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Samsung SYNC SGH-A707

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Jul 12, 2007, 9:52 PM

I have the A707, and for everything it can do, I have found that there are ten things it WONT do.
-How do I take a picture from my phone to my computer (via USB)?
- No matter what, I cant turn a MP3 clip(as short as 9 secs) into a ring tone. How do I turn it into a file it will read?
-How am I supposed to convert a MP3 to a mmf? Why should I even have too? This phone seems like it cant do anything unless you pay for it first.

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dgstrawn

Jul 13, 2007, 5:43 AM

Picture from phone to computer via USB - are you using Samsung PC Studio v3.1.1 available from their website? There is an icon in the program "Transfer Files" that is for that purpose. A bluetooth dongle may be much better, I just got one and will try it tomorrow. I actually now prefer to move the photos over to my microSD card, plug the card into a card reader plugged into a USB port and directly drag and drop my files (music and pics). Its much faster.
MP3 as ring tone - I transfer my MP3 files (under 300Kb) to My Stuff > On Phone > Audio.
Then press the right side button, select Profiles > Normal > Options > Edit > Voice Call Ringtone > Options > Change > On Phone Audio > Select then locate by scrolling down to your file. Select Opti...
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amp3E

Oct 19, 2007, 7:33 PM

On the question of audio files:
www.magix.com
is a useful ringtone maker (desktop application- $)
www.zamzar.com
converts mp3 to .mmf, the tone format for the A707
(web application- free) 🙂

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dgstrawn

Oct 20, 2007, 6:20 AM

MMF tones are worse than lousy on the sync and is only the tone format for messages. MP3 is the preferred format for ringtones.