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Transfer games between VX6000s?
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Posted by: sumocomputers

Simple question, perhaps not a simple answer.

In our family we have 3 VX6000 phones. I have downloaded and paid for some games with Get it Now. Is there any way to transfer or copy these to the other phones using a cable and Bitpim? Maybe some other method?

I remember a thread somewhere on a Yahoo forum for LG, and it indicated that it is possible, but no one really knows how to do it. Maybe the thread was old, but that was all I could find on my particular situation.

Thanks and peace to all. This forum is really great, and I appreciate all the good info and people willing to contribute their knowledge.

Posted by: tcdad

I recently got a replacement phone through the insurance and attempted to transfer Tetris on my own using Bitpim. It looks like it copied it to the phone (I even refreshed the directory), but once I ran GIN it couldn't see Tetris. I cycled the power, and that didn't help. I then restarted Bitpim, and the files were gone.

It looks to me like BREW likes to clean up its own space if the program wasn't originally downloaded though GIN. Maybe there's another file to edit?

Anyway, I called CS and they credited the cost of Tetris so I could download it again to the new phone.

Posted by: sumocomputers

Good to know Verizon took care of it.

Regarding trying to copy using BitPim, I also wonder if the game when downloaded knows the ESN of the phone and will only work with that exact phone that it was originally downloaded with?

Posted by: tcdad

Yeah, I saw a brief mention of BREW using the ESN to come up with some type of encrypted key/license. I believe it was somewhere on this board, but I can't find the thread now.