Katana Cable

[GeezerB]

Just bought my daughter a Katana II for holiday. Can anyone tell me what cable this phone uses to connect with my laptop? I previously had only Samsungs so I'm unclear what the requirements are for this brand.
Thanks in advance for your help as I can't seem to get her to hand over the phone for my inspection:haha:

[Dnewish2]

I just bought one on E-bay for like $7. Cheap but without a driver so for the moment it's just useful for charging my phone.
I just got it tonight and I've not had more that a few minutes to fool with it so far. though I know there is only limited things that you can transfer with any cable on the katana s
I'm looking for a vista or compatable driver if anyone knows of one and can point me in the right direction.

[GeezerB]

Thanks, I ordered one from Ebay. I use Susteen so the drivers should be included with the program. Did you try the Spring PCS web site? That's where I got drivers for my Samsung.

[Dnewish2]

I downloaded the minpim software. it shows an auto connect attempt without success.
I may have to read the faq and see if i'm missing something. lmk how it goes for you when you get your cable.

[PrincessPixie]

You can download the Sanyo drivers from the Sprint website. The driver there DOES work with Vista.
Sanyo uses 1 cable for all phones so the Katana cable fits the 8400, etc.

[Dnewish2]

I just found the connection manager download on the sprint site.
hopefully that will get me going.
:rolleyes:

[hpxtreme]

im havin such a hard time with my katana II, all i want to do is upload ringtones and wallpapers with this cheap usb cord that i bought. lets all try to work together and get this stupid thing working. i tried installing the driver thing from sprint and then using bitpim but nothig works, ive tried diff steps and everything, anyone with luck?

[Dnewish2]

While i haven't tried a katana II yet. I do know that there is no way to upload pix, wallpapers or ringtones directly from a pc to a katana, and the II isn't much different. You are just gonna have to use a vision plan to do that. I downloaded the contents of my phone with a cable and bitpim last week. it clearly indicates that you can only upload contact and calender data back to the phone.

[GeezerB]

According to the Datapilot site, the software will only read/write contacts & calendar entries. It will pull imgs but can't upload them.
Strange but there are free uploaders that you can use to send ringtones to your phone.

[Dnewish2]

Sorry. You can upload ringtones via text message. so you don't have to have a vision plan for that.
it's not really different for me as a single text kicks in vision ($15) and text ($5) and per message at ($0.15).

[jdb20]

Sorry. You can upload ringtones via text message. so you don't have to have a vision plan for that.
it's not really different for me as a single text kicks in vision ($15) and text ($5) and per message at ($0.15).

I have a ringtone on my krzr and want it on my katana II. Can you explain how to text the ringtone? Thanks!

[Studogvetmed]

Bitpim doesn't allow ringtone transfer yet, if ever...

What I am doing with my katana right now is using www.funformobile.com

I set up a free account on my home computer and activated my "funblog" I then sent some ringtones to my site (find the uploader to your personal albums NOT the text messenger uploader). I then go to the mobile web at the website for your funblog you give. You can then access your albums of different content and download from there.

I tried the focus updater here, but never got a text and funformobiles text uploader got me a text message, but sent me to a "File not found" The other way has been more reliable and in the end only costs me casual data and no text message fee. If I keep my ringers and desktops small, casual data shouldn't be too bad to get an initial setup.

I'd prefer "completely free" via bitpim, but I don't do too many ringers day to day, I just need to get an initial supply.

Volume is a strange issue though, they can sound pretty quiet on the Katana.

Check the compatible files. Sounds like it's just midi, AAC, and QCP for the katana, no MP3.