I am unable to find a driver..but I clicked on cancel, because I thought thats what this forum thread was advising...unless I read it wrong. The computer asks if it came with a CD, but I don't have a CD.

I Feel dumb, lol


Why does this feel more complicated than it is.

Where is the device manager?




Posted by: Tigger11

I googled this driver business....and uh downloaded it, lol!

:$

Perhaps I Shall be back to ask 3928200 more questions

Thank you Steve.


Posted by: Tigger11

oh boo, now I'm getting that BLOCKED BY WHATEVER, crap.

I have to reboot, I think. Shall be back.


Posted by: Tigger11

All right.
THank you all to your many questions and answers and Leetmus> AND STEVE!
I Hear the sweet sound of unpaid, custom ringtones.

Now all i gotta do is lower this bass, business and then SHa-BAm, I am happier lol

thank u THANK U.


Posted by: Steve.G

No prob.. sorry I wasn't there to walk you through it more.. glad you got it all figured out, though.


Posted by: Taadow9

Need help. I have my phone detected. I go to filesystem>brew but I have no shared folder to put ringtones in. If I click on filesystem>brew>mod>10889 it shows a ringtone folder I try to put the ringtones in that folder(less than 3 mb .mp3's) it gives the provider blocked message. When I go to phone data and click the ringtone button it allows the box to be check but then gives me the same provider blocking message.I also have a Envy which I can put anything I want on it via the brew method... I have VZW and bitpim 1.0.5 Thanks..


Posted by: Bad_girl

Telus LG Venus DRIVERS here scroll down the USB cable page to 'Product description'. after the description, in very small highlighted letters click on "LG USB DRIVER'.

you will need to unzip after you download, then install(setup.exe) drivers.

once you have done that then you can plug in your Venus via USB. BUT, if you already searched for your Venus via Bitpim, you may have to uninstall Bitpim and reinstall so that it clears the previous search results(erroneous comm port result).

now you can follow Leetamus's very helpful instructions.

P.S. i found that i could only drop mp3 files one at a time into the ringtone window on the far right, EACH song meant rebooting b4 i could drop another song file in. what a pain in the azz. i rebooted the phone once the last file was added just for good luck.

thanks and best of luck,
B_G


Posted by: rebo0ot

There's a finding driver thread at http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1462534

At first I tried to download the Telus LG Venus driver right from Telus's site
http://music.telus.com/SDC/player/L...Ver_4.8.2.1.exe
But this is a dead link. I notified Telus, got a reply back that they would look into it
but as of today (Nov.30) it's still a dead link.

I did find a working driver at LG's website (Homer Simpson's "doh!")
http://www.lgmobilephones.com/uploa...g_Ver_4.8.1.exe

Also, one given by C DM at http://www.vzam.net/vcastmusic/Step...g_Ver_4.8.1.exe

Thanks to Bad_girl, now us Venus owners have three working links to get a driver.

On my Telus Venus I was able to add numerous wallpapers and ringtones, then shut down BitPim, then power off
the phone, then power the phone back on and all the new ones showed up fine.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bad_girl
Telus LG Venus DRIVERS here scroll down the USB cable page to 'Product description'. after the description, in very small highlighted letters click on "LG USB DRIVER'.

you will need to unzip after you download, then install(setup.exe) drivers.

once you have done that then you can plug in your Venus via USB. BUT, if you already searched for your Venus via Bitpim, you may have to uninstall Bitpim and reinstall so that it clears the previous search results(erroneous comm port result).

now you can follow Leetamus's very helpful instructions.

P.S. i found that i could only drop mp3 files one at a time into the ringtone window on the far right, EACH song meant rebooting b4 i could drop another song file in. what a pain in the azz. i rebooted the phone once the last file was added just for good luck.

thanks and best of luck,
B_G



Posted by: Taadow9

Still no luck I have no shared folder in brew...... Just the ringtone folder when I expand that "numbered folder"..I still get the blocked message when I try to add ringtones to that folder.


Posted by: KrazyBeans

Quote:
Originally Posted by Leetamus
I'm on Telus and I"ve managed to add my own ringtones, I tried following a few tutorials, but mine never worked when I tried putting them where everyone else apparently successfully put them, so it might be different on Telus so I'll post what I did, might help someone!

----------------------------------------------
WHAT YOU"LL NEED
-usb cable that came with the phone
-BitPim installed on your computer
----------------------------------------------

1)plug the phone into your computer using the usb cable. When asked if you want to "connect phone to pc using usb" say NO or BitPim won't connect.

2)start up BitPim, choose the 8800 for phone type. Under 'view' select 'View Filesystem'. Put your ringtones in the filesystem here:
brew>shared>ringtones

DONE!

A couple of points:
-save your ringtone as mp3
-max length of 30 seconds
-if you use Audacity set the mp3 to highpass of around 300 to limit the bass so it won't distort

Hope that helps you Telus users! I spent a while troubleshooting to figure this out!



I am trying this out, but it is saying that it cannot detect a Com port? It's plugged in.


Posted by: arbour2668

every work great except that when i went to add a rigntone it said that "access to the phone file/directory has been blocked on this phone by the provider" does anyone know how to unblock.. please let me know


Posted by: Leetamus

@KrazyBeans make sure when you plug in the usb cable to select no when asked if you want to connect the phone to the computer

@arbour2668 and others: yeah that does happen from time to time. just rightclick inside the ringtone folder in bitpim and select restart phone. should work once the phone reboots. If not, try it again a couple times.


Posted by: JIMANDerson

Hi all I am new to this forum but I read all the threads as I just got my Venus 8800 very recently and wanted to access it. All the problems encountered by the other owners and the instructions that were provided by all you kind hearted souls out there made it very easy for me to download, install and access my phone. I downloaded the test version of Bitpim that came out on December 12th 2008 and installed it, I then reinstalled the USB drivers from the phone. When I installed Bitpim I did not let the program start after the install but deselected the autostart option and then finished the install. After the USB drivers were installed I started the Bitpim program then manually set Bitpim to the Venus 8800 using the wizard. I found that the wizard will not let you select the Telus Venus 8800 but automaticaly selects the Verizon one, don't change it back to Telus as it won't detect your phone but the Verizon one works perfectly. The lastest Bitpim Test program works perfectly as well.

KUDO'S to all who helped with instructions and links!! They were a great help.
Have one on me!!


Posted by: euriele

thanks team! i got it to work.
quick question, does the mp3 save to my phone directly, or the SD Card?


Posted by: yzefan

finally got it to work.. thanks ... set it up as a verizon phone in bitpim even though i am thru telus and it allowed me to put them into the folder (previously i was getting told i was not allowed access to folder )

cheers


Posted by: bakalaytong

Quote:
Originally Posted by Leetamus
I'm on Telus and I"ve managed to add my own ringtones, I tried following a few tutorials, but mine never worked when I tried putting them where everyone else apparently successfully put them, so it might be different on Telus so I'll post what I did, might help someone!

----------------------------------------------
WHAT YOU"LL NEED
-usb cable that came with the phone
-BitPim installed on your computer
----------------------------------------------

1)plug the phone into your computer using the usb cable. When asked if you want to "connect phone to pc using usb" say NO or BitPim won't connect.

2)start up BitPim, choose the 8800 for phone type. Under 'view' select 'View Filesystem'. Put your ringtones in the filesystem here:
brew>shared>ringtones

DONE!

A couple of points:
-save your ringtone as mp3
-max length of 30 seconds
-if you use Audacity set the mp3 to highpass of around 300 to limit the bass so it won't distort

Hope that helps you Telus users! I spent a while troubleshooting to figure this out!



i tried all the above, but it still doesn't seem to "recognize" or "no phone detected"


Posted by: Bad_girl

Quote:
Originally Posted by bakalaytong
i tried all the above, but it still doesn't seem to "recognize" or "no phone detected"



Telus LG Venus DRIVERS are necessary before you try to access phone via Bitpim. Search this site for drivers, then install them if you haven't already done so.

once you have done that then you can plug in your Venus via USB. BUT, if you already searched for your Venus via Bitpim, you may have to uninstall Bitpim and reinstall so that it clears the previous search results(erroneous comm port result).

now you can follow Leetamus's very helpful instructions.

P.S. i found that i could only drop mp3 files one at a time into the ringtone window on the far right, EACH song meant rebooting b4 i could drop another song file in. what a pain in the azz. i rebooted the phone once the last file was added just for good luck.

thanks and best of luck,
B_G


Posted by: bakalaytong

anybody have a great suggestion for a website that u can download the driver?


Posted by: Bad_girl

the link is in this post from page 3 of this thread.
here>>> http://www.howardforums.com/showpos...27&postcount=59

best of luck,
B_G


Posted by: Trippin0ut

Niiiiice! This has got to be the easiest phone I've had in a while to do this with. My KeyBo wasn't too shabby but it died in a freak gatoraid accident.


Posted by: cemetery guy

I was able to get it to work using LEETAMUS'S instuctionn but with a wav. file. It feels good to get past the telus crap


Posted by: MarchelloBB

Right... So i plug my venus to my computer, do not allow my computer to connect to it, start up bitpim, and yet it still doesn't recognize my phone. I have selected LG < Verison < Venus Even though my phone is a TELUS venus, there is no 'venus' under Telus in bitpim.


Posted by: Bad_girl

Quote:
Originally Posted by MarchelloBB
Right... So i plug my venus to my computer, do not allow my computer to connect to it, start up bitpim, and yet it still doesn't recognize my phone. I have selected LG < Verison < Venus Even though my phone is a TELUS venus, there is no 'venus' under Telus in bitpim.


The phone may be listed as "8800"? Other wise, uninstall bitpim, reinstall and start all over again follow same steps.


Posted by: cemetery guy

Quote:
Originally Posted by MarchelloBB
Right... So i plug my venus to my computer, do not allow my computer to connect to it, start up bitpim, and yet it still doesn't recognize my phone. I have selected LG < Verison < Venus Even though my phone is a TELUS venus, there is no 'venus' under Telus in bitpim.

I choose the VX8800 from the list and it worked and there is no telus venus




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