VX6000 Speakerphone mode: I figured it out!
Steve Crow
VX6000 somehow slipped into a speakerphone mode. Well, tonight I figured
out how to force this, and here's the procedure.
-- Initial Preparation: One-time Setup --
It requires a little bit of initial setup which can be a little bit of a
pain. Basically you need to make sure you have a voice ringer on your
phone. The easiest way to produce one of these is to go into the Voice
Memo feature, record a quick memo (can be silence if you like), save it,
then go into Send Pix Message in the Camera mode, enter your cell number
as the destination, go down to Sound, hit OK, choose Voice Memo, and
select the memo you just recorded. Send it. When you receive the message,
select Save Sound from the options menu and enter a name of some sort.
-- Starting Speakerphone Mode --
Now you're all set. To initiate Speakerphone mode, you need to press and
hold the * key twice to throw the phone in Silence All mode. Go into your
My Media menu (Menu + 7), Music (2), and scroll down to the voice memo you
saved as a voice ringer. Let the phone sit there for a few seconds, then
hit End to return to the main screen.
If you like, you can now hold * a few seconds to exit Silence All mode.
Place a call. To turn the Speakerphone on, press any key.
-- Drawbacks/Bugs/Needs Further Investigation --
The press-any-key-to-go-speakerphone functionality seems to remain active,
surviving power-cycles, until you remove the battery. I haven't found a
way to turn off this functionality without killing power to the phone, but
then again, most of my work tonight has been focused on getting the phone
INTO speakerphone mode, not out of it.
Obviously, this is better suited for use as a "toy" feature more than
something that will appeal to die-hard speakerphone fans, since there's no
way to toggle the speakerphone off during a call. You need to pop the
battery off and reboot. But, again, I'm sure someone else will find a way
around this and will post it here (e-mailing me a copy of the details
while they're at it, of course).
So there you go. Enjoy. :)
Steve
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Steve Crow
> [snip]
>
> Nice work! While I don't own a VX6000, I wish I could get a Kyocera
> 2325 in your hands to see if you could get the hidden speakerphone
> capability working in that thing.
singha_lvr
<gh...@general.lee> wrote:
>On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 21:42:00 -0400, Steve Crow <sc...@stevecrow.net>
>wrote:
>
>>Hmmmm... a 2325. Might be doable...
>>
>
>I understand it has speakerphone capability built in, but VZW had it
>disabled in their units. I just picked up my 11th 3035 today in about
>15 months. The store manager would love to get me over to the 2325,
>but I have issues with that model. Small screen, can't force keyguard
>when plugged into external power, and no speakerphone. If I could
>resolve the speakerphone issue, I think I could live with the rest. I
>just need to get on a stable platform, and I LOVE Kyocera's feature
>set (scheduler, phone book, etc.).
I just switched from the 3035 to the VX 6000. While I *LOVE* the 6000
(it makes the 3035 feel like a 30 year old car) I am sure that I'll
miss the simplicity of the speakerphone on the 3035. It was a VERY
nice feature.
(But I will NOT miss the periodic reboots from the perpetually loose
battery on the 3035.) <GRIN>
rafael
this hacked speakerphone mode is the speakerphone loud enough to hear
without putting it up near your ear?
Steve Crow
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, singha_lvr wrote:
-- snip --
> (But I will NOT miss the periodic reboots from the perpetually loose
> battery on the 3035.) <GRIN>
>
True, but I'm sure you will enjoy the periodic reboots from the
who-knows-what in the VX6000.
Steve
Steve Crow
their phones, while I have received an almost equal number saying it has
worked fine. Guess it might matter if you're on different software, though
I'm not sure how many different software versions there are... I am on
T60VZV05.
Steve
rafael
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louder??
rafael <raf...@earthlink.net> wrote in article
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Steve Crow
Steve
George
wrote:
>
> -- Drawbacks/Bugs/Needs Further Investigation --
> The press-any-key-to-go-speakerphone functionality seems to remain
> active, surviving power-cycles, until you remove the battery. I
> haven't found a way to turn off this functionality without killing
> power to the phone, but then again, most of my work tonight has been
> focused on getting the phone INTO speakerphone mode, not out of it.
If you go and listen to another ringer it will shutoff the speakerphone
mode.
I also noticed that when mine was in speakerphone mode it hummed and
crackled even when not on a call. I would imagine it will drain the
battery more quickly when in this mode.
Steve Crow
yes, I noticed the battery drains VERY fast while operating in this mode.
Steve
Wayne P
Steve: Tried your method and it worked...however I don't have the same
problem shutting the program off. I just power down and power up again
and the speakerphone goes off. I do not have to remove the battery. I
am on the same software version!!!Have no clue why you are having a
problem...Have you loaded a picture in the power on and power off
mode???
Wayne
Steve Crow
I have verified that I also do not have to remove the battery. Apparently
I was having some (unrelated?) quirks at the time.
Steve
On Thu, 10 Sep 2003, Wayne P wrote:
> Steve: Tried your method and it worked...however I don't have the same
> problem shutting the program off. I just power down and power up again
> and the speakerphone goes off. I do not have to remove the battery. I
> am on the same software version!!!Have no clue why you are having a
> problem...Have you loaded a picture in the power on and power off
> mode???
> Wayne
>