Connecting phone to computer via infra-red

[M14A-Mclaren]

Hey,

Just wondering if anyone has tried connecting their phone to their computer successfully and transfered stuff over? I've got a nokia 8310 and got hold of a laptop with a infra-red port and downloaded nokia pc suite and have been trying to ge the two to transfer, it seems to be dropping the connect or not getting a real connect because it comes up in connection wizard but then drops out. I've also tried Oxygen phone manager but that wont connect either.

If anyone got any suggestions I would very much appreciate it

[EA2BA]

Yes i have with nokia it works fine, did you get the exact suite for your phone, as not all phones will do the infrared, some only work with cable.

I have even used my laptop to dial via the infrared to the internet at a whopping 9600bps

[M14A-Mclaren]

My phone does have infra-red and I've activated it in menu

[Stav]

I have done it many times but you have to understand that alot of nokia phones are a pain in the ***. I often lose sync with my infra red port so its pretty normal.Do you use windows fax facility?

[Paris Hilton]

Mine works fine, just put the IR baud rate on 9600. slow, but stable.

[the_scotsman]

Ive never had a problem with Nokia PC Suite or oxygen...just make sure its held CLOSE and inline with the port on the laptop.
What OS are you using?

my sony sricsson t610 works fine with my lappie, all i do is turn infra-red on at the phone side, line it up with the lappie and off she goes....

[OED666]

i have used the nokia pc suite with an 8310 and it works fine. I dont have to do anything special to the infra red port.

maybe make sure you have the latest drivers for your infra red device, and that you have the right version of the pc suite for your phone, even though i can use a new version and i have a 6100, and its not the one that came with my phone.

also, you wont be able to upload anything to your phone, as it doesnt have enought memory, all you can pretty much do is make a copy of your contacts, calendar etc...


with my phone, i can take photos, and resize them, and then copy them to my phone and have it as my wallpaper, as my phone doesnt have a camera...

[M14A-Mclaren]

Originally Posted by useless

Do you use windows fax facility?

Nope, dont even know what it is

Originally Posted by the_scotsman

What OS are you using?

XP pro

Originally Posted by Selekta

Mine works fine, just put the IR baud rate on 9600. slow, but stable.

Thanks I will try that

make sure you have the latest drivers for your infra red device

No idea where to find these, I've looked on the manufactuers website but there isnt anything there, maybe cause its kind of a random brand(Targa Visionary XP) I dont know, windows update didnt have anything

[M14A-Mclaren]

All good it works now, thanks for the help guys

Anyone got any screen logos or ringtones they want to share?

[Paris Hilton]

Screen logos you can make yourself...you use a program called MobiMB.

[M14A-Mclaren]

Originally Posted by Selekta

Screen logos you can make yourself...you use a program called MobiMB.

I know, I've made a FPV F6 one, i'll post it up later but I thought maybe people have made other interesting ones

[M14A-Mclaren]

Here is the one i did

[rob_o]

Ive had nothin but problems trying to do this with nokias, but my Sony Ericsson and my friends one both work great.

[4.9 EF Futura]

Once the phone is connected, edit your dial up settings to dial *99# and you can use the phone's GPRS to browse the web. Works on my SE T610 ok.

Be warned tho... very expensive.