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"hacked" E815

Paul Westbrook | 09 September, 2005 15:17

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I just "hacked" my Motorola E815 to enable the File Exchange Bluetooth profile.  Now I can transfer the pictures directly off of the phone, without going through Verizon's network.

SuperJason, pointed me to this post that described the steps to get this to work.  The instructions worked perfectly for me.  I did have a couple of annoyances:

  1. When I was upgrading the Motorola Phone Tools, the upgrader needed to reboot my computer multiple times
  2. In step 5, I didn't realize that I had to install additional drivers.  It looks like when the Motorola Phone Service Tool application runs, it registers more "devices" on the phone.  Until I actually installed the drivers for those devices, nothing worked.

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Red Cross link

Paul Westbrook | 09 September, 2005 11:41

If you have JavaScript enabled, you will see a badge in the upper right corner of this page that links to the Red Cross, so you can make a donation for Katrina relief.  This post on The Brian Alvey Weblog has information on setting this up your self.

[via geek ramblings]

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BluePhoneElite

Paul Westbrook | 09 September, 2005 10:41

I have decided to try BluePhoneElite, that I mentioned previously.  I don't really want to use the SMS features, which it looks like is this applications main function.  I am mainly interested in the proximity features. I just don't know if it is worth paying $20 for just this feature.

When I leave my desk, I want iTunes to pause, the status of Proteus to change to away, and my screen saver to activate.  The iTunes and screen saver integration is built into BluePhoneElite.  I wrote some AppleScripts to do the Proteus integration.
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