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Ganxta B
Posts: 342
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson T310
Service Provider:
T-Mobile DOMINO |
 
Fri Jul 18, 2003 3:50 am |
I think that this topic isn't that original, but somebody has to do the job no? Well, this one's for the newbies, and let's hope this is the 1st post yor looking at. I get to see more and more posts on this forum starting with "why can't I send...". Most of them are written by people who've just got their new phone, with a data cable, have tried to send pics from phone to PC, and it didn't work.
Let me explain this problem to you: I've got my T310 2 days earlier than I've registrated into this forum. Sure I was happy. My first phone + plus color display etc. Then I merrily went to the shop and bought a data cable saying "who needs those expensive IR adapters!!!". Well, when I got home, it turned out that I need "those expensive IR adapters". A month of misery waiting for a COM-port IR adapter, and switching it with the data cable, and now everything worx fine. Not that this problem is a money pit, but it can be quite annoying.
DO NOT BUY A DATA CABLE IF YOR INTO TAKING PICTURES!!!!
The reason is quite obvious: data cable was actually produced for older phones, when there was need only to synchronise, send SMS thru PC and all those stuff. And it worked coz it didn't reach the limit of the data cable, coz it can't get anything more complex into your PC than your Phone Book! If I'm right IrDA (Infrared Data Association) was founded in 1993 (thanx Zahn). Its advantages: can send data of any complexity 2-ways. In 1 word: this is the cheapest solution on synching a multimedia phone with your computer. Of course, there's the bluetooth, which has 10m of range instead of the IR's 100 cm (average) and can transmit thru obstacles. But is quite expensive. The choice is yorz. I just wanted to catch yor attention on this problem. So if anything else is possible, and/or you want taking pics and sending them to computer (nope, sending it via e-mail to yer computer is a quite stupid, and money-eating method).
For people who dun like to read (or have a phobia of letters  ):
If you read page 7, you'll see that meanwhile, a new alternative for DC users is available, and they can send things two-way with a quite high percentage of success until their using equipment that the developers had been using in testing their program (it's on their webpage somewhere at: www.fma.xinium.com). This smart lil program enables to send anything via DC 2-way, so if you don't want to spend for a wireless solution, then go for it.
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oxholmen
Posts: 2
Phone Model:
Nokia 6101
Service Provider:
Telia |
Fri Jul 18, 2003 2:01 pm |
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Yeah, I agree whit you. I've bougth an DC for a month ago and tried to send stuff to the phone and.. Yes it worked... but, it was only posible to send ringtones and jpeg pictures. Not games or other things. AND it didn't either worked to send anything from the phone to the computer. But now... I went to the store and I've gote the money back! And then, I collected more money and then bougth the IrDa adapter and now it works perfect. I can send all files and in bouth directions to!
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Ganxta B
Posts: 342
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson T310
Service Provider:
T-Mobile DOMINO |
Fri Jul 18, 2003 4:43 pm |
Exactly, as I've said, this topic won't see much of those "thought inspirating" debates, but it can be a useful warning sign for newbies. this stuff will save lotsa time and nerves in the future...
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zoro79
Posts: 4 |
Wed Jul 23, 2003 7:10 am |
I wish i knew all this before i bought my data cable for my Sony Ericsson T610. I paid £30 for it, andi cant seem to download games/themes into my phone from the PC.....this has to be possible, no?....i wrote to sony Ericsson regarding this matter, im still waiting for a response, i'll keep you updated.
p.s Carphone warehouse did not give me a refund on the cable, be aware of them.
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ThaDemon
Posts: 311
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson K610i
Service Provider:
Vodafone |
Wed Jul 23, 2003 5:40 pm |
I got a Datacable from my bro' (he gots a ERICSSON T68, yes no joke!)
And I got a T300.
So I may use his datacable because he can't do any cool things with it.
I CAN sen Ringtones, wallpapers, screensavers, games and themes.
See my topic for the software.
Strange things,
My bro can only sends wallpapers to his phone...
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Vlammetje
Posts: 6
Phone Model:
SE T300
Service Provider:
T Mobile NL |
Mon Jul 28, 2003 12:33 pm |
I have a generic data cable and can send anything and everything to my phone  i email my pictures back to the pc, as I want to get BT on my next phone and get BT dongle instead of IrDA
Cheers guys.
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Ganxta B
Posts: 342
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson T310
Service Provider:
T-Mobile DOMINO |
Wed Jul 30, 2003 4:01 pm |
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Probably I wasn't very straight forward, or something else, but I wasn't talking of the data cable's absolute incompatibility of sending multimedia at ALL. What I've said is that you can't send such from MOBILE TO PC. And when you have a phone with a camera, and don wanna pay for getting each pic on yor PC via e-mail, then you're in deep sh*t. And I really was in a similar situation, and this topic's for warning people of this.
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LordLeon
Posts: 9
Phone Model:
Ericsson T310
Service Provider:
T-Mobile |
Wed Jul 30, 2003 6:19 pm |
I saw you mention the option of bluetooth, ... will bluetooth work just like the IrDa, ... and can I use it with my T310, thanks in advance 
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james99x
Posts: 3
Phone Model:
T68I
Service Provider:
O2 |
Thu Jul 31, 2003 4:30 am |
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i just bought a data cable and was saving up for a cam for my T68I so i could put pics from phone to pc :S! but i can send ringtones and bacgrounds to my phone so not all is lost ..still cant send themes ne one help pr explain how the hell to use Phone manager and Sendfile neeither work on my pc :S!
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ThaDemon
Posts: 311
Phone Model:
Sony Ericsson K610i
Service Provider:
Vodafone |
Thu Jul 31, 2003 4:59 am |
| LordLeon wrote: | | I saw you mention the option of bluetooth, ... will bluetooth work just like the IrDa, ... and can I use it with my T310, thanks in advance |
The SE T310 Not Got BlueTooth!
Only IrDa!
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