Comments on Clockskew: iSync and a Motorola RAZR V3m

The link to your plugin is broken.

2009-01-21T15:12:59.272-06:00

The link to your plugin is broken.

i want to transfer photos from my motorola V3M to ...

2008-05-09T13:16:04.851-05:00

i want to transfer photos from my motorola V3M to my intel iMac and i get to the part where it "sees" Motorola phone but "can't connect" to the device. please help!!

Comment from Peter Phun: I'm on a g4 powerbook 10...

2008-01-12T19:54:00.000-06:00

Comment from Peter Phun:

I'm on a g4 powerbook 10.4.11. isync 2.4 Motorola v3m. I've been messing with trying to make it sync for hours. Still no luck. The powerbook recognizes the phone via bluetooth setup but when I launch isync. I'm told it cannot connect to the device,.

I even tried the changing the Bluetooth preferences in the "Sharing" pane and changed the folder other devices can browse to "SynServices" as suggested by Brian.

The icon I get when I launch isync is of an old motorola phone not the razr v3m.
Any suggestions to make this work?

I even tried editing the Meta....plist within isync's "Contents.....(long path Thanks

Comment from John Bickel: I got my new Macbook Pr...

2007-11-13T10:26:00.000-06:00

Comment from John Bickel:

I got my new Macbook Pro (10.4.10) synced with my Motorola Razor V3M (CDMA 1X-EVDO)with no trouble via bluetooth for the address book under isync without modding or hacking anything.

However, it comes up "calendar not supported." I don't care about that.

What I would like to do is hook up to Alltel Axcess Data (the $25/month unlimited usage plan) from the MacBook via bluetooth to the phone. Alltel doesn't directly support it, and so far, all the work-arounds and scripts I've tried don't work.
The trick apparently is to have the MacBook think it's talking to a modem, via a script that emulates one, and to have the V3M think it's connected to a compatible computer.
Anyone know exactly how to do this?
It works just fine on my Windows XP box on USB.

Comment from cfeigenbutz: Awesome, thanks!

2007-07-04T08:56:00.000-05:00

Comment from cfeigenbutz:

Awesome, thanks!

Comment from rocketman_diver: thanks for the plug...

2007-06-09T11:22:00.000-05:00

Comment from rocketman_diver:

thanks for the plug-in. Saved me from returning a phone. The plug-in works for OS 10.4.8 (iSync 2.3), but does not work with 10.4.9 (iSync 2.4). Not surprised. iSync 2.4 broke a lot of phone sync that worked in 2.3. Phones that synced easily in 2.3 do not sync in 2.4 (including Ericcson T616).

So if you want to sync a Sprint V3M with OS-X, ensure that you DO NOT upgrade to 10.4.9 (iSync 2.4). Fortunately, I had an old 10.4.8 box sitting around to do the sync. Apple is at fault for breaking things.

Comment from Steven: i am not understanding when ...

2007-04-29T16:50:00.000-05:00

Comment from Steven:

i am not understanding when u say drop it into the library can someone explain please?????

Comment from Robert Di Pietro: I have the same pr...

2007-04-24T07:07:00.000-05:00

Comment from Robert Di Pietro:

I have the same problem. If I make an appointment on the phone itself there's no problem. However, anything on the razr calender that has been isynced from ical reminds me every few minutes. I'm going stir crazy. I've turned every sound preference to silent but no luck. (I still need to keep my ringer on vibrate.) Anybody else have a solution?

Comment from David: You need Tiger because only i...

2007-04-16T12:07:00.000-05:00

Comment from David:

You need Tiger because only iSync 2.X works with plugins. Apple didn't introduce the plugin framework until 2.X.

Comment from Peter Phun: Hello everyone, I'm a G...

2007-04-16T12:04:00.000-05:00

Comment from Peter Phun:

Hello everyone,
I'm a G4 powerbook and still at 10.3.9 with iSync 1.5 and a Motorola Razr V3M. Can anyone tell me if this works with my current configuration or do I have to upgrade to Tiger? The G4 powerbook has Bluetooth. I tried connecting the phone with a USB cable and it shows up in Apple System Profiler but I'm unable to sync anything.

No luck with Bluetooth connection either. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Comment from Mike G in Raleigh: From a Verizon us...

2007-04-09T21:30:00.000-05:00

Comment from Mike G in Raleigh:

From a Verizon user. Ran into the same RAZR V3m syncing issues (Add Book ok, iCal not ok) and switched to a KRZR. Apple's iSync support pages showed the KRZR does sync, but it did not...same issues as the RAZR.

Here's the response received today from Verizon tech support...it does not look promising for Mac users:
"Thank you for contacting our Verizon Wireless website. We are sorry to learn that you are having difficulty synchronizing your iCal with your Motorola Krzr. We will be happy to assist you with your concern.

Verizon Wireless provides our customers the ability to synchronize their Motorola Krzr phones to their Windows based PC's. However, our software does not support the synchronization of your phonebook with any Macintosh operating systems. This applies to all of our handsets. We apologize for the inconvenience."

Inconvenience? I paid for a fully functioning phone, and VZW has disabled a key feature.

Anyone having any luck with any other wireless carriers? Cingular/AT&T or Sprint?

Thanks.

Mike G.

Comment from Bill: No you can't sync the addresse...

2007-04-08T03:00:00.000-05:00

Comment from Bill:

No you can't sync the addresses to the phone.

Comment from Mike: Thanks for the plug-in man, I ...

2007-03-24T10:01:00.000-05:00

Comment from Mike:

Thanks for the plug-in man, I got it and it works! I'll waite untill the ical comes out of testing though, hope that's soon!
Take it easy!

Comment from eme jota ce: Thank you! I needed to...

2007-03-22T10:51:00.000-05:00

Comment from eme jota ce:

Thank you!

I needed to use this plugin even after Apple published a new list (around March 17th) that listed newly supported phones for bluetooth and USB syncing. Even though the list includes the "Motorola V3m Bluetooth + USB" on this Apple list @ I could not get my macbook to sync with my Sprint Motorola V3m via bluetooth or USB. Now, bluetooth works to sync my address book. (I have not tried iCal, yet.)

It did take a couple retries and reboots of both devices to get it to work. I intalled the phone plugins folder into my user's library folder, not the main library.

Comment from Omar: hey guys, has anyone try to ru...

2007-03-07T18:25:00.000-06:00

Comment from Omar:

hey guys, has anyone try to run the latest firmware upgrede for DST fixes? I will like to know if that will break or not the iSync connections. Any info?

Comment from Amy: Thanks for this solution. Howe...

2007-03-04T13:21:00.000-06:00

Comment from Amy:

Thanks for this solution.

However, when I go to "Add Device" in iSync, the device is found ("1 device found") but get an error that "iSync can not connect to this device." BT is working and I can see the folder contents on the v3m (Sprint), but want to sync my contact in "Address Book" to the phone as well. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Comment from David: Moved to the forum here: http...

2007-02-19T23:39:00.000-06:00

Comment from David:

Moved to the forum here: http://clockskew.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2#2

Comment from Brian: Thanks! I've been going craz...

2007-02-16T02:16:00.000-06:00

Comment from Brian:

Thanks! I've been going crazy trying to find a cheap multimedia phone compatible with my 12" G4 Powerbook. Salespeople have had no clue.

Thank you providing some reviews & solutions! I'm buying a Razr V3M tomorrow & updating my Sprint Account!

Comment from Fennell: Thanks! This is fantastic!!...

2007-02-10T14:39:00.000-06:00

Comment from Fennell:

Thanks! This is fantastic!!!!

Comment from Jason: Works perfectly. Thanks, man...

2007-02-10T10:29:00.000-06:00

Comment from Jason:

Works perfectly. Thanks, man!!

Comment from Bob: Awesome!!! Thank you.

2007-02-08T19:59:00.000-06:00

Comment from Bob:

Awesome!!! Thank you.

Comment from Chris Cleeland: Great plugin. One t...

2007-02-06T14:02:00.000-06:00

Comment from Chris Cleeland:

Great plugin. One thing to note, though...

I'd been using this plugin with my Sprint v3m since I got the phone and doing it very successfully. I started having problems, and thought it was due to a firmware update I'd done on the phone. I finally got to the point where trying to sync screwed up so badly that my address book got wiped out in Address Book.app (thankfully not in the phone!).

When I called Sprint tech services to ask them to help me roll back to the original firmware rev they first had me do some fundamental stuff, and one of the things they suggested was no just power-cycling the phone, but also pulling the battery and leaving the battery out for over a minute.

I did this with the tech person on the phone (my land line), after which time I went through the whole bluetooth discovery process again. Whereas prior to the deep power cycle the phone would do the bluetooth bond but NOT respond as eligible to support DUN, this time it did, isync recognized it, and everything sync'd up perfectly.

The lesson to me is that I have to remember that the phone is not primarily a phone any more--it's a computer that happens to have, as its killer app, phone capabilities. Since it's primarily a computer, though, it should not surprise me that it will, on occasion, need a "cleansing reboot" to reset everything. The moral to the public at large should be that, if you're having problems, try doing the battery-out-for-a-minute truck and see if things go better after that.

Comment from dee: Thanks so much! This worked gre...

2007-02-04T03:14:00.000-06:00

Comment from dee:

Thanks so much! This worked great! :thumbsup: \o/

Comment from Dave: So thankful for this plugin an...

2007-02-03T20:56:00.000-06:00

Comment from Dave:

So thankful for this plugin and happy to find it. Contacts sync seems to be working fine with my new Razr (Verizon) and Mac PowerBook. iSync says that my phone does not support calendar synchronization. Is there a fix or anything to try that would allow the calendar to sync too?
Thanks again!

Comment from The iPhone - Page 23 - MacNN Forums: ...

2007-01-25T17:57:00.000-06:00

Comment from The iPhone - Page 23 - MacNN Forums:

[...] Speaking of the RAZR, several members of my family just got them, largely on my recommendation, because I was impressed at how well the RAZR's bluetooth functions with the Mac. So I was rather surprised and upset when I tried one out and found that their version (from Sprint) wasn't supported by iSync, and didn't seem to allow the sending of midi or MP3 ringtones, pictures, etc. However, it turned out that if you download this plugin, iSync will work with the Sprint RAZR. And it is possible to send files to and from the Sprint RAZR using bluetooth -- it's just a bit different than mine (a Cingular model). With mine, you can use the "send file" option of the Bluetooth File Exchange program to send files, but these were always rejected by the Sprint models. However, all you have to do is use the "Browse Device" option and you can drag and drop files with no problem. It sure beats paying for ringtones, or to get your photos and video off the phone. __________________ Visit Denki News -- Macintosh and Video Game News and Commentary [...]