Does anyone know if it is possible to surf and use the phone at the same time with the XDA II? More importantly will it be possible with the XDA III using only GPRS? I know it is possible to talk on the phone & surf via Activesync or WLAN but I can not get it to do both with only the phone connection.
Searched the site for a while but couldn't find anything. Sorry if this is repetative.
Thanks,
db
It is not possible to talk on the phone and make a GPRS connection at the same time. To do this your device would have to have 2 radios in it - as it is it can only do one type of communication at a time.
The XDA III will not be able to do it either.
Damn.
Thanks for the reply.
db
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Hiya,
Noob here - please be gentle
Have been borwsing the site for a few days and still haven't found a definitive answer to this:
I have uninstalled the o2 bloat, but still want to be able to access o2's wap stuff (for train times, etc)
When I am at home and connected to wifi I want to use that, but when I'm out on the road I want to use GPRS. I have read somewhere that you can set up wifi to be the first port of call, and if that's not available then use GPRS. Any ideas? C'mon - you're clever!
Thanks
nevermind...I figured it out.
darrenjhopkins said:
nevermind...I figured it out.
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Can u tell me then
please...
I'm in the same situation. I have a wireless network at home and when it ppolls for new emails or i occassionally use the internet on my phone, i want it to use wifi. then when i'm out if there's no wifi available to then use gprs.
is it a registry tweak??
is there any way on my mda i can use the wifi to browse the web while i talk on the phone via bluetooth or even wired? i heard theres a reg tweak but i cant locate it after many searches. please give me sum knowledge!
Not possible at the same time with GPRS/EDGE because your phone is class B. No class A phones are sold retail yet.
Yoıu have to suspend the call and browse the web or vice versa..
That's funny I can surf (either using WiFi or GPRS) and speak at the same time!
It was one of the main reasons I chose the qteck 9000.
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You can not use GPRS/EDGE at the same time with phone call. One must be suspended. You CAN use wired or Wifi while talking on the phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=54738&highlight=
if you use UMTS connection and your provider is supporting it, you CAN surf while talking on the phone.
I confirm, Orange France does allow simultaneous 3G web + voice access I did the tests:
Was on a call switched to email picked up new mail, switched to PIE surfed some news sites as I kept on chating on the phone!
I thought the same was true with GPRS but I never did the above test over a GPRS connection...
It also works for T-Mobile in the UK, I use my MDA PRO as a 3G modem plugged into my PC via USB all day long, and can have phonecalls at exactly the same time as using the internet.
Neither one has to be "suspended", they both work at the same time (although internet use is a bit slower when you're on a call, because they both use the same bandwidth).
I haven't tested it with GPRS, that might well be different as 3G has a lot more bandwidth available than GPRS/CSD...
A few questions for sl9:
1. do you use the included Wmodem program to do this or did you configure something on your PC manually?
2. could you do the same with a BT connection from the WM5 machine to your PC (instead of using the USB cable)?
3. would using BT lower the available surfing speed on the PC?
4. what sort of data plan do you have to be able to "be connected all day"?
Thanks!
edeplano said:
A few questions for sl9:
1. do you use the included Wmodem program to do this or did you configure something on your PC manually?
2. could you do the same with a BT connection from the WM5 machine to your PC (instead of using the USB cable)?
3. would using BT lower the available surfing speed on the PC?
4. what sort of data plan do you have to be able to "be connected all day"?
Thanks!
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1. Yes, I am using WModem with the USB cable so the MDA PRO acts like a 3G broadband modem to my PC.
2. There should be no reason why you can't do the same with Bluetooth. But bear in mind Bluetooth is SLOWER than 3G (it's about as fast as GPRS), so if you want to use the full speed of 3G, you need to use the USB connection. IR (Infra-Red) is much faster than Bluetooth and faster than 3G, but slower than USB.
3. Yes - see no. 2 above for the reason why.
4. I am on T-Mobile UK's Web & Walk Professional, "unlimited" 3G and GPRS data use (they say 2GB max usage per month, but I never get near that). So I stay connected to my home PC from my office PC all day long with remote desktop :mrgreen: Surprsingly, this doesn't use too much bandwidth - this month I used about 600MB which is far below the 2GB they allow.
T-Mobile in the UK have the best data tarriff by FAR, I have this bolted onto a superb base voice tarriff too which is Flext 20 - a brilliant companion to WnW PRO in fact probably the best combo tarriff there is on any network, in any country :mrgreen:
Note: You can also use activesync at the same time as 3G WModem and making a voice call(!).
I have tested connecting to my PC with Activesync over bluetooth, connecting my PC to the internet using WModem over 3G with USB, and then making a voice call on my phone. It all worked! I could surf the net whilst talking on the phone and ActiveSync was busy synchronizing my calendar and e-mails at the same time. This is truly an amazing device, I love my MDA PRO :mrgreen:
Thanks for the quick reply!
OK guys.. the first post was about MDA, you are talking about 3G and MDA :?
I only mention about GPRS/EDGE not 3G/wired or smth. else..
I think we are not on the same thing. Forgive me if I am wrong..
do i have to change any settins to get wifi/phone call to work? because i cant seem to get it to go yet
For wi-fi + phone I o not think there is any settings that need changing.
Are you sure you have enough battery? If the level is low it could be possible there is not enough power to handle both radios...
Also are you sure both wi-fi and telephone work correctly if used by themselves?
Finally do you have an MDA IV (ie HTC Universal) because otherwise your in the wrong forum from the start!
i`m sure the wifi and the phone work themselves. and i have a tmobile mda tthe us version... i`lll try again and let u guys know what happens
Hi, my father and his friend trashed the connection settings to his Ameo during a nation wide GPRS outage this morning, I'd like to eMail him the Network Wizard Cab if it's around. Not quite ready to upgrade his phone, I might put PK3 on for Christmas but for now the Wizard will help his finger fiddleing...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=320870&highlight=networkwizardauto
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=319995&highlight=htc_network
I,ve got a question abaut this wizzard. When i dont have wifi connection, mi pda takes directrly to connect via 3g (that will cost me a lot of money). I cant find where to configure (or disconfigure) to only use the wifi
Great thanks
I searched and obviously used the wrong keyword but this is great...
sedardna said:
I,ve got a question abaut this wizzard. When i dont have wifi connection, mi pda takes directrly to connect via 3g (that will cost me a lot of money). I cant find where to configure (or disconfigure) to only use the wifi
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before I had web n walk. I just used to delete the t mobile settings from the connection settings. that way it can't automatically connect.
modaco nodata works fine. It's just i'll want
A long time owner of WM SMartphone platforms, I just picked up a secondhand XDA Exec yesterday and had a few Q's:
1) Is it possible to share the 3G connection from my HTC S630 to the Universal through Bluetooth?
2) Do any Canadian owners know if the Universal works on the Rogers/Fido 3G network? i.e. do we have the 2100Mhz band here? I've manually switched the network to 2100 and it keeps searching...
3) The Universal does not detect or sync with my PC (Smartphone works) but it charges fine, is there something I am missing?
4) Is it recommended to put WM6 on the XDA? If so, which flavor?
Thanks!
Need the same answers to your questions
hi afeudale,
if you got an answers to any of this questions please send me a messgae with it cause I'm willing to change my wizard to universal within days and I' concerned about your questions.
Somthing else, did you tried the vedio calling, please tell more about it, cause this is on of the reasons that I'm changing for, and what about the battery, alot of people posted a problems about the battery life.
Thanks
afeudale said:
1) Is it possible to share the 3G connection from my HTC S630 to the Universal through Bluetooth?
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So, you want to use the Universal as the client? Does the HTC S630 have Internet Sharing, or, the old DUN? If it only has Internet Sharing, you'll need to install the Widcomm BT hack on the Universal so that it's able to act as a BT PAN client. Alternatively, if DUN is OK with you, get the DUN hack and install it on the S630.
See the links to my previous articles at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=336936 for more info.
i know i can probably find this if i search, but i can't really search because my internet has just been reduced to my phone only. So please bear with me.
I had a fire in my apt, and been temporarily relocated to a demo unit, and don't have internet here.
Here's my question: Can I sync my Hermes HTC 8525 to my laptop, and use it as a modem to access the internet on my laptop using my phone's 3G connection as the internet connection on my laptop?
I don't have my phone's manual, so I can't even look it up. So if it is possible, how would I do it? Where do I go? I have Windows 6 on here by the way....
Thanks in advance! I've been trying to figure it out for an hour now, and got nothing to show for it... help!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312092&highlight=modem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298691&highlight=modem