[BitPim-devel] Questions regarding support for LG VX-5400

[MBR]

I just looked for the LG VX-5400 in the navigation tree at
http://www.bitpim.org/help, and couldn't find it listed. But a series
of emails in this group from 11/18/2007 (Subject: Newly released VX5400
appears to be similar to Bitpim's LG-VX8550) through 1/7/2008 (Subject:
VX5400 /pim/pbnumber.dat caller-id lookup problem) seem to indicate that
work was being done on this model, and that it was similar to the
VX-8550. http://www.bitpim.org/help warns:

*My phone is not in the list*

You should select your exact phone in the list, ...

Picking "similar" phones means you are experimenting and could
end up with problems such as your phone locking up with a worst
case of it becoming completely inoperable.

So I don't want to try a similar but not identical model number. And I
don't know what to infer from the fact that neither the LG VX-5400 nor
the LG VX-8550 is listed at http://www.bitpim.org/help.

It could mean that the development discussed in the aforementioned
series of emails was abandoned because someone decided the phone simply
couldn't be properly supported. Or it could mean that those models are
supported but nobody ever got around to writing the documentation.

Does anyone know whether I can safely use BitPim with an LG VX-5400? If
so, does it know the phone by that name, by the name VX-8550, or what?

Mark Rosenthal
***@arlsoft.com <mailto:***@arlsoft.com>


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [BitPim-devel] VX5400 /pim/pbnumber.dat caller-id lookup
problem
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:04:52 GMT

caller-id lookup on the VX5400 with Bitpim version 1.04 official is
now working correctly.

Thanks for the testing and the feedback.

-Joe Pham

[Sean Patrick Burke]

The 8610 and 5400 are both supported by the most recent test build of
Bitpim. If the phones support a bluetooth connection, then you
should probably be able to connect to them.

Hope this helps,

Sean
--
Sean Patrick Burke
Full time law student, part time developer
http://www.bitpim.org

I just looked for the LG VX-5400 in the navigation tree at http://www.bitpim.org/help
, and couldn't find it listed. But a series of emails in this group
from 11/18/2007 (Subject: Newly released VX5400 appears to be
similar to Bitpim's LG-VX8550) through 1/7/2008 (Subject: VX5400 /
pim/pbnumber.dat caller-id lookup problem) seem to indicate that
work was being done on this model, and that it was similar to the
My phone is not in the list
You should select your exact phone in the list, ...
Picking "similar" phones means you are experimenting and could end
up with problems such as your phone locking up with a worst case of
it becoming completely inoperable.
So I don't want to try a similar but not identical model number.
And I don't know what to infer from the fact that neither the LG
VX-5400 nor the LG VX-8550 is listed at http://www.bitpim.org/help.
It could mean that the development discussed in the aforementioned
series of emails was abandoned because someone decided the phone
simply couldn't be properly supported. Or it could mean that those
models are supported but nobody ever got around to writing the
documentation.
Does anyone know whether I can safely use BitPim with an LG
VX-5400? If so, does it know the phone by that name, by the name
VX-8550, or what?
Mark Rosenthal
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [BitPim-devel] VX5400 /pim/pbnumber.dat caller-id
lookup problem
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:04:52 GMT

caller-id lookup on the VX5400 with Bitpim version 1.04 official is
now working correctly.

Thanks for the testing and the feedback.
-Joe Pham
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[MBR]

Thanks a lot for your quick response.

I just found the page at http://www.bitpim.org/help/versionhistory.htm,
which shows the following:

LG VX-5400

Ver. 1.0.3 New phone support
Ver. 1.0.4 Bug fix: display wrong caller ID number.

LG VX-8610

Ver. 1.0.6 New Phone support

Your email was explicit that I should use "the most recent test build of
Bitpim," which would be Release 1.0.7.20081215, but the change list for
that release at
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=75211&release_id=648738
<http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=75211&release_id=648738>,
doesn't mention any changes that would affect either the LG VX-5400 or
the LG VX-8610.

Are there changes relevant to the 8610 or the 5400 that aren't listed at
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=75211&release_id=648738
<http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=75211&release_id=648738>?


If not, wouldn't I be better off using the stable version (1.0.6) rather
than the test version (1.0.7.20081215)?

Mark <http://www.bitpim.org/#download>

Post by Sean Patrick Burke
The 8610 and 5400 are both supported by the most recent test build of
Bitpim. If the phones support a bluetooth connection, then you
should probably be able to connect to them.
Hope this helps,
Sean
--
Sean Patrick Burke
Full time law student, part time developer
http://www.bitpim.org

Post by MBR
I just looked for the LG VX-5400 in the navigation tree at
http://www.bitpim.org/help, and couldn't find it listed. But a
series of emails in this group from 11/18/2007 (Subject: Newly
released VX5400 appears to be similar to Bitpim's LG-VX8550) through
1/7/2008 (Subject: VX5400 /pim/pbnumber.dat caller-id lookup problem)
seem to indicate that work was being done on this model, and that it
*My phone is not in the list*
You should select your exact phone in the list, ...
Picking "similar" phones means you are experimenting and
could end up with problems such as your phone locking up with
a worst case of it becoming completely inoperable.
So I don't want to try a similar but not identical model number. And
I don't know what to infer from the fact that neither the LG VX-5400
nor the LG VX-8550 is listed at http://www.bitpim.org/help.
It could mean that the development discussed in the aforementioned
series of emails was abandoned because someone decided the phone
simply couldn't be properly supported. Or it could mean that those
models are supported but nobody ever got around to writing the
documentation.
Does anyone know whether I can safely use BitPim with an LG VX-5400?
If so, does it know the phone by that name, by the name VX-8550, or what?
Mark Rosenthal
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [BitPim-devel] VX5400 /pim/pbnumber.dat caller-id
lookup problem
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 00:04:52 GMT

caller-id lookup on the VX5400 with Bitpim version 1.04 official is
now working correctly.

Thanks for the testing and the feedback.
-Joe Pham
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