"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Nelson wrote:
>> How can you access a cell phone from a PC to transfer pictures taken
>> with and stored in the cell phone?
>>
>> The phone is an LG VX5500. Carrier is Verizon. PC runs Windows
>> XP-SP2.
>>
> That explains it. Verizon Wireless likes to cripple their phones. If you
> are forced to send your photographs over the air rather than through a USB
> cable, VZW makes money from each photo you send!
>
>> This phone has no external memory card (or slot for one). So the data
>> can't be transferred via memory card.
>>
>> I bought a USB data cable for the phone, got the driver, and installed
>> it ok. Upon connection, Windows recognizes the phone. The phone is
>> not registered in Windows as a disk drive, but it does appear in
>> Device Manager as a modem.
>>
>> It would seem that some specialized software is needed to access the
>> phone from the computer. Is that right? If so, which do you
>> recommend?
>>
>
> For Motorola phones there is "Motorola Phone Tools". I haven't a clue
> what an "LG" phone needs to do this. If there IS a tool to do this, it's
> probably LG specific and an LG specific newsgroup, if there is one, would
> be a good place to ask.
>
> A possible solution is to use a real camera instead of a phone to take
> pictures with! Real cameras have nice features for taking pictures; e.g.
> flash. They also are not crippled! Many have USB capability and/or a
> removable memory card/stick.
>
> It's also sometimes possible to hack the phone to re-enable features that
> VZW has disabled. Doing so will void your warranty but some people will
> do it anyway.

or just consider using bitpim (free, works over a cable that you already
have..... did i mention it's free?
http://www.bitpim.org/

make sure you use ORG

While I have MPT also, i find I use bitpim most often...