I just bought a new toy!!!

[acompdude]

Well its new to me. I just won a Audiovox XV6700 off of eBay. I did some research and it was between this and the Samsung i730 and I really like the way the 6700 looks over the i730 but that is just personal preference. I also wanted a camera and the i730 doesnt have one. Anyway I cant wait for this thing to get here so I can activate it and start playing with it. A nice holster and a 1 gig mini sd card was included in the deal so I really dont need to buy anything other than a nice screen protector.

Anyway, who else here has one and what are some cool programs and mods for it? Is there a program that I can get to control my tv and all that stuff? That would be nice.

[acompdude]

Ok, well I know someone here has to have one and know some stuff to do with it. Well I have one more specific question. How does the tethering work? How do you do it and how much does it cost with Verizon. I have the basic plan with a text plan added in and I would like to know how much it would cost to just add the unlimited use as a wireless connection would cost. It would beat my dial up at least when I am at home. I dont really want to use the internet on the phone since I think it is expensive but I think using it as a modem is cheaper if I remember right. Plus this phone can access through wifi so I can use it at school anyway. Any help is appreciated.

[BenF]

I'm not sure if this is true for verison but I think it costs the same to use the phone as a modem as it does to use the internet on the phone. I have at&t and I believe the unlimited plan adds about $20 a month. I might be way off though as I don't have that plan. I'm just trying to remember what the sales guy told me when I was buying my phone.

[acompdude]

I'm not sure if this is true for verison but I think it costs the same to use the phone as a modem as it does to use the internet on the phone. I have at&t and I believe the unlimited plan adds about $20 a month. I might be way off though as I don't have that plan. I'm just trying to remember what the sales guy told me when I was buying my phone.
I do know that at&t is cheaper than Verizon in all aspects. I wish at&t had coverage here or I would be all over them. Only coverage here is Altell, Verizon, and Sprint-Nextel(which really sucks around here). So to avoid the lost calls of other two in my area I went with Verizon. Anyone else have some info on using the xv6700 and Verizon.

[tricknasty]

hey compdude i got your email and stumbled on your thread.
The xv6700 is a fun phone to mess around with and is easily hacked.

remember though that verizon charges an additional amount ($5 bux a month or something) if you tell them you are going to use your phone to tether to ur computer. so i wouldnt divulge that information to them, theres an easy work around on the xv6700 to tether that u can find here= http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=827559

and a thread of hacks here=
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=837590

im using a treo 700p on verizon, but im about to switch to a non-pda phone cuz im sick of paying an extra $45 bucks a month for the net on my phone.

[EmAn]

if your not too fond of your bill check this out
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=518411

[acompdude]

I just checked out the thread that EmAn posted and would like to get that plan when my contract runs out with Verizon in a couple months. My question is, will my verizon XV6700 work with Sprint? That may be a stupid question but I would like to know if it is possible.

[tricknasty]

no it wont acompdude. although both verizon and sprint use the same technology their phones are not interchangeable.
If you are set on going to sprint, i would say turn around and ebay that phone you just got, then look for a killer deal on a sprint xv6700

[acompdude]

no it wont acompdude. although both verizon and sprint use the same technology their phones are not interchangeable.
If you are set on going to sprint, i would say turn around and ebay that phone you just got, then look for a killer deal on a sprint xv6700

Well that stinks. I guess I will just have to use this phone till my contract runs out then eBay it and find a Sprint one. Either way I wont lose much if any money so I might as weel enjoy it for a little while. I am hopefully moving out soon so maybe me and my girlfriend can get a phone with sprint when my contract with verizon runs out. I could get ma and her a plan with sprint for what I am paying verizon every month.

[acompdude]

Does anyone know it the vx6700 works off of a standard usb port charger like the razr. I dont want to buy another charger.

[acompdude]

Okguys I know this may not be the place for me to look for this answer but I really need some help with this. I need to figure out a way to get my contacts to my xv6700. My old phone was a razr v3m if that helps at all. I have my razr set up with bitpim and my contacts on bit pim but I cant get the 6700 to sync with bitpim. So I either need a whole new way to do it, find a way to get my 6700 to sync with bitpim, or a way to move the bit pim contacts to another format that I can transfer. I have also tried most ways that I could fin on different websites with no luck. Any and ALL help is greatly appreciated.

[tricknasty]

heya compdude i got your email, thx for keeping me informed sometimes i just lose threads and forget about them hehe.
anyways did you try to goto the verizon store to swap your contacts first? they have a machine that transfers all your contacts from one phone to another, but i dont know if it will go from a razr to a pda phone. have you searched howardforums??

I think you may need to so it the old fashioned way =P I just had to with my Treo 700 when i sold it and got a razr maxx ve. If you are careful with your verizon xv6700 you can sell it for the same amt you got it, or even a profit.
I had my treo for 8 months and sold it for the same amt i paid.

if you have any other questions go ahead and email me, its the best way

[tricknasty]

congrats on getting the transfer to work haha, now get that unlimited data so you can tether ur ass off at home !!!

[acompdude]

congrats on getting the transfer to work haha, now get that unlimited data so you can tether ur ass off at home !!!

Yea as tricknasty I worked on it some more and eventually got it to transfer. I had to take my contacts from bitpim and export them to a .csv and the import the csv to outlook. I had to do a few minor corrections in outlook then plugged up my phone and transfer them from outlook to my new phone. I just wish I had thought of it sooner. And I had asked tricknasty about if the unlimited data would be worth it so I could tether at home unlimited(I am still on dial up and the only other option is satellite). So I think I am going to get the unlimited. I think it may come in handy sometimes too. Like traveling and stuff. Looking up maps etc. And of course OCForums!!!!!!

[tricknasty]

remember you can always stop the unlimited data, just try it for a month. Hopefully it is faster than ur slow dialup connection, but that depends on your cell signal.