Hi!
I've recently bought this amazing small WLan-adapter from Spectec and installed it on my Magician (O2 XDA mini; ROM 1.12.01, German; Radio 1.13.00). This was quite difficult because Spectec's current drivers use a hardcoded installation path for its WLan-Utility (app was copied to \Windows\Start Menu\programs instead of the localized version).
Anyway, I've managed this issue and my Magician successfully connects to my APs now and I'm also able to browse my network shares with Resco's FileExplorer. Of course, one of the first things I've tried was to play some movies which were located somewhere in my network with TCPMP and I soon realized that the network bandwidth is horrible slow!
To test the effective throughput, I've copied a large file from a network drive to my Magician's internal storage (again, using the SMB-protocol in FileExplorer) and found out, that I'm only able to transfer about 70 kilobytes per second!
Yes, I know that those small SDIO-cards can't be compared to fullblown PCI-cards but I really guessed, the bandwidth should be at least 300 kilobytes per second. Spectec includes a test chart in their user manual which also shows RX rates between 2.4 and 2.8 Mbits/sec ... but for me, it's as low as 0.5
Am I doing something wrong here? I'm getting neither Tx errors nor Rx CRC errors, the signal strength is about 50% and the link quality ranges between 95% and 99%. Status monitor shows me an 11 Mbps TX rate and my Magician is the only wireless-station connected to the AP.
I've tried two different APs, both allowing .11b and .11g clients. The only problem I could imagine is that I've used WPA-PSK rather than WEP on both APs ... but I've always thought that encryption wouldn't affect performance
Any ideas?
.ox
Believe me, encryption is a heavy task for a processor like the s100's bullverde.
You should get higher rates without it. But I don't know if they will be near 300.
You should give it a try.
Thanks for your answer!
Okay, I thought, encryption would be done entirely within the interface itself.
Do you think, WEP128 is easier to handle than WPA-PSK (with TKIP)?
.ox
Not sure if this will help but I'm using a modified Wi-Fi Driver for the E300 Wi-Fi card.
I tested the transfer rate, see the attached image.
ampda,
Could you post link or files of this E300 cracked driver.
Thanks
DidelisS said:
ampda,
Could you post link or files of this E300 cracked driver.
Thanks
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Here you go 1 x Modified E300 driver to use with the SPECTEC Wi-Fi card & 1 x Wi-Fi Companion.
Thanks
Do you have some more experience with Spectec card, like I have problem that can’t properly to install this card on my Magician. Before it has worked so well, but after Wisbar Advance 2 installation it stopped operate. I has tried hard reset and different ROM’s installations but unsuccessfully, WLAN tool by Spectec do not starts and Wi-Fi cards do not works (on other devices it works well).
Once before I had same problem after vBar installation on my Magician and hard resets and reinstalled ROM’s do not helped, but after installation of Socketcom Wi-Fi tool my Spectec wi-fi waked up and has operated till Wisbar Advance 2 installation. :evil:
May be there could be solution with some registry tweaks or else :?:
DidelisS said:
Thanks
Do you have some more experience with Spectec card, like I have problem that can’t properly to install this card on my Magician. Before it has worked so well, but after Wisbar Advance 2 installation it stopped operate. I has tried hard reset and different ROM’s installations but unsuccessfully, WLAN tool by Spectec do not starts and Wi-Fi cards do not works (on other devices it works well).
Once before I had same problem after vBar installation on my Magician and hard resets and reinstalled ROM’s do not helped, but after installation of Socketcom Wi-Fi tool my Spectec wi-fi waked up and has operated till Wisbar Advance 2 installation. :evil:
May be there could be solution with some registry tweaks or else :?:
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No I haven't had experience with SPECTEC and Wisbar or vBar. I haven't had any issues with the above E300 driver installed on mine and my wifes Magician (xda Mini)
You don't need to install Wi-Fi Companion for the E300 driver to work, you can just install the Mod'd E300 Wi-Fi driver.
There are registry hacks that need to be done if you have already install the standard SPECTEC drivers which are here (There were in German so the translation may be out). I did a hard reset and install the E300 driver from scratch.
Registry Mods to uninstall factory SPECTEC drivers
1.) Remove the SPECTEC Wi-Fi Card
2.) Soft Reset
3.) Uninstall the SPECTEC drivers via the standard "Remove Programs". You might have to deleted the following files by hand:
\Windows\WLAN11b.dll
\Windows\nuiodll.dll
\Windows\PCANDIS4.dll
\Windows\langSC.dll
\Windows\Start Menu\programs\WLAN.exe
The following registration keys need to be deleted:
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Cu stom\MANF-02FE-CARDID-2128-FUNC-1"
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apps\Spectec SDIO WLAN-11b Card"
4.) Soft Reset
Done
Let me know if it works
great stuff ampda, i've installed those and they're working great. 8)
I've also tried the E300 drivers a few days ago using the registry hack ampda described. In fact, the driver and the supplied utility are much better than the Spectec ones but I've encountered two serious problems:
- The nice looking GUI sometimes indicated 0% signal strength when there should be at least 30% available (as stated in the site survey).
- GUI is sometimes asking for a key/serial when you try to open the WLan-Companion
@ampda:
Your screenshot shows an effective bandwidth of 33kbps? Wow, that would mean your throughput is even worse than mine using the original spectec drivers ...
.ox
Greets,
I think there is 32KBps (notice the uppercase B), so that means 256kbps.
... sorry, my fault :wink:
But even 256kbps would be very slow compared to my initial tests (~560kbps). I'm still confused on how Spectec managed it to achieve transfer rates greater than 2MBit/s with every tested AP :?
I'm going to test several driver/AP/encryption combinations. Does anyone know a good network benchmark application for WM2003?
.ox
The results you are getting are about the same as I get (using WPA-PSK) so I don't think there is anything you are doing wrong.
However, belief it or not, the SPECTEC is still FAR superior to the SANDISK 256 + WIFi. With that card I was only able to get a througput of about 300 kbit/s (32 KB/s). With the SPECTEC I get about 2.5 times that.
Testing the Sandisk, my conclusion was that the SD Bus of the Magician is seriously lacking in throughput. There is an interesting story on Tom's Hardware about exactly this problem.
Just tried your modded drivers ampda. Thanks for the hack! Works great. For those testing the performance, make sure not to have the stats graph running as that greatly influences throughput. I justed tested throughput using a website and I got 85KB/s with these drivers. About the same as with the original Spectecs.
Also, these drivers interfere with Hitchhiker, Wifigraph and Wififofum so if you can't do without those, use the original Spectec drivers.
But the Wi-fi companion should be more than adequate in most circumstances so I can certainly live without those utilities!
Once more, thanks ampda!
SomeJoe said:
The results you are getting are about the same as I get (using WPA-PSK) so I don't think there is anything you are doing wrong.
However, belief it or not, the SPECTEC is still FAR superior to the SANDISK 256 + WIFi. With that card I was only able to get a througput of about 300 kbit/s (32 KB/s). With the SPECTEC I get about 2.5 times that.
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Thanks for your comparison! So it looks like I have to be quite happy owning this Spectec-card instead of SanDisk's :wink:
I've just switched to WEP128 in order to see if it would make a difference ... but it didn't. Throughput stays around 70-80 kilobytes/sec while copying a large file from a network share to my Magician's internal storage (yes, I know that the process of writing data to the flash memory also affects performance).
So it seems that everybody here's quite happy with SocketCom's driver. Are they really stable? As I said before, I've seen some strange problems about the wrong signal strength indicator and the WLan-Companion asking me for a serialnumber ...
.ox
Well as I said earlier I used both the SPECTEC drive and the E300 driver and both worked with no problems.
I like to try just about anything at least once.
I also use Wififofum and no issues arisen. The data rate I posted was copying 5 jpg images from my wireless LAN to the /Storage on my xda.
I'm going to test both drivers like this,
1. Hard Reset
2. Install SPECTEC drivers only
3. Remove encryption from my network (Hope no ones watching)
4. Copy 1 large file say 5 MB
5. Time the copy process only as someone mentioned that running measurement graphs might musk the results.
6. Copy the file again monitoring with the SPECTEC tools (Can't remember if it has any.
7. Do the same again with the E300 driver and Wi-Fi Companion.
As you can see I like to try and kill my Mini doing useless tests and trials, (but that’s why we use these forums, to play) :roll:
Please excuse, but i'm not that technical....i have the spectec card, and had the spectec drivers installed.
I downloaded the drivers from this thread, and uninstaled my spectec drivers.
Soft resetted and installed the drivers supplied here. Soft resetted again, and all seemed well. The Wi-Fi companion was working ok, and i was able to connect to my LAN.
I didn't however, do the registry things also posted here. Do i HAVE to perform that to totally remove the spectec drivers ?
Sorry for the question, my knowledge is dwarfed on this forum.
:?
Here are the results of the test I did
Testing Hardware
WLAN Hardware = D-Link 614+ 22Mb
PDA Hardware = O2 xda II Mini ROM 1.11.00 (Big-Storage)
File Copied = 5,126 KB MP3 File
Application used to copy File = Resco Explorer 2005 V5.20 installed on Big Storage
Wi-Fi Card = SDIO SD SPECTEC 802.11b Wi-Fi Card
Drivers Used =
a) Factory SPECTEC Driver and WLAN app V1.25
b) Modified E300 Wi-Fi Card Driver
SPECTEC Driver Results:-
1. Hard Reset
2. Turned off my Wireless Encryption.
3. Installed SPECTEC Wi-Fi Driver into RAM. The standard driver proved difficult to connect to my network, it took several attempts.
4. Installed Resco Explorer
5. Run “My Network” from within Resco. Again this took some doing for Resco to see my shared drives on my network
6. Selected my MP3 File and copied to “My Documents” on RAM
7. I timed 4 copies from PC to PDA, to copy the 5,129Kb MP3 took 40, 41, 40, 40 sec’s each.
8. The SPECTEC WLAN app reported the following states,
An average RX transfer rate of 1195 kbps.
Signal Strengths of 79%
Quality of 98%
E300 Driver Results:-
1. Hard Reset
2. Installed Modified E300 Wi-Fi Driver into RAM. This connected immediately to my network
3. Installed Resco Explorer
5. Run “My Network” from within Resco. This also connected immediately to my shared network.
6. Selected my MP3 File and copied to “My Documents” on RAM
7. I timed 4 copies from PC to PDA, to copy the 5,129Kb MP3 took 40, 40, 39 ,39 sec’s each.
8. Installed the associated Wi-Fi Companion Software into RAM. (tested download after install and still was 40 sec’s
9. Wi-Fi Companion reported the following states,
Average RX transfer rate of 35,792 Bps.
Signal Strengths of 55%
Quality 100%
Notes
Now you can argue the findings for and against to both apps but these are my thoughts.
1. The E300 Driver seems to connect and configure better.
2. Install size of SPECTEC Drivers was ST=4.99, RAM=8.54
3. Install size of E300 Driver only was ST=4.99, RAM=8.36
4. Install size of both E300 Driver and Wi-Fi Companion was ST=4.99, RAM=8.68. (Im guessing you could install Wi-Fi Companion into Storage)
5. Wi-Fi Companion has better Wi-Fi Tools (yes I know this is a 3rd party app)
6. SPECTEC Wi-Fi Tools have a lot to be desired.
gazzrenn said:
Please excuse, but i'm not that technical....i have the spectec card, and had the spectec drivers installed.
I downloaded the drivers from this thread, and uninstaled my spectec drivers.
Soft resetted and installed the drivers supplied here. Soft resetted again, and all seemed well. The Wi-Fi companion was working ok, and i was able to connect to my LAN.
I didn't however, do the registry things also posted here. Do i HAVE to perform that to totally remove the spectec drivers ?
Sorry for the question, my knowledge is dwarfed on this forum.
:?
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Well it looks like you have just proven that you don't have to do the registry changes. As I said I installed after a hard reset. The only thing I can thik of is that there might be some registry settings floating around that would just take up a small amount of room.
Nice job 8)
So it seems that both drivers show an almost identical transfer rate. Regardless of the curious results showed by the Wi-Fi Companion app (which should also be around 1.025 kilobits/sec).
I'm still curious about how encryption seems to affect performance. In a similar test environment (with WEP enabled), I'm only able to transfer files half as fast as you.
.ox
I should of tested that as well, I'll do it now.
Related
I just got my Sandisk wifi card, installed the newest driver from their site and away it went. The problem is that the AP browser tab doesn't show. If you tap on the wifi icon at the bottom of the screen that option is greyed out. Any ideas on how to get it to be "available"?
BTW I had some difficulty getting WEP to work with me SMC Barricade 2804WBR and eventually manually entered the key on my i-mate and the Barricade. Works perfectly now!
Kind regards
Alan
SDwifi sandisk with XDA II
I think that the best tool and driver for XDA II now from Socket Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCKT), the Mobile Connection(TM) Company 16th.Sep.2004
"This is an updated driver and utility for Windows Mobile 2003 that includes Socket WLAN Tools Mobile Edition, a new user-friendly utility. Also supports WPA on WM 2003 Second Edition as well as on some ROM updates to the original WM 2003. Installs using the standard ActiveSync connection. Please view the release notes within the .exe file."
For my MDA II new Socket driver much better than sandisk' driver 10th.Oct.2004
Van
are you using the Sandisk card with the Socket driver?
Kind regards
Alan
Well I installed the Socket driver and it worked perfectly paricularly when turning my XDA on and off. It reconnects beautifully not like the Sandisk driver which often required a soft reset!!
Thanks for the advice.
Kind regards
Alan
Hi Alan
So did you uninstall your SanDisk driver first, before loading up the Socket driver, or did you leave them both running? I'm trying to get my SanDisk WiFi + 256M to work (at least the WiFi part, if not the memory) but am getting nowhere...
Thanks for any thoughts you might have...
scobie27
SanDislk Wi-Fi
HI!
I've been using my Wi-Fi card for a few months, but results are so poor, I'm about to quit: XDA-II Hangs, access points not showing, "no card present", etc.
I've got to a point where I'm thinking my card is not working properly, but there is no pattern in this behaviour, only increasing difficulties for Connecting, so I'm a bit unsure about asking the Technical service.
Any way to check the card? Or any help about it?
I did uninstall and do a soft reset. When I installed the Socket driver it worked straight off.
Good Luck
Alan
Re: SDwifi sandisk with XDA II
van said:
I think that the best tool and driver for XDA II now from Socket Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCKT), the Mobile Connection(TM) Company 16th.Sep.2004
"This is an updated driver and utility for Windows Mobile 2003 that includes Socket WLAN Tools Mobile Edition, a new user-friendly utility. Also supports WPA on WM 2003 Second Edition as well as on some ROM updates to the original WM 2003. Installs using the standard ActiveSync connection. Please view the release notes within the .exe file."
For my MDA II new Socket driver much better than sandisk' driver 10th.Oct.2004
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Does it work with sandisk 256+wifi card?
I got a SandDisk SD wifi with no memory that I use with my I-mate, or let me say I used to use , I've upgraded yesterday to wm2003se and installed the latest driver availble on sandisk website (Oct 03) and till now I couldn't connect to the access point...
Any help is apreciated.
Regards,
anyone please ??
RE
Hi!
Is I-Mate the equivalent of O2 XDA II? If yes, then I might have the answer
I was also having problem with my SANDISK SDIO WiFI card and my O2 XDA II with WM2003SE all these while since the upgrade until JUST NOW.
By a stroke of luck I manage to coneect it to my home DLINK router.
Go to START -> SETTINGS -> CONNECTIONS ->NETWORK CARDS -> NETWORK ADAPTERS -> Change the 'My network card connects to :' WORK (not internet)
Use cable to activesync your PPC to your Desktop PC making sure that the connection is there. Insert your WiFi card and see whether it connects. If not, de-active activesync, take out your PPC and soft reset with the WiFi card in place. Put it back into your cradle and allow activesync to proceed and see whether your card connects.
See whether this procedure works
thanks for your reply,
I tried what you have suggested with no luck :?
My network card tries to associate with no success
thanks anyway
RE
ArcticCat,
Sorry to mention. I was also playing around with this freeware, Hitchhiker, then and was connected. After which I deleted Hitchhiker.
Here,
http://www.kasuei.com/hitchhiker/
Try connecting via Hitchhiker and see whther it connects. Make sure you follow my previous procedure too.
thanks again for you reply but no success either
let me ask some question
1) You have a SandDisk SD I/O Wifi with no memory ??
2) what drivers are u using for it?
3) you have wm2003se installed
4) what was the problem before?
I am seeing the AP but cannot associate to it.... same thing with you?
Regards
RE
ArcticCat
Answers
1) I'm using SANDISK SDIO WiFi card without memory
2) I'm using SOCKET WLAN Tools Mobile Edition v2.01. Get it from Socket Communications
3) Yes, I've WM2003SE installed on my O2 XDA II
4) Same problem like yours, previously for a long time till last night. Can associate but cannot connect.
I'm using ActiveSync v3.8
I suggest you just play around with Hitchhiker and my procedure for a while. Reset and disconnect/connect activesync if you require. FI, Hitchhiker cannot connect too in my case.
Good luck
Now we have the same configuration with the only difference that I am still not able to connect :?
I didn't quite understood what do u want me to do with ActiveSync
thanks once more
RE
ArcticCat,
Did you get your SDIO WiFi driver here:-
http://www.socketcom.com/support/support_wlan.asp?Type=SDIO
The one for WM2003
Yes I did... NO luck today neither
RE
If you're able to get a copy of the new Socket WiFi Companion which is not released on its website yet you can give a try.
were u able to get it?? if yes can you tell me where from ?
thanks
RE
Can you pm your email address to me and I'll email to you.
However, use at your own risk as I've NOT try it yet
Hi all,
I have an i-mate k-jam and I was wandering what was the best software to automaticaly connect to any open wifi.
I'm currently using WiFiFoFum2 that has a really cool radar detection and the possibility to add them as POI in TOMTOM. But it doesn't try to connect to the wifi network it found.
Do you have a good war driving prog??? (Maybe one that can try to Hack the "password protected" network)??? In general, what tool do you use for war driving???
Thanks.
I agree this would be a neat idea, especially if used with a GPS/Google maps/etc. to mark open networks. Im in Boston, and open networks are ALL over the place.
I don't know if this is a good idea.. because many networks have no encryption but they re-direct you to a web page in order to register (they check the mac addr)
The best way is to use wifofum to find networks with ssid default, linksys, usrobotics, wireless, etc...
then you can connect and check your e-mails
I can add that even on a fast machine it takes quite some time to hack 128 WEP, Let alone WPA. You need to capture about a million packets if the encryption is 128 WEP, then you can crack the code, in about an hour on a 2 ghz lappy with 512 of ram (last time I tryed =)) 64 bit WEP may be possible on a pocket pc but I cant think of anyone who would still use that. That lappy could crack that in about 5 min, with a minimal amount of packets. Nice idea though :twisted:
Later; Lew
you don't need to crack anything...
I travel a lot...
I need max 10min walking with wifofum to locate an unencrypted access point that shares internet... with ssid default etc...
I was in amsterdam last week. I could find open APs anywhere (even inside the room of my hotel from a nearby house/company) !
And you are not breaking any law....
If you crack wep then you do...
many foolish people turn on WEP or WPA and use the routers default pass key, maybe a program with a list of default keys which it tries could be useful.
The defaults keys may vary from manufacturer to manufacturer but there are lists available on the internet.
R
ameriaux said:
Hi all,
I'm currently using WiFiFoFum2 that has a really cool radar detection and the possibility to add them as POI in TOMTOM. But it doesn't try to connect to the wifi network it found.
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Try HitchHiker 0.4 beta1 (http://www.kasuei.com/hitchhiker/) it's similar to wififofum but it will connect.
No WEP cracking or dictionary attack though.
bye
risidoro said:
ameriaux said:
Hi all,
I'm currently using WiFiFoFum2 that has a really cool radar detection and the possibility to add them as POI in TOMTOM. But it doesn't try to connect to the wifi network it found.
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Try HitchHiker 0.4 beta1 (http://www.kasuei.com/hitchhiker/) it's similar to wififofum but it will connect.
No WEP cracking or dictionary attack though.
bye
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Tried this - unfortunately it kept dying shortly after conecting to an available network - went back to wififofum2 - admitedly it doesnt connect but it does a good job of finding networks.
.NET 2.0 and Hitchhiker
Hitchhiker says it needs .net 2.0, and that is 24MB! Does it really need .net and how much free space does .net require? Will .net install on the sd card?
Found a cab file here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=51118&highlight=net
and it is 2MB. Would still like to know if this can install on the sd card, does it screw up .net version 1, which is needed for registry wizard, and is hitchhiker worth it?
bratag : i noticed that the Hitchhiker crashed due to trying to connect using Pocket MSN. Try registering your MSN using the pocket MSN.
I did it and it works find after that
Tried Hitchhiker in WM%
and it crashed incessantly, sometimes taking the whole device down. It was a nuisance to install .net 2, although it helps to use the cab file located at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=51118
and then to follow the instructions involving shutting off the today screen items, soft reset, shut down all running programs (I used memmaid for this) and then install the cab. That got .net to run. Then I installed hitchhiker, but it seemed to conflict with the default wifi connection. I was near a wep enabled wifi connection of my own. Hitchhiker would accept the password and even connect me, then crash. I could still reach the internet even after it crashed, although a couple of times I had to do a soft reset because the screen wasn't responsive.
There was a report elsewhere of a t-mobile / hitchhiker problem, so perhaps it is the T-Mobile customization.
Is this really better than the native wm5 program for finding wifi's and connecting to them? Actually, often I can't connect to unprotected wifis very well, which is why I tried this program, but with 5 MB for .net and frequent crashes, it doesn't seem worth it. I would appreciate your reaction, however, since I would like to be able to use voip (sjphone) in Europe and readily connecting to wifis would help.
Yes Hitchhiker crashed for me too...
Finally I use an old version of WiFiFoFum = 0.3.3 to detect hotspot but unfortunaltely can't connect with it...
Ive tried Wi-Fi companion but it's a shareware and can't make it work on my 9100.
Does somebody has a complete list of the default ssid (maybe depend on the country)... linksys, usrobotics, wireless...
I'm really interested in the routers in France and USA.
Thanks
Wifi Companion is a pretty nice app. It has a connect option and has trace route and ping utilities as well..
http://www.socketcom.com/product/SW1221-596.asp
I have used all of those mentioned and had problems with all of them freezing, crashing etc. I now use PocketWiNc, version 1.3 build 952. It is a special edition put out by PC mag. I dont remember where I got it, but I am sure a search can find it. It is free but has just a couple features that dont work in the free version (that I wouldnt use anyway).
PocketWinc the Special PC Mag Edition can be found here for free...
http://www.pocketpcfreeware.com/en/index.php?soft=1052
mine wizard cant connect on network after I use wififo,so I had to hard reset and backup it and now working ok
mapas said:
you don't need to crack anything...
I travel a lot...
I need max 10min walking with wifofum to locate an unencrypted access point that shares internet... with ssid default etc...
I was in amsterdam last week. I could find open APs anywhere (even inside the room of my hotel from a nearby house/company) !
And you are not breaking any law....
If you crack wep then you do...
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In The Netherlands you are breaking the law, well according to the new system. But if you can't protect your open wifi you are probably 99.999 of 100.000 shure you will not be seen on the network
techspy said:
I have used all of those mentioned and had problems with all of them freezing, crashing etc. I now use PocketWiNc, version 1.3 build 952. It is a special edition put out by PC mag. I dont remember where I got it, but I am sure a search can find it. It is free but has just a couple features that dont work in the free version (that I wouldnt use anyway).
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I tried installing this on my wizard, and it said it couldnt find a wifi adapter...
jmel said:
techspy said:
I have used all of those mentioned and had problems with all of them freezing, crashing etc. I now use PocketWiNc, version 1.3 build 952. It is a special edition put out by PC mag. I dont remember where I got it, but I am sure a search can find it. It is free but has just a couple features that dont work in the free version (that I wouldnt use anyway).
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I tried installing this on my wizard, and it said it couldnt find a wifi adapter...
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Do you have your wifi on before starting the app?
Hallo everybody!
First of all let me thamk al the people that provided us hacks 'n triks to better ****f experience: you are all great!
Now comes the difficult part of my (first) post.
I succesfully "liberated" WM on SnapVue side and even after SP1 on Vista everything seems to work fine, except for some things I'm about to ask you.
1. Is there a reason why audio is always muted on Vista side after each reboot/hybernate? It's not a big problem to make some click here and there, but I would like to know if any other user has the same issue.
2. I'm realizing that "USBTools" works only with power plug inserted. Anyone has tried to solve this problem? (Pleas note: I've read that it can be solved by changing the energy settings on Vista, putting them on "Ok, guy: eat my battery", but it really drains battery power).
3. Problems with modem under Vista. I used to surf the web using WM/SnapVue as a USB modem, but this does'nt seem to work anymore (even if WM is connected to 3G and perfectly "surfing on PIE). So my question is: how do I make Vista use my SIM as a modem?
4. From FAQ there still doesn't seem to be a solution to storage card. Any new on this? By the way: is it normal that having no file in "My Document" folder in WM I only have 4 Mb of free space for documents (it means that I have more or less 32 Mb's of Documents used... without a document in it). I tryed to discover which folder was so memory-eater with MemMaid, and I only discovered that "Windows" is 100 and more Mb's heavy...
Thank you for any hint you can give me on this
I'm really grateful to this forum for fixing all my post-SP1 issues. I recognise your point 3. Some top chaps on this forum regognised that the shift has to left in high performance power setting for the modem to stay 100% reliable. you can also create additional power settings, based on the high performance setting, and then you can edit all of the options to be the same as balanced and power saver, giving you modem reliability and battery life.
2. The above should fix this too, although I also disable the modem from control to ensure a 100% reliable connection.
Thanks to the chaps who came up with these solutions.
Some updates (or better: new questions).
Internet connection in Vista now goes through WM side, and I'm still waiting for a solution to that. But the point is: whyt can't I sync my files while surfing? I mean: I'm correctly connected to WM as I'm surfing (if I "disconnect" using USBTools internet connection disappears), but in Sync Center my "device" is disconnected and so I can't syn infos. Should I usually turn off modem in order to get sync?
Thank everybody!!!
Greetings every one
I have searched through the threads to try and find a solution to my problem and I have tried hard and soft restart on Snapvu, F2 and F3 but nothing works
I am having a little trouble with my Shift 9500 running Vista. All was well until about a week ago when I lost WLAN. When I attempted to turn on WLAN in the SHAG Control, SHAG control freezes and vista tells me that the "program is not responding". Sound is also muted.
I do, however, have a network symbol in the notification area that tells me it is not connected, when I ask vista to diagnose the problem it tells me to install a network card and the software. So, I reinstall the Marvell Wi-Fi driver, downloaded from the HTC website, but still no effect and the same thing keeps happening.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I have the same problem now. Got original preinstalled Vista and even after Hard reset WLAN seems to be turned on in Control Center but the WLAN card is not even seen on hardware list. Got latest Marvell driver installed. It's rather not hardware problem as WLAN used to work before hard reset. Maybe it has to do with Microsoft hot fixes (have automatic updates enabled) but run without SP1. It's driving me crazy when trying to enable WLAN or Bluetooth it takes minutes like you. Any ideas plase? Thanks
aprach said:
I have the same problem now. Got original preinstalled Vista and even after Hard reset WLAN seems to be turned on in Control Center but the WLAN card is not even seen on hardware list. Got latest Marvell driver installed. It's rather not hardware problem as WLAN used to work before hard reset. Maybe it has to do with Microsoft hot fixes (have automatic updates enabled) but run without SP1. It's driving me crazy when trying to enable WLAN or Bluetooth it takes minutes like you. Any ideas plase? Thanks
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Well just an update, I did hard Vista reset and it helped. got fully functional wlan device, but still don't know what caused that. basically i see preinstalled vista here is damn unstable and never seen so many blue screens before :/
aprach said:
Well just an update, I did hard Vista reset and it helped. got fully functional wlan device, but still don't know what caused that. basically i see preinstalled vista here is damn unstable and never seen so many blue screens before :/
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I just posted a message earlier about issues I've been having with WiFi now resolved by changing advanced settings in the chip set. Maybe of some use? If you can't even see the Marvell maybe the only choice IS to do a hard restore, or maybe even trying the copying of the sdbus.sys from the XP page into system32/driver and trying again...that's probably what I would do.
I must admit, most of my issues with WiFI started when I updated to the new driver from HTC....downhill from there.
And note their instructions don't tell you in which order to install the WiFi driver - yet all the others are very specific. Maybe that's where it all goes horribly wrong? I did mine last for reference.
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And note their instructions don't tell you in which order to install the WiFi driver - yet all the others are very specific. Maybe that's where it all goes horribly wrong? I did mine last for reference.
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I'd suggest if everything works fine then no need to upgrade and take this risk... i simply ignored new htc drivers )
Hey Fooftr )
How are you? Managed to overwhelm this damn WLAN? I was happy too early. Even though my automatic MS updates were disabled after hard reset and I haven't even touched new htc drivers, my WLAN dissapeared again under Vista after some time.
Have installed latest Marvell sd8686.sys drivers from htc and the only result I got is 'Device manager' indicates WLAN card drivers where loaded but device cannot start (Code: 10). Did simple uninstall and even after reboot Vista finds no WLAN device at all. Did same with SD Host and here it's finem Vista finds it and reinstalls drivers. I'm still patient as really like this ****, I mean shift )
I've also replace sdbus.sys (81KB) file with mine laptop one 87KB but no difference.
The only networking actions I've been doing were related to installation of NDIS drivers together with the first WinMo sync. Maybe this is it? Don't know and wouldn't like to hard reset it again. Also XP is not an option until touchscreen and sdhc support is solved.
Guys any thoughts? Ideas? Does anyone have the same problem with vanishing WLAN device? Again it works after hard reset so it's not a hardware prob imo.
Cheers Shifters ;o)
Silence means either I'm alone with the problem or there are others but no solution found
I did some progress yesterday and GOT MY WLAN working fine now. I've been trying to play with HTC Marvell driver folders content as despite of WLAN setup file there are other toolkits attached by HTC. IT's not ideal and does enable WIFI fine but enables BT as well however BT device cannot find any other devices - later down below about BT.
PLS READ THIS FIRST BEFORE YOU TRY, it's just my observation and may be only my case.
If you guys have the same experience with WLAN device as I do please try to do following, it helped in my case and now have all WLAN and BT enabled and visible in Vista SP1 after sleep/restart, whatever.
1. My Vista config is as follows:
- SP1 installed (eng)
- all updates installed from Microsoft Update
- all HTC drivers installed except Vitakey which I hear on other threads is causing some headaches.
* although I have all above installed I don;t think it;s a prerequisite. You only need latest Marvell drivers from HTC website.
2. Pls note, although latest Marvell WLAN drivers are installed I used to see no devices.
3. I've described what is a behaviour when I install drivers, devices appear for a few seconds on the list and dissapear at the end of installation.
4. So I went to WLAN folder /Wifidrvpatch/TOOLKITS and found HTCMEDIA.INI file with number of commands.
5. At the end of the file you can find three commands related to ECTKit.exe and vcpj_TSinstall.exe
6. What I did yesterday what enabled my devices? Started to launch them to see what will happen.
I launched three application but I'm not sure which one helped, my devices started to apeparing on th list after ECTKit.exe with one of parameters added.
7. Launch Device Manager and expand Network adapters. Right click on desktop 'My computer' and choose 'Manage'. From the list then choose 'Device Manager'. IF you don't see NEtwork adapters on the list it's probably same as in my case. go to next step.
8. Click Start->Run->cmd
change your path (using 'cd' command) to be in marvellwifi/wifidrvpatch/toolkits/tool where ECTKit.exe is located.
Launch ECTKit.exe by typing ECTKit.exe /EnableAllDevice
after that my devices appeared on the list.
As I said I launched three execs this evening. First was vcpj_TSinstall.exe (then clicked on install) but haven't noticed any change, dvices were hidden and shift was not much busy with this exec. Second I launched ECTKit.exe /RestoreAllDevice (Still no devices on the list BUT I've noticed Computer Management tool (the one you've opened to see devices) has indicated under 'System Tools->'EVent Viewer' -> 'Windows Logs' -> 'Security' that one of sys files is not loaded due to hash issue. IT's called CCDEVIO.sys and used to fail EVERYTIME when I tried to install MArvell drivers before (have checked logs history).
As the third command launched was ECTKit.exe /EnableAllDevice and this one helped.
What I suspect in my case CCDEVIO.sys may be causing problems but not sure. For example this sys file is trying to be loaded when I open WindowsMediaPlayer and fails as well so I'm not sure. Anyway that's the only misbehaviour I've noticed related to drivers installation.
Now about BT. It's also enabled. Got access to all functions, etc but there are two problems with BT.
1. My shift cannot find any other BT devices but can be found by my HTC Kaiser with no problems (still with limited number of services shared).
2. BT blue LED under the display flashes all the time now ) Well even if I disable BT Radio device and other BT related it does still blinks ) Well I don;t care anyway at least got it visible and can play further to force it to work. It';s still better than not having it at all.
LAst but not least this trick has not helped to frozen Shift Control Center tool. It freezes if I want to Turn ON/OFF WIFI/BT for coupel of minutes, then indicated device is ON or OFF, I can close it but it does not communicate with devices at all - meaning if I turn my WLAN ON thru control center it's not turning ON. Need to go to Network Adapters window under NEtwork Sharing Center and simply enable it. It's till fine as shagctrl sucks anyway, no brightness can be adjusted and when I try to access Settings, after 10-20 seconds got message 'Get EC firmware version failed' and settings opens (this error was observed even after my Vist agot hard reset some time ago and even after I installed latest EC drivers from HTC site)...
I'm not sure how HTC tests their drivers in testing environment but they probably outsource it to well known business oriented countries )
Sorry for long story but maybe it will help some of you. I'm damn happy got my WIFI working as do not need BT for now
aprach said:
Silence means either I'm alone with the problem or there are others but no solution found
I did some progress yesterday and GOT MY WLAN working fine now. I've been trying to play with HTC Marvell driver folders content as despite of WLAN setup file there are other toolkits attached by HTC. IT's not ideal and does enable WIFI fine but enables BT as well however BT device cannot find any other devices - later down below about BT.
PLS READ THIS FIRST BEFORE YOU TRY, it's just my observation and may be only my case.
If you guys have the same experience with WLAN device as I do please try to do following, it helped in my case and now have all WLAN and BT enabled and visible in Vista SP1 after sleep/restart, whatever.
1. My Vista config is as follows:
- SP1 installed (eng)
- all updates installed from Microsoft Update
- all HTC drivers installed except Vitakey which I hear on other threads is causing some headaches.
* although I have all above installed I don;t think it;s a prerequisite. You only need latest Marvell drivers from HTC website.
2. Pls note, although latest Marvell WLAN drivers are installed I used to see no devices.
3. I've described what is a behaviour when I install drivers, devices appear for a few seconds on the list and dissapear at the end of installation.
4. So I went to WLAN folder /Wifidrvpatch/TOOLKITS and found HTCMEDIA.INI file with number of commands.
5. At the end of the file you can find three commands related to ECTKit.exe and vcpj_TSinstall.exe
6. What I did yesterday what enabled my devices? Started to launch them to see what will happen.
I launched three application but I'm not sure which one helped, my devices started to apeparing on th list after ECTKit.exe with one of parameters added.
7. Launch Device Manager and expand Network adapters. Right click on desktop 'My computer' and choose 'Manage'. From the list then choose 'Device Manager'. IF you don't see NEtwork adapters on the list it's probably same as in my case. go to next step.
8. Click Start->Run->cmd
change your path (using 'cd' command) to be in marvellwifi/wifidrvpatch/toolkits/tool where ECTKit.exe is located.
Launch ECTKit.exe by typing ECTKit.exe /EnableAllDevice
after that my devices appeared on the list.
As I said I launched three execs this evening. First was vcpj_TSinstall.exe (then clicked on install) but haven't noticed any change, dvices were hidden and shift was not much busy with this exec. Second I launched ECTKit.exe /RestoreAllDevice (Still no devices on the list BUT I've noticed Computer Management tool (the one you've opened to see devices) has indicated under 'System Tools->'EVent Viewer' -> 'Windows Logs' -> 'Security' that one of sys files is not loaded due to hash issue. IT's called CCDEVIO.sys and used to fail EVERYTIME when I tried to install MArvell drivers before (have checked logs history).
As the third command launched was ECTKit.exe /EnableAllDevice and this one helped.
What I suspect in my case CCDEVIO.sys may be causing problems but not sure. For example this sys file is trying to be loaded when I open WindowsMediaPlayer and fails as well so I'm not sure. Anyway that's the only misbehaviour I've noticed related to drivers installation.
Now about BT. It's also enabled. Got access to all functions, etc but there are two problems with BT.
1. My shift cannot find any other BT devices but can be found by my HTC Kaiser with no problems (still with limited number of services shared).
2. BT blue LED under the display flashes all the time now ) Well even if I disable BT Radio device and other BT related it does still blinks ) Well I don;t care anyway at least got it visible and can play further to force it to work. It';s still better than not having it at all.
LAst but not least this trick has not helped to frozen Shift Control Center tool. It freezes if I want to Turn ON/OFF WIFI/BT for coupel of minutes, then indicated device is ON or OFF, I can close it but it does not communicate with devices at all - meaning if I turn my WLAN ON thru control center it's not turning ON. Need to go to Network Adapters window under NEtwork Sharing Center and simply enable it. It's till fine as shagctrl sucks anyway, no brightness can be adjusted and when I try to access Settings, after 10-20 seconds got message 'Get EC firmware version failed' and settings opens (this error was observed even after my Vist agot hard reset some time ago and even after I installed latest EC drivers from HTC site)...
I'm not sure how HTC tests their drivers in testing environment but they probably outsource it to well known business oriented countries )
Sorry for long story but maybe it will help some of you. I'm damn happy got my WIFI working as do not need BT for now
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Hello,
I have a similar issue withe Marvell Wifi adapter.
I restored the system to the manufacturer settings pressing F3 while booting and the problem remains:
If the Shift is powered off or hybernated more than 30 minutes and then powered on, then Wifi works well, the adapter appears in the device manager, and I can power it on or off with HTC comunication administrator (the progran which opens when you push the upper right button).
If, whith Wifi working, I suspend, reboot or power off the shift for less than 30 minutes, the Marvel wifi adaptor dissapears from the device manager, Wifi doesn't work and I can't enable or disable it from the HTC comunication administrator.
I have restored the system to manufacturer settings pressing the F3 button while booting for three times without success.
Anybody knows how to fix that problem or may I send the unit to the SAT?
Thank you very much
henryfabu said:
Hello,
I have a similar issue withe Marvell Wifi adapter.
I restored the system to the manufacturer settings pressing F3 while booting and the problem remains:
If the Shift is powered off or hybernated more than 30 minutes and then powered on, then Wifi works well, the adapter appears in the device manager, and I can power it on or off with HTC comunication administrator (the progran which opens when you push the upper right button).
If, whith Wifi working, I suspend, reboot or power off the shift for less than 30 minutes, the Marvel wifi adaptor dissapears from the device manager, Wifi doesn't work and I can't enable or disable it from the HTC comunication administrator.
I have restored the system to manufacturer settings pressing the F3 button while booting for three times without success.
Anybody knows how to fix that problem or may I send the unit to the SAT?
Thank you very much
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Hey, seems it's very unstable. Can you imagine I was to early happy with my findings :/ My WIFI appears and dissapears randomly but the behaviour is a bit different from yours. Mine is available even right after reboot (pess than 30 mins). What I do to solve it is when after turning on there is no device on the list I simply launch drivers installation and do not wait till the end. When I see BT/WIFI devices in Computer Management successfully identified (installation still runs) I simply kill the installer thru "Task Manager" without waiting for completion (as every time after completion devices again dissapear). With that I have a control over WIFI. It's a bit annoying but I can rely on that everytime so far.
Keep observing my shift behaviour what potentialy can impact that and even with WinMo synced and 3G working on WinMo side WIFI is still available. Last time it dissapeared after battery removal for 5 minutes max (to insert new SIM card).
BTW, once you have your BT available can you find external devices using BT built-in software? I cannot...
Even with that I damn like the SHIFT and find it very useful.
Will stay in touch