Motorola v265 and iSync - Apple Typo

Here’s the fix for the issue where iSync stopped recognizing my Motorola v265 upon upgrade to Tiger.

Locate the following file by right-clicking the iSync application and choosing “Show Package Contents” (only do this if you are moderately technically savvy):

/Contents/PlugIns/ApplePhoneConduit.syncdevice/Contents/
PlugIns/ PhoneModelsSync.phoneplugin/
Contents/Resources/MetaClasses.plist

Open the file using a .plist editor, BBEdit, or some other text editor you are familiar with. Once you have the file open, locate the following Identification key entry:

<string>Motorola CE, Copyright 2000+Motorola V265 Phone</string>

Change the entry simply by adding “m” to “V265”:

<string>Motorola CE, Copyright 2000+Motorola V265m Phone</string>

Save and close. You should now be able to add the device in iSync. Obviously, someone made a simple typo at Apple that needs to be addressed so that it will recognize the phone as it’s supposed to do. More thorough background on how I found this fix can be seen here.

Motorola v265 and Tiger 10.4.5 - no workee

Okay, so I solved one problem in my upgrade to Tiger only to face a new problem:

iSync no longer recognizes my Motorola v265 cell phone (yes, it’s supported via USB). Apparently, according to macfixit.com, I have to do some major hacking using Xcode Tools’ USB Prober and a text editor to get iSync to work again the way it did with Panther. My phone is being seen by Tiger (as per the System Profiler), so it’s definitely a software issue.

Does anyone besides me think this is a problem? I shouldn’t have to hack an Apple product just to get it to work the way it’s supposed to work according to Apple.

This is the kind of stuff that pisses me off as a loyal Apple user since 1986.