Motorola V3 what a miserable piece of junk

Martin

> >>Well I've tried the phone on 2 laptops and two PDA's and can't get a
GPRS
> >>connection,

Please give us some info to go on - what network are you on and where abouts
are you (GPRS coverage OK in your area)?
What software version is on your phone?

> > First step is to verify that the phone can get GPRS connections all by
> > itself.
> > If it can't, then it probably needs to be configured. If it can, then
you
> > probably have either a tether issue of a laptop/PDA issue.
> >
> >>there's nothing wrong with the Sim card as it works in two other
> >>phones.

OK - but they may have better settings.

> > The phone also needs to be configured.
> >
> >>The phone starts to connect then just drops the connection.

You did give it a full charge when you took it out of the box didn't you?
You might be on the cell limit and with a poor charge it may drop calls.

> > Typical symptom of a phone that hasn't been configured properly.
> >
> >>Having
> >>had a read on the net, there seems to be many complains about Bluetooth
on
> >>this phone and GPRS.

Are you connecting with Bluetooth or a data cable? Did all the drivers
install properly? Are you on XP?

> >>Oh
> >>well, looks like my air rifle will have some good target practice this
> >>weekend :-)

Sounds like the pink one which won't be a fair target.

> THE PHONE IS CONFIGURED. If you can't offer any help, then say nothing.

If you cant offer us any info other than shout at us then we will be less
inclined to help you.
Send it back and get the L7 instead.

Al

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› See More: Motorola V3 what a miserable piece of junk

BT works fine on the v3 - that's why it's currently the most popular
phone on earth. Either you have a defective phone or don't know how to
use it.
You claim your phone is configured but how do you know it's configured
properly?

From:Martin
[email protected]

> "lobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Maybe that is where he got it in the first place and why it was
>> offered for sale
>> If was bought local, I would take it back and demand an exchange.
>>
>
> That's actually what I intend to do. Having looked around I've
> printed off numerious posts about problems with this phone and
> Bluetooth connection issues and will take it back for a refund. I do
> find it amazing though that Nokia & Sony/Ericsson can make a phone
> work fine with Bluetooth but Motorola can't. Good job Motorola don't
> make aircraft or there would be an awful lot of holes in the ground.
>
> Gone back to using my old P910i a real brick of a phone but at least
> Sony Ericsson know how to make Bluetooth work correctly.
>
> Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bought one on PAYG from Orange and what a total piece of crap. The
> connection software crashes my PC when it tries to sync with Outlook and

There is a problem with Mobile Phone Tools and Outlook Calendar
synchronization if you have recurring appointments that started before
2000. You didn't say what sync software you are using.
http://www.bvrpforums.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=3831

> phone refuses to work with any Bluetooth device I try to use to connect to
> the Internet via GPRS despite the fact the same devices work well with my
> old Sony Ericsson phone.

Is Bluetooth working for phonebook sync? What program are you using?
If phonebook sync is working, then the issue is not phone to PC. In the
US, on Cingular, there are various logins, and the default set by Mobile
Phone Tools is the more expensive Cingular plan. I had to adjust that to
get my cheaper login to work.

If this PC is configured to use a GPRS connection on the Sony Phone, it
might not be using the proper credentials for logging in with a different
phone. What about the Sony SIM in this phone, trying to log in?

> Anyone got any suggestions as to the best way to destroy a ?130 piece of
> crap?

If you ship it to me, and it needs to be destroyed, I promise to pummel it
with a 12 gauge shotgun. If it works for me, I would gladly use it.

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The only issue I have had with the V3 was the volume of the HS850 when
connected. Did some gain hacks on the phone and now all is good.

"BruceR" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> BT works fine on the v3 - that's why it's currently the most popular phone
> on earth. Either you have a defective phone or don't know how to use it.
> You claim your phone is configured but how do you know it's configured
> properly?
>
> From:Martin
> [email protected]
>
>> "lobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Maybe that is where he got it in the first place and why it was
>>> offered for sale
>>> If was bought local, I would take it back and demand an exchange.
>>>
>>
>> That's actually what I intend to do. Having looked around I've
>> printed off numerious posts about problems with this phone and
>> Bluetooth connection issues and will take it back for a refund. I do
>> find it amazing though that Nokia & Sony/Ericsson can make a phone
>> work fine with Bluetooth but Motorola can't. Good job Motorola don't
>> make aircraft or there would be an awful lot of holes in the ground.
>>
>> Gone back to using my old P910i a real brick of a phone but at least
>> Sony Ericsson know how to make Bluetooth work correctly.
>>
>> Martin
>
>

I use the USB sometimes and then when I am lazy and forget where I
left the Razr I bluetooth to it and do as I wish with no problems from
either my desk machine or laptop via the MSPT 3.28 with no problems
whatsoever via XP Pro or Home. I was the one that built both my desk
machine/server and laptop though so I do not know what you have going
but you might want to check everything but the phone first. After all
if you are using some of the latest phone technology you might want to
upgrade your computer technology to ;-)

On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:16:10 +0000 (UTC), "Martin" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Dale White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:inCof.409117$084.333330@attbi_s22...
>>
>> Not sure what problem you are having, though it might be a software\Driver
>> issue. Since my girlfriend, lives off Text messaging, I plug my V3 into 3
>> different PCs constantly and never had a BSOD. (currently using MPT 3.28)
>>
>> I also use the software to upload\download Pics, MP3\ringtones etc. I
>> don't use the Sync with outlook feature that much, and I don't use the
>> GPRS at all.
>>
>> I don't have signal issues where I live, and where I do have signal
>> issues, some does everyone elses phone.
>>
>> Maybe you just got a bum phone. Seeing that the V3 has won just about all
>> the different phone awards and Editor's picks. I don't think it can be
>> that bad.
>>
>> Then again you crazy Brits probably add stuff to your phone that ruins it.
>> :P
>>
>>>
>>> Anyone got any suggestions as to the best way to destroy a £130 piece of
>>> crap?
>>>
>>> Martin
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>Well I've tried the phone on 2 laptops and two PDA's and can't get a GPRS
>connection, there's nothing wrong with the Sim card as it works in two other
>phones. The phone starts to connect then just drops the connection. Having
>had a read on the net, there seems to be many complains about Bluetooth on
>this phone and GPRS. I had a similar problem with the last clamshell phone I
>owned (an awful Panasonic GD-87). Should have learnt lesson then I guess. Oh
>well, looks like my air rifle will have some good target practice this
>weekend :-)
>
>Martin
>


SurferOne

"The Info Nut Cruising Through"

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 00:06:02 +0000 (UTC), "Martin" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"lobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Maybe that is where he got it in the first place and why it was offered
>> for sale
>> If was bought local, I would take it back and demand an exchange.
>>
>
>That's actually what I intend to do. Having looked around I've printed off
>numerious posts about problems with this phone and Bluetooth connection
>issues and will take it back for a refund. I do find it amazing though that
>Nokia & Sony/Ericsson can make a phone work fine with Bluetooth but Motorola
>can't. Good job Motorola don't make aircraft or there would be an awful lot
>of holes in the ground.

You might want to retract that about Motorola there are a lot of
electronics that use Motorola parts in a lot of different aircraft and
they seem to be doing well. Do not forget they were one of the
forerunners for communications.

>Gone back to using my old P910i a real brick of a phone but at least Sony
>Ericsson know how to make Bluetooth work correctly.
>
>Martin
>


SurferOne

"The Info Nut Cruising Through"

SurferOne <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> You might want to retract that about Motorola there are a lot of
> electronics that use Motorola parts in a lot of different aircraft
> and they seem to be doing well. Do not forget they were one of
> the forerunners for communications.

From http://www.motorola.com/content/0,,117-282,00.html
=============================================================
1930
Net sales: $287,256

Galvin Manufacturing Corporation introduces one of the first
commercially successful car radios. The original Motorola model 5T71
radio sells for between $110 and $130, and can be installed in most
popular automobiles.

Galvin Manufacturing Corporation founder Paul V. Galvin creates the
brand name "Motorola" for the company's new car radio, linking "motor"
(motorcar, motion) with the suffix "ola" (sound).

1936
The Motorola Police Cruiser mobile receiver, a redesigned car radio
preset to a single frequency to receive police broadcasts, is the
company's first entry into the new field of mobile radio
communications.

1937
Galvin Manufacturing Corporation enters the home radio business with a
line of Motorola phonographs, and table and console radios. The
company's automobile radios feature electronic push-button tuning,
fine-tuning and tone control.
==============================================================

Exactly as below and they also actually used to have a lot in the
aviation side of things but the other side of the world produces
cheaper (money wise) stuff.


On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 22:13:38 -0700, XS11E <[email protected]>
wrote:

>SurferOne <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> You might want to retract that about Motorola there are a lot of
>> electronics that use Motorola parts in a lot of different aircraft
>> and they seem to be doing well. Do not forget they were one of
>> the forerunners for communications.
>
>From http://www.motorola.com/content/0,,117-282,00.html
>=============================================================
>1930
>Net sales: $287,256
>
>Galvin Manufacturing Corporation introduces one of the first
>commercially successful car radios. The original Motorola model 5T71
>radio sells for between $110 and $130, and can be installed in most
>popular automobiles.
>
>Galvin Manufacturing Corporation founder Paul V. Galvin creates the
>brand name "Motorola" for the company's new car radio, linking "motor"
>(motorcar, motion) with the suffix "ola" (sound).
>
>1936
>The Motorola Police Cruiser mobile receiver, a redesigned car radio
>preset to a single frequency to receive police broadcasts, is the
>company's first entry into the new field of mobile radio
>communications.
>
>1937
>Galvin Manufacturing Corporation enters the home radio business with a
>line of Motorola phonographs, and table and console radios. The
>company's automobile radios feature electronic push-button tuning,
>fine-tuning and tone control.
>==============================================================


SurferOne

"The Info Nut Cruising Through"

[POSTED TO alt.cellular.motorola - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

In <[email protected]> on Sat, 17 Dec 2005
00:06:02 +0000 (UTC), "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:

>"lobo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> Maybe that is where he got it in the first place and why it was offered
>> for sale
>> If was bought local, I would take it back and demand an exchange.
>
>That's actually what I intend to do. Having looked around I've printed off
>numerious posts about problems with this phone and Bluetooth connection
>issues and will take it back for a refund. I do find it amazing though that
>Nokia & Sony/Ericsson can make a phone work fine with Bluetooth but Motorola
>can't.

Actually Motorola can, and does.

>Good job Motorola don't make aircraft or there would be an awful lot
>of holes in the ground.

Nonsense.

>Gone back to using my old P910i a real brick of a phone but at least Sony
>Ericsson know how to make Bluetooth work correctly.

So does Motorola.

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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 17:16:10 +0000 (UTC), "Martin" <[email protected]>
wrote:


>Well I've tried the phone on 2 laptops and two PDA's and can't get a GPRS
>connection, there's nothing wrong with the Sim card as it works in two other
>phones. The phone starts to connect then just drops the connection. Having
>had a read on the net, there seems to be many complains about Bluetooth on
>this phone and GPRS. I had a similar problem with the last clamshell phone I
>owned (an awful Panasonic GD-87). Should have learnt lesson then I guess. Oh
>well, looks like my air rifle will have some good target practice this
>weekend :-)
>
>Martin
>


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