Palm Treo Newbie needs help!!

Tinak · 03-02-2008, 09:21 AM

Hello to one and all!!!!!!

I got an unlocked Palm Treo 750 on Wednesday and am on the Meteor network

Im completely new at these kind of phones so please forgive the silliness of these questions but they are just nagging at me!!

1. Internet: im kinda confused by this. Can I hook up to wireless internet in my house like i can pick it up from my laptop??(search for the signal and enter the password) or in college where its an unsecure network. i dont really understand the actual connection method..do i have to go through my phone network provider (in this case its meteor)? if anyone has an method for doing this please let me know!!!!!!!!

2. Memory: i put a 2gb mini sd card in and switched my camera to store the pics once taken onto the memory card but when i go to take a picture it says There is not enough storage available.Please delete files or save to a different location. is there anyway that i can route all of my documents etc to the memory card as not to take up space the phone itself? Like if i go into my pictures or my videos that whats stored on the card would come up because at the moment i have pictures and stuff from my old phone that i transferred onto the memory card but there is no 'order' to the card itself (no folders saying images etc). and have to go into the storage card section to view them. is there away to do that through windows mobile or syncing because that isnt working on my comp...says that DEP is preventing the software from being installed. again only having used 83mbs of the 2gb card i was told that it was full and to delete files..

jfa · 03-02-2008, 11:49 PM

first off you need to format the mini sd card before you use or it wont store very much ie the memory message you got. As to the internet the phone has a data radio which can access the internet. I am not familar with the meteor network I am an congularly at and we have a program called media net which is used to get online. You should have an icon on the top bar of the phone with an icon that tells you is you are gprs edge or UMTS or HSDPA the last 2 being 3g if you tap that icon it should give you a dialog box and ask if you want to connect to the internet. Some regular internet sites will not allow connection to mobile phones and some sites are optimized to connect to mobile devices.

Tinak · 03-03-2008, 05:59 AM

thank you!!!!! so i just format regularly on my pc or do i do it through a specific programme?

icon???the only icons on the top bar (i think its the top bar!!!!!!!!) are the time,battery,signal and a white box with the letter 'E' in it.

thanks a million for your help!!!!!!!!

fastlerner · 03-03-2008, 09:14 AM

Originally Posted by Tinak

thank you!!!!! so i just format regularly on my pc or do i do it through a specific programme?

icon???the only icons on the top bar (i think its the top bar!!!!!!!!) are the time,battery,signal and a white box with the letter 'E' in it.

thanks a million for your help!!!!!!!!

To format, right click on the drive in Windows Explorer and select format. You'll want to use FAT32.

The "E" is for Edge. Either your area does not have 3G yet or you're still on WM5. Full HSDPA won't work until you upgrade to WM6.

Tinak · 03-03-2008, 11:26 AM

formatting didnt help as the card is 'write protected'

- its not my day is it!!!

stupid Q here...how do i know if im wm5??all it says on the startup screen (say if the battery has been taken out) is windows mobile

fastlerner · 03-03-2008, 11:34 AM

Toggle the write protect tab on the SD card so you can write to it.

To see your version, go to Start>Settings>System tab>About. It should say the OS right at the top of that screen.

Additionally, you can go the the "Phone" tab and look at the software version.

Mine is "TREO750-2.23-CNG". So it's a Cingular branded device running 2.23 (which is the version number for the unbranded WM6 rom).

WM5 devices are typically version 1.13.

Tinak · 03-03-2008, 12:02 PM

Windows mobile 6 professional.

went into the properties of the card and went into sharing and it says that its shared and went into dvanced and switched all the permissions to allow but its still wirte protected

fastlerner · 03-03-2008, 02:17 PM

I'm going to take a wild guess here that you have a MiniSD-to-SD adapter that you use when connecting to your computer.

The full size SD card (or adapter in this case) has a physical switch on the side of it for write protection. Make sure it's not set in the write protect position.

Tinak · 03-03-2008, 02:44 PM

it formatted woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!i didnt even notice that little switchy trhing!!

ok now thats cleared up i can ask the question i was getting to.. is there any way that for example if i open my music folder that it will be the music stored on the card and not the phone???or if i want to choose a ingtone i can choose from my memory card.im sorry this question is soo vague but i cant really explain it. i had an old phone and when you opened folders for pictures,videos etc it was what was stored on my memory card (you choose all media files save to card)that came up..you remove the card and open those folders there would be nothing in them.

sorry!!!!!!!!!!for nagging you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fastlerner · 03-03-2008, 03:14 PM

The ringtones will always end up in your ringtone folder on the device.

Your music can be anywhere. Windows Media Player should hunt for the music and make it available for play.

As for pictures, you can open the camera app and go into Menu>Options and choose the default storage location.