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jeanhzn

11-20-2004, 05:36 PM

impostle

12-03-2004, 10:00 PM

I'm not sure about the cheapest but i am sure about one that works:

http://www.accessorygeeks.com/lg-vx6100-data-cable.html

$24.99 from accessorygeeks.com. This cable is awesome, it charges my phone while i download mp3's and wallpapers on my phone. It also comes with the much needed driver with step by step instructions for installing it.

So far have about 30 mp3 ringtones that are about 80k to 100k in size and the quality is great. They are louder than my original ringtones and their actual songs!

Instructions:
I download the song, put it in Audacity and cut the amount i want (about 30 seconds), Then convert the song to an .mp3 (if not already) using "AFreeconverter" I got off of download.com. Finally I use bitpim 7.22 (the latest version) to add the ringtone. It's very very simple.
Enjoy
Fellow lg6100 user

DamonEB

06-26-2005, 09:16 PM

Drivers and their setup
Impostle's setup sounds nice, and since I bought one just yesterday I thought I'd try his suggestions.

Downloaded Audacity - Trimmed "Locomotive Breath" by 30 - 35 seconds.....still figuring out how to turn it into a MONO format....requires a lot of access to the help files.

Downloaded AFreeConverter - Haven't yet used that, the info about the type of music format is somwhat confusing......I figured RINGTONES on the VX6100 used the MP3 format.....but >>other info<< says it's a MIDI format.....
Actually I guess it's both possibly......the TRUE SOUND ringtones sound
MP3-ish and the "Beeeeee - dooooo -beepy booooooo" Ringtones sound like they were generated on a MIDI synthesizer.......I'll have to download the phone 1st to get any idea on what formats it accepts.

NOW HERE'S THE HARD PART:

The USB/DATA cable to the unit......went to Radio Shack and they sell the "Future Dial" Cable and the Future Dial Suite......$80.00 !!
Sheesh shouldn't have paid more than $40.00 for this toy!
Now the Cable HAS TO BE A UNIVERSAL DESIGN.....but they PACK the USB DRIVERS with the SOFTWARE. NOT WITH THE CABLE.

Been bouncing around the net all day attempting to find a user friendly USB driver, rather than opening up a $50 box of software......

And by the way.....if Radio Shack tries to sell FUTUREDIAL'S Cable 19.....don't buy it.

IT'S CABLE # 50 FOR THE VX6100.

And it seems the software to UPLOAD/DOWNLOAD....BitPim 7.22, it seems friendly enough, but without the USB DATA DRIVER, normally found with the USB cable.....well, there's no way to interface the software with the Phone.

So, any ideas? A nice driver install program would help.
So far I've got a couple Zipped driver files out there and they are sooooo vague you don't even know if the driver actually installed (after activating the only "exe" file found).
Man, maybe I better just install that $50 piece of software.....I'm not a newbie at this, been working with computers for 13 years now.....but I seem to be an idiot in the "Driver Installation" category.

Any help ?

Thanks Damon B

I'm not sure about the cheapest but i am sure about one that works:

http://www.accessorygeeks.com/lg-vx6100-data-cable.html

$24.99 from accessorygeeks.com. This cable is awesome, it charges my phone while i download mp3's and wallpapers on my phone. It also comes with the much needed driver with step by step instructions for installing it.

So far have about 30 mp3 ringtones that are about 80k to 100k in size and the quality is great. They are louder than my original ringtones and their actual songs!

Instructions:
I download the song, put it in Audacity and cut the amount i want (about 30 seconds), Then convert the song to an .mp3 (if not already) using "AFreeconverter" I got off of download.com. Finally I use bitpim 7.22 (the latest version) to add the ringtone. It's very very simple.
Enjoy
Fellow lg6100 user

DamonEB

06-26-2005, 09:22 PM

You GOTTA WATCH OUT....
The Mobile Office Set for $60 allows you to access the internet.
It does not allow you to download / upload Ringtones, Pictures, Wallpaper etc.
They are selling two VERY DIFFERENT Software Suites for different purposes.....I just about bought one

Does anyone know if the 6100 has a data cable? I have Verizon service and the only USB cable I can seem to find is through Verizon by purchasing the entire Mobile Office set for $60.
I've looked everywhere.

danki6x

06-26-2005, 10:57 PM

You can go to FutureDial's website and get the installation program or the individual drivers (I think). Go here:

http://www.futuredial.com/Support/download/S_download_home.htm

Pick "Drivers for USB". You can register or just pick the other button at the bottom about "non-Futuredial Cable".

Dan

jeanhzn

06-27-2005, 08:45 AM

I've had the phone and data cable for months now and I love it's capabilities. As for the Radio Shack cable, don't bother. I bought mine from AccessoryGeeks.com. They've got the cable and I also bought the car charger and a nice case from them for 1/2 the of Radio Shack.

DamonEB

06-27-2005, 09:23 AM

Well the good news is....it only took a day to get the FutureDial cable working......and YES CABLE 19 and CABLE 50 ACTUALLY WORK with an LG VX6100.

You can get the cable's USB driver at:
http://www.futuredial.com/Support/d...wnload_home.htm

Next, the phone accepts MP3 and Midi-polyphonic ringtones and
Bitpim is actually easy to use.

The trick I learned about drivers is......just download the driver, open up the zip file and do nothing until the phone and data cable are plugged in.....THAT'S when it asks you to LOCATE the driver file.
All this time I thought I had to install the driver 1st......and I took that LITERALLY as......"Install the driver 1st!!"

Sometimes I hate that about me.....

NEXT, BitPim worked.....it JUST WORKED....it's intuitive....close your eyes and use it. :thumbup:

AUDACITY was the challenge...... :thumbdown

I had to download the MP3 converter, but Audacity provides the link to it.

Trimming an audio file is not intuitive, nor increasing volume, taking 2 tracks (left and right channel) and merging them into a Single MONO track.....well, I spent about 4-5 hours playing "What's this button Do?"
And I still don't know if I created a Mono Mp3....... :(

I'd like to compress the size, by reducing the sampling rate and other various stuff....but that's kinda tuff, maybe tuffer than say....creating a Mono Mp3.

As for the program "AFreeConverter" It wasn't necessary at all....Audacity's Mp3 Exporter took care of that.
May be needed IF your Sound file is a Wav, rather than an MP3.

RiftReaper

07-15-2005, 03:01 PM

Whats the difference between cable 19 and 50 ?

BobtheB

07-27-2005, 04:29 PM

So i have this cable and Im looking for bitpim any thoughts on where you can get it?

Andy!

08-21-2005, 12:25 AM

Hey, I bought a LG VX6100 Data Cable from eForCity. It worked but I need help on getting the drivers in and all that stuff since I have a new computer, I used the BitPim program to download Ringtones and Walls to my new phone so If anybody knows Reply thanks

Unregistered

08-22-2005, 11:36 PM

Just got my cable from http://www.accessorygeeks.com, installed the drivers (make sure to follow their instructions carefully) and have added tons of great MP3 ringtones to my VX6100.

Unregistered

08-23-2005, 11:17 PM

There is a driver on the LG site that works great with the cheap USB cable I bought on ebay. go to us.lge.com, click on mobile phones, pick the VX6000 (works perfect for my VX6100) and under "Product Details" on the left there is a USB Modem Driver that loaded right up when I ran the file. (I'm using BitPim for the actual transfers)

http://us.lge.com

Unregistered

08-25-2005, 01:39 AM

i have a vx6100 phone and was wondering if I can use any type of usb cable with bitpim or do i have to get the one from www.rpiwireless.com?

Zach

08-31-2005, 11:42 AM

Hi, I just got a 6100 and data cable and was having trouble myself with the drivers and all.

This was my answer.

Step 1: go to http://us.lge.com/Product/proddetail.do?actCategory=mobile&prodId=1000000082&categoryId=1000000088&parentId=&parent2levelId=&category_level=2&totalItem=&currentPage=&perPage=&archivedYn

Step 2: Download the "USB Modem Driver" that is shown at the middle right.

Step 3: Install the driver
If windows says it isn't signed or whatever, just click the left option every time. (continue anyways)

Step 4: Download the latest bitpim off of bitpim.org

Step 5: Connect phone, and go!

any questions? post em' here.

Unregistered

09-06-2005, 11:49 PM

I had a ton of trouble installing the windows driver for my vx6100 to usb cable - it would always complain that it couldn't find a driver, despite my downloading and installing every driver you guys have mentioned on here so far. I eventually found one that works on the Texas Instruments website (long story), and I'm getting BitPim to work, but the transfer rates are pretty bad - about 2kpbs when I'm downloading pictures and stuff off the phone. Is that about what others are getting with their cables?

Unregistered

09-11-2005, 04:26 PM

I'm having the same problem with my USB. I need a driver and a program to load the pictures with. Could you help me??

Unregistered

09-14-2005, 12:20 PM

i go to the download place but it wont allow me to move my music files and download them(nokia)

JohnW

09-14-2005, 07:54 PM

DJM

09-16-2005, 06:11 AM

RPI wireless sold me a charging USB cable for the LG VX6100, but didn't include the drivers. Am unable to get a solution from them. (DON'T BUY THEIR CABLE.)

I've tried downloading and installing all the drivers mentioned (and some not mentioned)... but to no avail. As soon I'm done with the windows find/install a driver wizard, windows again prompts me to find a driver.

Any suggestions short of buying another cable?

.... I eventually found one that works on the Texas Instruments website (long story), ...

What driver from Texas Instruments are you talking about?

-Frustrated, poor college student...
DJM

Unregistered

09-23-2005, 12:51 AM

i have a vx6100 phone and was wondering if I can use any type of usb cable with bitpim or do i have to get the one from www.rpiwireless.com?

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Please see the report here:
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Ebay has cancelled the rpiwireless account. You can read the Ebay user

reviews here:

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Please see user reviews for RPIWIRELESS at www.resellerratings.com

here:
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LG6100_User

12-11-2005, 10:50 PM

I just bought a cable from seller USB-DATA-CABLES. He had a great explanation of why you don't want some competitors cables. He also sent a cd with the drivers, ringtone samples (1000+), wallpapers (tons), and the free BitPim software. I installed it and started transfering data. It asks for the drivers more than once and you must make sure you are using the correct ones for your operating system, I was using 2000/XP. After that I updated to the newest version of BitPim at www.bitpim.org and finally was able to organize my phone book with all my numbers, ringtones, and speed dials set up and then transfer it to the phone. I hate having to press the #5 three times to get an L to show up. Give me a real keypad anyday. Just a few tips that may help some of you out there.
Oh yea the cost of the cable w/CD was only $9.99 + shipping. An even better deal than I had thought after I saw it working.
Gregg

Unregistered

12-27-2005, 05:48 PM

Hey Zach....

Thanks for your step by step instructions for my 6100

Listen to this guy if you have the LG 6100!

Bit Pim works like a charm. I was importing photos and wallpapers
from my PC in no time. Definitely going to book mark this site.

we are having some trouble downloading pictures from the Lg 6100 to the computer we were told to download something off this site

can anyone help us ?

bypfung

01-03-2006, 09:46 AM

I just bought the VX6100 "Mobile Office Kit" from Verizon in the hopes of using it with Bitpim to download pictures taken with the phone. Just before I was about to open the package, however, I read this article and now I am confused about all the data cables out there. One of the respondents says that the data cable in the "Mobile Office Kit" will not allow me to download pictures. I don't see why not, as the office kit also includes a phonebook manager software (suggesting that it does allow data transfer). Don't they all work the same way?? I want to make sure before I open the package (Verizon says I cannot return it once it is opened). Can anyone give me a definitive answer?

Thanks,
bypfung

Unregistered

01-03-2006, 04:18 PM

How do you save your LG6100 text messages to your computer

Verizon user

01-06-2006, 08:40 PM

1. You need BitPim installed.
2. Connect to your phone using BitPim
3. Using your phone, launch SMB.
4. Browse ringtones.
5. Try any ringtone you would like.
6. Put your phone down and do not touch or close out of the "Try screen"
7. Browse your filesystem using BitPim for SMB files.
8. sny*******.pmd is your song
9. Save you .pmd file to your desktop or where ever you please.
10. Rename file to .mp3
11. Using BitPim, copy ringtone back to phone as a ringtone!!!

Unregistered

01-14-2006, 11:38 PM

Step 1: go to http://us.lge.com/Product/proddetail.do?actCategory=mobile&prodId=1000000082&categoryId=1000000088&parentId=&parent2levelId=&category_level=2&totalItem=&currentPage=&perPage=&archivedYn
well, that link works, but when i click on the usb driver thingy i get an error....

Unregistered

01-16-2006, 06:13 PM

Not very great with computer and didnt find/understand answers posted here. Does anyone have intructions or a driver for the LG VX6100 Model: KQ-U8A S/N: WT048000317. The driver that it came with didn't work. Thanks.

Bee

01-19-2006, 09:12 AM

westexavy

01-24-2006, 09:04 PM

Please someone answer BYPFUNG because I have the same issue. I want to know if I can use the cable that comes with the moblie kit from Verzion. I was only able to download my phone numbers to my computer and not my photos. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

I just used the cable from the Office Kit and I was able to get all the photos....but not my phone book. I get a corrupt data error on the phonebook that may have been caused by using the Mobile Office Kit prior (according to the help Bitpim help file).

jimmy v

02-01-2006, 04:45 PM

ok guys let me try. i have an lg vx9800 and i am using the verizon vx8100 cable(am told that all cables from the vx6100 and up are the same) and i also used the drivers from the vx8100 music esentials kit. i installed the vx8100 drivers only then bitpim then audacity and lame to export as mp3 then pluged in my phone ran bitpim told it to get data select all an booooom no problem. if you don't have it already you want to get the minisd card it's much faster. and now to date i have about 40 mp3 ringtones and about 20 3gp music videos on my phone.

Unregistered

02-09-2006, 08:26 PM

we are having some trouble downloading pictures from the Lg 6100 to the computer we were told to download something off this site

can anyone help us ?

I am having the same problem trying to get my photos from the phone to the computer. BitPim seems to cover everything but downloading the photos from the camera. I have a LG VX6100 and would love to download my photos. Please help me too!

ford5.8

02-18-2006, 09:19 PM

I installed bitpim and when I clicked "get phone data" it says "failed to auto detect the port to use. I couldnt detect any canidate ports"....What does that mean? am I missing somthing here. The vx6100 phone is on and plugged into the usb port.

Unregistered

02-19-2006, 08:43 PM

Finally got it to work.. I can get stuff off my phone but how do you save new ringtones/images to your phone?

Disturbed_One

02-19-2006, 10:46 PM

I got my cable for $9 from eBay, it came with drivers, and I downloaded bitpim, and QPST

works great, almost had it for a year now

Unregistered

03-02-2006, 03:29 PM

i got a VX6100 and i can put pictures on fine, but when i do a song it goes almost all the way, theni get a error. this is what it says...

'The phone is not responding while manipulating the filesystem.'

Can any one help me, i went through the help, DLed a bounch or drivers..and nothing. Thanks

dlb0458

03-28-2006, 07:14 PM

Does anyone know if the 6100 has a data cable? I have Verizon service and the only USB cable I can seem to find is through Verizon by purchasing the entire Mobile Office set for $60.
I've looked everywhere.

if u go to lge.com the home page for lg corporation, u can buy a lg 6100 data cable u can also cantact me at david_03giterdone@hotmail.com i can help with anything that u need from phones to bills
(cell one , alltell and, verizon only

liljal

04-22-2006, 10:00 PM

i have a problem wt the bitpim but when i search for the phone under this program it cant find it so i manually put it in like settings and ask what kind of phone and i put it but the phone never says it is connetect to the computer like when u connect a camera u know it says transmithing my phone does not say nothing can some one help plz

essex

06-27-2006, 06:35 AM

So, everything worked fine... up until I tried to retrieve data from my LG VX6100 [using BitPim]... It gave me this exception error... /wtf? Did I install the wrong drivers?

essex

06-27-2006, 06:46 AM

SCRATCH THAT!
haha
I manually set the phone to VX6100 instead of VX6000 and it works fine now.
Thanks for all the help guys!

finestwavezeva

07-29-2006, 10:08 PM

is there any other downloading sites out there thats good?? please let me becuz i dont kno how to work BitPim.

Unregistered

08-03-2006, 02:12 AM

I cannot get this freakin thing to work. I've installed futuredial drivers, LG drivers, the drivers that came with it.. NOTHING works! I did manage to get bitpim to work on my win 98se machine, but only in a USB 1.1. USB 2.0 refuses to take my phone, or at least connect my xp machine with bitpim.

HELPPP!

Unregistered

08-03-2006, 02:37 AM

Well one of those drivers seems to have worked. I rebooted for the 3rd time and all of a sudden it detected my phone, so disreagard that last post.

However, those of you guys using audacity to trim your clips and then converting the .wav file and all of that... you know that if you just get the proper codec (which comes with any media player, you just need to look in the folder it's found in, such as winamp), it'll convert it straight to MP3 for you. I think it's like lamesomething.dll

but yeah, you're saving yourself the process of converting when you can just export it straight out of audacity.

Alright, thanks for the help--sorta :). Found you via google.

Unregistered

08-25-2006, 08:52 PM

I went to the LG site and there is NO USB modem drivers on there! I got a usb cable and installed the software but my PC isn't picking it up at all- even after a reboot. How can I get it to recognize it? It is charging the phone, but I can't figure out how to get in to the phone to get pics off and ringtones on!
HELP?????
hockeyblades@yahoo.com
thanks!!

Unregistered

10-09-2007, 02:08 PM

Well, it seems I'll be adding to this thread later today.

While at the store, earlier, I noticed that the USB cable for a VCAST kit fit my VX6100 perfectly. I realize that I could've found a cheaper solution online. With no credit or debit cards and very little patience, however, I think purchasing the VCast kit was the best solution for my situation. The kit cost $30 and came with software, headphones & the chargeable USB Cable.

Written on the cable is "A/B 300V FT1 USB Revision 2.0"

I'm currently at work and won't be able to experiment with this contraption until I get home. I'm hoping that, whatever the contents may be, the VCast CD will be helpful (driver-wise) but am confident that no matter what I'll be able to make something work with the cable.

Great thread, btw. I'm sure any troubles that lie ahead of me have already been addressed here and thank everyone for taking their time to make things easier for others to understand.

I'll be sure to leave a follow-up,
Pick

AcADIeN

05-23-2008, 07:50 PM