I went to Phonescoop hoping to compare the Nuvifones, but they only have the G60 listed. I then went to PDAdb.net and it allows a comparison, but many of the features aren't listed yet.
Take out battery
wait 30 secs
plug usb in until battery warning thingy comes up
with one hand hold down camera button (to second click) and vol up button
with other hand insert battery
hold power on and you should feel 5 vibrations and then a few second later computer should try to install a unrecognized device.
Nope - I never got any vibrations, let alone five. Did exactly what your steps said. Using Win7 Pro.
Any further ideas?
I went to Phonescoop hoping to compare the Nuvifones, but they only have the G60 listed. I then went to PDAdb.net and it allows a comparison, but many of the features aren't listed yet.
I noticed the changes from looking at youtube videos of the new A50 as well as looking at the official specs. Here are some highlights in no particular order.
The A50 has MMS support
The A50 has a capacitive touchscreen not a resistive touchscreen
The A50 has Exchange email support
The A50 has video recording and playback
The A50 has a slightly bigger battery
The A50 has support for T-Mobile 3G
The A50 supports Android marketplace to allow installation of apps
The A50 has pinch to zoom in its Maps and Photo Gallery
The A50 support cityXplorer Garmin maps
The A50 will be upgradeable to a higher version of Andriod (currently 1.6)
The A50 has a proximity sensor so hopefully the problem of moving the phone away from your face and having it be blacked out will be fixed
The A50 has support for Qwerty and other keyboards in Portrait mode.
The A50 come with a mount that lets you have portrait and landscape modes in your car
The A50 has junction view and lane assist (in some countries)
Basically the A50 is a GPS with a smartphone. It has google maps and google local search in addition to it's own POI and Maps. It still doesn't have any flash for the camera or a 3.5mm headset jack but hopefully the next model will and more.
I would love to get the A50 unlocked so I can use it with or without a sim. It would be great if the G60 car mount also works with the A50.
Wow, thanks for the comparison. I had intended to do that as well, but sort of got sidetracked since there was a lack of specifications out there.
Do you also get the sense that this will have the ability to navigate, even without satellite signals, as long as it gets GSM signals then? I am still not clear what the difference is between assisted GPS and aided GPS, but I do get the sense that it will work in the absence of satellite signals as long as there is cell phone signals.
Ironically, none of the features are absolutely crucial for me at this very moment. Don't get me wrong, I am glad they are adding them, but MMS isn't something I use now on other devices. As far as the others, when the phone has been out for a while and the price comes down, much like the G60 did, then I will be more interested. Android will be nice, particularly if the Slacker Radio application is one of the choices. I do agree that a 3.5 mm jack would have been nice, though.
I wonder if tethering will be available?
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It uses GSM towers to triangulate and help get a GPS fix but not sure if it will work without satellites for too long? Are you planning on navigating underground? It can navigate even without cell phone signals, which is what most Google Nav phones can't do. They claim to have 5 different ways to get a location fix so I'm sure that is their speciaty and it will be good for that.
Tethering, Internet Radio, and so many other things are available because it allows 3rd party apps on the Andriod platform. It will cost more but it will be able to do everything much better than the G60. And people can create new things for it.
Well, I am not planning on navigating underground, but I would like both satellite and non-satellite navigation available. A couple of weeks ago my family and I flew from Florida to Georgia. We never left the airport since this was just a lay over, but since I couldn't get any satellite signals inside the terminal, it limited my device. Had I had the ability to get cellular telephone triangulation to fix my location, I would have still been able to use my Garmin maps.
I will have to check and see what 5 different ways to they get a location fix. I understand GPS satellite, GSM cellular triangulation, and wifi geolocating, but I wonder what other 2 ways they have?
A little off-topic, but I need help. I am able to have Bluetooth on (and discoverable) but for some reason am not able to add any devices. I press Scan and nothing happens. I have done a Restore and a Master Clear but still nothing!
Once BT is on, I have to restart the phone again for the BT icon to show up. But when I press scan again, nothing happens. I don't want to have to take the unit back to an ATT store as it is unlocked. Any tips/ideas to solve this?
Thanks
I was wondering if it would be possible to FTP (SFTP, SCP) into the Nuvifone like you can do with an iPhone.
I looked at my wireless router and found my IP address of the attached device and it showed the name "Montana". I have no idea what the password would be, but I did get a request to accept the digital thumbprint to connect to the device. Hmmn...now that would be interesting if someone could get into the phone. I used WinSCP by the way.
I didn't have any problem pairing my phone with mulitple bluetooth headsets. But I did notice that bluetooth and wifi didn't work together. I really am disappointed about that restriction. I need to fiddle more but adding a bluetooth keyboard and other things are not possible with the G60.
Nope - I never got any vibrations, let alone five. Did exactly what your steps said. Using Win7 Pro.
Any further ideas?
Pull the battery out then holding the phone in landscape mode plug the usb cable in. When you see a ? and no battery icon on the display put the battery in and (very quickly before phone starts to boot) hold down camera (all the way down) and vol. up. You should get 5 vibrations.
If you have a problem with phone not booting up properly then pull battery for 30 sec then attach usb. In about 10-15 min phone will go into Mass storage mode. Copy everything to a folder on PC. Delete everything on Nuviphone drive pull usb and phone will boot up normally. Do a master clear then add voices, photos, vehicles back on.
Iconboy you have a broken screen? If you can get another the screen it is very easy to replace. The phone comes apart easily.
If you use a screen protector thet requires a 'solution' to be sprayed on to the screen then be very careful as water may get into the phone.
After you master clear recalibrate the compass. Mine is always off about 20 degrees. The phone always thinks you are in Kansas after a master clear. After a master clear get a satellite fix straight away then wait about 30 secs and your timzone and local time will be corrected.
Thanks VS2. Can I delete ALL of Garmin folder? My Bluetooth goes on but absolutely nothing happens when I try and pair. I press Scan but no response. Should I try and delete all on the Garmin drive? I have seen at DrCell they charge about $149 to $199 for Garmin repair. Amazon are selling new G60s for $199 — is there a cheap place to buy replacement screens? Both ATT and Garmin can't help. If I can repair the wife's Nuvi that would be nice. Any online tutorials or documents on how to disassemble a Nuvifone? Thanks for any help.
I didn't have any problem pairing my phone with mulitple bluetooth headsets. But I did notice that bluetooth and wifi didn't work together. I really am disappointed about that restriction. I need to fiddle more but adding a bluetooth keyboard and other things are not possible with the G60.
Kingstu,
Do you mean that you cannot use a bluetooth keyboard at all or only when it is connected via wifi?
Okay, getting a wee bit frustrated with Nuvifone right now. When I plug in the phone to charge, it switches the screen on. I put it off but after a few secs it switches on again. My lock setting is 1 minute.
Yes you can delete everthing then re-boot. The device will remake the garmindevice.xml etc.
Probably better to get a new G60 than spend $150+ with shipping for a new screen. If you do take it apart remove the battery which exposes the two bottom torx bolts then with device screen down use your finger nail and lift out and up on the piece that goes accross the camera and slide your finger underneath and it will unclip. Do the same with the piece above the camera lens and this will expose two more bolts. Then the phone pulls apart quite easily. Remove tape and lift up in white cliip to remove screen from phone.
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