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Date:         Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:28:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Pictures (cell phone) OT
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Thanks, everyone..

An example of the type of helpful posts I received>> "My phone had much of its capabilities disabled by Verizon, but I was able to get a USB cable that plugs into the charging port and a program called BitPim that generally bypasses their blocks. If you do some googling you can probably find hacker sites specific to your phone as well.

Cya, Robert"<<

As suggested above by Robert, the answer is (hopefully) right there in the Google search. This is almost exactly what was suggested by posts on the subject that the Google search turned up for my Katana II phone from Sprint.

I don't know if I'd call them "Hacker-sites" exactly.. The term "Hacker" seems to have a somewhat negative meaning but the sites I found were more on the positive side: Some people worked out ways to allow phone purchasers to utilize their phones to the potential for which they already paid without being forced to subscribe to a bunch of extra and expensive services that we don't want or need, giving a "double bump" to the various wireless phone companies. It seems each phone company has worked out a slightly different way to make it difficult to transfer your pics and then to double charge you back for the 'priviledge' of doing so, even though they all get the same phones from the instrument supplier.

So with a little Googling you can find the specific fix for your own phone (they are pretty similar) and re-enable your phone to communicate directly with your PC or Mac and exchange your data without paying an additional $15 a month (Sprint's 'ransom') to get your 'digits' from widget to widget..(sorry)

It is really amazing how helpful Vanagon list is. Hopefully, some others will benefit from this off-topic thread and we'll all get to see more Vanagon/Cell Phone pics now as a result. I know I will soon be able to document more since I often travel with my phone but without my fancy camera.

Thanks all Don Hanson


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