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broncoball
Apr 28, 2006, 09:52 PM
I am about to buy a samsung a900 cell phone and was wondering how the bluetooth would work with my powerbook. would i be able to use the phone as a remote for presentations? or just for sending and recieving pics.
peterparker
Apr 28, 2006, 09:56 PM
I haven't used the A900 for either of the purposes mentioned. But I have transfered entries from Address Book to the phone and used Sprint's phone as modem plan to provide Internet access for my PowerBook through the phone. Also works with iPhoto.
broncoball
Apr 28, 2006, 10:12 PM
can you send and receive calls through the computer when using bluetooth? and is it easy to set up to use the phone as a modem?
peterparker
Apr 28, 2006, 10:30 PM
can you send and receive calls through the computer when using bluetooth? and is it easy to set up to use the phone as a modem?
Send and receive calls through the computer? Not sure what you mean. The phone as modem is easy to setup, I use the USB cable for that though. Works via Bluetooth also.
pianodude123
Apr 28, 2006, 11:00 PM
How do you get the phone to work with iPhoto?>
peterparker
Apr 28, 2006, 11:01 PM
How do you get the phone to work with iPhoto?>
Turn on the phone's USB Mass Storage, plug in the USB cable.
broncoball
Apr 29, 2006, 01:10 AM
Send and receive calls through the computer? Not sure what you mean. The phone as modem is easy to setup, I use the USB cable for that though. Works via Bluetooth also.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51780
and
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=150701
peterparker
Apr 29, 2006, 12:38 PM
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51780
and
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=150701
Looks somewhat useful, but couldn't get it to work with Address Book.
broncoball
May 2, 2006, 07:58 PM
I just got the a900 and now when i have the camera facing me and try to take a picture it comes out upside down. is this normal? is there a way to fix it?
Sutekidane
May 2, 2006, 08:22 PM
There is a button you can press, I believe it's on the side of the screen that while in photo mode, it rotates the image 180 degrees. Thats how you take pictures and have them not come out upside down.
broncoball
May 2, 2006, 09:15 PM
iv been trying to load songs onto the a900 from my powerbook by dragging them into the media folder but when i do it says it can't be transfered because it cant be modified? how do u upload songs onto the a900?
I think it is reading the phone as a read only. is there any way to still load the songs on?
broncoball
May 3, 2006, 06:07 PM
is there any way to transfer songs to the phone from a mac? it worked on my pc.
broncoball
May 7, 2006, 03:50 PM
how do you set up the phone to work as a modem for a computer?
peterparker
May 7, 2006, 04:29 PM
I'm not using the phone as modem anymore, but I've gotten the best information from sprintusers.com forums. Whether bluetooth or USB cable it was pretty simple. #777 for phone number, Sprint for modem script. If bluetooth it is configured in System Preferences -> Bluetooth, for USB cable in System Preferences -> Network (Samsung something or another will be listed along with other network devices).
broncoball
May 7, 2006, 05:08 PM
what do i fill in for the username and password?
peterparker
May 7, 2006, 05:34 PM
what do i fill in for the username and password?
You don't provide username and password.
broncoball
May 7, 2006, 07:04 PM
when i try to connect on my phone it says "registration failure. Your PSC Vision usernamea nd or passowrd may be incorrect"
pianodude123
May 31, 2006, 08:47 PM
How about finding a way to get songs onto the phone from a mac?
IS this possible!?!?
broncoball
Jun 1, 2006, 08:47 PM
How about finding a way to get songs onto the phone from a mac?
IS this possible!?!?
no its not possible. i've tried and emailed samsung and they said it doesnt support mac. the only way is to do it through a pc.
crblack24
Jun 4, 2006, 04:53 PM
How about finding a way to get songs onto the phone from a mac?
IS this possible!?!?
The best way I do it is to connect via bluetooth, but make sure the ftp exchange is the media folder (you do this on your phone under setttings-->bluetooth). Choose Browse device on bluetooth on your computer, then upload the song you want.
Realize, you can only play them in your media player, and can't be used as ringers.
crblack24
Jun 4, 2006, 05:42 PM
I have figured out how to use shortened mp3's as ringers (using sites like http://rumkin.com/tools/sprint to upload to the phone, then assigning them upon download). But, I have one I want to use as my vm ringer, but only shows me 2 of the ringers I have downloaded. I am using a homemade mp3 ringer as the default ringer, but for some reason the messaging ringers won't let me use them.
Any ideas??
shayaan
Jul 6, 2006, 05:33 PM
when i try to connect on my phone it says "registration failure. Your PSC Vision usernamea nd or passowrd may be incorrect"
I have the same problem.... anyone have any ideas?
Danger! Will
Jul 6, 2006, 06:36 PM
For phone as modem an the error
Your PSC Vision username and or passowrd may be incorrect
Goto
Menu
Settings
Display
Then Press 0
Enter 040793
Go Down See of their is an option to toggle NAI
turn nai off
power cycle your phone
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