Ringtones without Internet or Text Messaging?

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cezzium
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Jan 27, 2005, 2:26 AM

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I have several Sanyo phones with Sprint PCS (4900, 4920, 7200). All are capable of accepting ringtones.

We downloaded a few during our "free" internet access days after buying a phone.

My question is how would one import/download ringtones without an cell phone internet connection? I did not want the expense or hassle of internet (teenager in the house) on the phones so we did not keep it...

I bought a cable and software from ebay, but it appears the software uses your "web connection" to work via a wired network...

I believe SnapMedia is another option, but would prefer not to blow another $30 before asking since I'm already in for $20.

Any help from the ringtone experts would be most appreciated.

Thanks

celia

teleguy
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Jan 31, 2005, 4:47 PM

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Cezzium--

Even if you do not subscribe to Vision service, your phones should be able to use the Vision feature. (The difference is that instead of unlimited access for a few $ a month, you will be charged per kb of data.) Probably your teenager will figure this out soon and use Vision to access the web.

Your options are:

Subscribe to Vision---- if your three phones are all sharing minutes, this should run a total of $25 per month (15 for the 1st phone, 5 for the AAPs) You will receive a credit toward downloading premium services such as ringers every month. With Premium Pak it is $10 per month; so you can download $10 worth of ringers each month and still your cost is only $25 per month. (With Picture Pak the credit is only $5 per month since it gives you Unlimited Picture Mail.)

Do not subscribe to Vision---- use it occasionally and pay per kb of data downloaded from the web while surfing; and pay for each ringer that you want. You can then hope your teen doesn't use it much or is willing and able to pay his bill when he does.

Do not subscribe to Vision, then Disable Vision on the handset, and figure out some other way to download ringers etc (as you were attempting to do) ----some handsets allow this. On your 4920 you would go from the Menu to Settings>PCS Vision>Disable Vision>Disable (right softkey).

Again your teenager can probably figure out how to Enable it again quickly, so what have you gained?

Also non Sprint ringers are basically software that may or may not be fully compatible with your phone, and the stories are numerous of those problems that can be generated. If you are very tech savvy and love solving those type problems, this can be very entertaining.

Enough with the tough choices. On the positive side, Vision gives you some great features and will probably have something to appeal to at least several members of your household including remote access to your home or office PC; IM capability thru AOL, Yahoo or MSN Messenger; access to eBay, Fidelity, Schwab, Ameritrade and a lot more.

Hope this helps. I have 2 teens and 2 soon to be, so hang in there.