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Cellular Phone Forum / Manufacturers / Motorola / June 2008Razr V3 Motorola Phone Tools
Have older version of Motorola's Phone Tools - does not support the V3a (though the V3c is in its list) Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade this older software? (and not to have to spend $60 or so for a new SW pkg!) Tks! > Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade this > older software? (and not to have to spend $60 or so for a new SW pkg!) As far as I know, all versions of MPT will upgrade to the newest version of MPT via the internet. The newer versions check on each startup. The older versions only checked when you Menu-Setup-LiveUpdate. Some of the upgrade steps are many MB, and the system seems to download them one at a time.  SignatureClarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5 >>Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade this >>older software? (and not to have to spend $60 or so for a new SW pkg!) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > versions only checked when you Menu-Setup-LiveUpdate. Some of the upgrade > steps are many MB, and the system seems to download them one at a time. In my case the upgrade either didn't happen or didn't work. I went through the motions and it still wouldn't recognize my RAZR V3m. >>>Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade this >>>older software? (and not to have to spend $60 or so for a new SW pkg!) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >In my case the upgrade either didn't happen or didn't work. I went >through the motions and it still wouldn't recognize my RAZR V3m. If this is a verizon phone? If yes I had the same situation. I found out after getting it the verizon razors are crippled. Just another way verizon can suck a little more money out of you through there Vcast crap. I am told the phone can be unlocked. I never really looked into it. -- -- >>>>Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade this >>>>older software? (and not to have to spend $60 or so for a new SW pkg!) [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I am told the phone can be unlocked. I never really looked into it. > -- -- Yes, it's a Verizon phone. I complained to Motorola Technical Support and was allowed to download a version of Motorola Phone Tools that DID support the RAZR. I was then able to set up my contacts list and calendar using my computer. If I had known then what I know now, I would have signed up with a different service provider. I had been with Verizon Wireless for years both with and without a contract and had no problems with the service. It was only after I bought two new RAZRs and signed a new contract that I found out about some of the problems in dealing with Verizon. I have no interest in watching TV or listening to music using my phone! I don't watch TV at all any more and find that "popular music" mostly just hurt my ears! >>>>>Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade this >>>>>older software? (and not to have to spend $60 or so for a new SW pkg!) [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > I don't watch TV at all any more and find that "popular music" mostly just > hurt my ears! Join the growing unhappy group of Verizon/V3m subscribers. Same story here. TKM >>>>>Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade this >>>>>older software? (and not to have to spend $60 or so for a new SW pkg!) [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >I don't watch TV at all any more and find that "popular music" mostly >just hurt my ears! Same here. I have been with verizon several years back into the Air Touch days... Being a long time customer means sh.t to them... I thought it would be cute if I could make an mp3 I like into a ring tone. Or easily move a few pictures back and forth from the computer to the phone. Nothing I had in mind worked. The only way I could make it happen was to use the blood sucking Vcast. Not a chance. I was able to do a little of what I wanted by putting things on the memory card and renaming the files. But I was and still am really disappointed with verizon for selling me such a crippled piece of sh.t and not telling me till I bought it. And with motorola for making this neutered piece of crap for verizon. I guess any whore will swallow if the price is right... -- -- Go to www.howardforums.com and www.motox.info to learn how to uncripple your phone. It's not hard to do and you'll get what you paid for. While others here may disagree, you bought a phone that Motorola spent millions advertising as having certain capabilities and functions and you had a reasonable expectation that you would get what was advertised. The fact that Verizon disables - I call it cripples - the phone is certainly whithin their rights, but they have a duty to let you know that their product is not as fully featured and capable as the version Motorola advertises. Sounds like a good class action suit! >>>>>>Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade >>>>>>this [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > I guess any whore will swallow if the price is right... > -- -- >Go to www.howardforums.com and www.motox.info to learn how to uncripple your >phone. It's not hard to do and you'll get what you paid for. While others [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >fully featured and capable as the version Motorola advertises. Sounds like >a good class action suit! I asked what could be done when I got this phone. I was sent to www.howardforums.com. I would have tried to unlock or uncripple if I would have found a straight forward step by step set of instructions to do it. For the most part after spending way to much time reading there I just found opinions there. Someone would say try this. Another guy would say he did but it didn't work. If I could find a direct step by step list of what to do, and what programs I needed to do it I would try. I finally just burned out reading all the crap there and gave up on doing anything... Every time I see anyone ask this same question I see them get sent to www.howardforums.com. Never have seen anyone come back and say "thanks, that worked great"... I feel I am as good as anyone when it comes to tampering with things like this. Not afraid to try, that's for sure. I never really found anything there I thought was worth trying. >>>>>>>Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade >>>>>>>this [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] >> I guess any whore will swallow if the price is right... >> -- -- -- -- > I asked what could be done when I got this phone. I was sent to > www.howardforums.com. I would have tried to unlock or uncripple if [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > I never really found anything there I thought was worth trying. Apparently you never really looked. Your post above proves it, go back and try again. It's very simple and easy to do and I'm VERY thankful to those who pointed me to Howard forums. Start here and don't hesitate to follow links: http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122273 SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >> I asked what could be done when I got this phone. I was sent to >> www.howardforums.com. I would have tried to unlock or uncripple if [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1122273 I looked. I looked longer then I wanted to. But maybe spent my time reading the wrong material. I'll give it another try. I just wonder if it's such an easy follow the step process why it hasn't showed up here...? This is the only kind of help I've ever seen here. Someone saying how easy it is. And a link... -- -- >>> I asked what could be done when I got this phone. I was sent to >>> www.howardforums.com. I would have tried to unlock or uncripple if [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > easy it is. And a link... > -- -- Unfortunately, nobody has put together a simple step by step manual but you might have better luck at www.motox.info or www.motomodders.net or www.vxxxstuff.com or www.modmymoto.com. All are good sources but it takes some digging. As for what software to use to do the SEEM edits on your v3, Motokit is my personal favorite and can be downloaded from any of the sites I listed. > Unfortunately, nobody has put together a simple step by step > manual but you might have better luck at www.motox.info or [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > personal favorite and can be downloaded from any of the sites I > listed. One more VERY good source: http://www.hacktherazr.com/guides.html Look under "Programming". SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >> Unfortunately, nobody has put together a simple step by step >> manual but you might have better luck at www.motox.info or [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Look under "Programming". That's a new one for me... looks very good. Thanks! >>> Unfortunately, nobody has put together a simple step by step >>> manual but you might have better luck at www.motox.info or [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > That's a new one for me... looks very good. Thanks! Hope it works for you... SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >I looked. I looked longer then I wanted to. But maybe spent my time >reading the wrong material. I'll give it another try. > >I just wonder if it's such an easy follow the step process why it >hasn't showed up here...? There are a lot of bozos on the net. And many of them pretend like they know it all. Even on the usenet & web forums. >This is the only kind of help I've ever seen here. Someone saying how >easy it is. And a link... >-- -- I spent a whole night going from forum to forum and compiling information -- much of it wrong and nonspecific -- before I was able to get into my phone. In the end, it really is very easy, if you know what to do. I have posted the instructions here before. If you are willing to try, I can walk you through the steps. > Every time I see anyone ask this same question I see them get sent to > www.howardforums.com. Never have seen anyone come back and say > "thanks, that worked great"... Okay, let me be the first. <G> I did go to howardforums, found where to buy some "uncrippling" software, followed the directions and now have many of the advertised capabilities of my Razr V3m back where they belong -- with me. I bought a CD from cellcables.com -- worked like a charm. HTH. SignatureSandy sw.foster 1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net > In article <88opq3tl98dsadgsj2pjfcbmuo8nvmr...@4ax.com>, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Sandy > sw.foster 1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)http://www.sandymike.net I just got the Razr V3m a few days ago. I checked out cellcables.com and ended up sending them an Email regarding the compatability with Vista. It works with Vista but it seems Verizon put some new software on the Razr and cellcables.com doesn't have the software set up for Verizon's new version. Customer support (which was very responsive) said to check back in a couple of weeks and they would have the new software listed. I'm curious, how hard is cellcables.com's software to use. Is it like a regular program or what? One thing their site doesn't do is show screen shots. In article <c5f6e7f3-03db-400f-a3b6-d353ab1af3d0@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, > I just got the Razr V3m a few days ago. I checked out cellcables.com > and ended up sending them an Email regarding the compatability with [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > a regular program or what? One thing their site doesn't do is show > screen shots. I have the V3m, too, but mine is obviously older than yours. I used cellcables.com's software and found it extremely easy to do -- no glitches at all. There were lots of illustrations in the documentation they sent, and I just did one step at a time until it was finished. Oh, and they'd had me save the bits and pieces I needed to replace, so if something had gone wrong I could have gone back to the original crippled Razr. NAYY -- just a happy customer. SignatureSandy sw.foster 1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net > In article > <c5f6e7f3-03db-400f-a3b6-d353ab1af...@b1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Sandy > sw.foster 1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)http://www.sandymike.net Sandy, thanks for posting back. I'm hoping cellcables.com comes through. I'm sure they will. I just hate forking over more $$ to Verizon. I'd change carriers but they have the best coverage of all. Guess they know it and they figure go ahead and go some where else, you'll be back. By the way, I checked out your Website, love the dogs! Our pup has her own site at http://www.geocities.com/gordonsdog/. In article <d8f35273-fb72-44c8-b0af-6283438cdde8@e60g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, > Sandy, thanks for posting back. I'm hoping cellcables.com comes > through. I'm sure they will. I just hate forking over more $$ to > Verizon. I'd change carriers but they have the best coverage of all. > Guess they know it and they figure go ahead and go some where else, > you'll be back. By the way, I checked out your Website, love the dogs! > Our pup has her own site at http://www.geocities.com/gordonsdog/. You're very welcome! I hope they come through for you, too. I know just what you mean about Verizon; I always think I'm going to change carriers, but then I realize I'd lose coverage. :S Maggie looks like a real sweetheart! And good for you for adopting a rescue. That will be our next dog, when the time comes. I think our current puppy will be our last *puppy* -- but I can't see myself without a dog, so rescue it will be. :) SignatureSandy sw.foster 1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net Via eBay - for $0.98, yes $o.98 via PayPal, I purchased Motorola's MPT latest ver 4.5.6a said to support ALLTEL CDMA Razr V3a. So far it does not. BTW, the eBay supplier said the 4.5.6a does NOT support/work with the V3a! Motorola sent me this afternoon a page of instructions relative to how to make 4.5.6a work with the V3a (CDMA) Stay tuned. Will see later this evening and report back. WGD >> Wrote to BVRP - no response. Thus what is the best way to upgrade this >> older software? (and not to have to spend $60 or so for a new SW pkg!) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > versions only checked when you Menu-Setup-LiveUpdate. Some of the upgrade > steps are many MB, and the system seems to download them one at a time. > Have older version of Motorola's Phone Tools - does not support the V3a > (though the V3c is in its list) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Call Motorola Tech Support and complain! I got satisfaction! I am an AllTel subscriber with 2 new V3a phones. MPT will not work for me either. Downloaded newer MPT upgrade and still no luck. CB >> Have older version of Motorola's Phone Tools - does not support the V3a >> (though the V3c is in its list) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Call Motorola Tech Support and complain! I got satisfaction! > I am an AllTel subscriber with 2 new V3a phones. MPT will > not work for me either. Downloaded newer MPT upgrade [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >>Call Motorola Tech Support and complain! I got satisfaction! Just updating MPT does not make it support the RAZR. Call the Motorola Customer Support Center at (800) 657-8909. Explain your problem. I can't speak for them but they gave me a time limited URL which I used to download the version with RAZR V3m support. > Just updating MPT does not make it support the RAZR. Call the Motorola > Customer Support Center at (800) 657-8909. Explain your problem. I > can't speak for them but they gave me a time limited URL which I used to > download the version with RAZR V3m support. The downloadable URL is a single download that should result in the same level MPT as a series of updates applied to any version of MPT. The MPT live updates only move one step at a time, so the downloads might total over 100MB, instead of the URL, which is the latest level. SignatureClarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5 Thanks folks. I will call them. CB >> Just updating MPT does not make it support the RAZR. Call the Motorola >> Customer Support Center at (800) 657-8909. Explain your problem. I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > The MPT live updates only move one step at a time, so the downloads might > total over 100MB, instead of the URL, which is the latest level. >> I am an AllTel subscriber with 2 new V3a phones. MPT will >> not work for me either. Downloaded newer MPT upgrade [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >can't speak for them but they gave me a time limited URL which I used to >download the version with RAZR V3m support. So far so good... I did call. They did email me a link to download what should work with this V3m. I have not tried it yet. But will let the results be known, good or bad... Not sure why they asked if I wanted to continue in (English). Then I got connected to a women that could hardly speak it... -- -- > Not sure why they asked if I wanted to continue in (English). Then > I got connected to a women that could hardly speak it... A friend once asked a tech support person, "How's the weather in Bombay?" His reply was, "Oh, no, sir, I am in Calcutta!" There are a bunch of people working tech support in Indian call centers who speak very good English and who are very understandable and knowledgeable but I never seem to get one of those... <sigh> SignatureXS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org >>>I am an AllTel subscriber with 2 new V3a phones. MPT will >>>not work for me either. Downloaded newer MPT upgrade >>>and still no luck. <snip> > So far so good... I did call. They did email me a link to download > what should work with this V3m. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Not sure why they asked if I wanted to continue in (English). Then I > got connected to a women that could hardly speak it... Remember that a lot of "support" is now outsourced to India. A few Indians, generally British educated, speak better English than we do. Most of them speak with an accent that tells you instantly that they are not native speakers. I find that a lot of them are difficult to understand! Of course I have a hearing aid in each ear and sometimes have trouble understanding even native speakers. . . . >>>>I am an AllTel subscriber with 2 new V3a phones. MPT will >>>>not work for me either. Downloaded newer MPT upgrade [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >understand! Of course I have a hearing aid in each ear and sometimes >have trouble understanding even native speakers. . . . I live right in the middle of the U.S. So I know what a Mexican trying to speak English sounds like. And that's what she sounded like to me.:) I said "what'd you say" so many times I was starting to feel bad... -- -- >>> I am an AllTel subscriber with 2 new V3a phones. MPT will >>> not work for me either. Downloaded newer MPT upgrade [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > I have not tried it yet. But will let the results be known, good or > bad... <snip> Don't delay too long. If that URL is like the one they gave me, it's good for 72 hours!! Once you download it, it's a good idea to make a copy on another disk drive and/or burn a copy to CD/DVD. Try this... http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/4101978/Motorola_Phone_Tools_5.0.5_Retail.41019 78.TPB.torrent Your Welcome =) >>>>>> Have older version of Motorola's Phone Tools - does not support the V3a >>>>>> (though the V3c is in its list) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>>>>> >>>>>> Tks! >> I am an AllTel subscriber with 2 new V3a phones. MPT will >> not work for me either. Downloaded newer MPT upgrade [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >can't speak for them but they gave me a time limited URL which I used to >download the version with RAZR V3m support. OK... I did this. I was emailed a link that was good for 5 days or 5 download attempts. I downloaded and installed (4.5.6aeng.exe) It sorta works... It will let you at anything that verizon has not figured out how to charge you for yet. And a couple things they can charge you for... With these new tools I can... Sync. Make changes in the phone book. Make changes in the calendar. Make a text message. (Still haven't figured out what that's good for) Make an Internet connection (verizon would love you to do this) These new phone tools will NOT let you access the directories on the memory card. I know version 4.0 had something that made me think if the phone weren't crippled you could do a little in that area. Not sure what the selections were called. Something like (my photos or my music) These new tools let you do a little more. But certainly not all you could. I have seen what you can do on one that is not crippled. If you want you can move photos and music from the computer to the phone. Make any mp3 a ring tone... Just crap like that. Not really useful, Just fun stuff... The stuff verizon has 3 of the 4 arrows locked into Vcast crap for. Any move you make with this phone they want to suck additional money out of you to do it. OK... This is turning from useful information into a rant about how verizon sucks. And everyone already knows that... Sorry. Dr. -- -- |
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