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Posted by: feanish

LG VX8100 and BitPim

For this post, we're using BitPim. I use 7.32, however, other versions may work, be sure to go to View->Filesystem in order to get the filesystem tab. First we have to get your computer hooked up to your phone.

USB CABLE CONNECTION
With a cable, it's easy....
1. Install Drivers for cable
2. Plug in cable
3. Plug in phone
4. Done..

BLUETOOTH CONNECTION
With Bluetooth is a bit more complicated, but still not difficult.
1. Click Menu->Settings and Tools->9. PC Connection
2. Select 3. Bluetooth to use Bluetooth
3. If it asks you if you want to turn bluetooth on, select Yes.
4. Go to Menu -> Settings and Tools -> 0. Bluetooth
5. Select 3. My Visibility
6. Select "Show to All"
7. On your PC, go to "My Bluetooth Places" (you can type that in windows explorer and you will go there)
8. Click "View Devices in Range" in the left hand side
9. Double click on your phone
10. Double Click on "Bluetooth Serial Port".
11. It will tell you what Com Port it is assigning to the phone, this is important, remember it (it's Com8 on my computer)

BITPIM
Now, download BitPim. Install, then run.
1. Click Edit ->Settings
2. Change Phone Type to LG-VX8000
3. Type in the COM Port from before (for me it's COM8)
4. Click the FileSystem Tab (That's all that works for the 8100)
5. All of your files are displayed in their wonderful Glory!

GENERAL INFO
Here are the locations for important files:
\Brew\16452\ --- All uploads go somewhere in here.

mf --- My Flix

mp --- My Pix

ms --- My Sounds

lk\mr --- My Ringtones

\dload\ --- Information Files

PUTTING PICTURES ON YOUR PHONE
1. Take picture
2. Resize it to something reasonable (like 400x400ish)
3. Open BitPim
4. go to: \Brew\16452\mp\
5. right click on "mp", click "New File..." select your file.
6. go to: \dload\
7. right click "image.dat", select delete
8. right click "imagesize.dat", select delete
9. Reboot phone, images show up!

PUTTING RINGTONES ON YOUR PHONE

There is a 2mb limit for Ringtones (buy a memory card, they're cheap and easy to use, you can use that memory for whatever you like), you can see how much you have used on your phone by clicking Menu --> Get It Now --> Info (right soft key). It will tell you how much memory is being used up.

1. Because space is an issue, I would recommend a much higher compression rate for mp3s as ringtones. To make ringtones, I use Audacity to edit the music files down to a reasonable length, then export as mp3. In the File->Preferences section of the menu, you are able to set the mp3 quality. It's usually at 128k, which gives you approximately 1 minute / megabyte. I prefer 40k, which is still pretty high for ringtones, but you can fit much more into 2 megs. You can play around and see what sounds best for the song that you have.

Example:
12 second mp3 x 128k encoding == 186k
12 second mp3 x 40k encoding == 59k

2. right before you export as mp3, be sure to maximize the volume by selecting everything, Clicking Effect ->Amplify, then click OK. Amplify automatically selects the maximum you can amplify the sound without clipping the loud parts. This ensures your ringtone is as loud as it can be on your phone.

3. Find your file in windows explorer, rename the file to [filename].mid, because your phone ignores .mp3 files. It WILL know how to play them, though.

4. Open BitPim
5. go to: \Brew\16452\lk\mr\
6. right click on "mr", click "New File..." select your file.
7. go to \dload\
8. right click "my_ringtone.dat", select delete.
9. right click "my_ringtonesize.dat", select delete.
10. Reboot phone, ringtones show up!

PUTTING SOUNDS ON PHONE

Same as with Ringtones, but put the file in \Brew\16452\ms\, and delete the mysound.dat and mysoundsize.dat files.

PUTTING VIDEOS ON PHONE

To load a video onto your phone, it must be a .3gp file. To convert files to .3gp, I used Mpegable X4 Live. The company no longer supports the software, but there is shareware available here: Mpegable x4 Live v2.2
Converting is very straight forward, select input file, select output destination, select "Mobile Devices (3gpp compliant)", click the red circle... done.

1. Open BitPim
2. go to: \Brew\16452\mf\
3. right click on "mf", click "New File..." select your file.
4. go to \dload\
5. right click "video.dat", select delete.
6. right click "videosize.dat", select delete.
7. Reboot phone, videos show up!

MEMORY CARD

I highly recommend buying a mini-sd card. I picked up one today from Circuit City with a SD-Adapter. Plug the card into the phone, reboot the phone, and you will have three directories,... My Pix, My Flix, and My Sounds... put files in there, you won't have to mess with the filesystem ever again. Currently I have two episodes of Family guy converted over, and it's a blast being able to watch those on the phone. Each 22 minute episode is 15.5 Megs, so I can fit a whole season on the 256mb card I have.

MEDIA PLAYER

There's a "secret" media player on the 8100 that you can access by pressing "menu", then 0 seven times.
Go to "Get it Now Settings" near the bottom
Again, select "Get it Now" at the bottom of this screen too.
you will see a list of applications on the phone, select "Media Player"
You can play files in your mf directory, so if you put an mp3 in there, you can play it with the Media Player. This is the only way to be able to fast forward through mp3 files on the phone.
Unfortunately, we have not figured out how to be able to read mp3s off the memory card from the special Media Player.

That's about it, good luck, have fun...

Posted by: jason330i

good job.

mods, sticky?

Posted by: Pring4

Awesome. I second the sticky recommendation and that it will/should be updated whenever new solid information becomes available.

Posted by: reapur

awesome. This should be the basis for the 8100 HOWTO.
can we sticky it?

Posted by: se7encrows

Nice....I like the easy to follow lay out.

Thanks for this...

Posted by: InTheShadows

I don't know if its worth including or not, but you might want to mention the process of being able to have the my ringtones settings 'see' the data in the MiniSD card. It is a complex process though, and you need to use a hex editor to change the hardcoded path in the myringtone.dat file. All the information is in the following thread:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...415#post5532415
Might be more helpful when an easier way to do this is discovered?

nice write up also, btw.

Posted by: mbc663

awesome work my friend. why isnt this is a sticky yet?

Posted by: mbc663

sorry, just realized it was posted 40 mins ago ;/ sorry

sticky it!

Posted by: xrthawk

Just wondering.... is there ANY way to loop the mp3 ringtones? Doubt it, but thought I'd ask anyways?

Posted by: Moderator HF 9

Thread Stuck! Thank you very much Feanish for making the 8100 tutorial thread as I requested. I will now unstick my request thread & the other 8100 ring tone thread to clean this place up a bit. Please PM if you ever want to add additional information. I also added a link to the usb drivers in the thread.

Posted by: The Roc

What do you find the best resolution settings and frame rate to be when converting mpeg to 3gp?

Posted by: The Roc

Quote:

Originally Posted by roc a fella

What do you find the best resolution settings and frame rate to be when converting mpeg to 3gp?

ok just in case anyone was wondering its qcif resolution and a 15 fps frame rate.

I use xilisoft to convert my videos

Posted by: room112

Quick shout to roc a fella (who I think first had the process down w/qpst).

Anyways, just got my 8100 and my bluetooth adaptor and everything worked like a dream. I noticed that I had to keep setting my phone's b/t visibility, otherwise I'd get an error w/Bitpim.

Again, awesome job by all for saving us some cash from the evil empire!!

Posted by: kellybrf

when using x4 it automatically sets my video size too small. how do i change that and the frame rate?

Posted by: The Roc

Quote:

Originally Posted by kellybrf

when using x4 it automatically sets my video size too small. how do i change that and the frame rate?

i sent you a pm

Posted by: c0r3y

When trying to copy a .mid file over to the ringtones folder, I get the following error (log file pasted):

16:35:32.125 LG-VX8000: Now in brew mode
16:35:45.515 LG-VX8000: Writing file 'brew/16452/lk/mr/girhums.mid' bytes 113901
16:35:48.515 COM6: Timed out waiting for 7e, requested bytes 1 - 0 bytes read
16:35:48.515 Error: Device needs attention - LG-VX8000 on COM6
LG-VX8000 on COM6: The phone is not responding while manipulating the filesystem.

I'm using a USB BT dongle with factory (no-name) drivers. I can see all of my folders on the phone, etc. - I just get this error ora similar error when I try to copy a file over. BitPim troubleshooting was no help.

Any suggestions? Thanx!

Posted by: reapur

I'm just wondering is it just this file or does this happen with other ringtones?
also QPST has been a little more reliable for me on the 8100.

Posted by: c0r3y

After further exploration - it does appear to be related to the file. BitPim transferred another .mid file like a champ.

Thanx guys.

Posted by: nemadrol

How would you make an mp3 louder while keeping the original quality?

Posted by: Makkurana

Nemadrol, I've found the best way to adjust volume while preventing clipping is by amplify the gain/volume level of the mp3 itself through an audio editor of some sort. I use Adobe Audition 1.5, and it's great for truncating files into clips, and adding the necessary fade in/ fade outs where needed, but I believe there is a free, open source program called audacity (sp?)...someone correct me if I'm wrong. Now that you mention it, nemadrol, does anyone know what dB level works best for a ringer volume-wize? I've got about a dozen ringtones or so that I'm planning to put on my 8100 as soon as my data cable gets here, and I was wondering if I should just normalize them all at a set level, or just leave them at their defaults. Hope that helps somewhat, Nemadrol, and thanks to everyone who's been working on this project!

J

Posted by: feanish

Quote:

Originally Posted by Makkurana

Nemadrol, I've found the best way to adjust volume while preventing clipping is by amplify the gain/volume level of the mp3 itself through an audio editor of some sort. I use Adobe Audition 1.5, and it's great for truncating files into clips, and adding the necessary fade in/ fade outs where needed, but I believe there is a free, open source program called audacity (sp?)...someone correct me if I'm wrong. Now that you mention it, nemadrol, does anyone know what dB level works best for a ringer volume-wize? I've got about a dozen ringtones or so that I'm planning to put on my 8100 as soon as my data cable gets here, and I was wondering if I should just normalize them all at a set level, or just leave them at their defaults. Hope that helps somewhat, Nemadrol, and thanks to everyone who's been working on this project!

J

I use Audacity to do everything with my ringtones... quick and easy:

load file
Delete the parts you don't want
Edit->Select->All
Effect->Amplify
OK
File->Export as mp3

Posted by: Makkurana

Thanks for the info, feanish...I just got my data cable yesterday, and I successfully transferred about 6 or 7 ringtones to it. Just off hand, does anyone know the best resolution for pictures on the inside and outside screens (given in width x length format)? I tried a couple different sizes from the dedicated vx8100 site that russr started, but my images still don't fill up the whole screen properly. TIA!

J

Posted by: nemadrol

Thanks! I just use my roxio sound editor to cut the mp3's to 25-30 seconds and then I save it as a wav and use the built in windows sound recorder to up the volume hahaha. It's ghetto but it sounds pretty good.

Posted by: nemadrol

What would happen if you replace the my_ringtones.dat with the my_sounds.dat and just rename the my_sounds.dat to my_ringtones.dat? Hahaha. I'm confusing everybody.

Posted by: kellybrf

probably nothing, or youd kill the phone. not a bad idea though, who wants to try it?

Posted by: Ingramb78

I could also use the information on the proper resolution and framerate using X4 and how to do it if anyone could help me out.

Posted by: The Roc

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ingramb78

I could also use the information on the proper resolution and framerate using X4 and how to do it if anyone could help me out.

its qcif..

Posted by: kellybrf

ok roc, im not seeing how to set the resolution in xilsoft?

Posted by: plumbum

I open Xilisoft then right click under the "name" colum and choose "add" then find my scource file "movie to be re-encoded".
once the movie is listed with a checkbox next to it I click on it to highlight it.
then the parameters on the right are changeable.

Under "summery/ video"
I choose "mpeg4"
then for video size I put it at 176x144.
bitrate is up to you mine says 40, Ive heard 96 is nice but bigge file size, play around with that...
HOpe that helps
Also, I made good movies but they wouldnt play until I shortened the filename.
Charlie.And.The.Chocolate.Factory.CAM.VCD-BaPH
was too long so I changed it to "charlie chocolate1"

Posted by: JAZZ243

HEY , I AM TO THIS FORUM AND JUST CURIOUS ABOUT TWO THINGS IS FEANISH STATING I CAN USE A USB CABLE AND BITPIM OR A BLUETOOTH CONNECTION AND BITPIM AND THEN GO FROM THERE.

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...290#post5535290

WHICH IS BETTER A USB OR DATA CABLE ..DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AM I DWNLOADING BITPIM TO THE COMPUTER AND TRANSFER TO PHONE.
IF SO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOCATE BITPIM ON MY PHONE FROM THEN ON.

HATE TO SOUND NUBIISH BUT FIRST TIME HACKING PHN. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

Posted by: nemadrol

bitpim and qpst are both programs that are used to look into the directory of your phone. you need bt or a datacable so you can connect your phone to the computer and from there bitpim and qpst can see files/directories on your phone and you can add/change/modify whatever you want to those files/directories but it if you don't know what you're doing you can mess up your phone.

Posted by: scott1598

Quote:

Originally Posted by feanish

MEDIA PLAYER

There's a "secret" media player on the 8100 that you can access by pressing "menu", then 0 seven times.
Go to "Get it Now Settings" near the bottom
Again, select "Get it Now" at the bottom of this screen too.
you will see a list of applications on the phone, select "Media Player"
You can play files in your mf directory, so if you put an mp3 in there, you can play it with the Media Player. This is the only way to be able to fast forward through mp3 files on the phone.
Unfortunately, we have not figured out how to be able to read mp3s off the memory card from the special Media Player.

That's about it, good luck, have fun...

for the mediaplayer to work...do you have to delete any files in the dload folder?
i can't seem to transfer files to 16452/mf...i keep timing out. can anyone help me out? i would appreciate it!

Posted by: mischief

Thought u guys should know in case you havent seen it yet, but we're startin to come around with a way to use the miniSD card to store ringtones thru hex editing...a pain, but better than being stuck with just 2MBs of tones...

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...50&page=1&pp=15

Posted by: AccessPhoto

Quote:

Originally Posted by mischief

Thought u guys should know in case you havent seen it yet, but we're startin to come around with a way to use the miniSD card to store ringtones thru hex editing...a pain, but better than being stuck with just 2MBs of tones...

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...50&page=1&pp=15

Thanks for the heads up - we're gettin' there

Posted by: DGVQ35C

Quote:

Originally Posted by feanish

I use Audacity to do everything with my ringtones... quick and easy:

load file
Delete the parts you don't want
Edit->Select->All
Effect->Amplify
OK
File->Export as mp3

What do you amplify it to to make it sound loud but still good quality?

Posted by: har02052

Over at the bitpim development site, there have been some guys that have made a newer version that allows you use it like you are supposed to with the vx8100, rather than choosing the vx8000 and having to delete the .dat file every time, id does it for you, you don't even have to change the extension on the mp3. I have loaded pics, rings, and numbers using it. The adding numbers isn't perfect, sometimes the speeddial numbers aren't right, but everything else works great. It is version 7.35unofficial. Because I am a newbie, I don't think I can link it. but here is a try. If a moderator gets this, please let the link work so that other people can use the newer version.

http://www.mark74.com/Files/bitpim-...icial-setup.zip

or type www. and then copy and paste this into your browser, a download should come up
mark74.com/Files/bitpim-0.7.35-unofficial-setup.zip

Posted by: RazzBaronZ

Hey guys,

Maybe it's just me but I've gotten 11.08MB/11.08MB (100% Full) of ringtones on my phone. BitPim only lets me add 50 mp3s, midis, and qcps (total together) but in any combination. All of mine are about 150-300kb, and I have 50 on now. My ringtones has 8.94MB and My Sounds has 2.14MB.

Is this everyone's experience or do I have some amazing phone that lets you go above the alloted 2MB limit on ringtones (as I have read in other threads).

Also, a question: what should I resize my photos to so they are fullscreen on the phone? Should I make them a different size for front screen VS main screen?

Thanks,
Alex

Posted by: nemadrol

Quote:

Originally Posted by RazzBaronZ

Hey guys,

Maybe it's just me but I've gotten 11.08MB/11.08MB (100% Full) of ringtones on my phone. BitPim only lets me add 50 mp3s, midis, and qcps (total together) but in any combination. All of mine are about 150-300kb, and I have 50 on now. My ringtones has 8.94MB and My Sounds has 2.14MB.

Is this everyone's experience or do I have some amazing phone that lets you go above the alloted 2MB limit on ringtones (as I have read in other threads).

Also, a question: what should I resize my photos to so they are fullscreen on the phone? Should I make them a different size for front screen VS main screen?

Thanks,
Alex

Wow your phone is godly! Did you check to see if all the ringtones play?

Posted by: VZW E

Quote:

Originally Posted by RazzBaronZ

That's cool if its true! Maybe the phone lets you take advantage of some of the unused memory on hold for MOD.

Posted by: RazzBaronZ

Yes they all play (the 50 ringtones). The only limitation is that I can only have 50 of my ringtones (in addition to those that come with the phone. I never knew my phone as weird!

Maybe it's a setting I used in the Menu,0,000000 place, since I played around with a bunch of options there. I wouldn't be able to tell you what I did even if this was the case since I never wrote down what I did.

If there's any way for me to get these settings off my phone and tell you guys, I could try doing that.

-Alex

Posted by: RazzBaronZ

Oh, and one more thing. I am copying most of the ringtone files as mp3, all at Stereo, 22khz and 48 as settings, lengths of 15-54 seconds and about 150-300kb each in BitPim 7.3.5unofficial. Some midis and 2 qcps as well, but no settings there. I have the black LGVX6100/VX7000 USB cable I got from eBay that charges the phone as well (has a black box in the middle) and am using the drivers off LG's website (found them in a thread on hofo).

Maybe the phone lets you have more if you make them at this setting vs other?
Nevertheless, I'm thinking it's some option I accidentally hit in the hidden menu, since it's very weird that nobody else has been able to do this, and I'm sure many people have all different mp3 quality settings.

-Alex

Posted by: rgATL

Quote:

Originally Posted by feanish

MEDIA PLAYER
There's a "secret" media player on the 8100 that you can access by pressing "menu", then 0 seven times.
Go to "Get it Now Settings" near the bottom
Again, select "Get it Now" at the bottom of this screen too.
you will see a list of applications on the phone, select "Media Player"
You can play files in your mf directory, so if you put an mp3 in there, you can play it with the Media Player. This is the only way to be able to fast forward through mp3 files on the phone.

Couple questions:

* Does this allow you to take advantage of the full storage capacity of the phone? and how much is that exactly (I thought I read 256MB or 512 MB somewhere)?

* Does it let you use the play/pause/back/forward buttons on the front cover?

Thanks,
rg.

Posted by: The Trooper

RazzBaronZ: I only have 10 ringtones/1 sound that amount to 7.25 MB...the sizes of my ringtones are 432KB up to 973KB. However I used another method by josh7143 LINK: http://howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=696113
but I used QPST instead of Bitpim. I will be loading more to see what the limit is...hopefully its not 15MB

Posted by: mcgavinz26

I breezed through the posts, and saw how one guy had to shorten the video titles to get them to play. Maybe the title of my south park episode was just really close to the limit, but all I really had to do was delete the spaces. Either way, spaces or just being too long, I had a similar problem, probably worth mentioning again. I watched a whole episode of south park just now with the battery not completely charged and I didn't even lose one of 4 bars of power.

Posted by: qtip919

Hi

Is anyone using bitPIM with a mac?

I tried setting this up as per the instructions at the beginning of the post. I am having trouble setting this up because on my computer, the port that my computer is listing is: "LGVX8100-BluetoothSer-1" (appearently assigned based on the name of the device. I get error messages when I try to use this as the port...

Anyone know what I should be using?

Posted by: JnCoKiLLa

Where can i find Ringtones that are free...aka mp3 tones

Posted by: earth2sean

For those of you attempting/successfully attempted to use bluetooth to transfer files to their 8100...

when i attempt to enable serial port connection as stated in step #9 for bluetooth, the only option i'm given is to allow it for an 'audio gateway', to which it will not connect. what gives.

Posted by: mkrain

You can try http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=202050, pick an artist or album and you will be able to download a 30sec clip. Not all albums are available for preview. Also the clips are low on the volume side so you might need to use Audacity to amplify the sound. Depending you might find some good tones, others aren't so great just experiment a bit.

Posted by: thom_1

[QUOTE=har02052]Over at the bitpim development site, there have been some guys that have made a newer version that allows you use it like you are supposed to with the vx8100,

http://www.mark74.com/Files/bitpim-...icial-setup.zip

Do you have a link, or the original? As a Mac user I can't use an .exe file. It's written so the original installs as Mac/Linux/Windows...

Posted by: southpaw3g

Quote:

Originally Posted by feanish

[U]PUTTING RINGTONES ON YOUR PHONE

There is a 2mb limit for Ringtones (buy a memory card, they're cheap and easy to use, you can use that memory for whatever you like), you can see how much you have used on your phone by clicking Menu --> Get It Now --> Info (right soft key). It will tell you how much memory is being used up.

1. Because space is an issue, I would recommend a much higher compression rate for mp3s as ringtones. To make ringtones, I use Audacity to edit the music files down to a reasonable length, then export as mp3. In the File->Preferences section of the menu, you are able to set the mp3 quality. It's usually at 128k, which gives you approximately 1 minute / megabyte. I prefer 40k, which is still pretty high for ringtones, but you can fit much more into 2 megs. You can play around and see what sounds best for the song that you have.

Example:
12 second mp3 x 128k encoding == 186k
12 second mp3 x 40k encoding == 59k

2. right before you export as mp3, be sure to maximize the volume by selecting everything, Clicking Effect ->Amplify, then click OK. Amplify automatically selects the maximum you can amplify the sound without clipping the loud parts. This ensures your ringtone is as loud as it can be on your phone.

3. Find your file in windows explorer, rename the file to [filename].mid, because your phone ignores .mp3 files. It WILL know how to play them, though.

4. Open BitPim
5. go to: \Brew\16452\lk\mr\
6. right click on "mr", click "New File..." select your file.
7. go to \dload\
8. right click "my_ringtone.dat", select delete.
9. right click "my_ringtonesize.dat", select delete.
10. Reboot phone, ringtones show up!
.

It wont let me complete steps 8 or 9, bitpim gets an error. Whats the deal?

edit: I just checked the phone and it put the file on there anyways. So i guess it worked. Thanks!

Posted by: mbonk

I would like to know if there is a way to seperate my wallpapers from my pictures. Specifically I would like to keep all wallpapers on the phone with all other pictures on the minisd card. The way it is now when I go to mypics both locations show up. It would be nicer if youj could go to my pics and only see the sd card, and when you go to wallpapers only the phones memory shows up. I really do not want to see all the wallpapers when I am scanning through my pics.

Posted by: jumas77

i cannot get bitpim to recognize my phone i'm using bt and windows xp please help i know the com port is 8 but it will not transfer any data says (bitpim) no phone found

Posted by: simplegray

i followed all your instructions for my dad's PC computer and it works. he's on port 5. that was simple.

but for my mac... i can't figure out what port i'm on. how do you know? i have everything else setup but i can't get the com port part right.

anyone know how to resolve this?

Posted by: GREENDAYGUY

I'm having a problem here. After i installed the drivers and such. I open up Bitpim and try to retrieve my files and i get this error message:

COMB: could not open port: (2, 'CreateFile', 'The system cannot find the file specified.')

Posted by: mbaverizon

how do you download a whole song on my 512MB memory card,whats the process!!

Posted by: NHS2003

so how can you set a ringtone sent to your phone as a pix message and saved into my sounds?

Posted by: sl4ck77

Great post Feanish -- wish I would have found this earlier and saved myself a bunch of time. The dat file deletion/phone reboot took me the longest to figure out.

I scraped the thread and didn't come across dialing out over Bluetooth or USB via DUN (Dial up networking). If this is a repost, I apologize.

Enable Dial up networking(DUN) via usb or bluetooth (both disabled by default):
Menu --> 0 00000 (service code)
Choose Data and then enable Cable DUN and BT DUN. My speed test showed 1.8mbit down over Bluetooth DUN. I dialed out using the Nationaccess/BroadbandAccess VZAccess Manager, but you can do this without this software also. This also shouldn't be too big of a deal to get going in most linux/*BSD flavors as long as the USB/BT drivers are right. If anybody is interested in FreeBSD instructions, I'll try it out.

Anybody have luck getting the media player to read the mmc1/media folder?

Posted by: MBStangFive0

so i am using bluetooth and i followed all of the instructions and tried BitPim 7.32 and 7.34 and i get the same error "10: could not open port2,'CreateFile', The system cannot find the file specified.' )" and all i can hit is "ok" or "help" when i click help it says "BitPim couldn't open the device. There could be many reasons for this, such as it being in use by another program, or you not having permission to use it. " why would that be?

please help! Thanx everyone!

Posted by: bdv687

Hi, I'm really having a problem with this for some reason. I have the drivers installed. I have the upgraded program (the 7.35 version). Unfortunately, I keep getting this same error message. Could anyone help me out here, I'm getting rather frustrated.

14:47:23.321 COM3: Changed port speed to 38400
14:47:26.821 COM3: Timed out waiting for 7e, requested bytes 1 - 0 bytes read
14:47:26.835 COM3: Changed port speed to 115200
14:47:30.335 COM3: Timed out waiting for 7e, requested bytes 1 - 0 bytes read
14:47:30.507 Error: Device needs attention - LG-VX8100 on COM3
LG-VX8100 on COM3: The phone is not responding while transitioning mode from none to brew.

See the help for troubleshooting tips

Thanks in advance,
Brian

Posted by: InTheShadows

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdv687

Hi, I'm really having a problem with this for some reason. I have the drivers installed. I have the upgraded program (the 7.35 version). Unfortunately, I keep getting this same error message. Could anyone help me out here, I'm getting rather frustrated.

14:47:23.321 COM3: Changed port speed to 38400
14:47:26.821 COM3: Timed out waiting for 7e, requested bytes 1 - 0 bytes read
14:47:26.835 COM3: Changed port speed to 115200
14:47:30.335 COM3: Timed out waiting for 7e, requested bytes 1 - 0 bytes read
14:47:30.507 Error: Device needs attention - LG-VX8100 on COM3
LG-VX8100 on COM3: The phone is not responding while transitioning mode from none to brew.

See the help for troubleshooting tips

Thanks in advance,
Brian

Did you open the data port on the phone? Go to Menu->Setting and Tools ->PC Connection->RS-232C(Com Port)->115200

Once that is enabled it should work.

Posted by: bdv687

Yes, I did that. Do I have to do anything else other than just connecting my phone to the computer? Like are there any specifics that I could be missing? All I did was install the drivers, plug the phone it, run BitPm, and then the ERROR came.

Posted by: chasemyaccord

I have a question. For people who are converting videos for the phone, what resolution setting do you use? I've been using 160x120, but it doesnt come out on the phone as clearly as I'd like. Would 320x240 look much better even though its larger?

Posted by: jimmyschultz

anybody who uses this method and uses the media player, does the volume work? my volume is default at zero and if i go to turn it up it will, but then goes back to zero as soon as i try to play a clip. any thoughts?

Posted by: GREENDAYGUY

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBStangFive0

so i am using bluetooth and i followed all of the instructions and tried BitPim 7.32 and 7.34 and i get the same error "10: could not open port2,'CreateFile', The system cannot find the file specified.' )" and all i can hit is "ok" or "help" when i click help it says "BitPim couldn't open the device. There could be many reasons for this, such as it being in use by another program, or you not having permission to use it. " why would that be?

please help! Thanx everyone!

On bitpim change your Com to "auto"

Worked for me.

Posted by: Artimis

Quote:

Originally Posted by chasemyaccord

I have a question. For people who are converting videos for the phone, what resolution setting do you use? I've been using 160x120, but it doesnt come out on the phone as clearly as I'd like. Would 320x240 look much better even though its larger?

176x144 is optimal. Its not so much the resolution that is affecting your clarity....its the bitrate. Between 96K and 128K should be adequate enough and still keep your filesize to a minimum. You can go higher (I've gone as high as 650K) but it will dramatically increase the filesize.

Hope this helps.

Posted by: barryefau

FEANISH -- you're a hero buddy! i followed your directions using QPST and it worked like a CHAMP!!!! a million shoutouts to you!

Posted by: jumas77

the phone is connected but bitpim says it is not try sending a ringtone to the phone

Posted by: ksteubin

This may have been asked before, and I apologize in advance if it has. Is there a way to convert a standard .mpg video to .3pg? I downloaded the Mpegable x4 LIve v2.2 as outlined in the begining of the post, but it won't recognize my .mpg file...so I obviously can't convert it.

2nd question...does anyone have a good recommendation on where to get a MiniSD reader? I can't seem to locate one on the Best Buy or Compusa websites. Again, any help is greatly appreciated.

KRS

Posted by: dbdynsty25

I cannot for the life of me get my backgrounds to fill the whole screen. I have various resolutions and none of them fit it. There are always bars on the left and right side...even on the front screen. Does anyone have any ideas how to remedy this?

Posted by: occfan

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbdynsty25

I cannot for the life of me get my backgrounds to fill the whole screen. I have various resolutions and none of them fit it. There are always bars on the left and right side...even on the front screen. Does anyone have any ideas how to remedy this?

i have the same problem !!!

Posted by: MBStangFive0

Quote:

2nd question...does anyone have a good recommendation on where to get a MiniSD reader? I can't seem to locate one on the Best Buy or Compusa websites. Again, any help is greatly appreciated.

I got this one from Staples for about $20: http://sandisk.com/retail/im-12in1.asp

Posted by: InTheShadows

Quote:

Originally Posted by dbdynsty25

For the main screen, I have been having pretty good lucking using 176 x 184. For the front screen, i use 140 x 120. I think if its bigger, the phone will shrink it down.

Posted by: steverup

4. Click the FileSystem Tab (That's all that works for the 8100)

I have ver 7.35 of BitPim.. it dosent have a FileSystem tab.. what am I doing wrong?

Posted by: InTheShadows

Quote:

Originally Posted by steverup

4. Click the FileSystem Tab (That's all that works for the 8100)

I have ver 7.35 of BitPim.. it dosent have a FileSystem tab.. what am I doing wrong?

Go to the 'View' menu, and select 'View Filesystem' and the tab will appear.

Posted by: minchu

i have mpegable4 how do i change the size for my 3gp or if someone wants to make tunak tunak tun by daler mehndi into a 3gp that woudl also work haha

Posted by: nextel4lfe

Heres the problem I am having. Have xp. If I type "my bluetooth places" in explorer, it searches msn for it. Does not bring up anything.

So I used the built in bluetooth program, and that finds the phone and sets it up as a DUN connection no problem.

But BitPim cannot see the phone at all. It says no phone found. Its setup on COM40.

Any ideas?

Posted by: regkoc

"3. Find your file in windows explorer, rename the file to [filename].mid, because your phone ignores .mp3 files. It WILL know how to play them, though."

no need to rename the .mid at the end, the phone recognizes the mp3's as ringers. (dunno if this is new with 04, but it works either way)

Posted by: milethief

thanks for the info

Posted by: GREENDAYGUY

Need some help here:
It says - "There is a 2mb limit for Ringtones (buy a memory card, they're cheap and easy to use, you can use that memory for whatever you like)"

So i did so, but can't put more than 2mb worth of ringtones on my phone.
I can save stuff as sounds, pix and flix but not ringtones.

How do i store ringtones on the mem card? Or is that not possible? If i save it as a sound i font think i can use it as a ringtone.

Posted by: GREENDAYGUY

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBStangFive0

I got this one from Staples for about $20: http://sandisk.com/retail/im-12in1.asp

Whats the point of one of these? Is it necessary?

Posted by: mbaverizon

Quote:

Originally Posted by MBStangFive0

I got this one from Staples for about $20: http://sandisk.com/retail/im-12in1.asp

check your PM BOX

Posted by: Dertz

Quote:

Originally Posted by InTheShadows

Did you open the data port on the phone? Go to Menu->Setting and Tools ->PC Connection->RS-232C(Com Port)->115200

Once that is enabled it should work.

where is the menu, i cant find it anywhere and its bugging me

Posted by: Dertz

I bought a data cable for my verizon lg vx 8100 and a mini sd card, i downloaded bitpim and i got the right com port. i went to connect and it said it couldnt find any phone device. Im thinking that the cord i bought isnt the right one. On the box it says it is vx 8000 compatable but on the actual data cable it says for vx 4200 and 7000. bitpim just doesnt recognize that the phone is connected to my pc. I changed the com speed to the highest. i cant think of anything else to do.

Posted by: TinMan201

bitpim will tell you it cannot recognize the phone.
If you know you have told bitpim the right com port to access, then in bitpim go up to "view" and put a checkmark by "filesystem"... then in your bitpim window a filesystem tab will appear. Go to that tab and do your work there.

Posted by: jimmyschultz

dertz, my bro had the same problem with his phone. it would work on my computer and not his. we uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them from scatch. it worked after that, try doing that, and make sure you have the right drvier for the cable for your version of windows.

Posted by: Soniafm1027

Quote:

Originally Posted by JnCoKiLLa

Where can i find Ringtones that are free...aka mp3 tones

For Links to Accessories, Free Ringtones, Software Downloads, Tutorials Info, etc. for the LG VX8100 phone, please go to:
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=719102
There you will find a list of many links I compiled in the past 2 days.

Posted by: ragemonster

i wish someone could help me with putting in ringtones in my phone???? i have a mini SD i've already been useing it for pictures and now i want to put ringtones but it only has three folders sound, pix, and flixs...where is the ringtones folder. i've already put songs on there but it only goes to sounds. and this talk about BREW what is that??????????? can someone help step by step Plz Plz email me or somthing....

Posted by: bdv687

Hi, I've been able to convert my mpeg files to .3g2 and load them into the MyFlix file of my MiniSD card. It shows up in my "My Flix" section on my phone, but whenever I press play, it will not play and it says 0:00/0:00, like there is nothing in the file. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong???

Posted by: mbaverizon

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdv687

Hi, I've been able to convert my mpeg files to .3g2 and load them into the MyFlix file of my MiniSD card. It shows up in my "My Flix" section on my phone, but whenever I press play, it will not play and it says 0:00/0:00, like there is nothing in the file. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong???

what program are you using????? it seems nobody wants to give up a right program that works?????

Posted by: bdv687

I've been using SUPER version 1.802. Seems to convert ok, but I can't get them to play on my phone...anyone help me with thisssss????

Posted by: mbaverizon

Quote:

Originally Posted by bdv687

I've been using SUPER version 1.802. Seems to convert ok, but I can't get them to play on my phone...anyone help me with thisssss????

where did you get it?? and how do you use it??

Posted by: bdv687

It's one of the other STICKY's on the LG page. There will be a list of program downloads and tutorials, and it's pretty self-explanatory.

Posted by: Dertz

OK. so i downloaded the linked drivers for the vx 8100 and then plugged in my cable and phone and bitpim 7.35 official wont recognize my phone still. ive tried sooo many times now reinstalling and everything. I hook my phone up to my computer though a usb port of that makes a difference. I checked my hardware, device manager and there is nothing in com ports. is there any drivers for a usb data cab??... please help thanx :\

Posted by: skyjunky

Can you post the bitpim log when you run detect phone.

Posted by: InTheShadows

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dertz

OK. so i downloaded the linked drivers for the vx 8100 and then plugged in my cable and phone and bitpim 7.35 official wont recognize my phone still. ive tried sooo many times now reinstalling and everything. I hook my phone up to my computer though a usb port of that makes a difference. I checked my hardware, device manager and there is nothing in com ports. is there any drivers for a usb data cab??... please help thanx :\

This same thing happened with me, the 7.35 UNOFFICIAL was working, but the the new 7.35 official isn't :-/ I know its not my phone or my cable because QPST works. I've been using that for now, but I like BitPim better, it can do more and its not considered 'warez'. Anyway, good luck.

Posted by: Dertz

k i downloaded the unofficial bitpim 7.35 and when i plug my usb cable in and run detect phone on auto it doesnt recognize it still. basically all it says in the log is Checking for model : lg 8100, and a bunch of other phones.

Posted by: mbaverizon

is there a way to put Animated GIFs on the 8100??????

Posted by: Ursos

Holy cow, THANK YOU for this post! I've spent the last two days trying to figure out how to transfer files to my phone. One day to get my Bluetooth dongle working and talking to my computer - I've had it for months and never got it working. THEN I had to figure out whether or not I could even transfer files via Bluetooth. I got it though, thanks to this post! On a side note, the tutorial says to do the following:

Quote:

1. Open BitPim
2. go to: \Brew\16452\mf\
3. right click on "mf", click "New File..." select your file.
4. go to \dload\
5. right click "my_ringtone.dat", select delete.
6. right click "my_ringtonesize.dat", select delete.
7. Reboot phone, videos show up!

That didn't work for me. I was getting an error message when I tried to do step 3. For me, I had to do it this way:

1. Open BitPim
2. go to \dload\
3. right click "my_ringtone.dat", select delete.
4. right click "my_ringtonesize.dat", select delete.
5. Reboot phone
6. go to: \Brew\16452\mf\
7. right click on "mf", click "New File..." select your file.

Much happier now. Thanks again!

Posted by: emee

Quote:

Originally Posted by feanish

LG VX8100 and BitPim

For this post, we're using BitPim. I use 7.32, however, other versions may work, be sure to go to View->Filesystem in order to get the filesystem tab. First we have to get your computer hooked up to your phone.

USB CABLE CONNECTION
With a cable, it's easy....
1. Install Drivers for cable
2. Plug in cable
3. Plug in phone
4. Done..

BLUETOOTH CONNECTION
With Bluetooth is a bit more complicated, but still not difficult.
1. Click Menu->Settings and Tools->9. PC Connection
2. Select 3. Bluetooth to use Bluetooth
3. If it asks you if you want to turn bluetooth on, select Yes.
4. Go to Menu -> Settings and Tools -> 0. Bluetooth
5. Select 3. My Visibility
6. Select "Show to All"
7. On your PC, go to "My Bluetooth Places" (you can type that in windows explorer and you will go there)
8. Click "View Devices in Range" in the left hand side
9. Double click on your phone
10. Double Click on "Bluetooth Serial Port".
11. It will tell you what Com Port it is assigning to the phone, this is important, remember it (it's Com8 on my computer)

BITPIM
Now, download BitPim. Install, then run.
1. Click Edit ->Settings
2. Change Phone Type to LG-VX8000
3. Type in the COM Port from before (for me it's COM8)
4. Click the FileSystem Tab (That's all that works for the 8100)
5. All of your files are displayed in their wonderful Glory!

GENERAL INFO
Here are the locations for important files:
\Brew\16452\ --- All uploads go somewhere in here.

mf --- My Flix

mp --- My Pix

ms --- My Sounds

lk\mr --- My Ringtones

thanks for this thread!!!

however, i'm having a problem after i reboot my phone. when i tried to load flix, i used the procedure above, but when i tried to view it on my phone, i'm getting a white screen with the original sound. i used the mpegable version 2.2. any solutions to this? thanks....

Posted by: Dertz

looking back to number 96. does anyone have any suggestions as to why it still doesnt recognize my phone. i feel like ive just wasted money and i gave up on it.

Posted by: KingWulfgar

Quote:

Originally Posted by emee

I got a white screen when the filename was too long. The limit is something like 47 characters including the .3gp. See if that helps.

Posted by: emee

Quote:

Originally Posted by KingWulfgar

I got a white screen when the filename was too long. The limit is something like 47 characters including the .3gp. See if that helps.

thanks KingWulfgar for your suggestion. I figured out what the porbem was... I forgot to hit the apply settings button... oops...

but now... i have three more questions about the flix

(and i apologize in advance if these were covered somewhere in these forums)... with mpegable, what settings do i use to fill up the whole screen on my 8100 phone. under the basic i/o tab, i used the 3gpp mobile settings, and it made the flix small. i knew i saw a forum somewhere where someone explained the settings to use to get the picture to fit the entire 8100 screen... but i can't find it anymore.

the second question- when i put flix on the minisd card... do i still have to convert it to .3gp, or can i just toss it into the my_flix file, like i do with the mp3's? (sorry if this was covered already..)

the third question- i have this .mov file clip i got from the net that i tried to convert with mpegable, and i used the same procedures as before. but, before i tried to convert it, it said there was NO sound

(but there was sound in the original clip). then after i tried to convert it (and i did remember to hit "apply settings" this time

), nothing happened. so am i suppose to convert the .mov file to something else... the weird thing is that i can't hear the sound of this same clip on my palm zire either, but i can hear the sound from other .mov clips i have. any solutions?? thanks...

Posted by: roblawoc

Great forum, thanks for the help.

Using this forum as a starting point, I was able to find the free Nokia Multimedia Player, which **also** allows conversion from AVI to .3GP files.

http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,5184,5371,00.html

To see how well it would work, I tried a full 2 hour movie (ran it overnight while I slept), and it was able to convert the entire thing! The final file ended up being over 100 megs. I then put it in the "My FLIX" folder on a 256 meg mini-SD card, and it worked. The phone would play the entire movie.

Just amazing.

Posted by: mike dub

Ok, so I am a total noob when it comes to Verizon. I just switched over and conpletely unfamiliar with how bitpim or qpst work. when I use Bitpim and I try to retrieve I get this error

LG VX8100 on COM1: the phone is not transmitting while transitioning mode from none to brew.

See the help for troubleshooting tips.

So I tried the help thing. No deals.

I've reinstalled the drivers a few times, pretty much done everything it tells me to. I'm using version 7.36 of BitPim, could this be the problem. I did the view filesystem thing. I mean I have done pretty much anything I have read on this forum. If someone could PM or hit me up on aim (mdub330i) or something that would be awesome. I'm getting super frustrated.

Posted by: sarahkay07

I am unable to connect my phone to my notebook w/ my dongle (bluetooth - Zonet). Any suggestions?? Also a step-by-step procedure would be greatly appreciated! Thanx!

Posted by: MrsDowFire

I did everything as stated to get my phone working. Download the driver link from above, downloaded Bitpim, plugged in the cable, plugged in the phone, opened Bitpim, selected the VX8100 and still my phone is not recognized. Once I plugged in the phone the computer did recognize new hardware but then wanted to go through the found new hardware wizard but never found anything. When I opened Bitpim, it could not locate my phone. Any suggestions on what we're doing wrong? Thanks for help.

Posted by: fischyfinger

Quote:

Originally Posted by roblawoc

Great forum, thanks for the help.

Using this forum as a starting point, I was able to find the free Nokia Multimedia Player, which **also** allows conversion from AVI to .3GP files.

http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,5184,5371,00.html

To see how well it would work, I tried a full 2 hour movie (ran it overnight while I slept), and it was able to convert the entire thing! The final file ended up being over 100 megs. I then put it in the "My FLIX" folder on a 256 meg mini-SD card, and it worked. The phone would play the entire movie.

Just amazing.

Here is a link to the stand alone video converter.

http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/0,,034-63,00.html

It will convert just about anything to .3GP. Works great and very simple. Just register for their developer forum (free) for a serial number.

Posted by: lncraig

Ok obviously, im blonde, Im so confused on everything and what to do

please help me... I have ringers already on my phone through the program datapilot and now I am trying to use bitpim..... im not sure if i am doing it right or what not - im not very intelligent with phones and such, i just want more then like 6 ringers on my phone .... I cut them down and all .... but any information provided will be greatly appreciated! thanks

Posted by: fischyfinger

Quote:

Originally Posted by lncraig

Ok obviously, im blonde, Im so confused on everything and what to do

Ok, where exactly are you having a problem? have you tried these instructions from the original post?:

Quote:

3. Find your file in windows explorer, rename the file to [filename].mid, because your phone ignores .mp3 files. It WILL know how to play them, though.
4. Open BitPim
5. go to: \Brew\16452\lk\mr\
6. right click on "mr", click "New File..." select your file.
7. go to \dload\
8. right click "my_ringtone.dat", select delete.
9. right click "my_ringtonesize.dat", select delete.
10. Reboot phone, ringtones show up!

Posted by: brunymc

Can you add just gif files???

Posted by: milethief

how do you download using the bitpim for music MP3's?
i can only put the songs into the ringers tab. then the songs are only ringers. how can i put them on the phone to listen to them as mp3's

Posted by: john_fla

Quote:

Originally Posted by fischyfinger

Ok, where exactly are you having a problem? have you tried these instructions from the original post?:
Quote:
3. Find your file in windows explorer, rename the file to [filename].mid, because your phone ignores .mp3 files. It WILL know how to play them, though.
4. Open BitPim
5. go to: \Brew\16452\lk\mr\
6. right click on "mr", click "New File..." select your file.
7. go to \dload\
8. right click "my_ringtone.dat", select delete.
9. right click "my_ringtonesize.dat", select delete.
10. Reboot phone, ringtones show up!

Somehow, I managed to get my phone & bluetooth dongle communication (com40). But when i go into the filesystem on bitpim and make my way to "mr" and rightclick i don't have "new file" as one of the choices. I do see:
backup directory
backup entire tree
refresh
offline phone
reboot phone
goto modem mode

Using bitpim 7.36 development version. I'm probably missing something simple. But it's got me stymied for now. After putting ringtones on here, I want to learn to use it on the data network for internet. But I guess that's a whole nother thing.

Oh, I do have a miniSD. Can I just use that for ringtones? I'll keep reading but if anyone can point me in the right direction....Thanks.

Posted by: cf_rage

anyone know if there is a way to turn off the external display when using the camera on the 8100, its really annoying and reflects off everything

ive searched both the hidden menus and havent found anything

Posted by: Londonmitch

Just got my 8100 yesterday and was wondering if it was possible to put ringtones on the minisd via a card reader and then use them as ringtones on my phone?

Thanks

Posted by: occfan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Londonmitch

Just got my 8100 yesterday and was wondering if it was possible to put ringtones on the minisd via a card reader and then use them as ringtones on my phone?

Thanks

not directly from sd!! you have to use bitpim or qspt !! theres a few posts in here that explain it!!

Posted by: misha24

I got the mp3's and the mids on the phone. How do you activate the mp3 player on this sucker. I have v4 . I think this was asked before but I saw nobody answering.

Mike

Posted by: clarkkent435

Just a note for the greater good on phone connectivity. I have an 8100 and was trying to use a FutureDial USB cable, but the phone just would not show up in BitPim. I could verify the COM port in Device Manager (after installing the drivers, of course), and set the BitPim options appropriately, still no luck.

Then, on a whim, I set the phone to USB connectivity move (Menu, Settings & Tools, PC Connection, USB). That didn't work - so I set it back to RS-232 and 115200 bps, and -voila- BitPim immediately saw it and started talking (I was in the log at the time). No problems since.

So if you just can't get it to talk and are sure you've set the COM port correctly and the drivers are installed, try unsetting and then resetting the PC Connection toggle.

Posted by: smileygirl

I have mp3s on my LG 8100 but everytime i go to the mp3 player it will show up and then freeze. What should i do?

Posted by: red04wrx

I just got my 8100 and installed bitpim v.0.7.37. I connected and followed the instructions for transfering ringtones but they never show up on my phone. Can someone please help me.

Posted by: killer2239

Iv read all the posts, but im not following the part about putting ringtones on the mini sd to be used as ringtones. And do they also have to be as .wav before transfer?

Posted by: finfan131

I have converted a video to my mini sd card using a usb reader/writer the only problem is that the video converted but no audio converted any suggestions? thanks

Posted by: Monkeylala

This freeware to convert to 3gp has a rather poor audio setting... 7kb/s. I didn't tinker around with the display size, I was just happy to get it playing on the phone, but man you'd have to be desperate for entertainment to watch a movie on this thing! For novelty or Vcast, perhaps.

I'll try the Nokia freeware 3gp conversion and then try the Xilisoft trial.

Sucks to be all of you that can't get a connection. I got a data cable from eBay dirt cheap and it worked just fine with the instructions laid out in this thread. (Now I'm sure I've just jinxed myself, lol.)

Posted by: killer2239

Anyone tell me how to get ringtones onto the SD card? Where do i put them and do they have to be .wav also?

Posted by: br8615

Using the Nokia software, i'm able to get videos to play on the 8100, but they play upside AND backwards! Any help?

Posted by: djzelos

My BT connection drops all the time. Is there anyway to keep the connection?

Posted by: djzelos

When using mpegable x4 after conversion there is the dicas logo in the top left of the video. Is there any way to get that to not show?

Posted by: mike21222

Regarding mp3's for music and pictures. I did not do any conversions. All I did was copy from my pc to the mini sd card and the phone reads and plays them fine. No software was needed. I have not played with the ringtones yet. I don't like playing with the phone's sw like that. Videos were a little tricky, I had to convert them on my pc to 3gp files, I went through 4 different video converters until I settled on AVS Converter 4, which seems to make a great copy. I haven't even bought it yet, but it seems to be the only one that does it without getting memory errors on the phone.

Posted by: thonee

Can anybody using USB cable to connect your vx8100 to your pc confirm that you are using a staight cable or a cable with a box in between?
I bought a straight cable, but could not get it to work with Bitpim.
Thanks a lot!!

Posted by: nemadrol

I got a straight cable and it works.

Posted by: InTheShadows

Quote:

Originally Posted by thonee

Can anybody using USB cable to connect your vx8100 to your pc confirm that you are using a staight cable or a cable with a box in between?
I bought a straight cable, but could not get it to work with Bitpim.
Thanks a lot!!

Anyone, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you need different drivers depending on which cable you have. I think if you have the straight cable, you need the LG USB Modem Drivers. If you have the 'box' version, you need the Prolific USB-to-Serial drivers. You might also have to select 'USB' under the 'PC Connection' dialog in the phone if you have the straight cable.

Good luck.

Posted by: thonee

Please some body help me!!

Posted by: reapur

Quote:

Originally Posted by thonee

Please some body help me!!

I am using the OEM verizon datakit cable for the vx6000. Dunno about the straight cables.
Have you tried loading both drivers?

Posted by: thonee

Quote:

Originally Posted by reapur

I am using the OEM verizon datakit cable for the vx6000. Dunno about the straight cables.
Have you tried loading both drivers?

I am using non-OEM straight cable bought from eBay, I tried driver came along with the cable and also the driver provided in the first post of this thread, none of them worked. I'm still not sure which driver exactly should I use. Thanks,

Posted by: thonee

Quote:

Originally Posted by reapur

I am using the OEM verizon datakit cable for the vx6000. Dunno about the straight cables.
Have you tried loading both drivers?

Thanks, reapur, I installed both drivers, and magic, it worked!!

Posted by: reapur

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike21222

Regarding mp3's for music and pictures. I did not do any conversions. All I did was copy from my pc to the mini sd card and the phone reads and plays them fine. No software was needed. I have not played with the ringtones yet. I don't like playing with the phone's sw like that. Videos were a little tricky, I had to convert them on my pc to 3gp files, I went through 4 different video converters until I settled on AVS Converter 4, which seems to make a great copy. I haven't even bought it yet, but it seems to be the only one that does it without getting memory errors on the phone.

I'm feeling hopeful now. I got a 1gb minisd and copied some MP3's to it and the phone didn't recognize any of them. I changed them to mid and the I can play them on the phone now!
So now I see someone has been able to get MP3's to work on the minisd.
I'm just wondering what the trick is. I'm still using the original firmware. Maybe if you have 04 then that's what did it.

Posted by: hive

Quote:

Originally Posted by djzelos

When using mpegable x4 after conversion there is the dicas logo in the top left of the video. Is there any way to get that to not show?

buy the software or crack it

Posted by: SubZero13

i ordered my 8100 and it'll arrive monday (ordered it last monday before price changed, whew)...do they ship now with the new version 4 firmware? or will i have to go to a verizon store to get it flashed.

also, using Nokia Mediaplayer to encode the 3GP files, do these fill up the entire screen? i read some complaints that the movies on the phone didn't fill up the screen... is there any higher quality standard that you can put on the phone? if it can play giant 128kbps mp3s, i don't see why it can't at least play better movies, or movies with better audio, or is it just because it can only play the silly 3GP format which compromised on quality to begin with.

Posted by: Monkeylala

It'd be nice to record video at a better standard. Recording for the podunk screen is fine for the memories, but it'd sure be nicer at a higher resolution to view on the puter... or to send to anyone for that matter. Though kudos to LG and Verizon for being able to send these little videos via email from the phone.

Posted by: mthhurley

I just had to sign up and post a thank you for this post. I followed the instructions for both enable my BlueTooth USB adapter and to get free EDVO access on my 8100 and it worked!! It took all of 10 minutes to set up.

Have there been any issues about getting "caught" by Verizon on this?

Posted by: jadechaser

Sorry for a newbie question, but is there a limit on the number or total size of pictures I can have on 8100?

I took about 4Mb of pics (20 or so), and the camera wouldn't take any more picture saying that it's out of memory space.
But when I look at the memory usage, I have 28 Mb left unused. And also, I can shoot videos with no problem.
I tried deleting all picture files, and tried deleting image.dat and imagesize.dat, but it didn't help.

A month ago, I tried to copy pictures to the phone using QPST, and the phone got a large undisplayable picture file. I somehow resolved the problem (I think I replaced the file with a regular picture file with the same name), but now I am afraid that that may have caused the memory problem now.

Posted by: veracious

when i use mpegable x4 live to make videos it goes on my phone and plays for 1:40 then after that its just the sound.. how do i get all of the video?? im using a memory card also

Posted by: SubZero13

the phone plays some mp3s, but not others...and they're both from the same album, i don't get it...

Posted by: Lestat712

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

ive had the same problems sometimes, try redoing them as .3pg files, they seem to work better

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

Alright Guys here are a few things Ive learned that may be of use:

1. Buy the bluetooth USB adpter, (for goodness sakes, Best Buy has one for under $50) it makes life so much easier, no stupid drivers needed for data cables.

2. Download the newest version of Bitpim (the one that includes the 8100)

3. Get ringtones onto it (read up on how to in this thread or another) (*if you need
help exactly, then ill post a thread on it, but its listed SO MANY times in other threads)
**for those of you who are putting mp3's on your sd card and not seeing them, A) make sure they arent mp4 (itunes) and B) make sure the filename is short enough for the phone to read it***

4. My main quest has been MOVIES on the phone so the folowing is a brief overview on what I know:

-The resolution is 176x144
-The bitrate should be about 100kp/s
-The main and best filetype to use is .3pg
-There are tons of programs out there that will work, but obviously only a few that work great.
-The best one Ive found is xilisoft. You have to pay for it or crack it, but after you do, it works wonderful. The files are .3pg, (.3pg work but the quality is terrible), it only lets you encode in mono, at 40kb/s, and an 8000 Hz. Also the phone doesnt seem to like the mpeg4 codex for sound, so ive had to leave it in the amr_nb mode (which is why i cant get the stero sound).
*the biggest thing for the video quality to be good, AND I MEAN IT IS GOOD!!!, the best Ive seen (meaning vcast + better quality), is to make the selection that says same_quality:::False -->> change to True
*My only problem as of now is that the sound is slower than the video, (which becomes a pain)

Lets see what else...Pictures that are not taken on the phone, but put on it through Bitpim turn out to be really good quality, so just be paitent and play with the resolutions, HINT*** if you ever need to know a resolution size, just bring up a pic or vid in your phone and click pic/vid info.
For those of you who dont know, you can take a picture in "stealth" mode; when the phone is closed, hold down the right side cam button. Then you see ur self! Hit the button again to take picture, or hold it down to switch to vid camera. Also you can activate the flash by hitting the left side mic button (notice the flask jagged arrow there...wooohh)

Anyways, if anyone has any questions about the above let me know

Posted by: SubZero13

i put everything in xilisoft to Auto, put that match quality setting on False, framerate to 15, and kbps to 400, and put audio at mpeg4, 44khz, stereo.

the movies play fine on the phone, crystal clear until you stretch it, but i couldn't find a higher res that worked well.

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

sub

like I said above, you have to put match quality setting to True. The frame at 15 like you said, the audio to amr_nb. Make sure your sample is at 8000 Hz. read my above post more carefully.

Posted by: Number6

I jsut got my phone a few days ago.
And received the USB cable today.
But nothing happens when I open Bitpim (latest version) and connect my phone.
I've tried everything. I work on a Mac (OS X ) so I don't need drivers (right?).
Bitpim doesn't recognize the phone at all.
And it lists my USB port as unavailable.

What should I do????

And by the way, thanks to all on the forum. I spent a lnog while reading all the posts before I bought my phone, and so far, I love it.
I just want to be able to transfer pictures, ringtones and music.
(I don't have a card yet).

Posted by: edubster

Is bluetooth the only way to get ringers or wallpaper to the vx 8100 ? Thank you.

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

Guys Im telling you, forget the USB cable, bet a USB Bluetooth adapter, its sooooo much easier, you wont have the problems that Number6 is having.

Number6:
You picked an awesome phone. Make sure your com ports (mines on 6) set the same for your serial connection and for Bitpim. Also make sure you go to Get Phone Data, that way you connect to your phone.

edubster:
You can use a USB cable or email them to your phone, (i havent had to do it cause i have the bluetooth USB adapter, but its found throughout the LG forum) I think you have to rename them and stuff, lots more work than I wanted to deal with since Best Buy has a Blue adap for cheap.

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

By the way if anyone can check something for me on their LG 8100:
Hit the OK button
Hit 0
Hit 000000
Hit 9
Hit 3

Please respond and let me know what the IP/URL you see there is

I added a new one to get FREE games, and I cant remember which is the new one. If you respond, I will post the other one I have that allows me to get any game for FREE!!!!
-thanks guys

Posted by: Number6

Nolan, thanks for the response. But I'm not sure what you're talking about...
What setting should I use on the phone under PC Connection. USB?
I'm not sure what the com port is...

Thanks
I do love the phone otherwise. It came with the latest software, and I have no problems.

Posted by: veracious

the ip/url i see is apps.myvzw.com and apps2.myvzw.com

Posted by: Number6

I've been trying over and over and here's what happens:
Bitpim just cannot find a port. Even though my cable is plugged into the USB slot.

" Make sure your com ports (mines on 6) set the same for your serial connection and for Bitpim."

What do you mean by this? Where do I set the com ports?( and do I set USB on the phone PC Connection menu?)
I thought you don't have to on a Mac.
Bitpim won't let me pick the USB port. It says Unavailable.
I see what you mean about the BT .But I already bought the cable and I'd like to make sure this works.
Thanks again.

Posted by: Tommy7189

i have the Vx 8000 and i have a clip that i want to put on my phone i have it already converetd to .3g2 and i was wondering what dir. to put it in and what files to delete. im using QPST

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

The free games site is currently down, it was the one with the testapp name.
In Bitpim when you go to Preferences or whatever thing brings up the screen where you set the type of phone you have, it asks you for the com port. that's what i meant by setting it to the comport. If your port on the serial USB cable is unavailble i dont know what to tell you, try and put the Bitpim com port on Auto if it has that

Tommy;
you need to find the brew folder, then the 654.. folder, then it's under mf (i think), then to play it you need to use the secret media player in your secret menu apps (i dont know if the 8000 has it, but try it

Posted by: Number6

I get it.
I tried everything, auto etc... It just doens't "see" the phoen.
I'm thinking of returning the whole thing, cable and phone....

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

dont return the awesome phone number6, it is such a great piece of equip for the price. Just ditch the stupid cable and go bluetooth, UNLOCK ITS TRUE POTENTIAL......

Posted by: Number6

I do like the phone a lot.
I am thinking of trying the memory card reader.
But I want to make sure I can transfer ring tones to the phone from the card. Or use the ones on the card..
I know Bluetooth would be good. But I might actually need a memory card reader for other stuff too, so it might be good for me to get one anyway.

Thanks again.
I am returning the cable though...

Posted by: kevshocker

I did everything correctly for bluetooth but when I double click on bluetooth serial port on LGVX8100, I get the error message... "The Bluetooth Serial Port connection failed: Could not connect to the remote device. Any suggestions??

Posted by: Number6

I just had the wrong driver for the cable.

One more question...
I can't seem to be able to put anything in the card from Bitpim.
Can you use Bitpim to load songs, videos into the card? Or do you need the card reader for that?

I installed the card into the phone, turned the phone off and back on. Should anything on the phone tell me I have a card in it??
On my Bitpim version, I don't see anything that says "Brew"...

Thanks again for the help.

Posted by: h8n_s8n

I'm trying to modify the file system on my 8100 to turn on BT DUN as described here http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=727114. Any time I try to connect with QPST, I get this message:

An error occurred while trying to retrieve the directory and file names in the root directory of the embeded file system on the phone. This can be caused by one of two conditions:

1. The phone does not contain an embedded file system, or it cannot be accessed remotely.
2. The phone's embedded file system does not allow the directory and the file names in the root directory to be listed. You can specify an alternate root directory via the Phone->Preferences menu item.

ANY HELP WITH THIS? I'm trying to connect via BT if that makes any difference, and can connect with BitPim. I just can not change much of the file system with BitPim.

Thanks In Advance

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

kevshocker: "I did everything correctly for bluetooth....." Did you pair the phone and the computer so that you are ACTUALLY sending information to both devices.

Number6: you can put mp3, sounds, pixs, and vids onto the phone's memory using Bitpim, but you cant put stuff onto the card (as far as I know, get a cheap sd reader from Best Buy) Also if you go to system, manage memory, and change the place where you save your pics and vids, it should tell you if the card is working or not, also you can view how much memory is being taken up by your phone or card. In bitpim you have to enable the filesystem, then double click the "/" and go down to brew.

h8n_s8n: i havent tried QPST yet, havent had time. but i dont know how much of the filesystem im not seeing in Bitpim, so i dont think i can help with seeing more. sorry

An update on my phone: on all my playing around i somehow disabled my vcast (which i could care less about) but the cool thing is that I may get a new one under warranty from verizon, which is cool cause like two days later i had my ipod mini and my phone in the same pocket: DONT DO IT! the hard edges of the ipod mini can EASILY scratch the phone up. fyi

Posted by: Number6

I just got a card reader so I'll try that too.
Any good way to compress videos?
And can I get stuff FROM the phone into the computer?
When I click the "get date from phone" in Bitpim, it stays "busy" for a while, but then nothing new shows up in the computer....

Posted by: iown everything

i have about 10 hours of music on a 1 gig card i went to the hidden media player and nothing was there all my songs are converted to qcp. what am i doing wrong

Posted by: mixdup311

so i bought a USB cable to do send ringtones to my phone using BitPim...but i dont have a driver. the link in the beginning of this post doesnt work. i cant find a freakin' driver anywhere! what do i do?? i read how a USB bluetooth adapter would work good...should i just go get one of those? ive never done this kinda stuff before but im determined to because it sucks not having cool ringtones on such a cool phone! someone please help me!

Posted by: thonee

Quote:

Originally Posted by feanish

LG VX8100 and BitPim

MEDIA PLAYER

There's a "secret" media player on the 8100 that you can access by pressing "menu", then 0 seven times.
Go to "Get it Now Settings" near the bottom
Again, select "Get it Now" at the bottom of this screen too.
you will see a list of applications on the phone, select "Media Player"
You can play files in your mf directory, so if you put an mp3 in there, you can play it with the Media Player. This is the only way to be able to fast forward through mp3 files on the phone.
Unfortunately, we have not figured out how to be able to read mp3s off the memory card from the special Media Player.

That's about it, good luck, have fun...

I can get the media player to play mp3 files under mf directory, but the player will be turned off when never I flip close the phone. Can one listen to the mp3s while the phone is not flipped open? Thanks a bunch!

Posted by: InTheShadows

Quote:

Originally Posted by thonee

You need v4 of the vx8100 firmware to do it. If you have version 4, there should be a 'my mp3' folder in the get sounds menu. You need a miniSD card and card reader. Put as many mp3s as you want in a folder called 'my mp3' on the miniSD card. Then you can close the phone, hold the 'play' button for two sconds and it will start an mp3 player. If you DON'T have version 4, go to any verizon store, and they can do the upgrade for you.

Posted by: mixdup311

crap. my phone froze after i did that media player thing. it wont reset no matter what i do...anyone?

Posted by: mixdup311

nm. i just took my battery out. lol

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

no the media player we are talking about is the secret one in the secret menu (see previous posts). but the phone freezing, hmm hasnt happened to me

Posted by: impynave

I just got done adding pics and ringtones to my 8100. Now, when i try to go into My Pix, my phone resets!! I think I might have deleted the wrong file. Is there a place where I can download them? I don't remember which ones I deleted, I know that I deleted most that had anything to do with pix or ringtones....they were all .dat files. Thanks for any help!!

Posted by: dadams312

Quote:

Originally Posted by impynave

I just got done adding pics and ringtones to my 8100. Now, when i try to go into My Pix, my phone resets!! I think I might have deleted the wrong file. Is there a place where I can download them? I don't remember which ones I deleted, I know that I deleted most that had anything to do with pix or ringtones....they were all .dat files. Thanks for any help!!

Have you tried shutting the phone off, then powering it back up? The phone will rewrite the .dat files for at least the pix/ring files.

Posted by: impynave

I've tried that numerous times. Even tried taking the battery out and leaving it for a few minutes, still nothing. I guess I'm going to have to take it to a Verizon store, only thing is that they''re at least 35 miles away and I don't have time to make the trip

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

post a copy of the section that you made changes to and we'll try and see what you deleted, and post it

Posted by: impynave

ok i'm on bitpim now, wasn't on when i posted earlier. in my FileSystem, I had deleted image.dat, imagesize.dat, fliximage.dat, fliximagesize.dat (i think, i can't remember which ones i deleted, i just know i deleted the ones that had 'image' in the name). right now they have a filesize of 0, is that correct? I know i'm prob going to have to just bring it to the store, as I'm having problems with AIM as well....

Posted by: thonee

Quote:

Originally Posted by impynave

ok i'm on bitpim now, wasn't on when i posted earlier. in my FileSystem, I had deleted image.dat, imagesize.dat, fliximage.dat, fliximagesize.dat (i think, i can't remember which ones i deleted, i just know i deleted the ones that had 'image' in the name). right now they have a filesize of 0, is that correct? I know i'm prob going to have to just bring it to the store, as I'm having problems with AIM as well....

Have you tried re-program your phone? You can do that by dialing *228 then send after prompt press 1, after the programing is finished, press ok and the phone will be restarted and I believe those missing files will be reset into their default status. Good luck!

Posted by: radzer0

i have problems..

when i try to save a picture from the phone it comes up with a big error thing *****in at me and i have no idea what it means

it does it saving from filesystem when its almost completely sent and also when im tring to load ringtones/wallpapers into the program

everything else will load up fine.. it does the same in both 8.0 and 0.7.34 that u guys used

Posted by: Artimis

Has anybody figured out how to access the mmc/media folder from the "hidden" media player yet? I have created a "media" folder on my card, added files and deleted a few .dats before rebooting my phone. I am still unable to see contents in this folder. Any ideas?

Posted by: mike26xl

I am new to the 8100 and i want to be able to use mp3 for ringtones can anyone tell me how and explain it to me like i am a ten year old i am hopefully buying cables tonight to start the process thanks for all the help in advance

Posted by: Kosmo Krammer

Hi I am am a new used to the LG 8100. I am trying to connect it to my computer to get the pictures I have taken. I can not get BItPim to find my phone. I have the cables provided by verizon and the program for the cable find the phone. Any suggestions.

thanks...

Posted by: iown everything

audacity says i need a program called lame to export mp3 files this is BS what is this i renamed to midi also

Posted by: Nolan Ramseyer

get a bluetooth adapter to sync your phone to the comp, dont bother about the cable.

Posted by: Jumpman23ik

I just purchased a USB cable, downloaded the drivers as specified in the package from;
http://home.netvigator.com/~wjcorp9/dku5/

I'm using bitpim v 8.00, runing of COM4. When I got to file systems I get "LG VX-8100
Ive read BitPim on COM4:The phone is not responding while trnsitioning mode from none to brew." I've read the troubleshooting guide and a few different posts of people with a similar problem, yet I have been unable to fix the problem.

Any help would be appreciated.

Posted by: oceanman

Here's my experience with a USB data cable, ringtone creation & transfer, mp3 downsizing and transfer, video creation & transfer.

USB data cable - I lucked out on this one. Got an LG-MA-8032P from factorydirectcellular and it came with a bundled application, Handset Manager from Mobile Action (came fast too!). Had a hard time getting connectivity to work until I came across a forum where someone posted it would not work through a USB hub, directly connected all problems went away. BitPim worked fine but I decided to try the bundled app. Installed the CD but it only had the 8000, went to the vendors website and downloaded an updated version that had 8100 support. Had to unplug replug unplug replug the USB cable and finally got the app to recognize my phone.

The app allows you to Xfer ringtones DIRECTLY to the phone, in the standard ringtone location, no hacking (so I am still limited to the 2MB storage for ringtones). The app also came with an mp3 editor. I have been using Music Match for 7 years now and still love it. When putting the miniSD reader into USB, MMJB recognized the card as a portable device. By dropping songs into the portable device manager, you can set the bitrate to transfer songs and it converts my 192kbps songs to 96k, 64k or whatever I want automatically. Then I take this converted bitrate smaller file and use the mp3 editor to grap the piece of the song that sounds good or whatever I want for ringtones. Did I mention that I now have 260 songs at 96kbps on the 1GB miniSD with 200MB left. They sound great. Too bad they are all in one directory (won't be getting rid of my nano any time soon). Since doing this, I got my hands on Adobe audition which has much better mp3 editing capabilities, including amplitude increase/decrease functions.

Next I went onto video. I have a belkin video USB capture cable for my webcam and decided to feed my replaytv output (could use live tv as well) into the capture cable. I used Windows Movie Maker and captured video on my PC.

Using Windows Movie Maker and USB VIdeo BuS II (Belkin USB Video/Audio capture)
S-Video Input from ReplayTV

Created Movie with "Video for BroadBand (340 Kbps) WMV setting

Bit rate: 340.0 Kbps
Display size: 320 x 240 pixels
Frames per second: 30

Length 2:12
Filesize 5,736 KB

Properties of File
Duration 0:02:12
Bit Rate 358kbps
Audio sample size 16 bit
Channels 2 (Stereo)
Audio Sample rate 32 kHz
Vide
Date rate 308 kbps
Video sample size 24 bit

Using ImToo 3GP Video Converter, took the .wmv file and converted to .3g2 format using:

Video codec mpeg4
Video size 176x144
Bit rate 176
All other Video defaults including same_quality "False" (Setting to True doubled the output file size)

Audio codec mpeg4aac
Bit rate 16
Sample rate 16000
Channels 2 (stereo)

Attempted various bitrates for both video and audio,

96 kbps video pixellates pretty bad
128 kbps is the minimum I would use
160 is pretty good but 176 seems even better
192 is the maximum I tried, file size is growing

Setting same_quality to "True" doubled the filesize and the phone playback was staggered
Setting Frame Rate to 15 instead of auto showed some staggering

Audio @ 24 kbps was very good sampled at 22050 KHz
Reducing bit rate to 16 kbps and Sample rate to 16000 reduced filesize but not quality
Sample rate of 8000 was bad
Bit rate of 8 kbps and 16KHz was OK but didn't save anything so keeping 16 kbps. Filename include V-video, bitrate, F for False to same quality, audio bitrate, sample rate (e.g. 16kHz), S for Stereo.

File Size

V128kF_32k22KS 3,167 KB
V128bT_32k22KS 11,738 KB
V128kFR15F_32k22KS 3,152 KB
V128kF_24k22KS 2,908 KB
V164kF_24k22KS 3,492 KB
V192kF_24k22KS 3,944 KB
V192kF_24k16KS 3,941 KB
V96kF_24k16KS 2,385 KB
V128kF_16k16KS 2,648 KB
V128kF_16k8KS 2,634 KB
V128kF_8k16KS 2,649 KB
V176kF_16k16KS 3,426 KB

I stuck with the last one for now, about 1.5MB per minute. With my 200MB left on the 1GB miniSD, that's about 2 hrs of video capability. I did a 20 minute show and converting it to .3g2 took about 4 minutes roughly 34 MB. Transferred the video files to the minSD (very fast) and play them right on the phone. They look great. Just encoded some Hogan's Hero episodes so I have something to watch at work.

Good luck to everyone, just wanted to share my advertures.

Probably easier ways to do some of these things but it wasn't difficult and in the end, it's ALL on the phone.

By the way, the Mobile Action handset manager allows you to transfer everything from the phone memory, contacts, pix, vid, sounds, ringtones to PC or vice-versa. I also got my 1GB minSD from ebuyer, in just a few days.

Posted by: Kosmo Krammer

Ok,

computer is now finding the phone, but how to I get the photos I took with the phone and put them on my computer,

this gets harder and harder.

Thanks,
Kosmo

Posted by: verizonchic

that **** not helpin me

Posted by: rdv1978

Thanks for your advice. I was able to connect and load new ringtones via Bitpm! Just curious as to why when I retrieved the data from the phone the ringtones didn't transfer over?

Posted by: stupifiery

Great compilation of 8100 info. iowneverything you should perhaps revisit the audacity dl site, grab the lame enc dl, then in audacity go to the preferences file formats find library button under mp3 export setup and browse in to the dll file.
So has anyone loaded the phone and found out its true storage? Does it really have 512mb internal,is that for real?!?! My bet is that storage is under lock and key until that music on demand service comes out spring 06 with the v06 software update. Thats my take on things anyway.

Posted by: mike21222

I have a VX8100. It's a great phone.
I have been seeing all these posts about buying blue tooth versus serial or USB and using BITPIM. Unless you want / need a lot of ringtones you are wasting your money. By purchasing just a simple SD mini memory card you can do videos, MP3's and all the pics you want. And never have to mess with BITPIM or whatever it is. I know ringtones are expensive, however how many different ones do you really need? Does buying all the extra stuff really pay off? Not for this guy.!!! Think before you buy. Enjoy

Posted by: skyjunky

Quote:

Originally Posted by mike21222

And never have to mess with BITPIM or whatever it is. I know ringtones are expensive, however how many different ones do you really need? Does buying all the extra stuff really pay off? Not for this guy.!!! Think before you buy. Enjoy

Bitpim is free and legal software

What is the extra stuff that costs all the money??

Posted by: mike21222

It was just a suggestion, Skyjunky, you don't have to be defensive. None of the connectors mentioned for use with BITPIM are free. That goes for the USB, Bluetooth and serial cable. Unless you know something I don't. I'm only suggesting that people look closely at the cost vs return ratio. The only thing your cable and software can get you that you can't get otherwise is extra ringtones. Oh and by the way, folks should also be aware that using BITPIM can damage your phone, there are warnings right on the web site. I wouldn't want to be the fool walking into the store with a $200 phone that I just ruined so I could hack $20 extra ringtones on it. And your warranty could be voided as well. Have a nice day!

Posted by: Kosmo Krammer

Hey I'm just looking for a way to get the photos off the phone onto my computer. Not anything else. No one has had any idea's bout this. Please help.

Kosmo

Posted by: mike21222

Photos from phone to pc it depends...
1) If you have an sd mini and sd adapter and your pc can read the sd card you transfer the pics to the sd mini then put the sd mini in the sd adapter onto your pc and your are set.
2) with no sd mini you can send them to your pix place, verizon wireless has a site www.vzwpix.com. I believe it is free, you signup and you can transfer to and from no problem.

Posted by: nobye222

i dont have software for my data cable on
my 8100 but i do have the cord is there any way to get it to work
i looked all over this site and could not find anything can anyone help

Posted by: bcool84

hry guys i have a 8100 and i tried downloading the mpegable but all it does is plays certain videos. how do i convert them with that program

Posted by: hpmoon

Quote:

Originally Posted by InTheShadows

This is true, and it's one lingering suggestion to be made for the original post that is this sticky. Currently, it does not make the straight USB/"box version" distinction, and the link provided to LG's Web site (for a straight USB cable) is broken.

Note that the most widely available cable, from Radio Shack, requires the Prolific driver from FutureDial, found here:

http://www.futuredial.com/support/d...USB_Drivers.htm

Posted by: bumpylemon

why does my phone only connect through my blue toothe for only 3 minutes? i cant connect longer than 3 min? anyone know that deal with that?

Posted by: misty7239

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kosmo Krammer

Hey I'm just looking for a way to get the photos off the phone onto my computer. Not anything else. No one has had any idea's bout this. Please help.

Kosmo

When you hook your phone up through bitpim look in your wallpaper section and see if they are there, then just right click and save. This is works for me.GL!

Posted by: Jersey John

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Originally Posted by feanish

PUTTING RINGTONES ON YOUR PHONE
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3. Find your file in windows explorer, rename the file to [filename].mid, because your phone ignores .mp3 files. It WILL know how to play them, though.
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Thanks Feanish for this - this is awesome!

FYI - maybe I have a more-recent version of the S/W on my VX 8100 - because I did NOT have to rename the MP3s at all. They work fine as they are named.

Thanks again - this thread rocks!!!