Hey folks. I run a Mac Powerbook with OS X. One of the things I love about my Treo is the fact that I can use it as a wireless modem over USB. I see that this isn't possible with the XDA, and since I don't have a serial or IR port, I wouldn't be able to use the serial cable solution. I've read that you can use bluetooth on some phones to establish a wireless modem connection - do you think this might be a possibility with the XDA II? If not, will a USB/serial adapter let me make a connection via serial cable (and if so, anyone know the Mac settings to make it happen?)?
Thanks a bunch! I'm in an agony of indecision as to which phone to buy, but am leaning towards the XDA II (if I can get a lower price than $850!). This is one of the most important factor in my decision!
advice:
sell your Mac Powerbook to buy any Windows/intel notebook computer!
Mac Powerbook is weakbook
Mac Vs. Windows is sooooooooooooooooo passe.
Anyway, I run Macs, Wintels, and Linux machines. I just happen to have a Mac laptop, hence my asking for a solution. Do you know what the answer is?
addlepated said:
Mac Vs. Windows is sooooooooooooooooo passe.
Anyway, I run Macs, Wintels, and Linux machines. I just happen to have a Mac laptop, hence my asking for a solution. Do you know what the answer is?
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If the Mac is really so pass, why your Mac "power"book cannot use serial and IrDA? Any Wintel laptop works fine with serial and IrDA.
Think about it!
Get rid of dead APPLE is ultimate solution!
I'm closing this thread... The net has plenty of places that are great for OS-wars. OS-wars in places like this lead to nothing but lots of collateral damage.
True hackers will hack mircowave ovens, Lego mindstorms, low-probability of detection spread-sprectrum radar systems and any damn general purpose operating system around.
how the hell y do y get 2 pda,s running on one laptop?
perhaps it is simple but please let my know how
thanks in advance.
hein
mda/mypal 620
do you mean you want to sync 2 pda's on one laptop? Just connect with activesync. Are you having some kind of problem?
it should be a walk in the park not sure if they could sync at the same time though
syncing 1 pda with 2 pc's cause people way more problems
I've just received a pair of 9100's from Expansys for me and the Mrs (I couldn't stand the look of torment on her face as she pecked SMS messages out on her old 6310 any longer) and, with trepidation installed AS4.0 over the old, trusty 3.7.1 or 3.8... Result... sh4gged...
On my laptop, I added rules to Sygate, tweaked connection manager, re-installed and patched Outlook, upgraded to 4.1 and everything else I could think of and it's still broke. It hangs on the Retrieving Settings bit. Curiously, even with it stuck, pending installs actually get installed...
On the work laptop where we mere users are policy'd out of everything it didn't get that far as the desktop security settings weren't having any TCP over Ethernet over USB at all.
Anyway, stroke of inspiration (and apologies if you guys already knew this) activated ActiveSync over IR on the 9100, pointed it at the laptop's IR port and bingo... All sync'd up without a whiff of a complaint or lock-up.
It looks very much like MicroSoft's desire to make the USB's old Point to Point IP link look like a real network interface in a world were network interfaces are mostly policed and firewalled to death is the problem, rather than ActiveSync 4 itself. Now, on my work laptop, my hx4700 will ActiveSync over AS4.1 on USB and the 9100 will do it over IR.
Shame my own laptop has no IR port otherwise I'd be happy (until MS fix the thing properly). Might try with my BT dongle instead.
Anyway, hope this if use to somebody out there...
Found the below in a German IT news ticker.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/65210
It basiccaly says, that MS confirms Active Sync 4 problems with Firewalls, and plans to have a new fixed Active Sync Software by the end of Nov.
They also reccon to open TCP-Ports 990, 999, 5678, 5679, 5721 and 26675 in the Firewall to make it work until the fixed version is ready.
Hey guys,
Any thoughts on the following problem:
My european HTC P3600 wont pair with either my MacBook or MacPro running MissingSync version 4...
I`ve tried both with USB cable and Bluetooth... the only thing left is to use some tinfoil between the phone and the freakin` power outlet of my two macs...
If anyone has ANY thoughts surrounding this strange lapse of communication between these two really great products, I would love to hear them. Expriences, tricks and encouragement is greatly appreciated!
Thanks and have a great night!
-Vespanator
p.s. Just some technical info for those who wonder: Running OS X tiger now... the phone was usually synced up with a Windows XP workstation via ActiveSync, and has not been tampered with after the jump over to a new MacPro workstation. Therefore an idea would maybe be to reinstall the os on the phone? Maybe? Anyways.
Same here, unable to sync between Trinity and Mac using missing sync. Try PocketMac Pro because of their promotion. But only with intermittent success.
Most of the time unable to find the device.
Is the option in "Start>Settings>Connections>USB to PC" marked as enable (advanced network functionality)??
If yes, disable and try again.
M.a.s - Thank You!!
That cleared it ALL up! Thank you so much!! Have a great weekend!
-V
Glad to know..
Great weekend for you too!
Hello,
After 2 days of using HD Mini I must say I am very pleased... the only major complaint is that the phone hangs up after connecting to my macbook and to my iMac. I know that this is a windows phone and I don't expect it to synchronize and so on, but my previous phone ( HTC Diamond) connected to mac computer acts normally- it is seen as external disk drive, I can copy files to memory and charge it from the laptop battery if needed. HD Mini freezes and I cannot even switch it off- I need to disconnect battery! Do you think it is something wrong with my phone or all of them act like this? Has anyone try to connect HD Mini to Apple computer? Thank you very much for any info!
Hi,
You can sync the HD mini with Apple iCal, Address Book and some iTunes music (and more) thanks to utilities like Mark/Space Missing Sync for Windows Mobile. It works through USB or Bluetooth links (it uses the MS ActiveSync protocol).
The USB mass storage mode of the HD mini seems to have problem with Apple computers. I'm experiencing the same troubles as you are with both a MacBook and an iMac. Some driver update is probably required.
Regards
Thank you!
problem solved at least partially...
using missing sync for now and hope HTC to release update to storage mode
Regards and many thanks
robertszydlo said:
Hello,
After 2 days of using HD Mini I must say I am very pleased... the only major complaint is that the phone hangs up after connecting to my macbook and to my iMac. I know that this is a windows phone and I don't expect it to synchronize and so on, but my previous phone ( HTC Diamond) connected to mac computer acts normally- it is seen as external disk drive, I can copy files to memory and charge it from the laptop battery if needed. HD Mini freezes and I cannot even switch it off- I need to disconnect battery! Do you think it is something wrong with my phone or all of them act like this? Has anyone try to connect HD Mini to Apple computer? Thank you very much for any info!
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Mine does exactly this. Freezes and I too have to remove the battery. If I set the HD Mini to 'ActiveSync' mode, I can charge the battery from the Apple (Mac Mini in my case), but cannot access the storage card.
I use the free version of SyncMate to sync the HD Mini with my Mac, I couldn't get this to work via BlueTooth (which worked with my TG01), naturally can't get it to work via USB either, but eventually had success using WiFi to sync.
please everyone having this problem....report to HTC let's hope they fix the mass storage mode
robertszydlo said:
please everyone having this problem....report to HTC let's hope they fix the mass storage mode
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Did this yesterday!
I should say, I don't think setting the connection type to 'ActiveSync' prevented a crash after all. I think it just delayed it!
I'm using SyncMate - works perfectly.
I'm not able to see SD card like USB storage, but via SyncMate I can connect to StorageCard and copy files.
It's not good way for big files (700 MB about 30 min), but for small is usable.
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I'm using SyncMate - works perfectly.
I'm not able to see SD card like USB storage, but via SyncMate I can connect to StorageCard and copy files.
It's not good way for big files (700 MB about 30 min), but for small is usable.
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I'm guessing you have the full (paid!) version of SyncMate? I don't think you can sync to the SD card with the free version?
I can't get SyncMate to connect to the HD Mini using bluetooth, only WiFi. Is this 'normal' or am I just daft?
@ everyone -
If you have any problems while using SyncMate, please, contact our Support team at [email protected], thanks
If anyone else did report this to HTC, did you get any sense from them?
All I get back is bland statements about not supporting sync with the Mac, but to try 'MissingSync'. Surely connecting the HD Mini to MissingSync with USB will give the same lockup, won't it?
In case you are interested, here is the response from HTC so far:
Hello.
I have just received my (wonderful!) HTC HD Mini.
I am finding that if I connect the USB cable to my Apple Mac Mini, the request for 'ActiveSync, Disk Drive, Modem' pops up, then after selecting 'Disk Drive', the disk does not mount on the Apple desktop, but even worse, the HD Mini locks totally and I have to remove and replace the battery before it will respond again. I have tried turning the 'do not charge from PC if on' option on and off, but this doesn't help at all.
I have had other Windows Mobile devices (Samsung and Toshiba TG01) and these have had no problem connecting to the Mac in this way.
Can you suggest anything please?
Dear Mark
Thank you for your enquiry about Mac.
I'm sorry but we don't really have any support on Mac, but you can try Missing sync. Just search through Google and you should find it, for more support i recommend you to contact Mac. Have a nice day!
Best regards,
Hello.
Perhaps I didn't explain my problem very well. I can use SyncMate to sync my calendar and contact information between my HTC HD Mini and my Mac Mini, but only using a WiFi connection.
The problem starts when I try to use the USB Drive facilities on the HD Mini to transfer program, music and video files from the Mac to the HD Mini. As soon as I connect the USB cable to the HD Mini, the HD Mini locks totally and I have to remove the battery before I can restart it. I have used other Windows Mobile devices with the (same) Apple Mac Mini in exactly the same way and had no problems - only with the HD Mini.
I hear reports on the XDA-Developers HD Mini forum that at least one other HD Mini and Apple Mac owner has the exact same symptoms on attempting the same thing.
Hoping you can help.
Dear Mark
Thank you for your enquiry about 3rd party.
We don't have any support on Sync mate, so you will have to contact them for assistance in theis area. This includes Mac which we don't support. But sync with windows you can use Active sync 4,5 for xp, and windows mobile device center 6,1 for Win vista/7, if you need guidance please call into our support line below. Good luck!
Best regards,
Can I make my query perfectly clear as it appears as though my problem has been misinterpreted.
My problem is that connecting my HTC Mini to my Apple Mac Mini in order to use the USB disk drive transfer facility of the HD Mini causes the HD Mini to lock totally, requiring me to remove the battery from the HTC HD Mini to reset it and to continue working.
I have had no problem using the same feature on other Windows Mobile phones in exactly the same way, on the exact same Apple Mac, using the exact same operating system.
Other people have also reported problems using this facility with other Apple Mac models. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=680635) One user here is reporting that this feature has worked with other HTC Windows Mobile Models, but not the HD Mini.
It has to be said that I'm struggling to see how my first question has yet to be answered. Still. We live in hope...
Thanks for all your help...
Had this reply from HTC today:
Dear Mark Thank you for your enquiry about Mac. I'm sorry we don't support Mac, so we're not alowed to help you setup your hd-mini with a Mac operating system. For assistance on this you'll need to contact Mac, i'm sorry for the inconvenience! Best regards,
And my (final) words:
Thanks for your reply.
It seems a great pity that such a useful facility cannot be used in this model, when it was available in previous models.
Whilst I understand that you do not support the Mac, should a device designed to work to a universal standard, such as USB not work on all devices regardless of operating system? I have never had problems with other 'standard' USB disk drives on the Mac, they all work on Windows, Linux and Mac machines. I would have expected the HD Mini to do so also, if not for the Sync features (which I expected) and not only for the WiFi and Bluetooth (which do work as expected on the Mac) but certainly for the USB disk facilities, facilities that do work on competing Windows Mobile Devices.
Should you try connecting the HD Mini to any Macs that you or your team may own and discover the reason for the lock-ups, please contact me.
Personally, I'd say that the problem lies with HTC - not Apple, but it doesn't look like anything is going to be done about it. Perhaps a future update will 'accidentally' fix the problem?
I can hope. Can't I???
I have just applied the ROM update for the HD Mini (released 28th May 2010).
This appears to have removed the lock up encountered when connecting the HD Mini to the Mac, so far at least.
Whilst this has not enabled the access to the SD card on the Mac, it does mean that Parallels (Windows XP) can now connect normally using ActiveSync for software installations and backups. Parallels too seems unable to access the SD card directly, but can browse the HD Mini device using ActiveSync.
Performing this ROM update did not delete any data on my device, despite the warnings that it would. Perhaps different versions of the device (mine was purchased SIM free and network unlocked) will lose some data during the upgrade process.
Hope this helps.