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VX8000 "Straight-Through" Data Cable

shadowstar

Sep 18, 2005, 1:26 AM
Does anyone know where I can purchase a cable for the vx8000 that is a straight-through USB cable, preferably from a store such as like Best Buy or something?
I had purchased a cable a while ago and it works to transfer data to/from the phone only - it won't let me use the phone as a modem b/c it's a serial to USB cable (the cable with a little black box in the middle of it). The second cable i purchased from an online store; they displayed the straight through cable but sent me the serial - usb cable instead and aren't returning my e-mails or anything. But I still want a straight-through cable. I've read that a lot of people have purchased these types of cables off of ebay, but i'd rather purchase it from a place where I can physically...
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shadowstar

Sep 26, 2005, 9:19 PM
Does anyone know where I can get a straight through cable from other than ebay? I'm still trying to get this phone to work as a modem but have not had any luck. The companies that I've tried to purchase the cable from send me the usb-serial cables only (even when their site displays the correct cable). So I'm not sure where to get one from.
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shiftyjim

Oct 10, 2005, 8:35 PM
I have not had much luck with my third party cable.
I got the driver and loaded it up, it recognizes the driver ok, but no phone. No way to transfer data. I'm more than a little frusterated. How did you make yours work? Did you buy the version with software? I did not, and am wondering if the reason I am having issues is that the 'USB' cable is actually a serial to USB conversion (thats what the box is for) and it doesn't plug and play well. I think that the software is a must to communicate with the phone, whereas I USB would show up as an external storage device. ( thats what I assumed would happen)
Thanks for your help.
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shadowstar

Oct 29, 2005, 8:06 PM
Well I can't get my phone to operate as a modem. My cable is the USB - Serial converter cable. I got datapilot and everything works with it except the internet connection manager application. So I don't know why it won't work. I may end up just calling tech support b/c I've kinda given up. I saw a straight through cable on ebay, but I just didn't feel like getting it yet. I got another cable off a website and they sent me the usb serial cable even though the picture was of the straight through cable. I e-mailed them and they kept telling me that it should work, etc. and so finally I ended paying to ship it back to them and they only gave me a store credit - didn't actually refund my money. I'm never shopping there again. But overall...
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Ubie Kid23

Oct 30, 2005, 6:45 PM
The cable an software i use for my 8000, was bought from the verizon site when i had the 6100. I am able to use my phone as a modem.
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shadowstar

Oct 31, 2005, 12:45 PM
Now when you use that Verizon software/cable, do you connect using the EVDO network at high speed or is it low speed? I talked to a Verizon rep and they said that their data kits would allow the phone to be used as a modem and place a data call over the wireless network - operating like a 56k modem. I think it's called Quick 2 net or something.
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shadowstar

Oct 31, 2005, 12:52 PM
Also, I've seen a image on my phone twice now which I haven't be able to show again (intentionally). A blue screen has appeared after I use Mobile Web. The screen states:
1x EVDO Data
Time: 0:00:00

Send: (signal strength bar)
Receive: (signal strength bar)

the words might be a little bit different, but overall it means the same thing. I've only seen this twice. And it's only happened when I've pressed something like Tunes Shows and it connects and I press clear to exit. Once I exit, it'll say "goodbye" and if I press OK this screen will appear saying 1x EVDO. However, I've not been able to intentionally reproduce this message (it just appeared again once) and I don't know what it means - it keeps saying that my time is 0:00:...
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shiftyjim

Nov 2, 2005, 6:13 PM
Where do i get the applications? Especially interested in 'datapilot'. Does it work with serial to usb cable (the one with the black box). And is there a different cable available that works better? The cable i have is 1 cable with a black box in the middle. I say it is serial to usb only because that is how Windows XP sees it in device manager.
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shadowstar

Nov 9, 2005, 2:21 AM
go to www.susteen.com. That's where the datapilot software site is located. it comes with a USB -Serial cable. As far as I've heard, the straight-through data cable works better than the USB-Serial Cable.
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