[BitPim-user] Transferring pictures on my Samsung SPH M300 [BitPim 1.0.7]

[Philip C. <pjc...@gm...>]

Hi All,

I'm new to BitPim, and so far I've got BitPim 1.0.7 detecting my phone just
fine on the COM6 port. I'm trying to transfer pictures from my phone to my
computer, so I click the 'Get Phone Data' button, check only the
'Wallpapers' check box, and click 'OK'. However, I get the exception pasted
below after doing this.

I've searched the mailing list several times, and I've learned that the
exception is related to a non-ASCII character that BitPim doesn't recognize
(in my case, it's a contact group listed as 'Believers\x86h(' ). Other
people seem to have solved the problem simply by renaming the contact group;
however, I've tried the following steps, but I get the exact same error
every time with the string 'Believers\x86h(' :

1) Renamed the contact group 'Believers' to something simple like 'A'
2) Deleted the contact group 'Believers'
3) Deleted all contact groups
4) Deleted all contacts in phone (transferred them to another phone
beforehand)
5) Deleted call history
6) Uninstalled and reinstalled program several times
7) Deleted 'My Documents/bitpim' folder in-between installs


Is this a cache issue, or am I missing something in my steps to resolve this
issue? Any redirection to other helpful threads is welcome, and I sure
appreciate the time spent resolving my issue and also the time spent
developing this awesome program. :)


~Philip



BitPim version: 1.0.7-official
An unexpected exception has occurred.
Please see the help for details on what to do.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "gui.pyo", line 284, in run
  File "gui.pyo", line 159, in __call__
  File "gui.pyo", line 1877, in getdata
  File "gui.pyo", line 1871, in getfundamentals
  File "phones\com_samsungsphm300media.pyo", line 70, in getfundamentals
  File "phones\com_samsungsphm300media.pyo", line 62, in read_groups
  File "phones\p_samsungsphm300.pyo", line 3183, in _get_name
  File "phones\p_samsungsphm300.pyo", line 3074, in __getfield_namestr
  File "prototypes.pyo", line 743, in getvalue
PhoneStringDecodeException: Unable to decode <'Believers\x86h('> using codec
<ascii>

Variables by last 8 frames, innermost last

Frame __call__ in gui.pyo at line 159
           self =  <gui.Request instance at 0x02D7B788>
           args =  ()
              d =  Keys []
                   {}
         kwargs =  Keys []
                   {}

Frame getdata in gui.pyo at line 1877
           self =  <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)>
            req =  <guiwidgets.GetPhoneDialog; proxy of <Swig Object of type
'wxDialog *' at 0x2b85
           todo =  [(<bound method WorkerThread.rebootcheck of
<WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started

Frame getfundamentals in gui.pyo at line 1871
           self =  <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)>
        results =  Keys ['uniqueserial']
                   {'uniqueserial':
'0ffcaf587d664b8a8596840393fabbaa8182d706'}

Frame getfundamentals in phones\com_samsungsphm300media.pyo at line 70
           self =  <phones.com_samsungsphm300media.Phone object at
0x02C0AB50>
        results =  Keys ['uniqueserial']
                   {'uniqueserial':
'0ffcaf587d664b8a8596840393fabbaa8182d706'}

Frame read_groups in phones\com_samsungsphm300media.pyo at line 62
        _groups =  <phones.p_samsungsphm300.GroupFile object at 0x02A4EC70>
           self =  <phones.com_samsungsphm300media.Phone object at
0x02C0AB50>
           _res =  Keys [0, 1, 2, 3]
                   {0: {'name': ''}, 1: {'name': u'\x00Z\x00['}, 2: {'name':
u'\x00g'}, 3: {'name':
           _idx =  4
           _buf =  <prototypes.buffer object at 0x02A4ECB0>
          _item =  <phones.p_samsungsphm300.Group object at 0x02D7DA10>

Frame _get_name in phones\p_samsungsphm300.pyo at line 3183
           self =  <phones.p_samsungsphm300.Group object at 0x02D7DA10>

Frame __getfield_namestr in phones\p_samsungsphm300.pyo at line 3074
           self =  <phones.p_samsungsphm300.Group object at 0x02D7DA10>

Frame getvalue in prototypes.pyo at line 743
           self =  <prototypes.USTRING object at 0x02D7DA90>