Cell phones: LG VX8300 issue with microSD transfer?
Format your microSD card using the phone's built-in utility
by Mike_Woodruff - 8/20/06 11:36 PM In reply to: LG VX8300 issue with microSD transfer? by jsolomonsterMake sure you format the microSD card using the phone's built-in utility. And by the way, the phone really only supports 1GB max, which I found out ''the hard way.'' I had put a quite a few mp3 files on the VZW-unformated card (i.e., the card was formatted by SanDisk), and things seemed okay, except the phone reported a negative number for memory used. The mp3s played okay, so I decided to put some more songs on: a lot more--like more than a gig. When I tried to play the songs, the phone rejected each file, saying the file format was not supported. So what to do? I decided to format the card using the phone's card formatting utility (see Settings & Tools/Memory/Card Memory). (The utility asks for your lock code, which is by default, the last for digits of your phone number.) I checked the available memory on the newly-formatted card, and it was 1GB (bummer!); then I loaded up my music, and it played just fine. Hope this helps.
Hey Mike re:LG VX8300
by hh - 8/21/06 6:43 PM In reply to: Format your microSD card using the phone's built-in utility by Mike_WoodruffToday I finally found out that to extend your battery's life you can change some settings from the 'secret menu'. You can set your phone to '1X only' mode which disables the Vcast, etc. and thus extend your battery life enormously.
With all setting enabled I was getting about 24 hours of standby plus some light usage of about total 20-30 minutes. With 1X mode, I get 1 week (on 24 hours a day) plus about 6-10 calls a day.
Tech support never told me how to do this, someone from customer service desk told me the way to do it. Which is similar to what you had mentioned. Pressing OK key, and seven 0's and then selecting #3. Network select and then #1. Mode Preference.
Disabling features to prolong battery use
by Mike_Woodruff - 8/24/06 9:52 AM In reply to: Hey Mike re:LG VX8300 by hhA great tip: keep 'em coming.
2GB MicroSD cards can work if....
by Walter30047 - 8/22/06 9:51 AM In reply to: Format your microSD card using the phone's built-in utility by Mike_WoodruffHere's how to use a 2GB card in a VC-8300:
you have to format it ON A PC and copy or make the following directories on the card after you format it:
my_flix
my_mp3
my_music
my_pix
my_sounds
When you format the card from the phone, you get two partition of 1 gig each.
Note that Windows XP cannot re-partition a removable drive so you will need to get a free program call CompuApps SwissKnife V3 to re-format the card (just google it and you'll find it).
(NT) Step by Step
by Corvinex - 8/23/06 6:03 PM In reply to: 2GB MicroSD cards can work if.... by Walter30047Is there a link on how to format the 2GB on the pc so I can get it to work with the LG VX8300, or could you tell me step by step.
Are you supposed to use the program you said to format it, I don't know if its supposed to be in FAT32 or NTFS or another...
Okay then: Step by Step
by Mike_Woodruff - 8/24/06 9:49 AM In reply to: (NT) Step by Step by CorvinexWalter gave a pretty good run-down, but here goes:
Step 1. Google until you find a downloadable the CompuApps SwissKnife V3 application.
Step 2: Download it.
Step 3. Install it.
Step 4. Install your microSD card in an SD adapter (supplied with SanDisk microSD cards).
Step 5. Install the SD adapter in the internal or external SD Memory Card slot of your Windows XP-based computer.
Step 6. Launch CompuApps SwissKnife V3 (CSV3).
Step 7. Use CSV3 to format the 2GB card.
Step 8. Create the following new directories (folders) on the card:
my_flix
my_mp3
my_music
my_pix
my_sounds
Step 9. There is no Step 9: you're done! Copy your mp3s into the my_mp3 folder, your pictures into the my_pix folder, etc., and install the microSD in your phone. (Read the other posts, if necessary, to learn how to enable your phone for mp3.
Thanks
by Corvinex - 8/24/06 9:33 PM In reply to: Okay then: Step by Step by Mike_WoodruffI will purchase the 2GB card now 
If I can't get more than 1gig on it now, I will still have the card so when they update VX8300, or I get a new phone, I can just reformat and use the whole 2gigs.
Thank you
My response to this...
by KatrinaLyoko55 - 8/22/09 9:56 AM In reply to: Okay then: Step by Step by Mike_WoodruffAbout that. I downloaded and installed Swissknife, and I go to click on the thing twice I get the "CompuApps SwissKnife V3 has encountered an error and needs to close" message. and I'd STILL like to get my pictures I took off my micro SD card...I have a 2GB micro SD card and adapter, and I still don't know how to send my pictures to my computer.
Of course...
by Mike_Woodruff - 8/24/06 4:36 PM In reply to: 2GB MicroSD cards can work if.... by Walter30047The issue is that the LG VX8300's file system doesn't even support 2GB microSD. As I said in my original post, the (SanDisk) 2GB card was formatted right out of the box, but the LG VX8300 did not like it. The phone reported bogus Memory Used numbers, and when I put more than one gig of files on the card and stuck it in the phone, the phone errored on the file types (reported them as "unsupported"). Therefore, I formatted the card in the phone, and (as you said) got the two 1GB partitions, of which, only one is used by the phone. I think LG needs to udate their O/S to work with the 2GB microSD cards. Me reformatting the card to 2GB would just confuse the O/S again.
But thanks for the tip, because I was thinking I'd like to restore the 2GB format and use the card in some other application.
Nevertheless...
by Mike_Woodruff - 8/24/06 5:43 PM In reply to: 2GB MicroSD cards can work if.... by Walter30047I used my Mac OSX Disk Utility to erase and repartition/reformat the card back to ~2GB and put my .mp3s back on. As before, the LG VX8300 reports a negative number for Memory Used. But since I'm not trying to use more than 1GB, nothing's going haywire. I suspect it will crap out when I try to store more than 1GB, though.
2GB MicroSD cards....
by thecomputerdoc1 - 9/20/06 7:00 PM In reply to: 2GB MicroSD cards can work if.... by Walter30047So if I'm understanding you correctly, you can use a 2GB card but only 1GB will be recognized. What's the sense in buying a 2GB card?
Maybe I might be better off just buying the Chocolate that recognizes the 2GB card natively.
Opinions?
Buy Chocolate? Been there; done that.
by Mike_Woodruff - 9/20/06 10:24 PM In reply to: 2GB MicroSD cards.... by thecomputerdoc1It depends. I bought a "Chocolate," then returned it because there didn't appear to be a hack to make it play mp3s (despite the advertising claim). From what I saw, all music management was via Music Essentials, which was PC-based (I use a Mac) and used the wma compression format vice mp3. I did not like that setup.
And I liked the LG-8300 ergonomics--the Chocolate was cute, but quirky.
I currently have my microSD formatted at 2GB. Except for the Memory Used value being a negative number, nothing "bad" has happened since I reformatted the card. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if the OS gets confused when I write more than 1GB of data to the card. I will post a note if/when that happens.
2 G of memory on the new enV - but how to play those files??
by clake32 - 1/20/07 11:05 AM In reply to: Format your microSD card using the phone's built-in utility by Mike_WoodruffI reformatted the 2G card with the system utility as you noted in your post, then put the micro card in my PC reader. then I copied over some wma and mp3 files as a sample. The card memory is lower by the songs I put on there and the songs show up in the Card Memory section under My Music. I just can't get the dame things to play or be recognized by the player on the phone. I know that I am missing something really stupid on this because I had three songs playing when I had the songs stored on the phone memory....
HELP!!!
thanks
formatting
by clake32 - 1/21/07 9:32 AM In reply to: 2 G of memory on the new enV - but how to play those files?? by clake32I found out that when I originally added songs to the phone it was putting them on the actual phone and not the card. what this did was max out the memory on the phone. then I changed the setting to add to the card, but it would not work because the phone had no memory to process the information. I deleted the songs from the phone which freed up the phone memory and kazaam, it processed the songs on the card.....
msicroSD transfer
by websurfer68 - 8/29/06 11:46 AM In reply to: LG VX8300 issue with microSD transfer? by jsolomonsterIn order to transfer mp3 to the VX8300, they have to be wma files instead of mp3. You can do this easily in the windows media player. It is easier done with the original CD to then rip to wma files.
I'm still working on the ringtones. I agree with you on not paying for them again. I paid for them with the last phone.
I read that you have to have the data cable to do this.
The verizon guy told me that the phone uses True Tones for ringtones. I don't know if mine will work since they are midi files. We'll find out!
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