I hope you guys found this helpful, in fact.. Vote if it's helpful or not!

In one word, no. It is far from worth it. I've wasted so many hours on this damned mp3 player, and I'm stilling having *many* problems with it!

First off, it is very picky when it comes to ID3 tags. I haven't found one program that will correctly write them for this device without screwing up in some other way. The many times I've tried all I've gotten was a bunch of blocks of characters - and when I did finally get all my songs ID3 tags in order.. Almost half of my collection is "corrupted" - even though they play on my PC.

Too make matters worse the firmware's usb mode has just quit working on me and my phone doesn't show up on my PC. Lame.

Some of the other countless problems are file detection; which is very unreliable (when I'm lucky it'll find all my songs.) The theme is ugly, (although people have found ways too change it) you need an adapter to use regular headphones, (which isn't vivo's fault, I'd just like to point that out) and you're only allowed 1 gigabyte for your songs!? Lame!

About the vivo firmware in general: I'm only allowed to have 60 text messages on my phone at once! Also when I'm writing a text message without any space it won't allow me to send it!? Seriously, that is some poor thinking on their part.

Good things about the firmware: Any song on my sd card can be transferred via bluetooth and you can also transfer your songs to your phone's memory to be used as a ringtone! It is also a LOT faster then verizon's firmware and it's prettier too.

I highly reccommend this firmware both for it's ease of installation and it's easy customization, but NOT for the mp3 player!

Well, I certainly don't think it's very helpful. Sounds like you need an Ipod.
-And a Midol.

You sound angry. Can't start off an objective review sounding angry now can we?Far less picky than Verizon though, huh?I think there are other limitations of the MP3 player of which you may be unaware. For example, there is a (I believe it's...) 28 character limit for music file names, which includes the directory address. If the folder directory plus song name exceeds this limit, it's either not going to be recognized at all, or recognized as corrupt.I seriously doubt that. Have you made sure to change your default USB settings to "USB Drive"?Once again, I think if you were aware of the other limitations, you would be having less problems in this department.-This statement alone makes this a certified rant, instead of a helpful review or opinion.These are limitations of the phone and have nothing to do with the firmware.I think there's a seem edit to extend the list of saved texts.
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I'm not suggesting that anyone do the Vivo Flash specifically for the MP3 player, though it seems very few people who have done the flash are/were unhappy with it.
I'm saying that people should not avoid flashing to Vivo based on your assessment of the MP3 player since you seem to be having so much trouble with it. Perhaps after you work out some of your difficulties, you'll reconsider.

Before this post gets flamed to death I just thought I might clear some things up..

Of course I put it in USB mode, what part of "the Firmware's usb mode" wouldn't you understand.

Why was I never informed of these limitations from the start? I asked about the mp3 player and I was never informed of any of them. I've had this firmware for a couple months now and I think it is alot better then verizon's.. But people should still no what they're getting themselves into! :wink:

I explained this in the quote.

But the thing is most people do it for the mp3 player (from my understanding)

Maybe after I get it all working I post guide.. Sorry for the "rant" :wink:

:lol: I guess I'm Cool :P

But on a lighter note

Try taking out the TransFlash card then reinsert (making sure to take battery out first) I've had to do this countless times with both vzw's ui and now that I'm a cool kid :P vivo's UI. USB mode only recognizes the transflash

Hi, I have noted since upgrading from MS Media player all my songs have been updated with newer ID tags... so all my older Mp3 players have issues with either long file names, and or newer ID tags that are not compatible with the older players.

I use a simple freeware progy that can write a standard v 1.1 ID tag from CD or Media player and drop them into Apple's Itunes player and it will allow all the songs that I had kept in MS Media player or on CD to run on my phone and older players. I get all the information and playability without all the hassle. Though some of the songs are renamed to just the song title, in which it is difficult to identify through 2000 songs at times. All in all Vivo is the best out side of Sprint... though Sprint is a bit cumbersome to use.