LG VX9700 continuous Exception Error Message once updated to new BitPim version 1.0.7

Hey everyone. I appreciate your help with this...I have been using BitPim
for quite a while and when I upgraded to the new version of BitPim (1.07) I
got this Exception Message from the 1st use on and have not been able to
correct it since. I have tried working on sovling this problem over several
weeks so I know whatever the problem is that it is not just a fluke. I have
the LG Dare (VX9700) from Verizon and am using the USB cable that came with
the phone. The program is recognizing my phone just fine and even is able to
pull up all my data on the log file but for some reason after the program
completes attempting to retrieve my information from my phone I get this
error message. After I click continue the information from my phone is not
put into BitPim at all, none of it. I have tried canceling the message
instead of continuing, uninstalling, reinstalling from BitPim's website,
updating my phones drivers, looking on the web for help and through the
archives*, *using different USB ports, but nothing seems to work. I am
running Windows 7. I have listed the exception message below and attached
the log file to this message as it is pretty long. Thanks so much for your
help!

Catherine

Here is the exception message:

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 1906, in getdata
  File "phones\com_lgvx4400.pyo", line 283, in getcallhistory
  File "phones\com_lgvx4400.pyo", line 296, in _readhistoryfile
  File "phones\p_lgvx9700.pyo", line 413, in __getfield_number
  File "prototypes.pyo", line 743, in getvalue
PhoneStringDecodeException: Unable to decode <'9&\xd4'> using codec <ascii>

Variables by last 8 frames, innermost last

Frame run in gui.pyo at line 277
       resultcb =  <gui.Callback instance at 0x08F713C8>
            res =  None
           self =  <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)>
           item =  (<gui.Request instance at 0x08F714B8>, <gui.Callback
instance at 0x08F713C8>)
           call =  <gui.Request instance at 0x08F714B8>
             ex =  PhoneStringDecodeException("
Unable to decode <'9&\\xd4'> using codec <ascii>",)
              e =  PhoneStringDecodeException("Unable to decode <'9&\\xd4'>
using codec <ascii>",)
          first =  0

Frame __call__ in gui.pyo at line 159
           self =  <gui.Request instance at 0x08F714B8>
           args =  ()
              d =  Keys []
                   {}
         kwargs =  Keys []
                   {}

Frame getdata in gui.pyo at line 1906
          count =  7
              i =  (<bound method GetPhoneDialog.GetCallHistorySetting of
<guiwidgets.GetPhoneDialo
           self =  <WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started daemon)>
            req =  <guiwidgets.GetPhoneDialog; proxy of <Swig Object of type
'wxDialog *' at 0x45fb
       willcall =  [(<bound method GetPhoneDialog.GetPhoneBookSetting of
<guiwidgets.GetPhoneDialog
        results =  Keys ['calendar', 'canned_msg', 'categories', 'groups',
'memo', 'phonebook', 'ringtone', 'ringtone-index', 'sms', 'sync',
'uniqueserial', 'wallpaper-index', 'wallpapers']
                   {'phonebook': {0: {'serials': [{'serial2': 1, 'serial1':
1, 'sourcetype': 'lgvx9
           sync =  Keys ['calendar', 'call_history', 'memo', 'phonebook',
'ringtone', 'sms', 'wallpaper']
                   {'memo': 'OVERWRITE', 'wallpaper': 'OVERWRITE', 'sms':
'MERGE', 'ringtone': 'OVE
             st =  0
           todo =  [(<bound method WorkerThread.rebootcheck of
<WorkerThread(BitPim helper, started

Frame getcallhistory in phones\com_lgvx4400.pyo at line 283
            res =  Keys ['1275867229.618006', '1275867229.619007',
'1275867229.619008']
                   {'1275867229.619008': <call_history.CallHistoryEntry
object at 0x09D33EF0>, '127
           self =  <phones.com_lgvx9700.Phone object at 0x09322590>
         result =  Keys ['calendar', 'canned_msg', 'categories', 'groups',
'memo', 'phonebook', 'ringtone', 'ringtone-index', 'sms', 'sync',
'uniqueserial', 'wallpaper-index', 'wallpapers']
                   {'phonebook': {0: {'serials': [{'serial2': 1, 'serial1':
1, 'sourcetype': 'lgvx9

Frame _readhistoryfile in phones\com_lgvx4400.pyo at line 312
             ch =  <phones.p_lgvx9700.callhistory object at 0x09D33530>
       call_idx =  9
            res =  Keys ['1275867229.618006', '1275867229.619007',
'1275867229.619008']
                   {'1275867229.619008': <call_history.CallHistoryEntry
object at 0x09D33EF0>, '127
           self =  <phones.com_lgvx9700.Phone object at 0x09322590>
           call =  <phones.p_lgvx9700.call object at 0x08F82B30>
          fname =  'pim/missed_log.dat'
          entry =  <call_history.CallHistoryEntry object at 0x09D33EF0>
         folder =  'Missed'
            buf =  <prototypes.buffer object at 0x09D33770>

Frame __getfield_number in phones\p_lgvx9700.pyo at line 413
           self =  <phones.p_lgvx9700.call object at 0x08F82B30>

Frame getvalue in prototypes.pyo at line 743
           self =  <prototypes.USTRING object at 0x08F822F0>

Catherine L. McGrath
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