Instructions for VX6000

PLEASE Backup your phone before making any modifications to it!!!
I cannot be responsible for anything that happens to your phone while using this software

For troubleshooting tips, please refer to the main page troubleshooting link.

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

1. Purchase a USB cable if you haven't already. Get one (and other cool stuff) here from eCity Wireless!
   
2. Driver installation can be tricky. It's very important that you do not hook up the cable and phone to the computers USB port until after you've installed the correct software driver in the next step.
   
3. Install Driver by clicking this link. PL-2303 Driver Installer.exe This driver is in the root directory of the Super CD.
   
4. Hook up cable alone to a USB port on your computer
   
5. The Windows New HardwareWizard won't run, you will see a small window pop up in the bottom right hand corner of your screen with the following sequence.
   - Found New Hardware - USB to Serial Controller
   - Found New Hardware - Prolific USB to Serial Controller
   - Found New Hardware - Installed and Ready to Use
   
6. At this point, it's finished and successful.
   
7. The Operating System will not see the phone when connected. This is very important. Many people email me saying the phone isn't detected. When using a prolific cable, the phone is not detected by Windows. You must install a software application to see the phone. See below.

Installing the Drivers - Straight through USB Cable:

1. Purchase a USB cable if you haven't already. Get one (and other cool stuff) here from eCity Wireless!
   
2. Driver installation can be tricky. It's very important that you do not hook up the cable and phone to the computers USB port until after you've installed the correct software driver in the next step.
   
3. Run the lgdrivers.exe in the root directory of the Super CD.
   
4. If you have any trouble with that one, install the USBInstaller.exe and select your phone from the list
   
5. Hook up cable and phone to a USB port on your computer (phone must be on)
   
6. TheWindows New Hardware Wizard will start.
   
7. If the wizard does not start did it ever start? meaning, if this isn't the first time you've hooked up the cable, the wizard may have ran and installed the driver already. If this is the case, the wizard won't run again.
   
8. Normal operation. This is what you should see when installing the drivers.
   
9. The first window asks if you want to connect to windows update to search for a driver.
   Choose "no, not at this time" and click Next.
   
   
   
10. The next Window will show that it's helping to install for a particular device. Depending on the model phone you have, the actual device listed may vary. Choose to Install the software automatically and click Next.
    
    
    
11. You may receive the following message regarding windows logo testing, ignore and and click "Continue Anyway."
    
    
    
12. The next screen shows that the wizard has completed. Click Finish.
    
    
    
13. After you've completed that, depending on the model phone you have, the wizard may start up all over again automatically. This is normal. Just answer each prompt the same as above.The Wizard may run 3 times and install each of the following devices:
    1. LGE CDMA Composite USB Device
    2. LGE CDMA USB Modem
    3. LGE CDMA USB Serial Port
       
14. Once the Wizard doesn't run anymore, the drivers have installed successfully.

Determining the Port - Straight through USB Cable:

Many people that request support for this always skip this step. For any program to talk to your phone, the program will need to know what COM Port is assignned to the phone device in Device Manager. Example is for Win XP.

• Right Click your My Computer Icon, select Manage
• Click on Device Manager on the left
• On the right, click the + sign next to modems (you should see your phone listed there)
• Right click on your phone and select properties
• Click advanced
• Click Advanced Port Settings
• You will see the COM Port setting at the bottom (write it down, you will need it later)

BITPIM:

• You can install bitpim here
• Obtain the newest version here

Please Backup your phone!

• On your phone, go to menu - settings - 1x Data.
• Set the port type as "RS-232 serial" for FutureDial Cable, or "USB" for eBay cable and speed to 115200.
• Load Bitpim, and tell it what com port your phone is on.
• Go to View (in menu) in BitPim and make sure "View filesystem" is checked
• 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:

You can't, unfortunately, use the "Wallpaper" tab in Bitpim; you must go to /brew/shared/mms/.

*DO NOT delete pictures within Bitpim, if you do, you'll need to restore the pictures that are left in "Graphics," then "Erase All" from within the phone.

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
• 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.

There is a backup of your original pictures on this cd in the \vx6000\OriginalPicturesBackup folder.

You will need a picture editor to resize the gif files on the cd into 120 x 160 format. Bitpim should resize the pictures, but if not, any demo editor will do (I use PhotoShop) Other editors cab be downloaded by doing a google search.

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.

How to change the Verizon Banner - advanced users only

I do recommend that you modify your own, since I'm not sure if they vary phone by phone. For instance, I had the first 8 lines (00-70) that are found in bbm3's screenshots; but not the last 8 (80-F0).

Mine are on the CD in the vx6000 folder

original_eri.bin from the cd is your original eri.bin file from your phone.
modified_eri.bin from the cd the new eri.bin file. Rename this file eri.bin, and upload it using bitpim.

When you're done, remember to turn the phone off, then back on to refresh it. If this does not work, rename original_eri.bin to eri.bin, and upload that file.

Removing the VZW Banner:

The banner on your phone is a file that has been encoded in the file system. In order to remove it, you have to find the file, manipulate it using a hex-editor and overwrite the original file with our newly hexed one.

Install winhexsetup.exe off of your cd. Download and get it running.

Now go in to the filesystem of the phone and retrieve the file.

Retrieving the file:

• Connect you phone and open bitpim
• Select view from the topmost tool bar and click view filesystem
• This opens a new tab called "Filesystem"
• Click on the tab. there is a blank screen except for one expandable + -/
• Expand it and bitpim should say "retrieving"
• After it has retrieved the file system, look for another expandable file called "eri"
• Expand it, which brings eri.bin in to play. (That is the file we are going to edit using winhex)
• Right click and hit save
• Save it in a "bitpim saves" folder or just remember where you put it.
• We are done with bitpim for now. Minimize it, or close out completely.
• Now we have to edit it.. change it around, manipulate it. This step needs to be paid very close attention to.

Editing the file:

• First you want to locate the file you saved from bitpim
• Right click it and copy it, paste it in the same place and name it "hexable" or "tobehexed"
  This way you have a clean copy in case you mess up
• After you have a copy, open winhex, look under file and select "open"
• Find your "hexable" or "tobehexed" file
• Ignore the code and look to the right of it. You will see:
  Ab....... ...0..
  @...Verizon Wire
  lessA...Verizon
  WirelessB...Exte
  etc., etc.
• Place your cursor over the first V in the first Verizon Wireless
  You should see a blue blinking box and a white V under it
• Hit the space bar one by one by one until both words of the first set "Verizon Wireless" are gone.
  Do not erase the A or the "..."
• It should look like this:
  Ab....... ...0..
  @...
  A...Verizon
  WirelessB...Exte
  etc., etc.
• Do the same for the next set, careful not to erase the B or the "..."
• Go under file and select "save as.."
• Save the file as "erihexed" or "hexed"
• You are done with winhex, close out completely.
  
  Now, simple, take your newly hexed file and overwite your eri.bin file that is currently on your phone.

Overwriting the file:

• Open bitpim, and as before retrieve the filesystem
• Expand the eri file as before
• Right click on the eri.bin file and select overwrite
• Find your "erihexed" or "hexed" file and select open
  Bitpim should say "writing" or "busy", something to that effect.
• After it's finished, go up to "file" and then "exit".
• Open the phone and see that it's still there.
  You have to reboot after making ANY changes to the filesystem, whether it's adding wallpapers, ringers, games or changing your banner.
• Powercycle the phone by turning it off and then back on. Your banner should be gone.

How to use the Wireless Internet with Verizon:

I assume that you have gotten your phone recognized as a device when you hook it up to your computer.
These instructions rely on you to be a little more independant than other tutorials.
Anything I say about Broadband (as far as instructions go) is complete speculation.

• Installing your VX6000 as a modem in Windows XP:
• Load the drivers if you haven't already see top of this page. Express Network is recommended here.
• Configuring the phone to work with QuickNetConnect/Quick2Net, Express Network/National Access, or Broadband
• Make sure that your phone is attached
• Go to your phone in device manager
• Click on "Properties"
• Click on the "Advanced" tab
  This is what's called an initialization string. The initialization string needs to match what's stated below for that specific option to work... (if you try to use the QNC initialization string with EN, it won't work)
  For QuickNetConnect/Quick2Net(QNC):
  AT$QCMDR=2
  For Express Network/National Access(EN):
  AT$QCMDR=3
  I assume this is the initialization string for Broadband:
  AT$QCMDR=4

Creating Dialup Connections with the Connection Wizard:
This is an alternative to using the Verizon Dialer

• Open Control Panel>Network Connections>"File" menu>"New Connection"
• Click "Next"
• Click "Set up my connection manually" radial button, click "Next"
• Make sure "Connect using a dial-up modem" is selected, click "Next"
• Under "ISP Name" write either "QNC", "EN" or "Broadband"
• Set the phone number to #777 (for any of the three)
• Next you need to enter a username...
  QNC...
  username: vzw
  password: vzw
  
  EN...
  username: (xxx)xxx-xxxx@vzw3g.com (replace (xxx)xxx-xxxx with your phone number)
  password: vzw
• Click "Next"
• Click "Finished"

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