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fouettegirl
Posts: 2 |
 
Sat Nov 20, 2004 1:04 pm |
I am considering switching over to T-Mobile (currently have Cingular) and getting a new phone. I'd like to get a camera phone, but can't find one that seems good. Like the Motorola v600- has bluetooth but can't sync with Macs. Is this just in terms with address book/contacts? If I wanted to transfer, say, pictures from the phone to the Mac via Bluetooth, is this possible? For a Mac/bluetooth newbie like me?
Or like the Samsung E715- picture quality seems good but doesn't have bluetooth....
Suggestions? I don't really use any of the nifty features on cells, like internet, SMS, etc. Just for phone calls, and the camera feature if it's available. So I'd just need to be able to make phone calls, take pictures and transfer those pictures to a computer. I guess I could buy a data cable (it should work for both Macs and PCs, right? The same cable?) but if I change phones or whatever in a year or so, I'd probably have to buy a new one...
I searched on the forums (and at HowardForums) and have seen that some people have been able to "pair" the phone with their Mac via Bluetooth. What does this mean? 
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mbuckle4
Posts: 17
Phone Model:
Samsung E315
Service Provider:
T-Mobile |
Sun Nov 21, 2004 2:57 pm |
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if you purchase a blue tooth hub for your mac then you should be able to download or purchase software to sync the v600... i have never done so on a mac so i cant provide much more help... have a friend who has t mobile call customer service to ask the question
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bbeckham
Posts: 2 |
Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:39 am |
| fouettegirl wrote: | | I searched on the forums (and at HowardForums) and have seen that some people have been able to "pair" the phone with their Mac via Bluetooth. What does this mean? |
I have a Mac PowerBook G4 with bluetooth, and a G4 tower to which I added bluetooth via a little USB device. Look under OS X help on bluetooth and follow the instructions for pairing bluetooth devices. It is really quite easy and my computers "see" both of my cell phones.
Using iSync (I do not have an .Mac account) I synchronized the names and phone numbers in my OS X address book with my Sony Ericsson T616.
First, I backed up my address book on the Mac then edited the entries so I didn't send a set to my phone which I wasn't interested in calling. Backed up again to a different name. It works best if all entries are listed by name and not by company.
Next, I got the phone to pair with my Mac via bluetooth and vice versa. Then I experimented with syncing using iSync. It is good to have the backup because it took a couple of tries and I had to restore the address book backup at least once. On one occasion the phone over wrote the address book. When running iSync, click on your phone icon and check (1) Turn on T616 Synchronization and (2) Contacts Synchronize "all contacts" check only sychronize contacts with phone numbers.
Worked like a charm, all names & numbers transferred to my T616. Saved them to my sim. Took out the sim and put in our new Motorola V515 sim and transferred all the names and numbers to that sim. Returned sims to their original phones and we were up and running. The Motorola phone is not as Mac friendly as the Sony Ericsson. So I couldn't do a sync on it. When buying the T616, I went to Apple's site and checked out which phones were Mac friendly
Will next try some of the shareware programs for PC which transfer pictures. Will run them under Virtual PC on my Mac and see if I can send photos to and from the phones to my laptop.
Hope this helps you out.
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Samsung
Posts: 3141
Phone Model:
Motorola RAZR2 V8 |
Fri Mar 18, 2005 4:53 am |
Connection with a Motorola V600 and Mac is pretty simple. All you need:
1>D-Link Bluetooth USB Adaptor DBT-120
2>Apple Mac OS X Series
3>Motorola V600
You should be able to file share no prob. I will also post how to create a solution around your moto V600 using Tmobile Internet:
Setting up the handset
On the handset, press the Menu button.
Scroll to Settings and press SELECT.
Scroll to Connection and press SELECT .
Scroll to Bluetooth Link and press SELECT .
Scroll to Setup and press SELECT.
Scroll to Find Me and press SELECT.
When asked to Temporarily Power On?, press YES .
Setting up the connection
On the PC click on the Apple icon, and then click on System Preferences…
Click on the Bluetooth icon.
From the Settings tab, ensure that Bluetooth is powered On.
Ensure that Discoverable is checked.
Click on the Devices tab, and then click on Pair New Device .
Once the search is complete, click on the handset, and then click on Pair.
Type in a Passkey (1234 for example), and then click on OK.
On the handset, you will be asked to Bond with the PC. Press the YES button.
Type the same Passcode as entered on the PC, and press the OK button.
Return to the System Preferences and click on Network.
From the Location drop down menu, click on New Location…
Type T-MobileGPRS for the new location name, and click on OK.
From the Show drop down menu, click to select the Bluetooth option.
From the Configure drop down menu, click to select Using PPP .
Click on the PPP tab, and type *99# for the Telephone Number.
Click on PPP Options…
Uncheck Send PPP Echo Packets and check Connect using a terminal window.
Click on OK.
Click on the Bluetooth Modem tab, and uncheck Wait for dial tone.
From the Modem drop down menu, click to select Null Modem 115200.
Click on Apply Now.
Click on System Preferences, and then click on Quit System Preferences.
Making the connection
(Note- Ensure the handset is in discoverable mode.)
On the PC, click on the Phone/Modem icon, and click to select Bluetooth.
Click on the Phone/Modem icon again, and click to select Connect.
When the Terminal window opens, type in at+cgdcont=1,”IP”,”internet2.voicestream.com” (Note –If the account is provisioned for T-Mobile VPN service, then type at+cgdcont=1,”IP”,”internet3.voicestream.com” instead.)
Press Return.
Type atdt *99# and press Return.
Click on Continue.
You will now be connected to the T-Mobile GPRS service.
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bbeckham
Posts: 2 |
Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:16 am |
| xXxSamsungxXx wrote: | Connection with a Motorola V600 and Mac is pretty simple.
Making the connection
(Note- Ensure the handset is in discoverable mode.)
On the PC, click on the Phone/Modem icon, and click to select Bluetooth.
Click on the Phone/Modem icon again, and click to select Connect.
When the Terminal window opens, type in at+cgdcont=1,”IP”,”internet2.voicestream.com” (Note –If the account is provisioned for T-Mobile VPN service, then type at+cgdcont=1,”IP”,”internet3.voicestream.com” instead.)
Press Return.
Type atdt *99# and press Return.
Click on Continue.
You will now be connected to the T-Mobile GPRS service. |
I found you instructions quite interesting and easy to follow. I have a Motorola V551 with Cingular Service. What changes would I need to make for my V551 to connect to a Mac? I have them paired. Any help will be appreciated. I am assuming that I would need to be paying Cingular for internet services.
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Samsung
Posts: 3141
Phone Model:
Motorola RAZR2 V8 |
Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:20 am |
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I can help you out with Cingular and that device using Windows 98/2000/ME/XP but im not sure that exact setting for OS X. I would call cingular and see if they have the exact setting. If you have a laptop or PC with any of the above OS then let me know and I will either email you or post here and yes you are going to need to subscrive to Internet Service.
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