Audiovox CDM-8600
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Audiovox CDM-8600
The Audiovox CDM-8600 supports 850MHz Analog & 850/1900MHz CDMA.
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Features
The Audiovox CDM-8600 is a small tri-mode CDMA phone. Is has a 65,000 color main display and external display. It also has a speakerphone, voice dialing, and voice memo.
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Tips & Tricks
Free WAP Browser
- First, find a proxy. A good place to find one is here. Write down the IP and port number.
- Select UP Link1 from the UP Proxy IP Menu at Menu-6-7-1. Under AP1-IP, enter the IP address for your WAP proxy. Press the SEND key to enter the .'s between number.
- Press OK to go back one screen and select AP1-Port. Enter the correct port number for your WAP proxy. Press OK, then END to go back to the main screen.
- These Next few steps must be done quickly.
- Navigate to the menu at the top of the page using the up/down navigation buttons and Press OK.
- Browse down to Settings (or press 8) and press OK.
- Select Homepage (or press 1) and hit OK. Press OK again at the warning about changing the homepage.
- Press OK again when the URL for the existing homepage shows to edit it. Hold down CLR to clear out the existing page, then enter the WAP page you want to use as your homepage. A good example to use is 129.123.17.148/index.wml (You may need to put http:// in the beggining of the homepage).
- After the URL is entered, press OK to save it. Immediately press END to exit the browser. If your phone experiences any errors in this process it will revert to the old homepage - pressing END now will save everything. If something goes wrong, just start over at Step 4.
- You should now have free WAP on the 8600. Once everything is set up, you now have 'free' (remember it uses airtime minutes) WAP access.
Connect to your phone through BitPim
- Get a data cable. I suggest you search eBay for one labeled for the 8600. USB Drivers are located here. Serial cables are able to be used.
- Download and install BitPim. You can download it here.
- Plug the cable into your phone, then plug the cable into your computer. If it is a USB cable, Windows will automatically detect the new device. Your device will be connected to a COM port on your computer. Select the Port Settings tab, then advanced to select the port number you want to use. While you're here, make sure that the connection speed is set to 115200.
- Start BitPim, and select View and View filesystem. The filesystem tab will appear. Select the Filesystem tab.
- In BitPim, select Edit... Settings. Select Other CDMA Phone for Phone Type (the others may work too). Press the Browse... next to the Com Port. A list of available COM ports on your computer should display. If you know the COM port your phone is connected to, select it from the list. If you don't know, you can either Automatic (this option is not very reliable) or you can try the COM ports one at a time until you get the right one. Press OK twice to save your settings.
- With the Filesystem tab selected, click the + sign at the top of the window. The + will change to a - and it will display receiving... for a few seconds. You will probably get an error message. If you do, just press the - sign and then press + sign again. It may take 2 or 3 times before it works. If it doesn't connect, change your COM port in the settings until you get it right.
- You will now see the directory structure for your phone and can backup, restore, and edit files on your phone.
Downloading Ringtones to your Phone
- Download any Midi Ringtone
- Connect to your phone with BitPim and upload the midi files to your /user/sound/ringer directory by right clicking on the ringer folder and selecting New file... You'll have to do this for each file. If you have ringtones already on your phone that you want to continue to use, download them (right click and click Save) to the directory where your downloaded midi's are saved.
- Download and start VoxIndexEditor, which can be downloaded here. This file will create a new index file that will identify to your phone all of the ringtones you have saved on your phone.
- In VoxIndexEditor, select the Browse... button. Browse to the folder where your .midi files are saved. Select all of the midi files in the folder (CTL + A) or all the Midi files you used, and click Open.
- Select the Save button and save the file as download-snd.txt.
- Connect to your phone with BitPim and right click on the /db/download-snd.txt file. Select Overwrite and then select the download-snd.txt file you just saved in VoxIndexEditor. Click Open.
- Go to your sound settings (Menu-6-1-1) and select My Downloads and select the ringtone you'd like to use.
Downloading Images to your Phone
- Download images to put on your phone or create your own. For best results, wallpaper images should be 128X76 pixels and screen saver images should be 128X112 pixels. Save or convert the files to .png format. If the images are too big, they will be cropped. If they are too small, there will be a border around the image. Make sure the filenames are under 16 characters. Make sure that the images are not too big in size, either.
- Connect to your phone using BitPim and upload the images to the /brew/shared/images directory (Right click on Images and click New file)
- Download and start VoxIndexEditor. Select the images radio button. Select the Browse button and select an image you'd like to add to your phone. Click OK. Repeat for each image you want to use.
- Select the Save button and save the file as store.idx. VoxIndexEditor will add a .txt extension to the file.
- Remove the .txt extension from the store.idx.txt file. VoxIndexEditor will add the .txt to the end. This extension must be removed. If the file does not have a .txt extension, make sure your computer is set to display file extensions for known files (In My Computer or Windows Explorer open the Tools drop-down menu, click Folder Options, Select the View tab, and Deselect 'Hide extensions for known file types'). The file should be named store.idx.
- Connect to your phone with BitPim and right click on the /brew folder. Select New file... and then select the store.idx file you just saved in VoxIndexEditor. Click Open to save the file to your phone. NOTE: If the store.idx file is already there, just replace it with the new file (right click on it and click Replace)
- Reset your phone.
- Go to your graphic settings (Menu-6-2-4) and select Screen Saver or Wall Paper and select the image you'd like to use. Be sure to enable the Screen Saver if you want to use it. Use the up and down navigation buttons to cycle through images.
Disabling the Verizon Wireless Banner
- This is dangerous, and you must do it with extreme caution. Please make sure to back up your eri_binary.bin file somewhere safe. We are not responsible if something is to happen with your phone.
- Connect to your phone with BitPim.
- Backup the eri_binary.bin file from the nvm/eri directory on your phone (Right click and Save). If something goes bad, just restore the original file to the phone.
- Download eri_binary.bin. This file is the patched file that will get rid of the ERI on both the inside and outside of the phone.
- Using BitPim, replace the eri_binary.bin file on the phone with the file you just downloaded by right clicking on the file and selecting Overwrite then browsing to the new file.
- Reset the phone by either right clicking on the / at the top of the BitPim window and selecting Reboot Phone OR by simply turning off then on the phone.
- The banners will be gone and will only appear if you are roaming or on Verizon's extended network.
Use Your Phone as a Modem
- Connect the cable to your phone. Turn off bitpim or any other programs that may be using the COM port for your phone.
- Download and install the modem setup program.
- The connection wizard should automatically start. If it doesn't, double click the Verizon Wireless Mobile Office icon on the desktop.
- Follow the instructions to get your phone connected.
- You can now select Express Network (there may be a charge) or Quick 2 Net (free, uses minutes), then click Connect to connect to the Internet through the cellphone.
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