That's genius, I've just spent 2 hours trying to figure out how to extract some tiny yet important photos off this ancient bloody phone and this video solves the problem in five mins. Thank you very much!
Hi Dane! Thanks for the info about the Verizon difference, it was useful! Unfortunately, my Razr seems to connect for only about 5 secs before my Windows 11 Bluetooth says that it's not connected. Could this be because the old phone can't hold a connection any more? Do you have any way to fix this? Thanks!
I have no idea about Windows 11, never even used it. I would do some research on the Bluetooth settings for your laptop and see where that leads you. I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft decided to not let certain devices connect.
I tried installing different Opera Mini 4.5 releases and not a single one worked. I tried the version in this video too and had no luck either. I can still connect to the internet via the default phone's browser (after some basic configuration) but I always get the "Failed to connect to the internet" error with any Opera Mini version after the "Use data network?" question. Do you know why this might be happening? Thanks in advance.
@@danebeck7900 Awesome! I’ve aways had a massive passion for storm chasing, so that mixed with my interest with Y2K tech is simply something I CANNOT resist obsessing over! (My autism’s kinda weird with what it chooses to hyperfixate on sometimes, I can’t lie, heh.) Which tornado was this? Was it the one that struck Chickasha?
@@danebeck7900 Gotta say, that's a very lucky catch! Do you plan to post that picture sometime in full resolution? The most I've seen out of severe weather is just two funnel clouds within my area, but even so, I'm still happy to have witnessed such a force of nature in person. :P Nice tutorial by the way! It'll really help out when I get my Motorola eventually and have my project starting next year up and running!
Wrong... They used thousands of miles of wire and giant central offices with mechanical switching networks. Look up one of the many documentaries on old phone networks and you'll see what I mean. There was nothing small or low tech about it. It took up A LOT more room, you just didn't see it from inside your house.
Yep. It's kinda hard to hear in the video. I was holding the microphone of my Google Pixel next the rotary phone earpiece and it struggles to pick up the sound. It's way louder when I put my ear up to it in real life.
I have one, is pretty beat up, but I got it to charge again. I got it in 2009, it use to be with alltel, it still has that logo on it, when it comes up. About few month after we got it , alltel merged, got bought by Verizon. I would love to get it working again, thats how I found your comment, this video.
What an excellent tutorial in 2024!!!!!!! Thank you! Could you please help me to find good and reliable firmware for basic V3? I've searched everywhere but can not find from where to download?
Thanks man, I used use these 18-19 years ago and now have got my hands on a v3t from Vietnam & your video helped access the internet; thanks man appreciate it
Well done on making your own Z80 machine. I’d love to connect a HC-05 to the TEC-1G. We already have a serial protocol in place using bitbanging to a serial to USB uart, but going wireless would be very cool. Do you have any design docs or code for talking to the HC-05?
Sorry for the slow reply, I rarely check comments these days. If you're doing a Z80 to HC-05 serial connection, just skip the USB altogether and use the serial protocol. If you get a Z80 SIO or DART you shouldn't need to bitbang serial (but you can if you want to). The HC-05 needs to be set into command mode and sent a series of serial commands to establish the Bluetooth connection, then it needs to be put into data mode. It works very well once you get the HC-05 initialization right. Pretty sure the HC-05 documentation specified the command set. Send me an email and I can send you the HC-05 ASCII commands I used: danebeck84@gmail.com
do you think t-mobile is really going to shut down their gsm network on april 2nd like they say? i hope not, but theyve delayed it so much at this point its hard to tell. i dont know why they dont just go ahead and leave it up forever instead of playing these stupid games with us so i dont have to worry about getting a new cellphone.
I'm surprised you were able to browse the internet on a T-Mobile branded V3 with t-zones. The gateway/proxy servers are now dead and it is not possible to use Opera Mini.
IM FROM THE FUTURE! Ik none will see this but is it possible that I can use one without a sim? If so how can I do that? I do have a old sim but it’s dead and I am not putting money into that tbh
Idk if it’s because I have a different model, but it’s not quite working for me. I can connect to my laptop but I’m unable to send or receive any files
Kinda depends on your Android but shouldn't be that hard, just go to the file, then Share > Bluetooth... Something like that. If you're sending a photo you should compress it first so the file size is small enough for the Razr to handle.
One of the great things about Bluetooth is it doesn't go obsolete. That's for 2 main reasons: 1. Because Bluetooth is designed to be backwards compatible. That's why a 2 year old laptop and a 20 year old flip phone can connect. 2. Because it's a local connection between the two devices and doesn't rely on any outside networks. So even if there's no cell reception or WiFi, Bluetooth will work just fine.
I remember getting one of these at a gas station in Tennessee on august 4th, 2002 when I mugged a guy coming out while on a phone call 🤣🤣 was the best phone I got for free
These are fantastic! They are truly works of art. Love the "art deco" theme of the table clock. May I ask a technical question? I see that for both clocks you seem to have segments consisting of 3, 4 or 5 LEDs. I was curious if you wired them in series or in parallel. If series, then I assume 12v power supply?
Thanks, I'm a big fan of Art Deco myself. The one you're referring to was a Seth Thomas mantle clock in it's previous life. I bought it on eBay as an empty wood case. My Grandpa had one just like it and that's what I had in mind when I chose it. I even took it to his house and posed the two clocks next to each other for a photo shoot! Great question about the LEDs, they are wired in parallel in both clocks for the exact reason you mentioned, I don't want the voltages stacking up. I've read it's a "no-no" to wire LEDs in parallel but I've gotten away with it for a long time now. The pendulum clock has two power supplies: 5V for the digital chips and 3.3V for the coils that drive the pendulum. I chose a lower voltage for the coils because I drive a lot of current through them and wanted to keep power consumption lower. The "watch movement" art deco clock has a 9V power supply because it's needed for the main clock IC (MM5402N). It has a 7805 voltage regulator to reduce the 9V down to 5V for the rest of the digital chips. In both clocks the LEDs run off the 5V rail and are switched with transistors and current limiting resistors. Pretty basic actually. BTW if you wanna see a clock I'm a big fan of... check this out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X_s9EVEBLEU.htmlfeature=shared
@@danebeck7900 The Rambler clock is neat, I love the mix of technologies, thanks for the link. Nice story about the twin clocks! I absolutely love your clocks, they have a great aesthetic to them and they are truly works of art. You really deserve far more views. Your clocks have inspired me to do something similiar (but due to lack of time, it will have to wait until I retire next year). I asked about the LEDs because if in parallel, I wondered about having so many current limiting resistors, but you seem to be OK without them. I'm sure it helps that they are all identical. BTW, are they diffuse LEDs by any chance? (not that it makes much difference since viewing is typically "head on" for a clock, just curious as they are commonly used in LED "sculptures" for improved visibility at a variety of angles). See the work of Alain Le Boucher to see what I mean. It's good that you have the two systems on different supplies. I imagine you used a snubber diode and some filter caps. Not sure about the purpose of the chunky resistor though. For the pendulum clock, I was wondering how you decoded the outputs. If the mod 12 counters are BCD, then you could use a 4 to 16 demux (not so readily available), but then the outputs would be active low which means the diode "ORing" for the hour hand logic would be cumbersome due to the inversion. Yesterday evening, I prototyped a mod 12 counter that uses a pair of readily available CD4017's (you have to chain them in a special way using an AND gate in order to obtain 1 of 12 decoded outputs). That approach results in only a 2 chip solution per mod 12 counter (no IC required for the AND gate glue logic since I implemented the AND gate with diodes). Timebase excluded, I think the remainder of the clock could consist of only 9 ICs. 1 CD4040 or CD4020 for the mod 300 counter, 4 CD4017s for the two mod 12 counters, and 4 ULN2803's for the LED hour and minute hands. Thank you for your nice response!
