anyone with a samsung A900?

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anyone with a samsung A900?

I just bought a samsung A900, upon plugging in the USB cable to the phone and the computer it said that the files were all read only, then I called samsung and they said that you need the drivers and that the usb is incompatable with mac... then I attempted to do the Bluetooth inorder to get this to work.( all I want to do is send songs to the phone) when I use the bluetooth all it shows me are the picture files that I took with the camera... I can't seem to get anything onto the phone... can anyone help me? thanks

powermac dual 2.7ghz,& 2ghz G5, imac G4 800mhz,17inch powerbook, emac 1ghz,, Mac OS X (10.4.3), 6800 Ultra

Posted on Jun 5, 2006 12:41 PM

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Dr. Smoke

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Jun 5, 2006 1:18 PM in response to The Geek

Hi, T. G.

I don't have that phone, but some research indicates the following:

• Your Samsung SPH-A900 is incompatible with iSync. See Apple's list of iSync-compatible devices.

• The PCLink software from Samsung is exclusively for Windows PCs running WIndowss 98, CE, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.

• Unfortunately, Mark/Space, the makers of the "Missing Sync" series of products, no longer has a product that works with Samsung phones.

• A reading of the manual for the SPH-900 from Sprint indicates that if you buy music from the Sprint music store, you get two songs: one in AAC+ format that only plays on the phone and a second in WMA format. I suspect the WMA file is protected with WMA-DRM (Windows Media Audio - Digital Rights Management) and will not play on your Mac. The free Flip4Mac WMV player, which adds support for playing Windows Media files in QuickTime, does not support files protected with WMA-DRM.

• This Google search finds this page where, down in the "Comments from readers" section, a Mac OS X user named "iSleek" posted on Mar 09 2006 a workaround for downloading MP3 files to the phone using Bluetooth.

You may want to look into the other Google search results above, but frankly I'd recommend returning the phone in exchange for one that is iSync-compatible. In particular, look at the chart at the bottom of the iSync-compatible devices page for those manufacturers whose phones support the widest exchange of data between your Mac and the phone.

Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
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The Geek Author

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Jun 6, 2006 5:55 PM in response to The Geek

ok, I finally gotit to work... you need to go into the blue tooth settings on the phone and switch the FTP folder to the media one... once that is done just send the music to the phone( only the media folder is accessable). Once that is done listen to the music in mass storage....

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Dr. Smoke

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Jun 7, 2006 1:56 AM in response to The Geek

Exactly. That is what was suggested in this link to which I pointed you from the Google search.

Since the information in my post apparently solved your problem by pointing you to the necessary tip, you may want to mark my post here as Solved as it solved your problem and may help others with the same problem that find your topic know the post that contains the answer. Click the Solved button in that post above.

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Good luck!

😉 Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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