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New Sanyo 8200 Owner
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Posted by: airbrat

Well I bit the bullet and ported over from Verizon (I still had time left w/ them and had to pay the cancellation fee OUCH). My wife is on Sprint and decided to merge our accounts plus the selection of new phones for VZ blows.

I only had my new 8200 for less than 6hrs and I already love it! The porting isn't complete but I should be good to go first thing in the morning.

Anyhoo, I'm glad to be here and join the Sprint family. Is there any cool tweaks/hacks I should know about my new 8200?

Posted by: toddc79

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Originally posted by airbrat
Is there any cool tweaks/hacks I should know about my new 8200?

yeah, don't turn the volume up above 1 and it won't sound like crap lol ... on a positive note, it u can use the flash for the camera as a flashlight by holding down the down volume arrow on the left hand side of the phone with the phone closed...that's pretty cool... i paid $250 and got a free flash light... woo hoo

Posted by: airbrat

OK someone please answer this for me. How do I transfer pics from my phone to my computer w/out having to upload it to a website? Can this be done? Do I need a special USB cable or sumfin?

Posted by: toddc79

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Originally posted by airbrat
OK someone please answer this for me. How do I transfer pics from my phone to my computer w/out having to upload it to a website? Can this be done? Do I need a special USB cable or sumfin?

yeah u need a usb cable to connect the phone to ur computer... u can find them on http://www.ebay.com/ for cheap maybe like 10 bucks now, i've had one fer awhile... u will also need some software & driver once u have the cable... http://bitpim.sourceforge.net/ works for phone book and calandar, i think u need something like snap sync for ringers and images, if u check our radio shack u can probably get a bundle cable & software for like 30-40 bucks...

Posted by: airbrat

does bitpim also work for pics? I see it mentions pretty much everything except that.

Posted by: toddc79

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Originally posted by airbrat
does bitpim also work for pics? I see it mentions pretty much everything except that.

i've only been able to use it for phonebook/calendar, it might on some phones if you know what you're doing, i dont believe it has that support yet... unfortunately... so u may have to go to radio shack and buy snap sync for like 30 bucks... :-\ or u might be able to find it online somewhere, but good luck finding a valid serial # ... or the verision that's updated to work with the 8200.

Posted by: fx72

I have been albe to download photos using bitpim v0.7.13, just cant upload.

Posted by: toddc79

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Originally posted by fx72
I have been albe to download photos using bitpim v0.7.13, just cant upload.

yeah it's a pain, i highly recommend future dial's snap media (store.sanyousa.com/osb/itemdetails.cfm/ID/180) ... or using a website like www.3gupload.com

Posted by: Evasive

well bitpim works for me i can upload the pictures from my phone to the software and vice versa. not a bad software so far at least i can backup my phonebook and other data i have on the phones such as the ringers. i was thinking if i can download the ringer i got from sprint and save it onto my computer and then once it expire i can upload it back i dunno if it has been done before.

Posted by: airbrat

so any USB cable that you find on ebay will work for it?

Posted by: SomKindaMonster

hey, how exactly do you get the flash to stay on like a flashlight? just curious, messed around with it for awhile at work and couldnt get it to work

Posted by: IonSQL

Make sure the side keyguard is NOT set. Then, with phone closed in standby mode, hold either side of the volume rocker down for about a second. The camera flash will light for 8 seconds 8 or 9 seconds, or longer if you hold the rocker down.

Posted by: SomKindaMonster

thanks

Posted by: airbrat

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Originally posted by airbrat
so any USB cable that you find on ebay will work for it?

Posted by: strider420

Not any cable. It has to say it's compatible with Sanyo 4900/5300/5400/5500/7200/7300/8100/8200 as long it says one of those it will work with all of the above.

Posted by: jbs221

I just activated my 8200 and can't get SnapSync to work any longer. I've used my 3 phone limit. I also can't get BitPim to work with the 8200 using 7.14. My old 8100 worked with BitPim. It looks like I have to spend money to fix this problem. What is the recomended solution. Will my FutureDial cable work with anything else? It worked on the 8100? I keep getiing crashes and such trying to download my phonebook to the 8200. Any help will be appreciated! Thanks!!