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Anybody put rigtones/music from a Mac to LG 8100 vx?
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Posted by: cyberbites

I have Macs and an LG 8100vx I have tried Bitpim and a couple other apps -- I can archive and add to the Verizon LG 8100vx address book / contact list with a USB cable but I have not been able to add any of my mp3s or midi files to the phone.
BTW- The Bitpim faq says the app replaces ALL the sounds with the ones displayed in the dialog as ringtones - which are only 5 of the ... i dunno -- 25? on the phone as it comes from Verizon. I have been waiting to try the experiment as I don't want to wipe out all the vanilla ringers -- although I could lose the cheesy musical ones without any pain;-).
Is that what will happen? ALL the ringtones will be gone, replaced by whatever i succeed in copying over?

Anyway, I haven't made it happen yet -- what am I missing?
I have googled every term I can think of -- any ideas?
thanks,
Mike

Posted by: 35ft6

I was able to relatively easily. I use File Viewer and then right click on the "mr" folder to add tones.

Posted by: cyberbites

The only File Viewer I find online is an update to a Canon digital camera app.
Is that what you are using?
If so, how do I get an original (only updaters are online)
thanks,
Mike

Posted by: 35ft6

^ Sorry about the confusion. I use BitPim, and File Viewer is an option within Bitpim. Some phones are fully supported by Bitpim and you can use a graphical interface to do what you need, but my phone (vx-8100) doesn't seem to be fully supported so the only way to add ringtones (I use my mini sd card and reader for everything else) is by going into File Viewer mode.

In File Viewer, you see the inside of your phone essentially in the same way you might see your hard disk on your computer, with folders, subfolders, files, etc.

Posted by: skyjunky

Bitpim will not remove the built in ringtones, ever.
Make sure you get the latest version (0.8.13) from The lg8100 version can be downloaded at http://bitpim.org/#download it was just released today.

Posted by: 35ft6

^ So far I'm still having to use the File Viewer to upload new ringtones. The only difference, so far, with this new version is I can see my ringtones in the graphical interface, but when I try to 'add' a new one, I get an error message.

Posted by: cyberbites

The last several times I launched Bitpim, it encounters an exception and goesno further.
I downloaded the latest version and am running it on 10.4.6
any ideas?
thanks,
mike

Posted by: skyjunky

Can you post the exception log. Although it is built on 10.3.9 it usually works on 10.4.

Posted by: cyberbites

Thanks in advance for your help...
phone is set to LGVX 8100
physical connection looks good
exception occurs when I try to download info from phone.

BitPim version: 0.8.13-official
An unexpected exception has occurred.
Please see the help for details on what to do.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bitflingscan.pyo", line 164, in run
File "bitflingscan.pyo", line 67, in scan
File "bitfling/client.pyo", line 35, in scan
File "bitfling/xmlrpcstuff.pyo", line 433, in __call__
File "bitfling/xmlrpcstuff.pyo", line 506, in __send
File "bitfling/xmlrpcstuff.pyo", line 486, in __ensure_channel
File "bitfling/xmlrpcstuff.pyo", line 460, in __makeconnection
File "<string>", line 1, in connect
error: (61, 'Connection refused')

Variables by last 8 frames, innermost last

Frame run in bitflingscan.pyo at line 162
res = None
self = <BitFlingWorkerThread(BitFling worker thread, started daemon)>
args = ()
q = <Queue.Queue instance at 0x98cc4b8>
func = <bound method flinger.scan of <bitflingscan.flinger instance at 0x2b774b8>>
kwargs = Keys []
{}

Frame scan in bitflingscan.pyo at line 67
self = <bitflingscan.flinger instance at 0x2b774b8>

Frame scan in bitfling/client.pyo at line 35
self = <bitfling.client.client instance at 0x98cc6c0>

Frame __call__ in bitfling/xmlrpcstuff.pyo at line 433
self = <bitfling.xmlrpcstuff._Method object at 0x964a310>
args = ()

Frame __send in bitfling/xmlrpcstuff.pyo at line 506
self = <XML-RPC over SSH proxy for mikephel @ :12652>
args = ()
methodname = 'scan'

Frame __ensure_channel in bitfling/xmlrpcstuff.pyo at line 486
self = <XML-RPC over SSH proxy for mikephel @ :12652>

Frame __makeconnection in bitfling/xmlrpcstuff.pyo at line 460
self = <XML-RPC over SSH proxy for mikephel @ :12652>
sock = <socket._socketobject object at 0x966e990>

Frame connect in <string> at line 1
self = <socket._socketobject object at 0x966e990>
args = (('', 12652),)

Posted by: skyjunky

Are you sure you have the correct port set in the bitpim settings?
You have a look at the phone wizard and make sure you have the correct port. It looks like it is wrong.

Posted by: 35ft6

If you've got the money to spend, I'd just get a MiniSD card and reader for the flix, pix, and sounds. I only use bitpim for ringtones.

Posted by: PFoley

I am new to this forum and just getting started with the ringtones, bluetooth, etc., thing. I have an LGVX 8100 that I am trying to pair to my Mac (OS X 10.4) so that I can ultimately upload ringtones from the Mac to the phone. I have a bluetooth adapter connected to the Mac but am having difficulty connecting with the phone. In going thru the pairing process, I get the "successfully paired" message however, when I return to the phone's start page, the bluetooth logo is still white. Verizon Wireless technical support says that their network only supports bluetooth headset connections but not Mac/PC's. My gut tells me that this jive so I wanted to see if anybody has been able to successfully connect the two and how.

Thanks.

Peter

Posted by: zombini316

I'm sort of having the same trouble, I have the connection made to my Mac Mini, bitpim detects the phone, but when I go to get phone data or send data I get a message saying: The phone is not responding while transitioning mode from none to brew.

The Log looks like this:
20:42:25.677 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Opening port usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2, 115200 baud, timeout 3.000000, hardwareflow 0, softwareflow 0
20:42:25.678 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Open of comm port suceeded
20:42:25.678 LG-VX8100: Attempting to contact phone
20:42:25.680 LG-VX8100: Retrieving fundamental phone information
20:42:25.680 LG-VX8100: Phone serial number
20:42:25.683 LG-VX8100: Getting file contents 'nvm/$SYS.ESN'
20:42:33.111 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Timed out - flushing and trying again
20:42:41.082 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Timed out waiting for 7e, requested bytes -99999 - 0 bytes read
20:42:41.161 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Port speed 38400 not supported
20:42:41.162 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Port speed 115200 not supported
20:42:45.090 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Read Exception: usb_set_configuration(SetConfiguration): device not opened for exclusive access
20:42:45.161 LG-VX8100: No response to AT+GMM
20:42:49.082 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Read Exception: usb_set_configuration(SetConfiguration): device not opened for exclusive access
20:42:49.160 LG-VX8100: No response to setting QCDMG mode
20:42:49.161 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Port speed 115200 not supported
20:42:49.161 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Port speed 19200 not supported
20:42:49.161 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Port speed 230400 not supported
20:42:57.082 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Timed out - flushing and trying again
20:43:05.082 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Timed out waiting for 7e, requested bytes -99999 - 0 bytes read
20:43:05.160 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Port speed 38400 not supported
20:43:05.160 usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: Port speed 115200 not supported
20:43:05.167 Error: Device needs attention - LG-VX8100 on usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2
LG-VX8100 on usb::003::002-1004-6000-02-00::2: The phone is not responding while transitioning mode from none to brew.

See the help for troubleshooting tips

What's going on here?

Posted by: PFoley

Mike,

I haven't made any attempts in the past several months to load MP3's, etc., to my phone. It became too complicated and I don't have the time and patience to figure it out. Sorry.

Good luck.

Peter

Posted by: 35ft6

Quote:

Originally Posted by PFoley

I am new to this forum and just getting started with the ringtones, bluetooth, etc., thing. I have an LGVX 8100 that I am trying to pair to my Mac (OS X 10.4) so that I can ultimately upload ringtones from the Mac to the phone. I have a bluetooth adapter connected to the Mac but am having difficulty connecting with the phone. In going thru the pairing process, I get the "successfully paired" message however, when I return to the phone's start page, the bluetooth logo is still white. Verizon Wireless technical support says that their network only supports bluetooth headset connections but not Mac/PC's. My gut tells me that this jive so I wanted to see if anybody has been able to successfully connect the two and how.

Thanks.

Peter

Buy a 6 dollar usb cable for the phone. I haven't tried it with bluetooth but with a cable using usb, audacity, and bitpim, it's been pretty simple uploading ringtones to my phone.