Hello, I have cingular service.... Right now i have the razr, but i need to get another phone... Does anyone have any of the PDA's available through cingular. And if so, does it work well with your car... battery meter, caller id, signal strength... i don't want to go to the store and get a phone , just to return it bc it didn't work... i have looked through the different links on this site and i didn't see any PDA's.. particularly i was looking at the cingular 8125 pocket pc, but any info on the other PDA/ Crackberrys would be appreciated.. thanks

 

Try this link.

 

I have the 8125. Great phone with tons of capabilities. Check out howardforums.com There are a ton of hacks available. The 8125 works well with my 06 TL. Handsfree link is flawless. Caller ID works well with the TL. I will check out the other features. I just got my TL a couple weeks ago and haven't had time to look at all the phone features with the TL, but I am also curious.

 

thats great news... i was looking at a few sites, also the one that ,streese, suggested but i didn't see that phone... i like the 8125 bc it is similar to my sidekick and you hold it sideways to use the keyboard... i just have one more question.. do you have to pair it up everytime you enter the car... my razor is real annoying bc everytime i get in the car, i need to enable the bluetooth and it syncs to the car... i would rather have the car detect the phone everytime i get into the car...

 

No need to pair every time with the 8125. Just pair it once and you are good to go. I ran into an issue where I left my bluetooth activated on my phone while in my house and when I received calls, my calls were going to the bluetooth in the TL from in the house. I guess I was in the 30 ft range. Either way, I really like the 8125. There are a ton of applications. and the sound quality is good. The processor on the phone can be slow at times, but there is an overclocker and even with the standard processor speed and memory, I can watch DIVX movies without any a/v glitches. I would recommend.

 

I use the BB 8700c and it works great! My friend has the 8125 and she loves it. She has literally tried every pda Cingular has come out with lately too (HP, BB, Siemens, Treo). So she's put them all to the test. So it's really just a matter of preference.

 

I just got a Blackberry 8700c and I love it. It works wonderfully with our cars and it really isn't that cumbersome of a device. I have a friend that is manager at a Cingular store and I was about to get the 8125 but he said if you are hard on your phone, then don't get you are better off with something else. So I opted for the Blackberry and I have no regrets.

On a different note, if you don't mind spending some cash, the Nokia 9300 is a really cool device. I played around with it but I couldn't justify spending the extra money on the phone, but I will admit it is really slick.

 

I have the Razr and it pairs by itself. My guess is that you don't have the phone configured correctly.

Look at Settings/Connections/BTLink/Setup and make sure Power is ON.
Then check Settings/Connections/BTLink/DeviceHistory/HandsFreeLinkTM and make sure Access is set to AUTOMATIC.

See if that helps.

 

I tried that... i tried everything.. the phone is set to automatic and the power is "on", but still everytime i get inside the car (unless i made a quick trip and was out of the car for no more than 10 mins) i have to tgurn the BT of the phone on and the car finds it.... its kinda annoying... The razr i have is an unlocked version of the black razr.. i will probably keep the phone bc i absolutely love it.. it is so small and i just put it in my pocket.. my business partner wants to buy me a new phone bc he hates to see me walk around with my sidekick 2 and the razr all the time.... I am going to the cingular store tomorrow to get a phone.. probably the 8125 bc it remindes me of my current sidekick.. i will let you guys know tomorrow how i make out.

 

just bought the 8125 over the weekend.... great phone... still trying to get used to it.... i have been reading Howardforums.com for the past few days and i feel like i am totally lost.... but anyway... the BT works well with the car.. does not show battery strength nor does it show signal.. shows the antenna, but does not show the strength.. thanx all for your help. im still gonna keep my razr and just change the sim card when i wanna use it... i could not see me carrying the 8125 into a bar or a club i definetelly won't be "that guy"....

 

Has anyone figured out how to get phones that initially do not display the battery or signal strength to display it aftermarket? To get that functionality does an update need to come from the provider (Cingular) or the maker of the phone? The last two phones I've had displays everything (battery, signal, caller id) and so I would hate to "upgrade" phones but lose functionality.

I looked on that howardforums some, but every search I did for this phone brought back topics that had 75+ pages of replies.

 

I have also read that 75+ page thread. it took me all day with a lot of breaks. but still, the first few pages were the most important.. I still do not have battery nor signal strength.but the CID works flawlessly... I did not think it was possible to get these features to work if they do not already, although, i have not looked to deeply into it. my razr only showed signal and CID, I do miss the signal strenght but i have been dealing without it... good luck and please post if you do find a way to get these items to work...

 

Hey there!
My new Blackberry 7100g that I ordered through Cingular on Monday is due to arrive via FedEx this afternoon (WOOHOO - NOW MORE WORK ALL THE TIME!) and per Acura's website it is supposed to completely work with the car. Whereas my current Motorola V557 only shows the signal strength.

I'll let you know when tomorrow!

 

I am looking at the 8125, but acura's website (www.handsfreelink.com) details the problems referred to about signal strength and battery level. The more troubling thing they assert is that call waiting does not in any way work with the handsfreelink system, and callers who call when you are on a call will get bounced to voicemail. Can anyone who has a TL (mine is a 2005) confirm of deny this? Thanks

Todd

 

My new BlackBerry 7100g works great with the car; everything works.

I was hoping that I hadn't made the wrong choice in BB's, but I really like this unit. The phone itself is small, the signal and battery (so far) seem to be strong, and it's efficient.

 

Hmm... i m gonna have to check. i have not been on the HFL in the car and another call come through.. i will do a check later to see if i can find out... the battery level and signal do not show on the MID. Although, the little antenna for the signal is present..

 

thanx for letting me know... my friend was looking at that Blackberry but was hesitant bc he didn't know if it would work in his car.. i will pass the info on to him.
P.S. i was in harrisburg last weekend.. My mission was to find you driving your white TL with the gold package.. but no luck. . i went to the carlisle show... had a good time.

 

DAMN! Wish I would have known; my man and I could have met up with you at the Car Show. Although, we didn't go. In fact, I didn't even know about it until I saw it on the news; if I had, we would have went - it looked like fun. Carlisle is about a 45 minute ride from here....

I was in Philly this past Tuesday, although not in my TL. Ate lunch in Manyunk and did business. I saw quite a few TL's around the way while I was there. Of course.

Did you decide on a particular PDA yet?

 

yeah i got the 8125... it is awesome... i was on howardforums, seems to be a lot of buzz about it their. it works awesome, but i still have my razr... when i go out at night, i usually bring it with me instead of the bulky 8125.. just change the sim card and your good to go..

 

Any word on the call waiting thing?

 

hey toddm.... i just did it today... i was on the phone with someone and i made my friend call me... Call waiting worked no problem.. i heard the beeps on the HFL and the CID showed the number trying to call me... i hope this helps... it did not go to voicemail..

 

Drdamian,

Thanks so much! That definitely helps me make the decision! I appreciate it.

 

glad i could help... its really a cool phone.. i had a sidekick 2 which was super easy to use.. I didn't like the 8125 at first but now its growing on me...

 

Got my 8125. Love the phone and pocket pc funtionality, but one issue. Have an 05 tl, and the bluetooth is acting funny. Everything works great except call waiting. I see the call waiting on the CID screen, but when I hit talk on the steering wheel, the new call is picked up by the handset. the only way to return to the HFL is by doing voice command "transfer". Help anyone?

Todd

 

Oh wow,,, i havent tried that yet... when i checked for the caller id to work, i had my girlfriend in the car i made her call me while i was on another call... i never tried to answer the call i only saw that the HFL displayed her number... i will try tonight to see what happens when i try to anwer it while on the phone...

 

If you get a second call, the call waiting data will display and the second call, if unanswered, will eventually go to voicemail. Things get messy if you actually try to answer the call.

With regard to signal strength and battery level... THERE IS A FIX!

Take a look at http://www.jetwaremobile.com/index.htm - This is a software package that adds a suite of features on top of the bluetooth stack on the 8125 (doesn't replace the bluetooth, just enhances it). There are a whole slew of customizable options, among them are signal strength and battery level... Those work perfectly. There are some other options which don't fix the call waiting problem but suggest to me that call waiting MAY get fixed as more features are added to this package.

 

Cool! This software worked like a champ on my T-mobile MDA (same thing as Cingular 8125). It got the signal indicator and the battery level to display on the HFL. It sux that I can't get call waiting to work tho.

 

Thanks for the tip! Battery level and signal strength working fantastic! Thanks so much for the help!

Todd

 

It looks like most of the people on this thread have gotten their 8125's to work with HFL--I'm wondering if anyone though has been able to get Acuralink to work with an 8125 (or equiv, such as the T-Mobile MDA, or any phone using the HTC Wizard hardware). I'm able to get my Sony Ericsson T68i to work with Acuralink, but not the 8125. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.