BlackRook
09-10-2006, 12:37 AM
HOW TO USE THE MP3 FEATURES AND RINGTONES ON A SAMSUNG A920:
1) First and formost: do not use the internet on your new phone for anything, including downloading ringtones, msn, surfing, until you purchase an unlimited browser feature (from Bell Mobility it’s $7 or $5 for business plans) from your provider. Bell charges $0.05/kb for everything, so if i downloaded as much on my phone last month as i did on my computer (60 gigabytes total bandwidth), that would result in my cell phone bill being $3,000,040 +tax. that’s THREE MILLION dollars for one month. Ironically, Bell did screw up in August and they did charge me for my usage, despite having an Unlimited Plan - $161 they owe me back. so make sure you do that.
2) TO PUT MUSIC ON YOUR SAMSUNG A920 MP3 PHONE: don’t download mp3s for $2.50 each! somehow (ebay, computer store, walmart, etc) buy a 512mb or 1gb Transflash (micro sd) card (i use 1gb i got on ebay for $45), and a cheap Card Reader for $10-$20 if you don’t already have one. Put the card in the little black adapter you got with the phone, and plug the adapter and card into the card reader in the SD slot, which is already in your comp. your computer should automatically recognize it as a new drive (if not, you might need drivers for the card reader). create a folder on the card called Media. put your mp3s in there. stick it back in your phone and run media player, and you’re good to go. note: files can’t be protected wma files. To play videos: i’ve never done it, so i’m just guessing - convert videos you have to 3gp files. recommended software i see is ImToo.com, and stick them in your Media folder most likely. I’m gunna get Crank on my phone in a few hours.
3) RINGTONES ON A920: Not as easy as i wanted. download a nice program called WavePad, open the mp3 you want and crop it down to a small file (i think it has to be less than 1mb) and ‘Save As’ as an .m4a file. Then go to the Rumkin Uploader website - http://www.rumkin.com/tools/sprint/ and use that to upload your file to your phone. It’ll text you a “jumpcode”. to to the text, hit Options, Go, and go to the URL it gives you. that’ll download your phone and you’re done. tones of fun. scuse the pun.
Hope this helps you guys who are just learning how to use this excellent phone, as i was a few weeks ago.
Nathanael
daddynathan at gmail.com
Mod Edit Status: Stick
1) First and formost: do not use the internet on your new phone for anything, including downloading ringtones, msn, surfing, until you purchase an unlimited browser feature (from Bell Mobility it’s $7 or $5 for business plans) from your provider. Bell charges $0.05/kb for everything, so if i downloaded as much on my phone last month as i did on my computer (60 gigabytes total bandwidth), that would result in my cell phone bill being $3,000,040 +tax. that’s THREE MILLION dollars for one month. Ironically, Bell did screw up in August and they did charge me for my usage, despite having an Unlimited Plan - $161 they owe me back. so make sure you do that.
2) TO PUT MUSIC ON YOUR SAMSUNG A920 MP3 PHONE: don’t download mp3s for $2.50 each! somehow (ebay, computer store, walmart, etc) buy a 512mb or 1gb Transflash (micro sd) card (i use 1gb i got on ebay for $45), and a cheap Card Reader for $10-$20 if you don’t already have one. Put the card in the little black adapter you got with the phone, and plug the adapter and card into the card reader in the SD slot, which is already in your comp. your computer should automatically recognize it as a new drive (if not, you might need drivers for the card reader). create a folder on the card called Media. put your mp3s in there. stick it back in your phone and run media player, and you’re good to go. note: files can’t be protected wma files. To play videos: i’ve never done it, so i’m just guessing - convert videos you have to 3gp files. recommended software i see is ImToo.com, and stick them in your Media folder most likely. I’m gunna get Crank on my phone in a few hours.
3) RINGTONES ON A920: Not as easy as i wanted. download a nice program called WavePad, open the mp3 you want and crop it down to a small file (i think it has to be less than 1mb) and ‘Save As’ as an .m4a file. Then go to the Rumkin Uploader website - http://www.rumkin.com/tools/sprint/ and use that to upload your file to your phone. It’ll text you a “jumpcode”. to to the text, hit Options, Go, and go to the URL it gives you. that’ll download your phone and you’re done. tones of fun. scuse the pun.
Hope this helps you guys who are just learning how to use this excellent phone, as i was a few weeks ago.
Nathanael
daddynathan at gmail.com
Mod Edit Status: Stick