LG VX-8500 Chocolate

I've read on here that the EVDO can be disabled to avoid eating up the battery so fast....anyone tell me how to do it?

This is a kind of silly question but I want to know...

What does the screen show when you slide the phone shut? Does it just go off? Does it show the time for a little while before it shuts off completely?

I'm very curious and the 8500s at my local verizon are locked to their display. You can't slide them shut.

Thanks!

Is there anyway to transfer music from a mac to the chocolate without having a card reader?

Also, a question about the mp3 player. i loaded a cd on the phone and it did not put the music in track order, but rather alphabetical order. is there anyway to have the phone read my track info or is this a downfall of the mp3 player? Thanks for the help

does the phone come with any games ? just curious 😉

how is the reception on this phone in areas that are known to have low signal strength? thinking of uprgrading to this...love the design and different form factor...but i need the phone to work at home...where i normally get 0-2 bars. thanks!

Retail on this phone is pushing 400 bucks... customers are getting a huge discount with new service.... godiva chocolate for hershey price... i think so

Alright, so I got the phone on Monday, got the music essentials as a package with it, so I get home and install everything including the drivers, plug the phone in and hit sync and it gives me this message.

"Connect Failure"
"Please check your cable connection the PC"

Well I checked it, tried a few more times, then called verizon. I was on the phone for about 3 hours trying to figure it out, they came to the conclusion that my cable must be bad. So I returned it today and got a new one, just got home, and I get the same problem ☹️

Anybody able to help me out?

anyway to get mp3 to play in track order or am i stuck with alphabetical, date and size? i mostly listen to live concerts and id like to keep a show in the right track order if possible. any ideas?

After doing some consumer research I am possibly planning to buy the LG VX-8500. I like this phone because of it's features especially the music player. I love to listen to music non stop. Having a music player within a mobile phone is awesome and convenient. So my concern is that Verizonwireless.com stated that it doesn't support 2.5mm headset and that it comes with an adapter. For the ones who have this phone, could you explain this adapter and what it does. I am thinking that the adapter must be used in order to use a 2.5mm headset. With that said is it possible to connect the phone with regular listening headphones by purchasing another adapter?

Your help with the 8100 was bar none the best.
so here are some q's
1. can i use ringtones like the 8100 could with smaller made files. how do i get them on the phone?
2. can i use my own pictures.
3. bitpim yet?

anything else you have discovered would be great. #1and#2 are big deals for me...mp3 is not so much.

Does the battery on the chocolate get eaten up quicker when you are utilizing the music function? I am an extremely avid music lover and this phone may just be the thing to prevent me from getting an ipod. I don't want to have to carry a million electronic devices around. Let me know what battery longevity is like with MP3 utilization and what not

Thanks,

Michael

Little upset. First I will start with the pros: This phone is cool, i love the ui, you can customize a ton! took verizon banner off, got rid of red, animated walpaper, you can set the shortcut keys, you can send ringtones through mms no problem. I love the size, doesn't feel any bigger than my razr. Battery life seems ok. Bluetooth clarity is excellent, worked just as well as my razr, and far better than 8100. Sound is great, just as clear and loud as razr in earpiece and ringtone. Ringtones not as loud as 8100/8300 but still very good sound. Now I am not going to cry about the speaker phone, I never use it and knew it was absent before purchase.

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I bought a Micro SD card and have been putting my mp3 songs on it and when I put it into my Chocolate all that shows up is the song title. And when I go to options > song info it says No Info in the author.

I was wondering if anybody knows how to edit the song information and put the singers in the info so I can see it when it plays.

Thanks

This would be my first bluetooth headset (yes I'm running late as usual). Thinking about the Jabra BT620. Looking for these features in order...

1. sound quality
2. bluetooth reception
3. build quality

So what is the best 'bang for the buck' headphones?

If you needed any proof that cellphones today are often about everything but phone calls, Verizon Wireless this week made that case by releasing a phone called the Chocolate, produced by LG, the big Korean electronics company.

The Chocolate can make and receive phone calls and text messages, but it's designed as a music player first. In fact, it was crafted to look like an Apple iPod, right down to its most prominent feature, a navigation wheel. Verizon is heavily hyping the Chocolate, hoping to capture some of the same sort of buzz that catapulted the iPod, and later Motorola's RAZR phone, into the status of cult-style accessories.


The Chocolate will hit Verizon stores next week and is available at Verizon's site for $150.
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i moved mp3s to my mp3s and the phone doesnt see them how do get this to work so i can play tunes on my phone? any help appreciated, thanks 😁

I'm interested in getting the 8500 but am concerned, as a MAC OS X user, about HOW to get tunes and pix from my Mac to the phone?! Windows Media Player only comes in 9 for the Mac (currently) and I understand you need *10* to transfer files. Any ideas or help? TIA! :-)

I just joined Phone Scoop after purchasing the Chocolate! Thanks everyone for all the great info on it!

im debating between the chocolate and the vx 9800 (the v) and i need a lil help. i text alot but i also love listening to music alot. speakerphone isnt rele a big deal to me cuz i prefer bluetooth anyway and most of the time i dont feel like announcing my convo to the world. so i guess my ? is ... which phone is better all around?

I will be purchasing the Choclate in the near future and I had a quick question...

Is the Music Essentials Kit (Software, USB Cable & Headset) from Verizon needed to transfer music/video from your PC to the phone? If you already have a USB cable can you just use Windows Media Player 10 to transfer the music?

Thanks!