Verizon Finally Enables File Transfer, Bluetooth on Motorola RAZR V3c
OH FRABJUOUS DAY!
I actually avoided updating my phone expressly because I was afraid they would remove even more functionality with the firmware update. BLUETOOTH FILE TRANSFER, MOTHERFUCKERS! *maniacal laughter*
Okay, maybe that’s a ridiculous response, but you don’t know the sort of rigging I had to do in order to transfer files off my RAZR without paying for text messages each time.
Maybe I’ll have the time to do that after work today.
RAZR users stuck with Verizon will be happy to know that the greedy com-giant has finally broken down and decided to enable file transfers on its Motorola RAZR V3c cellphones. The new uncrippled functionality requires a firmware update that has to be done at a Verizon dealer, though. After that, you can hook your phone up to the computer and use Motorola Phone Tools, letting you transfer multimedia back and forth. Plus, the UI is said to run much faster. Glory be.
Better yet, the RAZR V3c can now transfer files to and from your PC with Bluetooth, because OBEX (OBject EXchange), that service that makes Bluetooth work with the RAZR V3c (which Verizon absent-mindedly forgot to turn off when it first released the V3c), will now work again. Hee-haa!
I’m surprised that someone didn’t post a firmware hack for that online somewhere previously.
What they don’t say was that each successive software update would prevent access through more nefarious means that had been previously discovered. If you want to keep your phone up-to-date on the cell towers available, you have to play that game.
Verizon update, then hacked update to re-enable the features.. rinse repeat. :-P
Yes, except you had to wait until someone had hacked the new update.
bah. Things to do: write a program that reads the current firmware state, notes the needed changes to return to a useable state, generate patch, ???, profit.
That would be much simpler if they weren’t updating specifically to remove noticed vulnerabilities.
That would be much simpler if they weren’t updating specifically to remove noticed vulnerabilities.
bah. Things to do: write a program that reads the current firmware state, notes the needed changes to return to a useable state, generate patch, ???, profit.
Yes, except you had to wait until someone had hacked the new update.
Verizon update, then hacked update to re-enable the features.. rinse repeat. :-P
What they don’t say was that each successive software update would prevent access through more nefarious means that had been previously discovered. If you want to keep your phone up-to-date on the cell towers available, you have to play that game.
I’m surprised that someone didn’t post a firmware hack for that online somewhere previously.
That Verizon forgot to turn off…
Who the hell gives Verizon the right to play god with our mobiles anyway, eh?
remoulade!
*shrug* They buy the phones from Motorola and sell them to us to use on their service. On the one hand, we should have the right to do what we want with them, just like THEY did when THEY bought them, but on the other hand, we want to use it on their service, so they have something to hold over us.
This is a big back-step from a company that was excited at the idea of fleecing their customers out of every fucking dime they possibly could, and then realizing that the same people who buy the RAZR are those technically-savvy folk who are into the cutting edge, and are -going- to find out through forums and word-of-mouth that they simply have to buy one from a competing service to get full functionality. Oops! This ain’t no nokia 2-color!
remoulade!
*shrug* They buy the phones from Motorola and sell them to us to use on their service. On the one hand, we should have the right to do what we want with them, just like THEY did when THEY bought them, but on the other hand, we want to use it on their service, so they have something to hold over us.
This is a big back-step from a company that was excited at the idea of fleecing their customers out of every fucking dime they possibly could, and then realizing that the same people who buy the RAZR are those technically-savvy folk who are into the cutting edge, and are -going- to find out through forums and word-of-mouth that they simply have to buy one from a competing service to get full functionality. Oops! This ain’t no nokia 2-color!
That Verizon forgot to turn off…
Who the hell gives Verizon the right to play god with our mobiles anyway, eh?