[Rimmer8]

Hi all. I've seen a few posts about mobile phones here and though I'm not sure it's really the right spot to ask, I'll post in desperation....

I've just bought a Nokia 6225 CDMA phone (prepaid with Telstra) and have spent about 2 days admiring the shiny case and playing with the camera etc. Now I'm foolishly trying to get it to work.

I installed the Nokia PC Suite software on my Win XP SP2 P4 PC and plugged in a no-name IrDA dongle to try out the new facilities, check out what the photos *really* look like, fool around with a ringtone or two, compose some text messages, etc. Of course nothing worked - phone not detected. I found out the version of PC Suite provided was pretty old and downloaded v6.6.18 from Nokia asia-pacific - much better! The phone is detected and things now say they are working. They are not actually working but they do say they are working - e.g I typed in about a dozen contact names and numbers and downloaded them to the phone - yep, fine, done. Look at the phone - nothing changed!
Next stop is find a new driver for the IrDA dongle - got a generic SigmaTel driver and installed that - after a settings tweak (stab in the dark) it seems to work fine. Now about 50% of the PC Suite functions work properly - I must say as this is my first experience with a "modern" mobile phone I'm really shocked at how crappy the software provided is, with all the millions of mobiles Nokia sells I thought I'd be getting smooth state of the art stuff but this looks more like it was written by some high school kid in 1995.... but I rant.

I have two specific problems that I have been unable to find help on so my questions are:

1.I can't send SMS messages and the Telstra guide tells me to check the Short Message Service Centre number is set correctly.

2. There is a "My Number" display and it displays a disconnected number, nothing to do with me. (This IS a brand new phone).

I can find no reference to these settings in the menus or on the Nokia website, there are murmurings about a program which will allow you to fiddle with more advanced settings but this seems to be available only for GSM phones. I did ring the shop where I bought it about the "My Number" problem and they were no help. What should I do next? Can anyone tell me the codes to check these things?

If this is not the place for this kind of query can anyone direct me to a suitable help site? Thanks for reading this far.

[bonzobob999]

I've never liked Nokia suite, you might want to try Oxygen phone manager. http://www.opm-2.com/OPM2/

As for the other problems you might want to try here http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/index.php
They have a section on CDMA phones..........sorry more of a GSM fan myself.

[Rimmer8]

Thanks for the links bonzobob999.

The SMS prob was an account snafu, nothing to do with the phone. Oxygen looks good for sorting out the other prob. Other site ~way~ over my head!

[bonzobob999]

Originally Posted by Rimmer8

Thanks for the links bonzobob999.

The SMS prob was an account snafu, nothing to do with the phone. Oxygen looks good for sorting out the other prob. Other site ~way~ over my head!

No problem
You may want to try a hard connection from phone to PC via the CA-42 Data cable IR connections can sometimes have restrictions/drop outs. Don't by an aftermarket cable though go for a genuine Nokia.
Some US phones also have "Branded" software (custom software/firmware installed to suite the provider) which can restrict access to certain features/settings.

Your correct about the Nokia suite though, you would expect better from them.