Hack the Razr!
I have a Verizon plan that gives you a free phone every two years. I don't use my phone much, and I missed the last opportunity to upgrade. However, in December I got my free Razr V3M in the mail and I've been using it from time to time. I wanted the Razr because it has a camera and I wanted to be able to snap a picture with my phone if I didn't have a camera with me.
It turns out that Verizon crippled the ability to off load the images to my PC. I need the images on my PC so that I can blog them. I had a bunch of pictures in the camera, but it costs 15 cents to email them. I am too cheap to pay. Verizon wants you to pay for emails and pay for ringtones and pay for everything else.
So I hacked the Razr. I now transfer pictures to my PC without a problem. I have Little Walter's Off the Wall as my ring tone. I have James Brown yelling "I Feel Good" for message notification.
It's not so easy or straightforward to do, but I am a hacker by trade and temperament.
Here's a web site that has fairly easy instructions: Hack the Razr!
I used some of my FreeNameAStar profits to buy a microSD card to store images. Meritline has stuff very cheap and some of it has free shipping. I ordered a 512K card and an extra reader for under $20 total.
The Rarz only has room for a few images. The microSD card is an alternative to hacking, but they hide the socket under the battery and it is a bear to pull it out to plug into the computer. I like the fact that I can charge the battery in the Razr with the USB cable while I'm transferring images.
It turns out that Verizon crippled the ability to off load the images to my PC. I need the images on my PC so that I can blog them. I had a bunch of pictures in the camera, but it costs 15 cents to email them. I am too cheap to pay. Verizon wants you to pay for emails and pay for ringtones and pay for everything else.
So I hacked the Razr. I now transfer pictures to my PC without a problem. I have Little Walter's Off the Wall as my ring tone. I have James Brown yelling "I Feel Good" for message notification.
It's not so easy or straightforward to do, but I am a hacker by trade and temperament.
Here's a web site that has fairly easy instructions: Hack the Razr!
I used some of my FreeNameAStar profits to buy a microSD card to store images. Meritline has stuff very cheap and some of it has free shipping. I ordered a 512K card and an extra reader for under $20 total.
The Rarz only has room for a few images. The microSD card is an alternative to hacking, but they hide the socket under the battery and it is a bear to pull it out to plug into the computer. I like the fact that I can charge the battery in the Razr with the USB cable while I'm transferring images.
1 Comments:
Now when cell phones come out with local am radio, then I'd be interested in buying one. Fm radio is availible on MP3 players but I listen to more am radio then FM.
Thanks for the post. I know l ots of people at work that have the Razor.
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