LG Env Touch VX11000 and iSync...no support?

The problem is with the phone, not iSync.

Phones need to support the industry-standard SyncML protocol for syncing. Hundreds of phones by manufacturers such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung & Motorola do. Unfortunately, LG have not bothered to implement this industry standard in their phones (except one - the LG KM900 Arena), so without that iSync support is impossible.

Complain to LG, as they're just going to fall further and further behind other manufacturers by not implementing industry standards.

Your only workaround is to send vCards exported from Address Book to the phone via Bluetooth. However this is not syncing, just a one-way copy.

JohnBarrett,

I had similar feelings about iSync and LG when I bought a the LG vx8500 White Chocolate phone two years ago. While there is no iSync run-around, there is a way to sync your phone with your mac. The program BitPim can be used to sync wallpapers, ringtones, and contacts to LG phones. It aint pretty and it can be glitchy. I'm not sure if they have updated for the LG env Touch, seeing as it was just released. I hope it works for you, I’m about to purchase the Touch as well.

You can find BitPim here: http://osx.iusethis.com/search?q=bitpim

Hope this Helps.

JohnBarrett,

I received my env Touch two days ago and have been able to successfully use BitPim to send photos to it.

The following forum discussion roughly walked me through the process of setting up BitPim for the Touch: http://cellphoneforums.net/lg-env/t298673-problem-using-bitpim-env-touch.html

You first have to go under "Settings" then "USB Auto Detection." Select "modem mode." Then connect the phone with your mac using the cable. Fire up BitPim and open preferences. Select "LG-VX10000" as the phone type. Click on the "Browse" radio button, let BitPim search for your phone, should be quick and select the port that your phone shows a connection to. After doing so I see the following in my com port: "usb::005::003-1004-6000-02-00::2"

With those settings I have been able to send ringtones to my phone through the USB cable. I wouldn't recommend trying to send your contacts over through BitPim though. After attempting to do so I could no longer enter any contacts manually on the phone as it would not allow me to save! Plus the contacts from BitPim never showed up either. In order to fix this I had to reset my phone to the factory default and activate it again with Verizon.

So for now I'm just entering the contacts manually and sending ringtones to the phone with BitPim. I've also paired the Touch to my mac and can send songs and pictures to it over bluetooth. This works really well, much better than my old Chocolate.

We will probably have to wait for an update to BitPim before we can 'safely' sync our contacts with the Touch.

I hope this helps!

Just out of curiosity, how are you able to send images and music via Bluetooth?

Probably using the *Bluetooth File Exchange* application after pairing the Mac and phone.

Julian Wright wrote:

Just out of curiosity, how are you able to send images and music via Bluetooth?

Probably using the *Bluetooth File Exchange* application after pairing the Mac and phone.

Exactly.

My version of BitPim does not show the LG-VX11000...
How do I get it to see that model?

I'm assuming you know about "USB mass storage" option under tools. That's what I use for pics, movies, songs & docs. Or, of course, take out the miniSD and pop it into the computer. I realize this is not wireless which was the crux of your discussion, but at one point you were talking about moving files with wires and I find this pretty easy.