OT: Help with data cable drivers (Bitpim/QPST)

[TurinTurambar]

Hi folks,

Finally bought a data cable for my LG-VX7000 cellphone and downloaded both Bitpim and QPST, the recommended cellphone hack programs. Problem is, the data cable came without a drivers CD. I searched a few forums and found links to Future Dial drivers that several people are using successfully. I don't know how to "install" them; they just come in a zipped folder with an uninstaller (go figure) and a readme.txt explaining the version updates.

I plugged in the phone and windoze immediately detected a "CDMA Modem." That makes sense to me. When it went to install the drivers, I pointed it to the folder where I had unzipped the downloaded files... it doesn't see them.

a.) Am I pointing the system at drivers only meant for the cable when it's looking for drivers for a modem? So do I need to find "CDMA Modem Drivers?"

b.) Do I have to paste the .inf .dll and .sys files into specific folders before Windoze can see them properly?

I've always been a bit thick at this level of PC operation. Any guidance would be appreciated. Verizon's "Get it Now" is just too damned expensive to trick-out this great phone the way it should be.

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[Fyron]

Is there a .inf file? If so, right click on it and select "install." No need to manually copy anything anywhere.

Make sure to do this on the set of drivers for your OS. They should be clearly labeled in different folders.

[TurinTurambar]

Ah! Didn't know I could do that with a .inf file!

Thanks bunches.

(I found CDMA drivers btw, the computer now sees the phone, still can't get Bitpim or QPST to see it though)