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The Official 8910 Info Thread

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Posted by: TakenAback

Wow, away for a little while and the posts pile up.

Quote:
Originally Posted by 8910user15650
if the only diff between the 8910 and 8940 is the firmware, is there a way to flash my 8910 with the 8940 firmware, and get video playback? I could care less about video recording, but video playback would rock... anyone know if that would work, or want to try?

if someone send me the 8940 firmware, and let me know how to flash it, I'll do it... and let you all know!


Quote:
Originally Posted by mau108
Hey ,

That'd be cool, if you can get an OEM version of the 8940 firmware and flash the 8910 with it.

I wanna buy an audiovox 8910 off ebay just to play around with it. My dad still uses vox8910 soo if i can get it to work on the dummy phone it be cool.


Quote:
Originally Posted by 8910user15650
Since I'm friends with some of the tech's at my Verizon store, I can play with the file system, and if anything goes wrong, I just get a new phone...

If anyone has an 8940 firmware (cdma, Verizon or OEM), let me know... I'll attempt to flash an 8910 with it, and see if it works...


Try asking on mobile-files.com in their Audiovox forum. Files are commonly attatched to threads there. However, the appropriate CcPsts for each model would likely not accept the new file. It might be possible to force it with a filename change, but I still have doubts. I'd imagine the only way, if it's possible at all, is via a JTAG cable/application.

Quote:
Originally Posted by PlatinumGrand99
for the past few days I have had those little rubber screw covers fall out of the top of my 8910. idk why they keep falling out, but now i lost one of them. im pretty ticked. its not that massive of a deal, but im wondering if i can buy more of these anywhere? its annoying for it to snap shut like it does now without those little rubber plug things. i have my phone through verizon and am thinking about calling them, but dont want to sound like a complete idiot. all suggestions are greatly appreciated!


Well....

If you still have them all, Hold them from the round ends and clean the flat ends with an alcohol soaked cloth (not a paper towel). If after drying, they are still sticky, insert them back into the screwwells. (Clean the screwwells with an alcohol dipped Q-tip first!)

If they still won't stick, go and get some stickers (I'd use something from the post office) and rub the flat ends (after cleaning them and the screwwells) very hard on the sticky side to gather up enough gum to become sticky again.

On the other hand you could visit a local Verizon cellphone retailer and examine the Audiovox demos...just examine them...that's all.

Quote:
Originally Posted by tropicalazer
Unfortuneately after downloading installing the Curitel driver (from the so cooool curitel Korean site, an accessory geeks link and a link the howard forums mod sent me) I have found that windows XP doesnt think any of the drivers are compatible. I was wondering what platforms people who have the curitel driver are running on and what settings i could change to override this incompatiblity rejection (if you do indeed have your curitel driver running safely on Win XP).

Also when i plug in my phone Win XP first says that a USB device has malfunctioned and that the hardware is NOT recognized. after this it attempts to use the driver and the above incompatibility problem occurs. anything you think i should try?

also props to mau108 for updating his site. THANKS MAN!


Quote:
Originally Posted by 8910user15650
When WinXP say's STOP or Continue becuase the drivers aren't signed, just hit CONTINUE... they won't screw up your system, and if they do, just do a system restore, and you'll be fine...

If you get the USB Not Recognized error, unplug, and put it in a diff USB port... it'll work fine...


What he said.

By the way, did you, in fact, install the drivers included in the link I posted? (Sounds like those are the only ones you didn't try)


Posted by: tropicalazer

hmm thanks for the advice 8910user. When windows tries to bully me i generally dont listen as long as im vaguely sure it wont distroy my compy.

that said i already hit continue but AFTER installation the driver installer kept recognising new hardware and tried to install it nonstop. once i broke the popup loop the installer pooped out a "problem with installation" message.

ive also tried several of my USB ports (there are around 4 readily available ones on a sony vaio, tried em all, 2 on the front 2 in back) with no luck. could either my phone or USB cable be the problem? or is the software more often the problem?

does anyone have a link to futuredial software so i could try it?


Posted by: TakenAback

I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but did you try the link I posted? PC Sync contains the most appropriate drivers in general, but if you're set on Futuredial:

http://www.futuredial.com/support/d...oxUSBDriver.zip


Posted by: tropicalazer

yeah i tried the link you posted. after downloading pcsync and the driver (same as the other 2 i tried thou it was in english, which did help somewhat) it came bundled with. at this point my compy doesnt have a problem so much with the driver (i think) as it does with the USB cable/port/hardware device.

as i said before the computer isnt recognizing the USB port and suggests i replug the cable or replace the hardware. I dont know if this is a self protection reaction from winXP/bad USB ports (its a new compy, havent tested em yet)/ or whatever.

ive tried most of the drivers (even thou i think theyre all the same) on most of the ports now and am following the directions on mau108's site. i might try to fool around with the programs now that ive installed the drivers around 100 times and see if any of it has had any effect. now that i think about it, it might be time to clean up all those driver installs as well.

if anyone has some advice id definately appreciate!


Posted by: TakenAback

I wonder if the cable is damaged...


Posted by: lifeguard5

Hey guys! I know that this has been discussed over and over again, but I do need help. I have bought the audiovox cable software and cable for my 8910. I am able to download midis and photos to my phone. But, when I try to use Bitpim, it will not detect the phone. I have gone through all the steps of downloading all the needed files and drivers, changing the ports under the Settings tab and changing USB ports...etc....What do I need to do to get Bitpim to reconize my phone? Thanks for taking the time to read this and forgive me for beating a dead horse, but I really want those MP3 files on my phone!


Posted by: TakenAback

Try putting the phone into USB DIAG mode (if this has it). Type ##7678 on the keypad to get to the appropriate menu. Otherwise, you may need a different cable.


Posted by: s10blazerman4x4

It must be in USB diag mode and bitpim will never detect your 8910.You got to go into the filesystem tab then click the + sign there and it will show your root directory on your phone.Thats how i did mine and i got songs and what not.


Posted by: TakenAback

Quote:
Originally Posted by s10blazerman4x4
It must be in USB diag mode and bitpim will never detect your 8910.You got to go into the filesystem tab then click the + sign there and it will show your root directory on your phone.Thats how i did mine and i got songs and what not.


It may be necessary on his, and yours, but it isn't necessary on all carrier variations of the 8910. I don't have to do it on mine.


Posted by: tropicalazer

im starting to wonder too, anyone out there know of a test for this (other than installing the drivers and bitpim, it got a big goose egg on that test).

maybe a diagnostic on an accessory site i havent seen?


Posted by: rancid

anyone noticed the 8910's battery not retaining it's charge well? I've had mine for less than a year and the batter starts to drain like mad when I talk on the phone. use it for like say....an hour and the battery goes from full charge to one bar. And this is throughout the day. I've charged my batter fully the day before too.

Anyone knows where to get an OEM replacement battery for cheap?


Posted by: TakenAback

Quote:
Originally Posted by rancid
anyone noticed the 8910's battery not retaining it's charge well? I've had mine for less than a year and the batter starts to drain like mad when I talk on the phone. use it for like say....an hour and the battery goes from full charge to one bar. And this is throughout the day. I've charged my batter fully the day before too.

Anyone knows where to get an OEM replacement battery for cheap?


There's more generic than OEM, but you can still find some cheap ones on eBay.


Posted by: rancid

are the cheap ones worth it? works like the OEM? I'm just a bit leary about the non-OEM cell phone batteries....but I guess the same can be said with aftermarket chargers...they do the same thing.


Posted by: TakenAback

No, if I were you, I'd be leery about non-OEM chargers. Even more than batteries.

I'm a bit uncomfortable about using generic batteries too, though. I have a preference for OEM as well.


Posted by: tropicalazer

same problem myself. after losing a 8910 i bought a new one which is draining like mad. i was thinking about getting a replacement, even if it doesnt work ill look into getting a battery charger so i can charge one and switch off to the other the next day. as it stands now i get around 36 hours of stand by as long as i dont talk much or even think about using the picture ****.

any1 tried this and want to give me some adivce?


Posted by: rancid

tried everything man....i charge it over night. Have it on standby and talke for say 45mins and my battery goes bye bye. From full to 2 bars left.

i'm gonna get the battery from ebay i guess....give that a try. Better than paying for a new phone right now...which i can't really afford to do. Works out to be like 15 bucks for a battery and car charger. If you go across the border, you may find a deal on a package from a verizon kiosk since the 8910 is an older phone. They may have some batteries on sale for cheap.


Posted by: TakenAback

Yeah, there's also an extended life battery (OEM) which is also available in a aftermarket version. It's a bit thicker though, and causes most clamshell 8910 cases (like mine) not to fit:

http://www.audiovox.com/webapp/wcs/...13258&langId=-1

Here's a link to the original OEM battery:

http://www.audiovox.com/webapp/wcs/...13256&langId=-1

Then of course, there's those flashing batteries, but I think those drain faster than the standard version.


Posted by: 8910user15650

Concidering the specs on the phone, after a year, an hour or two of talk time is great!

Talk Time 180 minutes
Standby Time 140 hours

that's the NEW battery standard...

Remember that even though the battery is rechargeable, it won't hold the same charge after a year of chargeing and discharging... your battery performance will go down. Since NEW talktime is 3 hours, if your phone is still getting 2 hours after a year, I would think that is GREAT!! And remember, 2 bars is still a good charge... when you see 2 bars, ignore that... the first two bars go down VERY quickly... then the last two bars will stay for a while... it's been like that on my phone forever... I'll unplug my phone, and withing an hour (not talking) the first bar will be gone... then an hour later, the second bar will be gone... then 2 day's later, the third, and another day after that, it'll flash for about 3 hours, and then die... and this is all with TXTing and calling (my calls never last for more than 15 min)...

Relax about the battery... get a car charger if your worried about bat life...


Posted by: rancid

mine just drains rapidly...after an hour of talk time it goes down to one bar. I know what you mean by the battery not holding the charge as well as before. I completely understand that. But what really concerns me is that it goes down that quickly....which is a problem that I've not had with my previous phones....including the audiovox 8600.


Posted by: TakenAback

The battery could just be that close to the end.


Posted by: maikeru

Stupid question time...

I'm a Virgin Mobile user looking to add ringtones and wallpapers to my Flasher.

a.) I'm getting one of those ridiculous expensive USB cables -- straight, no box/bubble/whatever in the middle -- at clearance price. The Curitel drivers will work with that, right?
b.) Looking at mau's guide... Is adding polyphonic tones to a 8910-VM done the same as real-voice ringtones (i.e. mp3/wav), or is it a different process? I wouldn't mind using midi tones along with mp3 tones to conserve space.
c.) Is it possible to add wallpapers without using the free Virgin wallpapers to get my own pictures on the phone, or do I have to use only that method?


Posted by: TakenAback

Quote:
Originally Posted by maikeru
a.) I'm getting one of those ridiculous expensive USB cables -- straight, no box/bubble/whatever in the middle -- at clearance price. The Curitel drivers will work with that, right?


If it's the right type of cable, yeah.

Quote:
Originally Posted by maikeru
b.) Looking at mau's guide... Is adding polyphonic tones to a 8910-VM done the same as real-voice ringtones (i.e. mp3/wav), or is it a different process? I wouldn't mind using midi tones along with mp3 tones to conserve space.


They're different filetypes, but the process of adding them is the same, afaik.

Quote:
Originally Posted by maikeru
c.) Is it possible to add wallpapers without using the free Virgin wallpapers to get my own pictures on the phone, or do I have to use only that method?


You can use the Bitpim/Cable method.


Posted by: Magister

I made a post on the VMC section of the site, I have an audiovox 8615 but all applies to the 8910 too (ringtones, games, wallpapers)
here's the post
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=812170

with an eBay cable and bitpim, I successfully installed midi, qualcomm pure voice sound, games, applications, wallpapers, and even animation!


Posted by: maikeru

Yet another question.

BitPim is working fine, no hitch, but I notice that to add graphics, tones, etc. to a VM phone, you can't just pop them in with a .gcd file --there's that rms.db file in each of the directories.

Is it possible to simply amend the info for various graphics and tones to the rms.db file without corrupting it?


Posted by: devs

This has probably been addressed before, but I must have missed the post, so bear with me...

Anyone had any luck with retrieving photos from an Alltel 8910 using either BitPim or Brewsky? Neither one is "written" with the Alltel phone in mind, and I know the directory structure is slightly different, but I'm hoping to avoid having to upload all 110+ pictures from my wife's phone to her Online album when I dump her phone in favor of the KX-16 next week


Posted by: trolly

I've read all the topics in this forum, and also from cellphonehacks, and cannot find a fix to my problem. I am able to retrieve pictures from my phone fine with bitpim, pcsync works fine, but when i try to upload a music file via bitpim, I am unable to. i am with verizon, and am uploading in the appropriate brew folder ( user/sound/ringer ). i am also able to see it in the phone, under tones, but instead of a check mark, i see an x. i am able to download the file off of the filesystem to my pc, and able to play it back. it is an mp3 file, 30 seconds, encoded at 32kbps, and near 130kb in size. i've uninstalled the 8900 drivers that came with the disc, and gone with the 8910 drivers, and still no success. how can i proceed?

oh yeah, how do i get qpst to work? i browsed through how to earlier, but i can't find it now (and am too lazy). i try to get it via

Finding the UPC Code:

Load BITPIM, View Filesystem and browse to the following directory:

/nvm/nvm_0002 at address 0000070 we see the security code for the
phone, again plaintext, Below, you should see 2 six digit text number, the second set of 6 digits is
your SPC code.

but, from that file i can see no numbers within it. thanks!


Posted by: yanchikb

How do i clear the call times and do a master clear or master reset on the audiovox 8910? PLEASE HELP!!!


Posted by: kuznia52105

Hello....can someone tell me what directory to save wallpapers too on a audiovox 8910???

I'm using BitPim and can't figure it out.

Also, how do I find my SPC for using QPST?

Thanks...


Posted by: nothernhorspowa

Trolly: After you upload a song to Ringer, go to Get It Now (GIN) and exit, when you leave this, it creates a file for the phone to "register" all new files on the phone with their proper areas. If this doesnt work, I cant help you. Thats what I had trouble with when we first started messing with the 8910.
Dave


Posted by: fredalcorn

how do I upgrade the firmware on 8910???


Posted by: rxdrifter

hey Ive been wondering is there anyway to remove or silence the keypad tones on the virgin mobile 8910? I really dont like key tones, I have a data cable that is workign with bitpim so if there is a file i could replace with a blank one or something i can change and have them gone i would be so happy


Posted by: 8910user15650

Quote:
Originally Posted by rxdrifter
hey Ive been wondering is there anyway to remove or silence the keypad tones on the virgin mobile 8910? I really dont like key tones, I have a data cable that is workign with bitpim so if there is a file i could replace with a blank one or something i can change and have them gone i would be so happy



Settings > Sounds > Volume > Key Tone > Off


Posted by: rxdrifter

Quote:
Originally Posted by 8910user15650
Settings > Sounds > Volume > Key Tone > Off

you got to be kidding me, its that easy. Its actually my girlfriends phone and she said she looked through all the menus to see if she can turn them off but didnt find anything, and I took her word for it(though i though it was kinda odd) Ill have to tell her where to find it now....


Posted by: animesector

I have an Audiovox 8910 and I bouhgt a cable for it. But i cant get it to recognize.....
I downloaded: http://www.curitel.com/UploadDATA/m...X115CPCSync.zip and still nothing.....any ideas?

I run WinXP


Posted by: nothernhorspowa

Read this while thread...on your phone, hit ##port and hit end, this will bring up a screen displaying opting for dialouge.... set the first option to usb diag and then try it agian.
Dave


Posted by: i860_8910

okay i my wife has the upgraded vx8910 not the one with the clock but the other one and she just bought a usb data cable for it and failed to get the one that takes the cd is there still a way to download music/games/apps with the data cable she bought like iden webjal has for nextel ?


Posted by: will122k3

OMG i hooked my data cable from my samsung yh-820 into my new 8910. And to my extreme surprise it started charging! I honestly was just messing around with it and bam i got the red light indicating it was charging. This now leads me to try and put ringtones onto the phone!!

I can't wait, but i rly dont want to mess anything up with the phone because it was such a hassle to get.


Posted by: Batboy

I tried to add a ringtone by following steps from http://www.vox8910.ca.tt/
But I keep getting an error when the phone call is made & i selected the new tone...

uigui.c 05255

Can anybody direct me? Oh yhea its a Bell by the way, or any1 have another set of instructions?


Posted by: will122k3

ya well i did it- even though there were no instructions listed here for U.S. Cellular customers. I kind of combined methods from differrent users, and i guess i got lucky
but really, i just did what seemed would make the most sense.
Now to laugh at my friends when they have no idea how to put mp3's as their ringtones.


Posted by: will122k3

Does anyone know how to add games to this phone?? I have U.S. Cellular, and i've sucessfully put mp3 ringtones onto the phone, and gotten photos off it, so everything is setup correcly.

I would like to get some games on it though.


Posted by: larrybird

Can someone offer any help for me regarding my 8910 on Alltel?

I just got my USB cable from eBay and it came with a driver CD. I installed the files like it said to do on http://www.vox8910.ca.tt/ except it didn't work exactly like mentioned. For instance, if I plug in my phone while powered off, XP tells me that the device is not recognized. If I turn on the phone XP recognizes the device. However, I cannot get BitPim to recognize my phone, nor will the PC Sync program that came with the driver CD recognize it. Am I missing some information, using bad drivers, or following the wrong site? I would appreciate any help. Thanks.


Posted by: will122k3

with BigPim i just chose the default phone, because our phone isn't on that list. Did you do the whole COM port thing?
Also what makes you think that it's not recognizing your phone, because with mine i didn't get like any comfirmation or anything. It doesn't say anything on the phone about being connected.
Also keep in mind i have U.S. Cellular.


Posted by: coltfoet5

What is the max length of a ringtone for this phone? I can make them up to 20 seconds. Is there anyway to put more than 20 seconds?


Posted by: mcfz

Quote:
Originally Posted by Batboy
I tried to add a ringtone by following steps from http://www.vox8910.ca.tt/
But I keep getting an error when the phone call is made & i selected the new tone...

uigui.c 05255

Can anybody direct me? Oh yhea its a Bell by the way, or any1 have another set of instructions?


that site works like a champ...

Everything on there has worked for me...


Posted by: i860_8910

on the bitpim it gives me a list of phones to select from but there isnt a 8910 to select can i just select any of them or do i need the 8910 on it ?


Posted by: 8910user15650

select Other CDMA phone...


Posted by: ViCE2005

Hey. I am having problems with my 8910. I have been adding wallpapers and ringtones successfully for some time now. I recently tried to add a big ringtone, which failed halfway through (using Bitpim).

Now when I power on the phone, it gets stuck at the BELL screen...Is there any way to fix this? thanks.

-ViCE


Posted by: mcfz

Quote:
Originally Posted by i860_8910
on the bitpim it gives me a list of phones to select from but there isnt a 8910 to select can i just select any of them or do i need the 8910 on it ?


Use a LG-VX4400 as the phone model and it will work neatly


Posted by: mcfz

Quote:
Originally Posted by ViCE2005
Hey. I am having problems with my 8910. I have been adding wallpapers and ringtones successfully for some time now. I recently tried to add a big ringtone, which failed halfway through (using Bitpim).

Now when I power on the phone, it gets stuck at the BELL screen...Is there any way to fix this? thanks.

-ViCE


I would suspect you need to delete the file that has been partially uploaded, but I dont know how you can do it... hmm...

When it is hung @ the bell screen, can you access the phone via BitPim?


Posted by: ViCE2005

No, I tried that but Bitpim can't access the file. Thanks for your reply. Any other suggestions?


Posted by: mcfz

Quote:
Originally Posted by ViCE2005
No, I tried that but Bitpim can't access the file. Thanks for your reply. Any other suggestions?


I think you are SOL...

I had problems before with my 8910... I ended up just taking it back and under warranty


Posted by: ViCE2005

So there is nothing I can do? I have had a history of problems with this phone already...I'm ready to throw it out the window (maybe it was my fault this time lol)

Still...


Posted by: mcfz

Quote:
Originally Posted by ViCE2005
So there is nothing I can do? I have had a history of problems with this phone already...I'm ready to throw it out the window (maybe it was my fault this time lol)

Still...




Maybe it is time to buy a new phone or take it to a service centre to get re-programmed...?


Posted by: will122k3

Quote:
Originally Posted by mcfz


Maybe it is time to buy a new phone or take it to a service centre to get re-programmed...?



this phone's battery life is definitely not top of the line
also do all you canadians say "Centre" instead of center??


Posted by: mcfz

Quote:
Originally Posted by will122k3
this phone's battery life is definitely not top of the line
also do all you canadians say "Centre" instead of center??


I have had my phone since May/05 and I play my Java Games, do some Text Messaging, and make phone calls and my battery goes for about 2 days before a re-charge...

Don't get me wrong, this phone isn't the greatest, but its not all too bad...

The only phones I like better (after trying Samsung/Motorola/Audiovox) are Nokia's... They are the bombdiggidy They have great reception and good battery life...

And yes, we Canadians spell some words different... I am not sure about Centre... But I know I like the "colour" blue and Americans are our friendly "Neighbours"... LOL


Posted by: i860_8910

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tech_Junkie
The 8910 is a combo of the 8610 and the 8900. Most of the codes for the 8610 work on the 8910 and i heardf that most of the codes for the 8900 work on the 8910.



I have the data cable for the 8910 but no program to send to phone. anyone know or have a link to dl the proggy i need to send ringtones and that to my 8910 ?


Posted by: hurricanereno

One word of warning: Don't ever ever edit the rms file. I knew exactly I was doing, and I did everything that was on the site down to the letter, and I managed to kill two phones. Just replace the old ringtone with the new one, and that should work fine. Granted, it will still have the old name, but that's better than killing your phone...


Posted by: Big_Bruce

Hello!

I own an Audiovox 8910 cell phone with Metro PCS Service. The ringer was working fine, but now it doesn't. It vibrates on incoming calls but that's it. I verified the volumes but they seem to be OK. Another thing is when you turn on the phone in the past, when it came on, it played music, now it doesn't. Also none of the three alarms work. What might the problem be ??


Posted by: Big_Bruce

Hi,

I purchased my Audiovox 8910 from a seller on EBay. Had no problems activating it with Metro PCS using the ESN & programming it with the phone# from my original Nokia 2116-I (cheapie). It was originally purchased new from a Metro PCS store in Florida and I live in California. I have the original owners receipt, dated 4/2/05 (3 weeks left on the 1yr warranty). My question is this:

Even though I'm not the original buyer, can I still send it end for warranty repair ??

Thanks a lot........................ Big_Bruce.


Posted by: Big_Bruce

Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_Bruce
Hello!

I own an Audiovox 8910 cell phone with Metro PCS Service. The ringer was working fine, but now it doesn't. It vibrates on incoming calls but that's it. I verified the volumes but they seem to be OK. Another thing is when you turn on the phone in the past, when it came on, it played music, now it doesn't. Also none of the three alarms work. What might the problem be ??


I answered my own question. Called Audiovox & phone was in "etiquette" mode. To release, just hold down your * key


Posted by: Big_Bruce

Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_Bruce
Hi,

I purchased my Audiovox 8910 from a seller on EBay. Had no problems activating it with Metro PCS using the ESN & programming it with the phone# from my original Nokia 2116-I (cheapie). It was originally purchased new from a Metro PCS store in Florida and I live in California. I have the original owners receipt, dated 4/2/05 (3 weeks left on the 1yr warranty). My question is this:

Even though I'm not the original buyer, can I still send it end for warranty repair ??

Thanks a lot........................ Big_Bruce.


Answered my own question. Called Audiovox. The one-year
warranty is transferrable but still only good for the initial
warranty period which is 1yr from the original date-of-purchase.


Posted by: 8910user15650

for everyone complaining about the battery life of the 8910... what do you expect?? You want to talk for 3 straight days??

Look at the specs on any battery, and they are almost the same... you get around 180min of talk time, 300 something hours of standby...

TXTing, and useing Apps counts as Talk Time, since the phone is active, and doing stuff...

I'd like to see what phones you guys think have better battery life... I'll tell you right now, they all have almost the same... maybe 10-20 min diff on the talk time... and a few hours for standby... plus AND minus... remember, these aren't like the old Nokia's that were just for phone calls (see the first phone in my sig)... These phones have full operating systems, and need alot of power to run (and play all your songs, play your games, watch your videos)

Battery life is pretty much standard from phone to phone... my wife's Motorol V265 has HALF the battery life as my 8910, but that's also because she's had it for almost a year longer than I've had mine... you can only charge and de-charge the batteries so much... they won't hold the same charge they did a year after you got it...

Sorry for the rant, but I've got sick of seeing "my blabla phone had much better battery life than this POS" and "this thing has a crappy battery... why can't it be like my blabla phone that I could talk and txt and play games, and I only had to charge it for 10 min every 3 months"


Posted by: setokaibarules2

I also have the audiovox 8910 and bitpim, but everytime I press detect phone it keeps bringing up "No phone detcted\recognized." Can anyone tell me what's up with it.


Posted by: Twomuchchex

Okay, I want to replace all full cover faceplates on my cell. I tried to take it apart, but I can't seperate over the hinge. Has anyone done this? I 've gotten close, but I can't get it totally apart.


Posted by: quickie_xtr

i have read alot of post over the past few weeks, and i have concluded that you guys are smart, and im not, lol. i have installed the curitel drivers and my comp sees my phone as a modem, yea!!! i load Bitpim and it see the phone as well (see pic below) but it cant read the phone, will not connect? what am i doin wrong? i can take more pics if needed, please help!!!


Posted by: quickie_xtr

i figured out my problem, and downloaded ringtones and wallpaper today. I found that even though Bitpim says phone isnt connected, the log file still reads the file structure, weird huh?,lol. now my last problem, everytime i turn phone on i get this annimation that says "alltel" on it and it plays a gay tune. is there anyway to replace or delete this animation?? anyone know where it is or its name? thanks in advance!!!


Posted by: Stishy

I have a CDMA 8910 from Bell Canada, and I broke the speaker while changing faceplates Anyone know any repair places that can fix it?


Posted by: Big_Bruce

Quote:
Originally Posted by Twomuchchex
Okay, I want to replace all full cover faceplates on my cell. I tried to take it apart, but I can't seperate over the hinge. Has anyone done this? I 've gotten close, but I can't get it totally apart.


Hey Toomuchchex. I'm doing the same with my 8910. I'd say, take it to your local, small, 3rd party, cell-phone dealer (which sells multiple brands & faceplates). Buy your faceplate from them & most will replace for free. My local store quoted me $10.00. Keep in mind that this will void your warranty.


Posted by: mcfz

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stishy
I have a CDMA 8910 from Bell Canada, and I broke the speaker while changing faceplates Anyone know any repair places that can fix it?


I know where the UTStarcom place is... Its near Bell's Offices by Eglington/Dixie area...

Call Bell, they will give u the #


Posted by: Stishy

Quote:
Originally Posted by mcfz
I know where the UTStarcom place is... Its near Bell's Offices by Eglington/Dixie area...
Call Bell, they will give u the #


I called them and got the address, but it will cost far too much money to fix. I was hoping to sell the phone anyways.....either broken or fixed!


Posted by: Big_Bruce

[QUOTE=Big_Bruce]Hey Toomuchchex. I'm doing the same with my 8910. I'd say, take it to your local, small, 3rd party, cell-phone dealer (which sells multiple brands & faceplates). Buy your faceplate from them & most will replace for free. My local store quoted me $10.00. Keep in mind that this will void your warranty. Read Stishy's post. He broke his speaker while changing his 8910 faceplate. I thought about it, but it wasn't worth it! If you let a cell-phone dealer change it, they are responsible/experienced & have the correct, "special" tools. That's the business that they are in, not us.


Posted by: Big_Bruce

Hey Toomuchchex. I'm doing the same with my 8910. I'd say, take it to your local, small, 3rd party, cell-phone dealer (which sells multiple brands & faceplates). Buy your faceplate from them & most will replace for free. My local store quoted me $10.00. Keep in mind that this will void your warranty. Read Stishy's post. He broke his speaker while changing his 8910 faceplate. I thought about it, but it wasn't worth it! If you let a cell-phone dealer change it, they are responsible/experienced & have the correct, "special" tools. That's the business that they are in, not us.


Posted by: pop_hard_punk

With an 8910 from Alltel, is there a way to get ringtones on your phone through email/text message?


Posted by: MattCatt

Can someone help me? I need instructions for replacing the housing on the 8910.


Posted by: l2otten

Quote:
Originally Posted by midtownboarder
i have an 8910 through alltel and i have used bitpim and a data cable to get midi's and mp3's onto my phone and they work. but i want to know if anyone has figured out how to put wallpapers or screen savers onto the phone. i've tried a bunch of stuff messing around in bitpim but i can't figure it out.

How are you getting the 8910 to work with bitpim i have tried everything and i get phone not recognized


Posted by: sneakybastard

OK

I went to the open-air market this weekend and found a fantastic deal on this CDM-8910 from Virgin Mobile. Thing was in excellent condition. no scratches anywhere, the coating on the buttons still look new and it even came in a snazzy little leather case with a magnetic-type clasp for a secure close. $10.oo US is what the guy told me and I was instantly dubious. $10.oo? Something is wrong. I asked him if I could leave it there to charge for a while and I will continue browsing and return. He said sure. I return and it was fully charged so I turned it on and fiddled around. Everything worked just fine so I gave him the money and went home happy to find a treasure (you have to understand that they sell for $99.oo to $149.oo around here depending on where you shop). I set it on my desk and, being Saturday, I forgot about it until today. I jotted down all the info necessary to activate this thing and used the new, fully-charged, $10.oo flip-phone to call my favorite *86 operator. After about an hour of mono-syllabic responses to, what seemed to me to be 18 different computer simulated teenagers, I got to Ron. After a few more responses we got to the heart of it all. Activate the phone? Suuuuurrrre, says Ron.

As soon as the previous owner calls and DE-activates his account.

Ummmmmm......

It was told to me that this phone has not been used or anything in about 4 1/2 months. Can someone please explain to me how long it takes to finally be considered a dead account in order to activate a new one?? It is SUCH a pretty phone.......


Posted by: bigredneck

I've got the 8910 from bell mobility.
it's been a good phone but bell is a royal pain in the arse.
I want to get all the pics outta this thing before i sell it off, replaced by a motorola i870 and telus.
i've got more than a year's worth of pics of my kid, and would really like to keep them all if possible. I dont want to sell a phone with baby pics on it either.
i just cannot get bitpim to work. i've followed all the directions that i have found, but when i am in device manage i cant find the modems part to get the com port number.
it just seems that my computer hates the driver, keeps wanting me to reinstall it, cause it's not signed my windows. i tried the software that came with the usb cable, pcsync, but all i can do with that is modify my phonebook , yippie, the guy said i could get pics off it, but as usual a guy on ebay lied to make a sale. so maybe i just need to be coached on what to do, as i am a braindead trucker. thanks guys.


Posted by: bigredneck

just an update, i was able to get my photo's off of the phone, but nothing else, i went to filesystem and got all my pics off, and i think the games too. wish i could get the pics i had saved and downloaded too, but this is a start.
But why when i try to even look at pics saved to phone it says user data is being restored, and restarts the phone every time.?????


Posted by: my phone smart

i screwed up my IP adresses using the browser code anybody know the original ones?


Posted by: Kealvan

anyone have a back up of there MMS directory I can use screwed mine up.
If so email it to me if you could at kealvann@hotmail.com
Thank you very much.


Posted by: dcheroclix

My roommate hit the # key and ended up locking my phone and now i need a password. I never set up a passoword i was wondering if someone has a default code i really need one cause i dont have a home phone this is my main phone please help me.


Posted by: jnmhorn

Hi,
I was wondering if there is anyway to crack my Virgin Mobile 8910, so that I could use the phone on the MetroPCS Service. Does anyone know how to do this.


Posted by: Tyell

Stay As Far Away As Possible From The 8900 Sereires.


Posted by: cmptrgamer

My cell phone battery lasts about a day now and I was looking to buy a new battery. I found a couple of different ampage for the cell phones and was wondering which one was actually real. This website says both.

http://www.cellularfactory.com/whol...?d=14751&c=8452

I was also wondering if it would be bad to order a battery off of ebay or should I stick to a website. Are generic batteries just as good as brand name batteries?


Posted by: shakedown815

does this phone have a vibrate while ringing option? i sure can't seem to find it. sorry if this has been discussed before, but i don't have the time to sift through the 30+ pages in this thread. thanks!


Posted by: rancid

CMPTRGAMER,

with regards to the battery, even if you do get a new battery you'll pretty much encounter the same problems as before. I'm actually on my second battery right now, it's holding up alright but the phone still eats batteries like it's cookies.

best to stick with OEM batteries. Some aftermarket batteries have been known to explode or cause damage to the phone. I personally have not had that issue but you never know. Generally though, the talk times on a CDMA phone versus a GSM phone is less. I think you get about an hour less of talk time.

How much do you use your phone in a day?


Posted by: cmptrgamer

I just use it a few times a day for a couple of minute calls.


Posted by: Tyell

Quote:
Originally Posted by DownSouth
Yep that did the trick...... i had acciedentally done that on the first phone and couldnt figure out why the tone worked on one and not the second.
VERY simple remedy thanks.


[edit]
Mau you should add that to your site....
For Alltel users with the new cdm 8910
I used a cable purchased off Ebay
*downloaded and installed Bitpim
*downloaded and installed a wav to mp3 converter, picked a (wav) tone to test with, converted the wav to mp3, saved it in a folder on the desktop
*opened up bitpim with the phone connected via my handy dandy new cable.
Please note that this did and will not turn my phone on or off (as some of the info I read stated it would).
*Once in bitpim clik Edit / Settings / and sellect the same com port your modem uses. I used the OTHER CDMA phone under the types box but I cannot say what will and will not work there.
*clik on the File System tab
*Scroll down to user / sound / ringer
*right clik on ringer and sellect New File then when the window opens choose the tone from the browser menu (whereever you saved the mp3 or midi) then close bitpim
*on your phone go to menu access apps (when you back out you will get an error message - thats ok)
*open up the media gallery on your phone and you should see the tone you installed under tones
*you can now go to settings / sounds / ringer type / ringer and the tone should be under the downlads box.
Hope this helped.
Thanks for all the info guys!



you dont really need a converter all you need to do is change the file extension from .wav to a .mp3..... to do so just go to file/save as/rename the file (ie. mysong.mp3) and your done.


Posted by: Tyell

hm hm...hm hm...hm hm...hm hm...hm hm...hm hm...


Posted by: Massif

I just bought a Virgin Mobile Audiovox 8910 (in Canada if that makes a difference). I had a few questions:

1. Does the ##browser code work on Virgin Mobile?
2. Is the WAP completely free or does it use minutes?
3. I have free evenings (6pm-5am) so if I use it during that time is it completely free?
4. What can I access through this? Just WAP websites? Or can I actually download ringtones/graphics?
5. Has there been any progress on uploading games with the data cable?


Posted by: mau108

Hey guys, if anyone wants me to add stuff to http://vox8910.ca.tt please PM me. I dont have an audiovox 8910 anymore so I cant test anything and can't provide support, but will continue to build the site.

take care.


Posted by: mycsvt

any one know if you can sent pix from your 8910 cricket to email? i have pix that i would like to get on my computer


Posted by: bryan m

i need help bad!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was messin around with codes and stuff with my 8910, and then it went into **service mode**

how do i get it out of it?


Posted by: oceanluvn

I have had the phone about a year now and never had any problems at all until today.
It is fully charged but when I power it up I just get a white screen with this on it: otasp.c 0371300
I can't make any calls on it and even when it is turned off, the white screen blinks on and off.
While doing a search on this forum I see that someone else had the exact same problem as I....but there was no solution given. I have removed the battery and put it back in and it is still is doing it.
I hope I have posted this question in the right place.
Please tell me there is something I can do....thanks in advance.


Posted by: The Mann

Im a new owner of the 8915 and iwant to know how to add ringtones and pics to my phone


Posted by: SpUgE

i cant get bitpim to recognise my phone its an alltel 8910 i installed the drivers the phone is on i dont know what else todo.


Posted by: mycsvt

still havn' found a way to get my pix from phone to e-mail. called cricket they told me to sen it as a im but bot sure how to do that PLEASE someone help


Posted by: The Mann

I JUst got a VM8915 and i want to know how t start adding new things


Posted by: vs1268

My 8910 is connecting with Bitpim.I want to send the phone book to the phone but i can not do this.Phone book is saved with me in .csv file.so what is the way out to send the phone book ??????


Posted by: hurricanereno

as far as I know, there is no way to send a phone book to 8910 via Bitpim. The only things you can meddle with are pix, games and ringtones, as far as I know.


Posted by: eclipsepb25

i dropped my phone accidently and the top part of the face plate came off and when i snapped it back together the wire ribbon that connect all the componets in the top half including the lcd, speaker, and camera to the main board in the bottom half was hanging out and i snipped it in half. does any one have this certain wire or no where i can get it. if it helps, when i emailed starcom that said it is part #2HA00001153 and it cost 30 bucks to get that replacement part which probally cost them 5 cents to make. thats rediculous. also, if anyone has a broken or used 8910 i would be happy to buy it from you.


Posted by: nothernhorspowa

I bought a used 8910 v7 Snapper (the prepaid one) on ebay for like $15 shipped...somone steppe don the screen, but I took a chance and sure enough the cable was intact. I messed my cable up when I was switching the housing...boy did that look cool in the "carbon fiber" look housing.


Posted by: tpodell140

Posted in main forum, didnt see this thread but will probably have better luck here. I hacked my phone to avoid paying for verizon mobile web and use different ip addresses and wap.google.com as my homepage. Probably really stupid of me, but how do you enter a url to navigate to a webpage? Cant find it in the menus

Tom


Posted by: nothernhorspowa

^^ Bump...I got the same question lol.


Posted by: coltfoet5

This topic got to big and is hard to find things...

I'm wondering how to put games on the 8910 with bitpim. Us cellular is my provider which is like Verizon. I also want to know if there is a way to put wallpapers on the phone.

I can take pictures off and put ringtones on up to 20 seconds... Is there anyway of making ringtones longer also??

so 4 questions

how to put games on?
how to put wallpaper on?
Can ringtones be longer than 20 seconds?


If you can put games on, where do i get them at?


Thanks


Posted by: nothernhorspowa

They are all answered in the topic....
Ringontes longer than 20 seconds....do you have voicemail? No games for any phone with Brew....wallpaper and ringtones: search man....seriously, don't ask people for answers when the only talk about the 8910 has been on those subjects.....


Posted by: airdogg92

do you know where i can get any free software for data cables ?


Posted by: nothernhorspowa

For bitpim go http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/...up.exe?download .....You should read the forums man, been posted a lot....And its free


Posted by: x_orange90_x

I have a problem with my phone. I have an Audiovox 8910 with Virgin Mobile. The phone does not power on anymore, at all. When I hold the power button to turn it on, the green light on the top lights up for about five seconds and then shut off. Also while the phone is plugged in to charge the green light just stays on, but it doesn't charge. I have also tried different batteries, so I cant imagine what it is. Please email me at x_orange90_x@yahoo.com if you can help.


Posted by: WillRivendell

im trying to use bitpim with my virgin mobile phone.. on the bitpim site it says u need to have bell?

is that true.... cuz i can not connect to this phone.... the drivers did install.. and the comport is set.. just can never connect...

any ideas?


Posted by: WillRivendell

Quote:
Originally Posted by s10blazerman4x4
It must be in USB diag mode and bitpim will never detect your 8910.You got to go into the filesystem tab then click the + sign there and it will show your root directory on your phone.Thats how i did mine and i got songs and what not.



this is the only way i can communicate with my phone.. where do i put the music files?


Posted by: WillRivendell

NVM

I used the quickguide for bell on this site here http://www.vox8910.ca.tt/

and it worked for my virgin phone... the virgin guide didnt match up.


Posted by: AudioDan

I used code: ##1133(END) (after doing this is says please wait, i closed my phone to make it stop) dont do this, i somehow screwed my phone up, after taking the batterry out it reset my background and ringtones and subscreen.... it made me only able to send a 8 character test message and the call back # on the text was 0000 0 0 0 0

can someone help me out here? and help me to fix it? please send me a message or reply.

PS i just looked at my signature and changed it, i hope it stays so i dont have to keep changing it... and my call back number went back to normal!! yay so hopefully this works

ok after i changed it and turned my phone off everything stayed. so eveything is back to normal. the ring tones the back grounds the lights dimming and the subscreen everything!


Posted by: Superstar31

Quote:
Originally Posted by AudioDan
I used code: ##1133(END) (after doing this is says please wait, i closed my phone to make it stop) dont do this, i somehow screwed my phone up, after taking the batterry out it reset my background and ringtones and subscreen.... it made me only able to send a 8 character test message and the call back # on the text was 0000 0 0 0 0

can someone help me out here? and help me to fix it? please send me a message or reply.

PS i just looked at my signature and changed it, i hope it stays so i dont have to keep changing it... and my call back number went back to normal!! yay so hopefully this works

ok after i changed it and turned my phone off everything stayed. so eveything is back to normal. the ring tones the back grounds the lights dimming and the subscreen everything!


yikes i did that and it changed my phone to roaming mode and did not allow me to make a call. I have to reprogram my phone *228 to reset it.....
yikes


Posted by: ahh dz guy

yo im new at this so ya.. uhh how do u put new ringtones into the 8910???


Posted by: AudioDan

I got a cd off ofe ebay one time for my 8910 and it came with a cable and everything. i installed it and used the program and i could not get anything onto my phone so i said screw it and just got the ringtones from Brew. it cost more money but at least i know it will actually work.....


Posted by: coltfoet5

Does anybody know a code to block incoming numbers that arent in my phonebook?


Posted by: Tech_Junkie

Wow, I didnt expect this thread to go so far....35 pages, **** man


Posted by: hollster34704

hi im trying to connect my 8910 to my puter so i can get my pics on puter and ringtones on phone but i open up bitpim and it says it doesnt detect any phone connection. i try looking for the phone and its not there!!! but i know its connected cause i can open the phone through the driver program that came with the cable. oh and through thier program i cant get into my pics!!! i hit the button that sends everything from phone to pc and i get phone numbers and schedule and.... oh i forgot what else!!! but no pics!!! thats kinda crazy cause it says on the packaging that it'll send pics!!! but i cant find help from the company ANYWHERE!!!!!

some one please know whats going on and help me!!!
thanks!!!
holly


Posted by: AgeNt B

Quote:
Originally Posted by hollster34704
hi im trying to connect my 8910 to my puter so i can get my pics on puter and ringtones on phone but i open up bitpim and it says it doesnt detect any phone connection. i try looking for the phone and its not there!!! but i know its connected cause i can open the phone through the driver program that came with the cable. oh and through thier program i cant get into my pics!!! i hit the button that sends everything from phone to pc and i get phone numbers and schedule and.... oh i forgot what else!!! but no pics!!! thats kinda crazy cause it says on the packaging that it'll send pics!!! but i cant find help from the company ANYWHERE!!!!!

some one please know whats going on and help me!!!
thanks!!!
holly


I had a smiliar problem while transfering ringtones to my 8100. It never detected the cable. Just ignor the message. Go into filesystem and click the plus. It will search for a little while, and then it will read the phones filesystem. From there it is simple how to transfer the images.


Posted by: hollster34704

thats not making any sence to me.... there is no plus sign anywhere! i can get pc sync(that came with the cord) to work but i just cant get pics with that.... bitpim i cant get to recognize at all.... and when you get to look for your phone your self its not there!!!! im really lost.... what youre saying might make perfect sence but not to me!!!!

holly


Posted by: AgeNt B

Quote:
Originally Posted by hollster34704
thats not making any sence to me.... there is no plus sign anywhere! i can get pc sync(that came with the cord) to work but i just cant get pics with that.... bitpim i cant get to recognize at all.... and when you get to look for your phone your self its not there!!!! im really lost.... what youre saying might make perfect sence but not to me!!!!

holly


oh, im sorry...you have to input the comp port manually for some data cables. I would assume you know how to do that.


Posted by: RunningOlive

Ok ppl, im very new 2 this, i just baught a USB cable for my AudioVox 8910 but it didnt come with software, is there 1 for this phone??


Posted by: DownSouth

Quote:
Originally Posted by DownSouth
For Alltel users with the new cdm 8910
I used a cable purchased off Ebay
*downloaded and installed Bitpim
*downloaded and installed a wav to mp3 converter, picked a (wav) tone to test with, converted the wav to mp3, saved it in a folder on the desktop
*opened up bitpim with the phone connected via my handy dandy new cable.
Please note that this did and will not turn my phone on or off (as some of the info I read stated it would).
*Once in bitpim clik Edit / Settings / and sellect the same com port your modem uses. I used the OTHER CDMA phone under the types box but I cannot say what will and will not work there.
*clik on the File System tab
*Scroll down to user / sound / ringer
*right clik on ringer and sellect New File then when the window opens choose the tone from the browser menu (whereever you saved the mp3 or midi) then close bitpim
*on your phone go to menu access apps (when you back out you will get an error message - thats ok)
*open up the media gallery on your phone and you should see the tone you installed under tones
*you can now go to settings / sounds / ringer type / ringer and the tone should be under the downlads box.
Hope this helped.
Thanks for all the info guys!



EDIT:
To load wallpapers for 8910 ALLTEL phones:
*Save a wallpaper onto your pc
*Using your phone take a few photos (of the floor or whatever )and note the names once you save them.
*Connect your phone to the data cable and turn it on.
*Start Bitpim (I am using version 7.25) and go to the "+" sign / brew / shared / jpeg / then right clik on the photo you just took and select "overwrite". Once the window opens direct bitpim to use the wallpaper you saved previously. Close Bitpim and disconnect your phone. The wallpaper will now be saved on your phone under the menu / media gallery / photos section. I'll post later if I find a way to save them to the images page....



You can also find whatever information you need for cables / software / whatever else at http://www.vox8910.ca.tt/


Posted by: RunningOlive

Where do u put the MP3 files?


Posted by: solo643

I bought a cable, downloaded drivers from Curitel and installed their Pcsnyc which appears to work but no access to ringtones.
I cannot get BITPIM to recognize the phone.
All I an trying to do is install ringtones.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.


Posted by: groovyssc

i finally got my pictures off my phone. i now have a few texts i'd like to get off the phone. i think i've found where they are in the filesystem, but they aren't in any recognizable form so thta i can read them on my computer. any ideas for me?


Posted by: golan1967

Quote:
Originally Posted by Rammer
Yes, The data cable does work for the Verizon 8910. I have put MP3 ringtones on mine and the wife's 8910. I bought my cable at radio shack.


Please tell me how you did it. i have 8910 verizon and i used pcsync, browsky, nothing work . help will be much appriciate
TY


Posted by: jmbarr

I am new to this and don't have a clue what I am doing. I have bought a cable from Eforcity on Ebay, it came with a driver cd but dosent seem to conect to my phone. The limited info that came with the cable said that I needed to download the software for the phone. I went to mobile action and downloaded thier Handset Manager soft ware but I still can't conect to the phone. I see you guys talking about BITPM what is this and will it work with the ALTELL 8910? Will it alow me to download my pics to my desktop? How do I set up my phone to do this?
I realize that these questions have probable been asked over and over but I don't seem to understand what I have read. Please help me any way you can.
Thank You.


Posted by: omg its Kramer

I have a bad feeling this has been asked before. I have had my Verizon CDM 8910 for about 2 years now, and two weeks ago and the sound and such just stopped working. After fiddling with it this morning it kept saying "hands free mode on/off" back and forth, I finnaly got it to stay off and the sound began working again, but it entered hands free mode again. Anyway to fix this, or has my phone begun popping flowers?


Posted by: Big_Bruce

Hello,

I just bought a used Audiovox 8910. I switched over my old phone# (Metro PCS) to my Audiovox. The problem is that inconsistently the sceen shows "Searching System". When this happens, you can't call out or receive calls.The only way go get rid of the message is to turn the phone off, then on. Also, when making calls, I get quite a few "dropped calls".

Any Idea's ???? Big_Bruce


Posted by: MATIC12

which data cable do i use to put mp3 ringtones onto my vzw 8910. i know i can get it from radio shack. could anyone tell me which cable should i get?


Posted by: DownSouth

Quote:
Originally Posted by jmbarr
I am new to this and don't have a clue what I am doing. I have bought a cable from Eforcity on Ebay, it came with a driver cd but dosent seem to conect to my phone. The limited info that came with the cable said that I needed to download the software for the phone. I went to mobile action and downloaded thier Handset Manager soft ware but I still can't conect to the phone. I see you guys talking about BITPM what is this and will it work with the ALTELL 8910? Will it alow me to download my pics to my desktop? How do I set up my phone to do this?
I realize that these questions have probable been asked over and over but I don't seem to understand what I have read. Please help me any way you can.
Thank You.

jmbarr....
I also have an Altell CDM8910. Look up my previous posts as I have answered your particular questions there.... better yet here are the posts in short order:

Alltel Users for MP3 ring tones:
1) Turn on your phone and plug it in.
2) Find an mp3.
3) Cut about 30 seconds out of it, and reencode it to 48kb/s at 20500. (I use Adobe Audition)
4) Open up Bitpim with the phone connected to Datacable
5) Once in bitpim click Edit / Settings / and select the same com port your modem uses.
I used the OTHER CDMA phone under the types box but I cannot say what will and will not work there.
6) Click on the File System tab, Scroll down to user / sound / ringer
7) Right click on ringer and select New File then when the window opens choose the tone from the browser menu
(whereever you saved the mp3 or midi) then close bitpim)
8) On your phone go to menu access apps (when you back out you will get an error message - that's ok)
9) Open up the media gallery on your phone and you should see the tone you installed under tones
you can now go to settings / sounds / ringer type / ringer and the tone should be under the downloads box.



To load wallpapers for 8910 ALLTEL phones:
*Save a wallpaper onto your pc
*Using your phone take a few photos (of the floor or whatever )and note the names once you save them.
*Connect your phone to the data cable and turn it on.
*Start Bitpim (I am using version 7.25) and go to the "+" sign / brew / shared / jpeg / then right clik on the photo you just took and select "overwrite". Once the window opens direct bitpim to use the wallpaper you saved previously. Close Bitpim and disconnect your phone. The wallpaper will now be saved on your phone under the menu / media gallery / photos section. I'll post later if I find a way to save them to the images page....


Quote:
Originally Posted by midtownboarder
downsouth, i have an alltel phone too and if you are trying to put ringtones onto the phone, go all the way into the user folder down to ringers, right-click and go to new file, navigate to wherever you have your ringtones on your computer and click open. then after you are all done go into access apps, and get to the menu where it shows what programs you have downloaded (i.e., downplay, etc.), then back out of axcess. it will give you a message saying something about "illegal memory axcess", then your phone will restart and you should be able to see them in your media folder. to set them as a ringtone, go to settings, sounds, ringer type, ringer, and then when you get to the list of ringtones, scroll left or right until you get to the "my downloads" list. That worked for me anyway. Hope it helps.



I found the pics taken with the phone (under BREW / Shared / Jpg). Just download BITPIM and install it. Connect your phone, start BITPIM, and look at the files. You can load or unload pics, wallpapers, and ringtones. I have not bothered any further with games or anything else.

GOODLUCK!!!


Posted by: jmbarr

Thank You this is verry helpfull to have it all in one place.
God Bless All of You


Posted by: chrisx

I was able to put a 640x480 image in the BREW/Shared folder *not in JPG*
I then went into "Easyedge" aka "get it now" or "access apps", and backed out. The picture appeared in Media Gallery/Images/Graphics folder instead of your camera (photo) gallery.

I'm trying to figure out the animation and startup/shutdown logo, but i do not have an animation to work with... I could not locate the defaults under the filesystem... Does anyone have an animation on their phone that they could post? It would be greatly appreciated.


Posted by: Big_Bruce

Quote:
Originally Posted by Big_Bruce
Hello,

I just bought a used Audiovox 8910. I switched over my old phone# (Metro PCS) to my Audiovox. The problem is that inconsistently the sceen shows "Searching System". When this happens, you can't call out or receive calls.The only way go get rid of the message is to turn the phone off, then on. Also, when making calls, I get quite a few "dropped calls".

Any Idea's ???? Big_Bruce


Hey Guy's! HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!


Posted by: acets

I just got an 8910(verizon) and when I go to my voicemail it asks for my password... which I don't remember/remember making. I think this is a re-conditioned phone. Is there a default password or anyway I can change it? Please help me, aghh.


Posted by: MATIC12

ok i know there is a usb cable for the vzw 8910. that u can get from radio shack. anybody know what it is?


Posted by: rockygotfingere

I can't connect my phone to my pc. I've tried bitpim and qpst and nothing works. I've installed all of the drivers. qpst is the only program that's recognized my phone, but when I try to edit anything, it says there's an unknown error.

I've tried the walkthrough on http://vox8910.50webs.com/setup.html and that didn't work either.


Posted by: ant007

I purchased a data cable and software cd from e bay last week for my Audiovox 8910. I used the software cd to download QPST and Bitpim. i tried to use bitpim but i got fed up so i am trying to use QPST. I got my SPC code from bitpim so i am now connected to my phone. I now see all my phones files (pictures, call hist. etc.). On the cd that came with the data cable, there are ringtones i could put onto my phones using the data cable but i am having trouble putting them onto my phone. Do i just drag them into a file? if i do then what file? Also putting the pictures that are on the cd is trouble too. could anyone please help?

Thanks,

Anthony


Posted by: Zeromaru

This question has probably already been answered, but I don't have the time right now to search through 36 pages of replies.

I have an Audiovox 8910 from Bell Aliant (which is exactly the same as Bell in Ontario and Quebec, but they use the Aliant name in the Atlantic Provinces), and I just purchased a data cable from BargainCell.com. The drivers installed correctly, but I'm having difficulty accessing the phone. I've tried Curitel's PC Sync and BitPim. The cable is labelled "LG VX6100".

With PC Sync, it detects the phone, and it works properly, for the most part. It works with the address book, schedule, and text messages. However, it doesn't read picture and ringtone information, and when I try to upload a midi file or picture, an error message appears that says "Can't get phone media info".

Then I tried BitPim following the instructions at this site, http://www.vox8910.ca.tt/, which gives instructions for Bell users. I set it up exactly as the page says, however, it won't connect to the phone. Under settings, I click Browse ports, and it lists the two Curitel ports, but both are listed as "available: false" though it reports being active.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Posted by: Partial

Hey guys, I'm new here.

I bought a US Cellular CDM-8910 the other night, and I cannot get it to connect with Bit-Pim or PC Sync. When I plug the cable into the phone and computer after installing the Curitel drivers.

I am using the same cable I bought for my LG VX6000 on eBay. Can someone please help me out with a very detailed explanation on how to get this to work?

Ultimately, my goal is to sync up with the computer, and load some .MP3 ringtones onto there.

Thanks!


Posted by: BBOISTANCE

i have a 8910 that hasnt been used for a while and i was going to activate. i was going to charge it upon the regular charger but my dumb friend charge it on a old nokia charger. when it was on the charger it started cutting on and off frequently. then when i had put it on the regular charger the green status light came on and thats the only thing that came on.then i had took it off the charger and i tried to power it and the green light only came on, i have pics. so im wonderin do i need a new battery or is it the phone that meessed up. i personally think its the battery but i want to be sure.also when i took the battery out and press the power button the status light did not come on
help would be appreciated


Posted by: BBOISTANCE

heres more


Posted by: katskradle

Hey guys,

I was just wondering if anyone has had any trouble connecting an 8910 serviced by Virgin Mobile with a generic USB cable. I've tried and am having problems.

The instructions said to plug the cable in and the computer should detect it and automatically install the needed drivers from the CD. However, my computer has trouble detecting the USB device. I know there is no problem with the computer, as I have 2 computers in my home and it does the same thing on both. And i know all the USB ports work.

Every once in a while it seems to detect the device for a few seconds, installs the drivers, and then a few seconds later it detects the "new" device again and re-installs the drivers. I've tried using the drivers off the cable installation CD, as well as drivers downloaded off one site i found (both of which are supposed to be compatible with Audiovox 8900 series phones), but none of them seem to be working correctly. I have gotten messages saying that an error occured during installation as well.

Could this have something to do with Virgin's service or the drivers? Or (as i am inclined to believe right now) is there something wrong with my cable?

Thanks!


Posted by: soldner

I have a Virgin Mobile 8910 and I have a question about ringtones. I know I need to buy a song from VM to get the folder structure. Once I do this, can I only replace the ringtone I've bought or can I add more? If you can add more, what increments do the file numbers go up by?

Thanks.


Posted by: dumbintellect

On the Audiovox CDM 8910

what is this on the back near the antenna




Posted by: soldner

OK, I've figured out that my VM phone uses the Bell phone structure. So I've managed to get new ringtones on my phone but they show up in the My Stuff>Others category. They should be in the My Stuff>Ringtones category. I can play them on the phone but can't set them as ringers. Any ideas?

Thanks.


Posted by: ThePeacedog

Quote:
Originally Posted by soldner
OK, I've figured out that my VM phone uses the Bell phone structure. So I've managed to get new ringtones on my phone but they show up in the My Stuff>Others category. They should be in the My Stuff>Ringtones category. I can play them on the phone but can't set them as ringers. Any ideas?

Thanks.

Is this Virgin Mobile us or canada? Has anyone figured out how to add new tones to the 8910 virgin mobile us without having to replace an existing tone?


Posted by: soldner

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePeacedog
Is this Virgin Mobile us or canada? Has anyone figured out how to add new tones to the 8910 virgin mobile us without having to replace an existing tone?


I've got Virgin Mobile Canada and I can add tones without replacing by just increasing the file number by one. Eg. 10.dat becomes 11.dat and same for the .gcd. I can play the songs I've added but can't use them as a ringtone because the phone puts them in the Others folder.


Posted by: old man

I have this Audiovox, and try everything, and still can't comunicate with my phone using BitPIM, this is what i use Bitpim. Curiel and Curiel Packet Service, all in port 5. my provider is in Puerto Rico (Centennial) i readed all post and still can't. What that means, my Audiovox is different?
any help will be appraisable.
Thank you.


Posted by: clbmgr

Hey Tech Junkie

Can you help me change the banner on my ADVX 9000. Someone changed the banner from Telus to a personal name. I'd like to change it again. Any idea how or how I might find out. Dealers and Telus on line no help so far

Thks in advance


Posted by: fineout

my 8910 thinks that theres a headset plugged into it(theres a little icon with headphones on there)...theres no headset in the hole and i cant use the phone cuz i dont have a headset or anythingand i cant hear anything or talk to anyone if they call, anyone know whats wrong with it?


Posted by: FPSDavid

I just got my data cable for my CDM-8610VM, and i'm completely lost. Can someone help me out? I think I need a driver and some software...

Update: I've tried "BitPim" and "CDM-8610VM USB-Handset Manager" and neither detect my phone.


Posted by: old man

FPSDavid, in my post #7 i explain my problem of what i'm using and nobody answer my worrys. (i'm newbie on this) hope you receive better attention than me.
(i think this site is for professional only)

wish you good luck.


Posted by: ThePeacedog

Quote:
Originally Posted by FPSDavid
I just got my data cable for my CDM-8610VM, and i'm completely lost. Can someone help me out? I think I need a driver and some software...

Update: I've tried "BitPim" and "CDM-8610VM USB-Handset Manager" and neither detect my phone.


Is that the snapper for virgin mobile? What version of bitpim are you using? Have you installed any drivers?


Posted by: FPSDavid

Quote:
Originally Posted by old man
FPSDavid, in my post #7 i explain my problem of what i'm using and nobody answer my worrys. (i'm newbie on this) hope you receive better attention than me.
(i think this site is for professional only)

wish you good luck.


thanks man, i havn't been able to figure anything out yet :-/


Posted by: FPSDavid

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePeacedog
Is that the snapper for virgin mobile? What version of bitpim are you using? Have you installed any drivers?

Its the "Vox". I couldn't find any drivers to install, the CD that came w/ it had no .exe or anything. It has two folders.

SAYNOPST - Folder 1


USB Modem Driver - Folder 2



Posted by: susglob

I am looking to buy a CDM-8910. Verizon does not sale it anymore.. Can anyone tell me where I can find it?? Please e-mail me @ susglob@yahoo.com if you can help me. Thank you, Susie


Posted by: ThePeacedog

@ FPSDavid, I believe the drivers found here will work with the phone.

http://216.119.70.238/Download/Data_Cables/AUDUSB.zip

You may also need to install an older version of bitpim, I believe the newer versions have dropped support for the phone.
Good luck.


Posted by: FPSDavid

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePeacedog
@ FPSDavid, I believe the drivers found here will work with the phone.

http://216.119.70.238/Download/Data_Cables/AUDUSB.zip

You may also need to install an older version of bitpim, I believe the newer versions have dropped support for the phone.
Good luck.


Still no luck No version of BitPim all the way back to .6 could detect my phone.


Posted by: ThePeacedog

Quote:
Originally Posted by FPSDavid
Still no luck No version of BitPim all the way back to .6 could detect my phone.


You can't even view the filesystem? I'm unaware of any version that will interact with the phones others than the filesystem view? Try other cdma phone and file system view.


Posted by: FPSDavid

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePeacedog
You can't even view the filesystem? I'm unaware of any version that will interact with the phones others than the filesystem view? Try other cdma phone and file system view.

Nothing worked at all.


Posted by: ThePeacedog

Quote:
Originally Posted by FPSDavid
Nothing worked at all.


Does the modem show up in windows?


Posted by: FPSDavid

Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePeacedog
Does the modem show up in windows?

Nope. Nothing happens at all other than my phone turning off up to the Virgin Mobile screen.


Posted by: saturn1

I have a (Cricket) Audiovox 8910 and my oldest son decided to play a trick on me and change my unlock code for the phone, well he forgot the code and now I cannot use my phone, does anyone have any ideas of how to manually reset this phone so I can use it? ANY advise will help. Thanks


Posted by: PowerButton

I need help in, how to change the start up banner on audiovox 8910? may be some one have asked it before, if have asked before can some one point me is right direction.


Posted by: PowerButton

Quote:
Originally Posted by saturn1
I have a (Cricket) Audiovox 8910 and my oldest son decided to play a trick on me and change my unlock code for the phone, well he forgot the code and now I cannot use my phone, does anyone have any ideas of how to manually reset this phone so I can use it? ANY advise will help. Thanks

#5265* -- Unlocks the phone (if it was locked through Menu-6-3-1-1), and tells you what your password was.


Posted by: MRoswell

Quote:
Originally Posted by DownSouth
Ok, I read posts all over this site (and thanks for all the info) but now I am stuck. I bought the cable, downloaded the drivers, downloaded and installed Bitpim, hooked it all up and with a bit of fumbling around I managed to download my pics off the phone to the pc. That alone made the cable worth the ebay price.
NOW I am trying the next step and seem to be getting nowhere and since 90% of the information here pertains to Verison or Bellsouth I wanted a specific answer to how you get ring tones (in mp3 format) to the Alltel phone. Forgive me if its a repeat request but as a newb to all this phone info I just didnt see the answer elsewhere.


[edit] i did manage to save the mp3 as 48kbps at 22050 freq with a file size of 29k...this is just a 4 sec mp3 that my wife wants on her phone so i was testing my phone first. I did not change it to mid as I noticed several posts note that was not necessary.

How did you manage to get tones on your phone? Because I cant even do that. I have Bitpim but get it to recognize my phone for anything.


Posted by: thelken

has anybody actually used thier 8910 as a modem for an internet connection? i can't seen to get it to work, I have gotten as far as the phone actually dialing to #777, but is says that its a "HSPD call" on the handset. Im not farmilliar with that, but before, on my lg phone it said "data call" when I did this. Anyway, when its "verifying username and password" it stops and the phone says "call failed DS unavailable". It only actually dials when I chang my data setting to rs232c. Anybody run into this problem before? thanks


Posted by: kitty13131

Quote:
Originally Posted by midtownboarder
i have an 8910 through alltel and i have used bitpim and a data cable to get midi's and mp3's onto my phone and they work. but i want to know if anyone has figured out how to put wallpapers or screen savers onto the phone. i've tried a bunch of stuff messing around in bitpim but i can't figure it out.


for my phone i just had the wallpapers sent to my friends phone and then had him picture message them to me...i couldnt get them to send to mine but he has a sony escerson(sp?) but thats how i did my wallpapers


Posted by: Tobywi

Im trying to get pictures off my daughters phone. Its a year old 8910. I bought The cable and software and Im having no luck. I tryed that bitpim and did not find the phone.

Thanks


Posted by: kitty13131

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tobywi
Im trying to get pictures off my daughters phone. Its a year old 8910. I bought The cable and software and Im having no luck. I tryed that bitpim and did not find the phone.

Thanks


when i had my 8910 i would picture message them to my e-mail...thats what always worked for me


Posted by: ThePeacedog

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tobywi
Im trying to get pictures off my daughters phone. Its a year old 8910. I bought The cable and software and Im having no luck. I tryed that bitpim and did not find the phone.

Thanks


Have you tried the file system view from bitpim, have you loaded any drivers for the phone? Which cable did you purchase? The one I have came with a piece of software called "picture download" just for such a thing. Good luck.


Posted by: mau108

haha this thread has come a long way, but all the basic stuff can still be found using the site I created for 8910 users.

http://vox8910.ca.tt

Take care guys! (AND PLEASE DONT EMAIL OR MESSAGE ME AS I DONT HAVE THIS PHONE ANYMORE, ONLY MY DAD DOES AND SO IM NOT UPDATED ON EVERYTHING FOR THIS PHONE)


Posted by: Tatito23

Hola I am new,Iwant to now where i dawload the software for my audioboxcdm8910,yes i have the data cable i need the istalation program,to put fothos in my pc or in the cell an ringtones or midis....

thank's tatito23


Posted by: ThePeacedog

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tatito23
Hola I am new,Iwant to now where i dawload the software for my audioboxcdm8910,yes i have the data cable i need the istalation program,to put fothos in my pc or in the cell an ringtones or midis....

thank's tatito23



What service are you with? Did you check the link in the post just above yours? The drivers are there. Just about everything is covered in this thread some where. Good luck.


Posted by: Tatito23

Thank a lot Iam going to chek this night the link and other plases in the net,a frind tell me here in the forum have the program,just i want to dowload fotos and ring tones to the cell and mybe wallpaper....thanks a lot for ansewer...desde santurcePR parea el mundo......


Posted by: bytor2070

I have an Alltel CDM-8910 and this forum has been extreeeeeeeemly helpful for me to learn how to put MP3 ringtones on the phone with my data cable. I am still researching how to put wallpapers on my phone.

My question is: Is there a way to set up the phonebook to have different ringtones and photos appear when someone in my phonebook calls me? I went into my phonebook and set different ringtones and photos up, but when I tried it the phone just ignored my settings and used the general ringtone.

Can anybody help me with this issue???

Thanks a lot!!!




Posted by: Tatito23

I lost the inf. in my pc, weeks a go some one send me the link for plaeses to download a programas for my cellOne of my phones is audiovox8910 and I have the usb cable to the phone but I dont have the program's to download ringtones,wallpaper ect please some one helpme thank's a lot...desde santurcePR para el mundo......


Posted by: ThePeacedog

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tatito23
I lost the inf. in my pc, weeks a go some one send me the link for plaeses to download a programas for my cellOne of my phones is audiovox8910 and I have the usb cable to the phone but I dont have the program's to download ringtones,wallpaper ect please some one helpme thank's a lot...desde santurcePR para el mundo......



See post #575. Good luck. ;-)


Posted by: LordSith77

Quote:
Originally Posted by bytor2070
I have an Alltel CDM-8910 and this forum has been extreeeeeeeemly helpful for me to learn how to put MP3 ringtones on the phone with my data cable. I am still researching how to put wallpapers on my phone.

My question is: Is there a way to set up the phonebook to have different ringtones and photos appear when someone in my phonebook calls me? I went into my phonebook and set different ringtones and photos up, but when I tried it the phone just ignored my settings and used the general ringtone.

Can anybody help me with this issue???

Thanks a lot!!!



Not sure if you got this solved or not, but if not...I had the same problem UNTIL... I changed the phone numbers to include the area code. Wierd, but it did it.

I'm in the process of making a complete PDf file for the 8615 (8910 minus the camera). I have done a lot to this phone with ringers, wallpapers, free WAP, so want to share the knowledge. I figured if I make a PDF it will be a lot easier for everyone.


Posted by: bytor2070

LordSith77,

Thanks for the info. I will try it.
I would be really interested in your PDF and your experiences with this phone.
Thanks a lot!!!

Bytor2070



Posted by: iansltx

Maybe this has been gone over in this topic before (stopped reading after 18pages)but how do you use the 'vox as a 1x modem? I'm on an unlimited carrier with web turned on and the 8910 with what seems to be generic firmware.

Also, on my phone, there's no address bar or bookmarks in the browser...if this normal? If not, how do I put it in? I have what the techs say is the newest firmware...


Posted by: shybutterfly

Don't know if this has been answered on here before. There are many pages.

I have an 8910 with US Cellular. I want my own ringtones. I have a data cable. I can't figure out how to work anything. When I plug in the phone with the cable it tries to install something, but then it asks for this file: MA8012M.sys.
I havent been able to find it.

Can anyone help me out with any of this?!?


Posted by: ThePeacedog

Quote:
Originally Posted by shybutterfly
Don't know if this has been answered on here before. There are many pages.

I have an 8910 with US Cellular. I want my own ringtones. I have a data cable. I can't figure out how to work anything. When I plug in the phone with the cable it tries to install something, but then it asks for this file: MA8012M.sys.
I havent been able to find it.

Can anyone help me out with any of this?!?


Are you looking for the mobile action drivers for your cable?

http://global.mobileaction.com/down...lID=238&go=+Go+

I believe thats the one, it should have you're looking for.
Good luck. ;-)


Posted by: apofreaks09

does the 8910 have any phone tools for getting mp3 ringtones on them. why wont bitpim work for me? nyways something else? if so where can i download it


Posted by: Wireless Buddy

Haha I had this phone. It worked good for me, I dropped it in the snow 3 times, toilet 2 times, and bathroom-while-taking-hot-shower at least 10 times.

Never died! Well, now when you open it up you have to wait between 5 seconds-2 minutes before the screen backlight turns on.


Posted by: joatman24

I`ve got two 8910`s that each have a seperate problem. One will not find service, and the other will power loop ( restart just after starting up). I`v now pick`d up the cables and from reading, I am using qpst, curitel drivers, and am able t