Tutorial / Prolific Cable w/bitpim
For troubleshooting tips, please refer to the main page troubleshooting link.

Installing the Drivers - Prolific Cable (blob in the middle of cable):

  • Purchase a USB cable if you haven't already. Get one (and other cool stuff) here at eCityWireless.com
  • Before you plug in your USB Cable to your PC, you need to install the USB Drivers.
  • Run the PL-2303 Driver Installer.exe in the root directory of the Super CD.
  • If you have trouble with the previous driver, there are several other versions on the disk.
  • Finish the driver installation and connect the cable to your computer (do not connect the phone).
  • Windows will recognize the cable as a device and add it as a Com Port in Device Manager.
  • Verify which Com Port this is set to.

BITPIM:

Please Backup your phone!

  • Load Bitpim, click edit, settings, choose your phone model and appropriate com port.
  • Go to View (in menu) in BitPim and make sure "View filesystem" is checked
  • Click the filesystem tab and click the plus sign. You should see the directory structure of your phone.
  • Go to Data (in menu) and "Get Data"
  • Check all four boxes (PhoneBook, Calendar, Wallpaper, Ringers), hit ok
  • Goto "Filesystem" Tab
  • Right click at the top of the tree (the first/highest +)
  • Click on "Backup Entire Tree." Let it finish.
  • This will save a ZIP of the phone's EFS.
    *remember to always plug the phone in before loading Bitpim.

Get pictures from your phone:

  • Load bitpim
  • Goto the "Filesystem" tab
  • Click + to expand the phone's EFS (Electronic File System) directory tree
  • Click + next to "cam"
  • Right click on a picture (that's any file with .jpg at the end of it)
  • Click "Save." Choose path.

How to create & load wallpapers with Bitpim:

Adding Wallpapers:

  • Find the pictures on the cd that you want to put on your phone.
  • Change the name if it has CAPITAL letters to lowercase (keep it short)
  • Save it directly to the "wallpaper" folder under "bitpim"
  • This way it will be there when you go to launch bitpim
  • Hook up your phone
  • Run bitpim
  • Click on the"wallpaper" tab to ensure that the image is there if not click add and add it.
  • Select "data" from the top toolbar
  • Select "send phone data"
  • A pop-up box appears with several options to send.
  • Select "wallpaper" by clicking the box to the left of it.
  • Select "add/merge" to add the current files to your phone.

     Note: Selecting "add/merge" adds the files without overwriting what you presently have on the phone. If you select "replace/overwrite" all of the files you are about to load will overwrite what you currently have on the phone. It is always recommended to "add" your files.
  • Bitpim will say "busy" and a status bar will run at the bottom showing the current files being loaded.
  • Powercycle your phone to get the files to show up.

Adding Ringtones:

  • Find a ringtone or midi file ending in .mid on the cd.
  • Copy and paste it to your system under the subfolder "ringers" in the "bitpim" folder
  • Run bitpim
  • Select "data" from the top toolbar
  • Select "send phone data"
  • A pop-up will appear asking what data you want to send to the phone
  • Well, for this we will select "ringtones" by clicking the box to the left of it
  • Select "add/merge" to add the current files to your phone

    Note:     Selecting "add/merge" adds the files without overwriting what you presently have on the phone. If you select "replace/overwrite" all of the files you are about to load will overwrite what you currently have on the phone. It is always recommended to "add/merge" your files.
  • Bitpim will say "busy" and a status bar will run at the bottom showing the current files being loaded.
  • Save and quit
  • Powercycle your phone to get the files to show up

How to create and load QCP and/or MP3 ringers
For advanced users, read thru this before you begin (See also Mp3_1.htm and mp3_2.htm for different instructions)

Install the following programs from the Super CD

  • Qualcomm's purevoice
  • QCP player
  • SoundForge

QCP
Quality: Poor (mono, 8 kHz, 16-bit)
QCP files are qualcom purevoice files. In order to get another wave form sound file to QCP you'll need to conform to QCP standards of PCM, mono, 8 kHz, 16-bit wave file.

MP3
Quality: Excellent (any bitrate is fine)
If you don't know what an MP3 is by now you've been in a deep slumber. Well, wake up. It's the most popular music file out there. I use the SoulSeek P2P to get MP3s; it's excellent.

  • Open Sound Forge
  • Get the sound/file you want (via loading an MP3 or recording)
  • Choose a clip to use as a ringer
  • Highlight it and crop it (edit=>trim/crop)
  • FOR MP3s: Save as an MP3; goto Step 8. For QCPs continue.
  • Change the sample rate to 8kHz (process=>resample)
  • Save as a 16-bit mono wav
    Use a short one word name(file=>save as...) to where you installed/uncompressed the WAV to QCP converter
  • Go to a windows command prompt "Start Menu, Run, cmd"
  • navigate to the directory where you saved the wav file to where the wav to qcp converter is

C:\>cd \QUALCOMM PureVoice\PureVoice converter\

C:\QUALCOMM PureVoice\PureVoice converter>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is B448-2C92

Directory of C:\QUALCOMM PureVoice\PureVoice converter

09/11/2003 01:14 PM DIR .
09/11/2003 01:14 PM DIR ..
09/08/2003 03:56 PM 1,411 command.lnk
09/11/2003 01:08 PM 62,172 hive.wav
08/07/1998 04:54 PM 4,989 PVConv Readme.txt
08/06/1998 11:54 AM 172,032 PVConv.exe
06/03/1998 05:35 PM 3,470 PVsample.qcp
09/08/2003 03:57 PM 44,208 pvsample.wav
09/09/2003 03:39 AM DIR tests
6 File(s) 288,282 bytes
3 Dir(s) 3,023,994,880 bytes free

C:\QUALCOMM PureVoice\PureVoice converter>


For this example I'm using "hive.wav"

  • Type "pvconv hive.wav hive.qcp", hit enter

C:\lg vx6000 hacking\QUALCOMM PureVoice\PureVoice converter>pvconv hive.wav hive
.qcp

C:\lg vx6000 hacking\QUALCOMM PureVoice\PureVoice converter>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is B448-2C92

Directory of C:\QUALCOMM PureVoice\PureVoice converter

09/11/2003 01:23 PM DIR .
09/11/2003 01:23 PM DIR ..
09/08/2003 03:56 PM 1,411 command.lnk
09/11/2003 01:23 PM 4,620 hive.qcp
09/11/2003 01:08 PM 62,172 hive.wav
08/07/1998 04:54 PM 4,989 PVConv Readme.txt
08/06/1998 11:54 AM 172,032 PVConv.exe
06/03/1998 05:35 PM 3,470 PVsample.qcp
09/08/2003 03:57 PM 44,208 pvsample.wav
09/09/2003 03:39 AM DIR tests
7 File(s) 292,902 bytes
3 Dir(s) 3,023,839,232 bytes free

C:\QUALCOMM PureVoice\PureVoice converter>


Notice that hive.qcp exists.

  • Close to command prompt (type exit, hit enter)
  • To test: run the PureVoice player and load the QCP.
  • Rename the QCP/MP3 file to all numbers(I'll rename hive.qcp to 123.qcp or hive.mp3 to 123.mp3)
  • Open Bitpim
  • Click on the "Ringers" tab
  • Right click in the whitespace (not on a file), click "Add," find file, click ok Goto "Data" (on filemenu)
  • Click "Send Phone Data"
  • Check "Ringers," choose either "add" or "replace"
  • Hit OK
  • On phone: Left soft key (for Menu), "7" (My Media), "2" (Music),
  • Highlight new ringer, left soft key (Set As), choose your setting.

 

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