Sprint PCS - connecting Sanyo 2400 to PC to save phonebook

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connecting Sanyo 2400 to PC to save phonebook

jeff

2006-11-05, 10:33 pm

Hi, I just started up a new Sprint account and finished the very
tedious task of manually transferring my phone book from my ATT Nokia
3560 TDMA phone to my new Sanyo 2400. It took hours and I don't want
to deal with this again in the future if possible.

Exactly what do I need, exactly what do i have to do to upload the
data in my new Sanyo phone to the PC? I don't have Outlook - do I
need that? Aside from the USB cable, what drivers do I need and where
can I download them from? Do I have to purchase specific software for
the uploading task? I don't care about ringtones or games or
graphics, etc. This is primarily a work phone.

Secondly, will my next Sprint phone have to be a Sanyo for me to
download the phonebook from the PC?

Please help me out with these questions. If someone can point me to
exactly what I need and where to get it, it would be great. The
ability to automate this process will be very helpful.

Thanks,
Jeff

David G. Imber

2006-11-06, 4:33 am

On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 17:08:01 -0500, jeff <jeffp@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

>Aside from the USB cable, what drivers do I need and where
>can I download them from? Do I have to purchase specific software for
>the uploading task?

Try here: www.bitpim.org

Free, open source. I assume you have or know where to get the
USB cable. There are commercial products as well if this doesn't meet
your needs. One such is Data Pilot (http://www.susteen.com)

>Secondly, will my next Sprint phone have to be a Sanyo for me to
>download the phonebook from the PC?

No, as long as the software (above) has been configured to
work with that phone. At present, BitPim works with a great many
phones, though not all. In the case of the commercial products, they
are generally tailored to a narrow range of phones, in my
recollection.

In case you don't have a source for the cable, try here:

http://www.wirelessemporium.com/sto...asp?itemid=7116

There are many other sources on line in case this one doesn't
have what you need.

DGI

jeff

2006-11-06, 10:33 am

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:26:29 -0500, David G. Imber
<imber@maniform.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 17:08:01 -0500, jeff <jeffp@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> Try here: www.bitpim.org
>
> Free, open source. I assume you have or know where to get the
>USB cable. There are commercial products as well if this doesn't meet
>your needs. One such is Data Pilot (http://www.susteen.com)
>
>
> No, as long as the software (above) has been configured to
>work with that phone. At present, BitPim works with a great many
>phones, though not all. In the case of the commercial products, they
>are generally tailored to a narrow range of phones, in my
>recollection.
>
> In case you don't have a source for the cable, try here:
>
>http://www.wirelessemporium.com/sto...asp?itemid=7116
>
> There are many other sources on line in case this one doesn't
>have what you need.
>
> DGI

Thanks David, I have a cable and I was able to download a driver for
it. I downloaded BITPIM and it looks like a nice program but
unfortunately the 2400 is not yet supported. The phone is recognized
as the 3100 (which is what was recommended as a try on the developer's
message board) but the program is not capable of downloading/uploading
any data from my handset.

Are you familiar with the DataPilot package?
http://www.datapilot.com/productdet...ducthl/Notempty
I wonder if it will resolve what I need.

Thanks for your suggestion.

David G. Imber

2006-11-06, 10:33 pm

On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:35:44 -0500, jeff <jeffp@nyc.rr.com> wrote:

>Are you familiar with the DataPilot package?
>http://www.datapilot.com/productdet...ducthl/Notempty
>I wonder if it will resolve what I need.
>

I am not, but others here have used it, and it has competitors
too, I understand. So one of the commercial products should be of
help.

DGI

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