[wplug] OT cell phone help

[Janos Dohanics]

On 5/16/2014 5:01 PM, Pat Barron wrote:
> Agreed, easiest way to transfer contacts is probably to make sure
> they're on the SIM card.
>
> Phone has USB, but it looks like you need Sony's "Media Manager"
> software (which only runs on Windows, of course...) to use USB to move
> data (photos and music) to/from a computer.
>
> I had to pull some photos off of a low-end flip phone phone like this a
> while back, and what I found is that I was able to use Bluetooth to pair
> the phone with my laptop (which also has Bluetooth) and copy the files
> over that way.  According to the user guide, this phone also supports
> this type of file transfer via Bluetooth.  It's very slow, but may be
> the path of least resistance for recovering whatever music and photos
> are on the phone. Assuming, of course, you can keep the phone running
> for long enough to do the transfer before it shuts down randomly.  The
> biggest advantage is that this way doesn't require you to install any
> additional software - as long as the computer you're sending the data to
> has Bluetooth, and can transfer files over Bluetooth, you're all set.
>
> User guide for this phone is here, if that helps you:
>
> http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/tm506/userguide_AE_TM506_1208-0969.1.pdf
>
> --Pat.

Lazy me, never looked at this... thanks for the hint.

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Janos Dohanics