Any hope for syncing a "LG Dare" (Verizon)

I'm using an SD Card (Transcend 8GB class 6 micro SDHC with full size adapter) and an SD card reader (SanDisk ExpressCard adapter for SD and other cards). So I created a folder "my_music" right on the root of the micro sdhc card (inside it's full size adapter, inside the expresscard reader, which popped up one of those white drive icons on my desktop) and put all my .mp3 files in that folder.

The only drawback to this method is that the LG Dare sees the ._filename and the filename files; so, I went into Terminal.app (with the card back in the computer, not phone), and ran "rm /Volumes/NO\ NAME/my music/.*.mp3" (minus the quotes and of course replace "NO\ NAME" with the name of your card, if you chose to rename it.

Sorry, this doesn't answer the whole iCal type of sync for the LG Dare's calendar (but on a positive note: OS 10.6, a.k.a. Snow Leopard, promises to sync iCal with Exchange; thank you Apple).

Address Book hope:
On the Dare, go to Settings and Bluetooth and tap to TURN ON, then tap the menu icon (lower right) and then tap Discovery Mode and tap On.

On the Mac, go to Bluetooth System Preferences and click the "Show Bluetooth status in the menu bar" in the lower left and close the window and then in the bluetooth menu bar icon, select "Setup a Bluetooth device...", then pick the "Mobile phone" radio button and Continue and wait for it to find your phone (first by MAC address, then as "LG VX9700") and click Continue and Continue.

Then back on phone, tap Yes to accept pairing, and type in the Passkey on the Mac's screen (8 numbers) and tap OK, and then tap either always connect or ask (I say always connect--you'll turn off discovery, and only have Bluetooth on when you need it--to save battery, yes?).

Back on Mac, uncheck to access the internet with your phone's data if you don't have a data plan on your phone (as I don't, the whole reason to pick the LG Dare over an iPhone or Samsung Omnia) and click Continue and Quit.

Next you'll want to export all of your contacts as vCards: open Address Book and select all (apple/command key + "a" or click on the first contact, then hold Shift and click on the last contact), then right click (or hold Ctrl key down when clicking) and select "Export vCard..." and save that master vCard to whatever place (e.g. Desktop). OK; this part isn't true: you'll have to do this one at a time (ahhhhh).

Next, in the Bluetooth menu bar icon, select Send File, then browse to where ever you just save the vCards files to and select all of the files (i.e. apple "a") and click Send, then pick "LG VX9700" and click Send--hardly a sync, I know, but at least a way.

For iCal, you'll have to go third party and convert each .ics entry to a .vcs (vCal) and then you can do the same as above, but nothing native.

so i'm confused, can you check your .mac mail with the lg dare?

Yes you can now sync the LG Dare with a MAC. You will need the software from DataPilot. Go to www.datapilot.com and download their software. It costs $29.95 and it does work, although don't expect a iPhone like experience. It works pretty well.

After downloading the actual program from them, you will need to update the software to the latest and greatest, which then reveals the LG Dare as one of the supported phones. Good Luck!

Frank528 - I'm having a heck of a time getting the DARE and MAC to Sync using DataPilot -

a majority of the time it takes a reboot of the phone to get it to transfer via bluetooth and when i get it to go, it seems to be more of a File Transfer than a sync - there are no prompts for which events/contacts are to be updated, Phone-vs-Mac

what am i missing?

It doesn't sound like there is any actual sync solution for an LG Dare, although it seems there are a couple ways of manually pushing address book entries and so on back and forth (BitBlit, DataPilot).

There is a way to send all of the vcards at once, instead of one at a time. I downloaded Bitpim version 10.3 and used that to sync all contacts at once.

To get Bitpim to detect the LG VX9700 Dare phone, I added the phone as a new bluetooth device, as you suggest. Then I started Bluetooth File Exchange and browsed the phone. While Bluetooth File Exchange is browsing, launch BitPim and have it search for the phone. Presto!

To transfer vCards, export all cards as one file from Address Book, import the group vCard file into BitPim, then send the data to the Dare phone.

To move custom ringtones to the Dare, browse the file system on BitPim and drop the custom ring tones into /brew/mod/10889/ringtones.

For transferring photos, I use OSX's Bluetooth File Exchange because it's easier.

Hope this helps!

Hello all,

useing the steps above i got bitpim to see my dare through the BT connection without the cable, but now when i have bitpim try to get the contacts off of my and the bar/ description at the bottom of the program changes as it tries to pull the contacts from my dare.... after a minute i get a message saying that the /file directory has been blocked by the provider....

The person above had stated they were able to pull the contacts so i was wondering if any one else was successful at this and what software version people are using?

I think mine is the most up to date version : VX970V06

Is there any way to revert the phone back to a previous version if its the V06 that has the directory blocked?

thanks!