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[aimeekitty]

I'm this close to going completely postal on verizon. 2 1/2 hours, 2 verizon stores and 5 phone calls later, I still am not able to transfer files from my mac to my RAZR and vice versa.

I know that this is POSSIBLE. my phone, because verizon is the evil queen, does not have OBEX, the software required for me to be able to use bluetooth. You know why? Because VERIZON INTENTIONALLY ASKED motorola to make the phones for Verizon with NO OBEX so that all Verizon's customers would have to use verizon's pay per picture service to transfer files. THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. I am so angry I'm almost ill. Motorola actually TOLD me this. That Verizon intentionally did that, and plenty of websites also talk about it. Verizon's answer? "We can't give you that software at this time... sorry!" (I told them off)

My phone does not work with the USB kit because they never made a MAC version of the software needed to read the phone. I can use isync, but I can't get files to and from my phone (like pictures.)
I've heard that the 02 version of the software for my phone has OBEX on it. (this was before Verizon realized it and had OBEX erased in version 03 and 04.) My phone is running on 03.

I've heard that if I can somehow find the 02 software and flash the phone myself, then I can have OBEX, and be able to use bluetooth, and thwart the evil empire, Verizon.

HELP!! I've been trying howards forums and other forums but it seems I'm getting the "ew look it's a newbie" curse. Shit, I would pay someone to get this to work on my phone, I just need it to work! Or not work so that I can return the fucking thing and go back to my super lame archaic non-camera phone.

Comments

[pookimunki.livejournal.com]

According to these 2 forums below, if you have the 03 version, nothing can make OBEX work because the code was actually *taken out* of the software. So I don't think that a hack would work.

But, if you have 02 or 04, the OBEX code was still in the software, just not activated. So there are hacks to get it to activate and work. But 03 users seem to be out of luck, from what I read.

Here's the cache of one forum that talks about it:

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:D4z9jUHGZV4J:cavemonkey50.com/2006/04/verizon-enabling-file-transfers-on-razrs/+mac+02+obex&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&strip=1

And here's a link to a current forum that talks about the 03 having the code for OBEX stripped from the software:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=893475


Definitely sounds like class action to me...but what do you get in a class action---pennies? The lawyers are the only ones who get any compensation.

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

I have version 03... is there some way that I can get version 04 or 02...?? :\