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Mobile office cable
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Posted by: stringe

With all of the talk about using a cable and Bitpim with the 8900 can the USB cable that comes with mobile office be used? Does anybody know what the button (when pressed a red light comes on)is for? When I plug this cable into my phone and then the USB into my laptop with Windows XP Pro i don't hear the bell sound and don't see anthing in My Computer, please adise.

Thanks!!

Posted by: uyt

not sure why it is not recognized unless....have you used your usb ports before now? you may need to go into cmos settings and enable usb. I had the same prob a while ago and found out that they were not enabled. If you need to know how to get into cmos, when computer is starting up, (it says press del) hit the delete key to enter these settings. As for the red light, it means that the phone is charging, it should turn green when completely charged up. Hope this helps!

Posted by: stringe

You think that the phone is charging throught the USB port of the lap top? Just to make sure we are on the same page, the Mobile kit comes with a cable that is labled Computer Data Cable, one end is USB which plugs into the laptop the other end plugs into the phone, you think that when the cable is pluged into the laptop the phone is charging?

Posted by: uyt

First, do you have a straight cable, or does it have a little box on the cable? If it has a box, then it does charge through the labtop or desktop pc.

Posted by: Kruzen

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Originally posted by uyt
First, do you have a straight cable, or does it have a little box on the cable? If it has a box, then it does charge through the labtop or desktop pc.

can you still use bitpim and/or the mobile office software to connect to and modify the CDM8900(verizon) with the charging cable? also, is there a way to disable the charging cable so it doesn't fry my phone or something?

Posted by: uyt

I'm still working out the bugs trying to get the charging cable to work with bitpim, but I have read that it does work with bitpim, but only with ringtones and wallpaper. So no compatability with phonebook as of yet.(from what I have read). I have read reports of phones "smoking" with this charging cable, but I have had mine plugged in for several hours for last three to four days now and it hasn't affected my phone at all. Hope this helps !

Posted by: Kruzen

i decided to buy a genuine cable & software off of ebay.. what settings do i use with bitpim with this cable? still the 4400?

Posted by: mentalbob

Yessir. Remember you can only use the Filesystem Tab with BitPim and the 8900.

Posted by: Kruzen

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Originally posted by mentalbob
Yessir. Remember you can only use the Filesystem Tab with BitPim and the 8900.

thanks.. i'll be using the software that comes iwth the cable for my contact management.. the filesystem i'll just use to grab pics off of it and replace ring tones