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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Sprint PCS / September 2005Trading in Phones: Reccomendations?
I am thinking of trading in my VM4050 for a new phone with Sprint. Anyone have any recomendations? I would like it to do all the 4050 does then some. Have they started a new trade in program? You may just have to sell it your self and buy a new phone. Are you eligible for a rebate? My daughter and I have 4050s. What don't you like about yours? > I am thinking of trading in my VM4050 for a new phone with Sprint. Anyone > have any recomendations? I would like it to do all the 4050 does then some. > Have they started a new trade in program? You may just have to sell it > your self and buy a new phone. Are you eligible for a rebate? > My daughter and I have 4050s. What don't you like about yours? > > > I am thinking of trading in my VM4050 for a new phone with Sprint. Anyone > > have any recomendations? I would like it to do all the 4050 does then some. Actually I do like the 4050 but I have asked here before, I bought the computer cable for it but have no idea how to get it to transfer information, use it as a modem to log on through my laptop while on the road or anything else. When I purchased my plan and phone 15 months ago I did get a trade in option. They will give me $150 for the phone on a new phone after one year. The year is up and so I am eligable for that trade in. > > Have they started a new trade in program? You may just have to sell it > > your self and buy a new phone. Are you eligible for a rebate? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > a trade in option. They will give me $150 for the phone on a new phone after > one year. The year is up and so I am eligable for that trade in. There are three major software developers who designed syncing software, for address books, screensavers & ringers. Two of them cost $$$ (the top two listed below) and one has been in development and is still free. I don't know whether they support your phone model, but you can check out these sites to see if they do. www.futuredial.com www.susteen.com www.bitpim.org As for setting up a dial up to the web with your laptop tethered to your phone, that's fairly easy to set up, if your phone model supports it. 1) Download the drivers for your Sanyo from Futuredial's site. 2) Attach your phone to the laptop. When it finds New Hardware, install the drivers you just downloaded. 3) Create a new dial up, plugging in #777 as the telephone number, and leave the user name and password fields empty and you should be good to go. Be advised that SPCS does not sanction this type of dial up, and if you sign on, tethered to your laptop for a long period of time, you might raise some flags on SPCS's system and have the Vision option cancelled on your account and get charged $0.01 per kb transferred up and down. Quite a few of us do the above, but keep our sessions short, and are under SPCS's radar, without any additional monthly surcharges. In saying that though, there are no guarantees it will stay that way. Bob > > > Have they started a new trade in program? You may just have to sell it > > > your self and buy a new phone. Are you eligible for a rebate? [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > > Bob OK, I set up the dial up account per these instructions and got nothing when putting in #777, when I took the # sign off I got a busy signal. So I have a question, is it supposed to be #777 or 777? And since that doesnt really go anywhere (No remote computer) how do I actually make the connection say to AOL? Your help would be appreciated...again. Thanks. J > OK, I set up the dial up account per these instructions and got nothing when > putting in #777, when I took the # sign off I got a busy signal. So I have a > question, is it supposed to be #777 or 777? And since that doesnt really go > anywhere (No remote computer) how do I actually make the connection say to > AOL? Your help would be appreciated...again. Thanks. J #777 tells your phone to connect to the Internet (Vision data service), and once you're on the Internet you can go anywhere the Internet reaches.  SignatureJohn Richards > > OK, I set up the dial up account per these instructions and got nothing when > > putting in #777, when I took the # sign off I got a busy signal. So I have a [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > #777 tells your phone to connect to the Internet (Vision data service), > and once you're on the Internet you can go anywhere the Internet reaches. Is this free? >> #777 tells your phone to connect to the Internet (Vision data service), >> and once you're on the Internet you can go anywhere the Internet reaches. >> >> -- > > Is this free? It's included in the Vision option, either $15 or $10 per month. Sprint's policy is that this service is for cell phone handsets only, not for tethering a laptop to the handset. However, they don't prevent you from tethering a laptop, and nominal (light) laptop usage is not penalized. SignatureJohn Richards > >> #777 tells your phone to connect to the Internet (Vision data service), > >> and once you're on the Internet you can go anywhere the Internet reaches. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > prevent you from tethering a laptop, and nominal (light) laptop > usage is not penalized. Not yet. Recently, Sprint has requested several phone manufactures to disable the ability to tether their phones. Notan <snipped> > OK, I set up the dial up account per these instructions and got nothing > when [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > anywhere (No remote computer) how do I actually make the connection say to > AOL? Your help would be appreciated...again. Thanks. J Did you install the Sanyo phone drivers? As for connecting to AOL, it's per John's comments, that you should be able to get to any website. In saying that, no ... it's not free, per my prior comments and John's. You need to have Vision on your account, and you need to keep your usage at a minimal basis. Bob > <snipped> > > OK, I set up the dial up account per these instructions and got nothing [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Bob Thanks to all, I do have Vision and after a second attempt was able to log on, very slow though. In fact once it opened to my home page it would go any further but Ill play with it. Thanks again. > I am thinking of trading in my VM4050 for a new phone with Sprint. Anyone > have any recomendations? I would like it to do all the 4050 does then some. Care to elaborate on "then some?" Notan |
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