Saturday, May 27, 2006

Installing R Connect on LG Reliance Phones

Setting up R Connect is pretty simple for all the LG phones. I have tried setting it up for LG LSP 350 R, LG LSI 110 both of which are Fixed Wireless Phones and also RD 5130 which is a CDMA mobile. Dont expect the Reliance call centre guys to help you out as they are worthless and pass on lots of wrong information.Looks like they are not trained for handling R Connect problems.
The process is very simple and goes as follows:
1.Get the data cable for your phone. For most of the models you have to buy the data cable separately. The showroom price is 1200 bucks, but u can easily get it from ebay at a fraction of the cost. I recently bought the data cable for LG LSI 110 for Rs. 150 only whereas the showroom price was around Rs.1200. Also note that data cables of two models may or may not be compatible. For example data cable of LG LSP 350 R and RD 5130 models are absolutely compatible but that of LG LSI 110 is different. Note the CD accompanying datacable is not useful for Rconnect try to keep it away from ur system :).
2.Download the RConnect software corresponding to your phone from here. Note you must directly install this software and not the one on the CD accompanying the data cable.
3.Install the R Connect software downloaded from the above site. Make sure you have not plugged in the USB cable yet into your CPU. Doing so might lead to errors and problems.
4.After installing some files and drivers , the installation wizard explicitly asks you to plug in the USB end of the data cable to the PC. Only now should you connect USB end of the datacable to the PC.Make sure that before connecting hte USB end to the PC the other end is connected to your phone.
5.As soon as you plug in the USB end into the PC the new hardware wizard pops out and asks you to detect.You should select "Run this time only" option and click on next. It will ask you to install recommended driver and you must faithfully click on finish button. This happens three or four times before you can finish the installation of R Connect.
6.After the installation is completed, the installation wizard asks you to restart the PC. Restart and you are ready.
7.After restarting click on the R Connect icon and enter the user name and password both of which are usually the phone number.
The browsing speed as per my experience is ok and RConnect is recommeded only for antique applications like email and content browsing. For serious downloaders some broadband connection will help better.
If I missed some points or if you want to add something pls add in the comments. I will update this post if comments are compelling.
Hope this helps. Bye for now.

Updated Link for r-connect phone drivers -> click here