Re: How do you get a cell phone and PC to communicate?
"Nelson" <noreply@vapor.edu> wrote in message
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> How can you access a cell phone from a PC to transfer pictures taken
> with and stored in the cell phone?
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> The phone is an LG VX5500. Carrier is Verizon. PC runs Windows
> XP-SP2.
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> This phone has no external memory card (or slot for one). So the data
> can't be transferred via memory card.
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> The phone can use bluetooth, so another possibility is transfering
> files via bluetooth, if that can be done and if I buy a bluetooth
> adapter for the PC.
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> Thanks for any advice.
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> I too, run Bitpim with an LG. I do it over bluetooth and it works fine
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