Enabling mp3 playback after newer versions of software on LG phones

[ClwTL]

PHONES: lg8100, lg9800 (the V), Lg8300

After software upgrades the phones as i've mentioned in other location in this forum lose the ability to play mp3 music and will only play wma. here is how to fix that.

After the software has been done...
1. From the home screen press MENU + 0
2. enter security code 000000 (unless you changed it at some point)
3. find "music settings"
4. select mp3+mod
5. press red "end" key. (phone may powercycle depending on model)

thats it, the backdoor way to keep your phone at its full functionality with regards to music

[admin_mvu]

This is a great tip. Thanks.

[ClwTL]

cdma, feel free to do the sw upgrade now. this will get it back for you

[cdma]

3. Music setting option is 11.

Once selected, it gives you 2 choices.
1) MP3 Disable
2) MP3 Enable

Very easy to change. Thanks.

I haven't actually tried to play MP3 with it yet. When I can verify that I still can, I'll let everybody know.

[dfroom]

I have tried every way I can think to get mp3s onto the Motorola Razr V3m. Nothing works. [some things work, for a cost -- see below]

Is there a reprogramming trick for this one?

This is a seriously disabled phone. Anything that is on the sd card (pictures and sounds) can't be made into wallpaper or ringtones. If you move it over, pictures are OK, but sounds are not.

Re ringtones: If you get a sound via text/video message, you can make it into a ring tone -- but if you move it to the card, it loses its capability to be a ring tone. If you try to send a video message with sound, you can not access things in the music folder.

They seem, with this one, to want all music and ringtones to come via download from their site.

I've also tried video. I made some .3gp files from things on YouTube. They play fine on my computer, but in the phone, they are a mess -- the video is so jerky, you can't see any action (it looks like a set of stills), and the sound and video get seriously out of sync with each other. [Update: I discovered that the phone wants .3p2 files. I was able to convert the .3gp files to that format, using Quicktime Pro]

For mac users, it is really harsh, since we can't (as far as I know) convert mp3 files to wma -- and wma seems to be the only thing they accept.

[Update: I can make wma files, with a combination of Quicktime Pro and Flip4MacStudio. It's pretty expensive, at $29 for QTP and $49 for F4M -- but these are useful programs for other music/video needs]

[One more thing -- to use a standard headphone for music, you need a miniUSB to standard headphone adapter; the one they supply will convert the miniUSB to a jack that accepts typical cell phone headphones. Another $10]

Are there Mac users out there who have gotten this phone to work for them?

[Update: if you spend about $90 for add ons, plus $30 or so for a 1gb microcard -- and $20 for a card reader if you don't already have one, Mac users can make this work. Altogether, this is more than the cost of the phone at its sales price of $49 (after the $50 rebate). Still, I can now put my own music on the phone, put my own videos on the phone, and -- via http://www.funformobile.com/pages/ri...adRingtone.php -- put my own ringtones on the phone for the cost of a text message.]

Granted, it will make a Bluetooth connection for syncing calendar and contacts. But this was supposed to be a music and video phone. Jeesh!

David

[admin_mvu]

The menu described above is for LG phones. There may be similar trick for doing the same for Motorola phones.

[jethro]

Hi, first post on this site. Lot's of info, THANKS to all.
Now that I've posted, "Our records indicate that you have never posted" banner should go away right?

Anyway, when I go to "music setting" as you instruct, I get a small window that opens up saying "not available". Can you tell me what that might mean? I have a LG8300. Really like the phone. Has all the features of most others 'cept the Qwerty board. Doom is a gas on it! Thanks again.

[admin_mvu]

I wonder if Verizon / LG have updated software again to prevent people from doing this....

[jethro]

It's 5:30am and I'm off to work but tonight I'll try to UL a mp3 file and see if it takes it. Never tried yet.
I'll post my success and also my SW ver. tonight.
The phone is about 1 year old. Works flawless otherwise. Never locks up, etc.

[jethro]

Originally Posted by jethro

Hi, first post on this site. Lot's of info, THANKS to all.
Now that I've posted, "Our records indicate that you have never posted" banner should go away right?

Anyway, when I go to "music setting" as you instruct, I get a small window that opens up saying "not available". Can you tell me what that might mean? I have a LG8300. Really like the phone. Has all the features of most others 'cept the Qwerty board. Doom is a gas on it! Thanks again.

Well, I guess the "not available" isn't an issue. I uploaded and played MP3 files with no problem. So I don't have to change anything to accept them. Again, the phone is about a year old and SW ver. T83VZV03.