Customer Reviews

For Cingular LG CU500 CU320 CU400 L1400 USB Cable

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This cable is a good value at the price, but its use may be misunderstood. You must use it in conjunction with an optional 1 Gigabyte (check your manual, my phone won't recognize 2G) expansion Micro SD flash memory card. This item can be purchased online in bulk packaging (also includes the standard Compact Flash adapter for use on non-micro devices) for around $6.50 each - be sure to buy Sandisk vs. off brands. There are reports of some non-Sandisk cards not being recognized in LG phones.

Once you've installed the micro sd card, connect your phone to the PC via this cable. When Windows prompts you to install new hardware (the phone), hit "CANCEL". You don't need to install any drivers. Once you've cleared all the auto-install Windows prompts, the flash card will show up as a removable storage device under "My Computer".

Now, for file management, you can now transfer files (e.g. ringtones, image files) directly to the flashcard in the phone from the PC. To extract files from the phone's internal memory (e.g pictures taken with the phone), you will first need to move them to the flashcard. This is done via the phone's internal file manangement menu, and must be done with the phone DISCONNECTED from the PC. You can also move anything on the flashcard to phone's internal memory via this method.

I have done this successfully with an LG CU500 phone, locked for Cingular. Actually, I could have done all this WITHOUT the cable, by installing the flashcard in the phone, moving internal files to the card, then removing the flashcard and putting it in the adapter for use on the PC. But the cable is a convenience item that eliminates the need for constant movement of the card from the phone to the PC. And, at around $2 plus shipping, the cable is a good value and the quality is fully satisfactory.

THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT WORK!!!!!! It is suppose to make it so you can transfer data from cell phone to computer, I wanted to take my pictures from my phone and upload to computer. NO WAY!
the cable comes with a id number on it and you have to get the driver off the disk that comes with it. I have tried on 2 different computer systems to make it work. I dont know if the cable was marked with the wrong number or what the problem is. The disk has 40+ files on it, I dont know if one of the other drivers would work, but I am very frustrated.

I bought this USB cable for Cingular my LG CU500 but doesn't work with it. Strongly I don't recommend this others.

plain and simple, it works

comes with some software you dont really need

used it with my LG CU500, just plug and play, showed my phone up as mass storage, which was even easier

really short cable though, only like 3 ft.

It's been 34 days since I ordered this item. An incorrect cable was sent and, over the last 3 weeks I've been trying to get the correct cable. Still haven't received it. Most annoying is the 4 emails I've written to the supplier that were ignored.

i bought it thinking it was required for data transfers
it freezes my computer (brand new btw) so i ended up putting files straight onto the card without the usb cord

YOU DO NOT NEED THIS

I ordered this cable so that I could get complete song files (mp3) from my computer and load them onto my cell phone, Lg CU500. It worked great, no problems, and fast. Why pay more for this from the phone carrier when you can get it here for less. If you don't know how to move songs, you can look it up at the Cingular/ AT&T site.

It would not transfer information or charge the device. Tried to trouble shoot it but looks like it was dead on arrival.

It's amazing that a part that cost $.01 to buy cost an unbelievable amount to ship. Not to mention that when I received the merchandise it didn't even work. Don't bother wasting your time or money. I would have returned the item but already spent too much having it shipped to me in the first place.

Great for transferring data from PC to cell.
Not sure if it works for sync'ing with PC with factory software... hasn't for me but I believe it's a PC setting issue and not a data cable issue.