Here's a summary of my problem that I just cannot seem to figure out. My Cingular 8125 connects to the internet via activesync just fine. However, if I accidentally plug my usb cord in while my Cingular 8125 is connected to Edge (i.e. retrieving email, connected to Agile Messenger), then I cannot get it to use the computer's internet connection using passthrough. Usually after about a day it will just start working on its own again (as if something resets).
Does anyone know why this is happening, and what I can do to force it to work, since waiting a day can be very frustrating? Thanks!
Do you have the proxy disabled? That should solve it.
I do have the proxy disabled but it doesnt help.
*BUMP*
I'm having an identical problem. Everything on the phone seems to be setup correctly, activesync is configured correctly...however no passthrough. If anyone has any further suggestions please let me know.
-AnarchE
You might try this just for grins. Try holding down your bottom right red "End" button for a few seconds and see if GPRS disengages.
I occasionally have wifi going but will start a browser and it will start the GPRS connection anyway instead of using wifi. I hold down the end call button for a few seconds and GPRS stops and WiFi takes over.
This doesn't totally apply to your particular situation, but worth a try if you haven't tried it already.
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You might try this just for grins. Try holding down your bottom right red "End" button for a few seconds and see if GPRS disengages.
I occasionally have wifi going but will start a browser and it will start the GPRS connection anyway instead of using wifi. I hold down the end call button for a few seconds and GPRS stops and WiFi takes over.
This doesn't totally apply to your particular situation, but worth a try if you haven't tried it already.
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If that was to me, I have tried completely disabling GPRS to see if that would work, but no dice.
have you tred as 4.5 beta 2?
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have you tred as 4.5 beta 2?
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Yep, been using it for about 24 hours now.
Its also worth noting that I tried with AS 4.1 and 4.5 on my work machine (no firewall, no previous AS install) and the same problem persists. This leads me to believe it is a problem with the phone.
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Some questions about the "ALWAYS ON" GPRS connection in WM2003 (device = imate aka XDA II)
1. Does it consume extra battery life if the GPRS is alawys on?
2. When I'm connected but not actively doing anything (upload/download), does the device keep communicating with the service provider? i.e. sending control information back and forth even when i am actively not using it?
3. If the GPRS connection is active, are there any chances my phone reception or the phone's ability to get a phone call/SMS/MMS is adversely affected? I dont want people not to be able to contact me or send sms/mms because my phone is always connected on GPRS.
4. Once the GPRS connection is made, and i'm done doing my "thing", how do I disconnect? Cause currently I have no way of disconnecting.
1 yes like your phone use more power when you speak in your phone it use lot more power then not using it
2 a bit not too much
3 it should not
4 www.GB-SOFT.cz/xdaII should add some features
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Some questions about the "ALWAYS ON" GPRS connection in WM2003 (device = imate aka XDA II)
4. Once the GPRS connection is made, and i'm done doing my "thing", how do I disconnect? Cause currently I have no way of disconnecting.
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Press and hold the Red Disconnect button for several seconds (Approx. 3 Sec) and it will disconnect.
Dustoff
humayunl said:
Some questions about the "ALWAYS ON" GPRS connection in WM2003 (device = imate aka XDA II)
4. Once the GPRS connection is made, and i'm done doing my "thing", how do I disconnect? Cause currently I have no way of disconnecting.
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Press and hold the Red Disconnect button for several seconds (Approx. 3 Sec) and it will disconnect.
Dustoff
Mind you, I use an MDA I.
as far as I know, the only way to get off and stay off GPRS is to go to settings->system->memmory->running programs and close anything that might use it (mailbox, IE, etc...)
If the signal indicator says it's connected to GPRS, then yes, you are actively connected to the tower/cell network. Sending info constantly, I don't know?????
GPRS effecting other network connectiveity???? I've heard yay and nay and have no professional opinion. Personally, I have no problems recieving a call, sms, etc... while connected to GPRS.
As far as power consumption, I would assume yes, it sucks up power. I have noticed about a 15% increase in power consumption using the web for an hour or so per day as well as automaticly checking email once every 45 minutes.
I also recently discovered a beautiful little prog that I cooked into my MDA I OS. PocketNav. It allows you to switch programs, close certain ones with only two "clicks", or all the progs at once, etc.... Check it out!!! It will be worth your time (I don't know where to get it other than stephan's kitchen).
Good luck!
gsm and sms should disable grps while it's using the band
but not cause problems
there is also the program PHM task manager
which is pretty much a copy of the task manager in windows 2k and xp so if people know and like that then it's a good program
Dustoff said:
humayunl said:
Some questions about the "ALWAYS ON" GPRS connection in WM2003 (device = imate aka XDA II)
4. Once the GPRS connection is made, and i'm done doing my "thing", how do I disconnect? Cause currently I have no way of disconnecting.
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Press and hold the Red Disconnect button for several seconds (Approx. 3 Sec) and it will disconnect.
Dustoff
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He Dustoff,
Great stuff! Worked fine for me. Thanks.
Ronald
Dustoff,
Where is the Red dsiconnect button I am supposed to press and hold?
I am using WM2003 and after Iam connected, i havent been able to find any place where there is any disconnect option. in the connection bubble all i can see is that i am "connected" but there is nowhere for me to disconnect.
Can you please let me know where you find this disconnect option.
thanks
Red disconnect button
It is simply the red button of the telephone.
On another hand, if someone calls you exactly in the same moment when yours GPRS is fully active downloading something (a big picture, a long message, ...), you may appear as "unavailable"
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Hi.
I have not tried the above software yet, but here is the problem I have...
I use Wi-Fi a lot at home and quite often keep the Wi-Fi on and use WiFiFoFum away from home. I have managed to set up my pay as you go GPRS connection. But whenever I'm away from a Wi-Fi network the GPRS connects and my applications then access the internet.
There needs to be an option of "not connecting gprs automatically when there is no Wi-Fi connection."
What I have had to do is change one of the setting for the gprs so it cant connect, and I have to change it back when I need it.
Switching from Wi-Fi to gprs can cost a lot if things connect without me knowing. It costs £3 for a months use of 1Mb.
Regards,
Ian Watson
creating a phantom connection, and "picking" it as default may be slightly quicker than changing the settings of you primary connection.
I think holding down the HANGUP/STOP button for 2-3 seconds is the fastest and easiest way.
interestingfellow said:
creating a phantom connection, and "picking" it as default may be slightly quicker than changing the settings of you primary connection.
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I have found where I can stop it from connecting the GPRS if it cant get a wi-fi conncetion. Connections icon on the connections tab, then the advanced tab, then the select networks button - "programs that automaticall connect to the internet..........". I have changed this from gprs to my isp.
Ian
I am a Vario II user on T-Mobile in the UK (is it healthy to love your phone?).
It connects to the Net flawlessly using either 3G or GPRS. But if I disconnect from the Net (by pressing the red phone key a couple of times - the 3G/G icons disappears) then I am unable to connect again - sometimes until I switch off my device (a "hard" switch off) or at least for several hours.
Is this normal behaviour? Should I disconnect from 3G/GPRS or just leave it connected? If I do disconnect (it saves battery life and reduces heat in the device), how do I reconnect?
Thanks in anticipation of a reply.
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I am a Vario II user on T-Mobile in the UK (is it healthy to love your phone?).
It connects to the Net flawlessly using either 3G or GPRS. But if I disconnect from the Net (by pressing the red phone key a couple of times - the 3G/G icons disappears) then I am unable to connect again - sometimes until I switch off my device (a "hard" switch off) or at least for several hours.
Is this normal behaviour? Should I disconnect from 3G/GPRS or just leave it connected? If I do disconnect (it saves battery life and reduces heat in the device), how do I reconnect?
Thanks in anticipation of a reply.
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No, its not normal behaviour - I have a Vario II on T-Mobile UK and it connects and disconnects perfectly. Unless you have fiddled with the registry, I don't think it should be necessary to disconnect manually - there is an inactivity timeout and it will drop the connection automatically after a while.
Have you loaded any non-standard software? Before getting my Vario II, I had a T-Mobile MDA and it suffered the symptoms you describe with some non-standard diallers loaded...
Martin
The only software that I can think of is Skype (for Pocket PC) and I don't think that that's the problem. And I haven't "fiddled" with anything in the registry.
Maybe I just shouldn't disconnect from the Net and let it go down "naturally" as you say you do. This seems to drain the battery but it's preferable than being permanently disconnected.
Don't suppose there is an alternative way of resetting the comms without physically switching off my device (this always clears the problem - until the next time!).
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The only software that I can think of is Skype (for Pocket PC) and I don't think that that's the problem. And I haven't "fiddled" with anything in the registry.
Maybe I just shouldn't disconnect from the Net and let it go down "naturally" as you say you do. This seems to drain the battery but it's preferable than being permanently disconnected.
Don't suppose there is an alternative way of resetting the comms without physically switching off my device (this always clears the problem - until the next time!).
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Well, on the few occasions I have had a connection problem, turning off the phone section via the top-right button in the communications manager and back on again has solved it...
Martin
mab981 said:
Well, on the few occasions I have had a connection problem, turning off the phone section via the top-right button in the communications manager and back on again has solved it...
Martin
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Thanks for this. I'll give it a try.
In the meantime, I've left my 3G/GPRS connection running - how long should it take before it drops "naturally"? I last used my device about 4 hours ago but it's still connected!
Hmmm, I must say that the timeout does seem much longer than it was with WM2003 on a Magician - I cannot see too much of a pattern to it, I'm afraid.
Martin
Problem solved!
I stopped all running programs - and I could disconnect and reconnect! I guess it was one of my programs. I will experiment to see which one was causing the problem. Most likely candidate is Skype. But I also regularly run Fizz Traveller, which might also cause the problem.
It's Skype
Skype is the problem. If I stop this program running I can reconnect to 3g/GPRS without problems. If I run it and try to connect - nothing. Don't know if Skype is aware of this issue?
Hi, i have a very strange and unpleasant problem with my Hermes.. At home I am using my wifi connection to receive mails etc. My Hermes connects to the wifi network normally, but when I want to use internet connection (IE, Outlook..) it will start GPRS. I have to turn wifi of and back on to be able to use it. It is pretty annoying as you can imagine. Now I am using latest Tytn WWE rom, but i have had same problems with T-mobile rom.
My old Wizard is connecting normally and has never done something stupid like this Do anyone have some clue what may cause this strange behaviour?
Have you confirmed that the home WiFi connection is configured as 'Connects to: The Internet'? In comm manager turn off the WiFI then go into settings/connections/Network Cards and you will be presented with all the networks used or previously found by your TyTn wireless card.
Select you named home wireless connection and you will be presented with the screen "Configure Wireless Network". Make sure that the entry against "Connects to:" i sset to The Internet - then press OK (top right), then dismiss the settings windows.
Try the connection again - it worked for me a while back. If already set at "connects to the Internet" then try deleting the settings and creating the entry again: press and hold on the connection (your home WiFi) then select "Remove Settings". Then turn on networked and set it up again remembering to select "connects to the Internet" when asked during the configuration of the WiFi connection. Of course you will again be prompted for a network key if you have a secure wireless router.
- if you all this then sorry but you didn't say. Hope it helps
I have already set it to connect to the internet few days ago. But i will try to remove those settings and do it again.. Hope it will solve the problem.
Thanks for your help. I'll report later..
naciniak said:
I have already set it to connect to the internet few days ago. But i will try to remove those settings and do it again.. Hope it will solve the problem.
Thank's for your help. I'll report later..
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Mine does the same thing and I am set the same way, even though it connects to GPRS etc it still uses the WiFi (ran speed test on IE to confirm)
Hi
I hear good things about Danielherrero's bandswitch app. This is a long thread and I think there are revisions along the way so best read through a sample of the pages:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286844&highlight=danielherrero
Whether it will solve your particular issue I don't know - but worth a look?
Mike
mikechannon said:
Hi
I hear good things about Danielherrero's bandswitch app. This is a long thread and I think there are revisions along the way so best read through a sample of the pages:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=286844&highlight=danielherrero
Whether it will solve your particular issue I don't know - but worth a look?
Mike
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Hmm.. I am already using that band switcher. Really a great program but unfortunatelly it cannot solve this issue.
But.. I can see a light at the end of the tunnel I've deleted my network settings and than set it again. And now it seems to be working! Hmm.. cannot be quite sure if it isn't just lucky day, but I've tested it more than 10 times and it seems to be OK.
Anyway... thanks for your help
Hopefully it will continue to work.
PS Is "cancer man" still alive or have the ciggies killed him off?
Mike
Glad to hear it worked OK. I too found it was teh only way to get mine initially working - since deleting and recreating the link it has worked OK (3 mths plus)
Aaah.. I heard that cancer man is still alive. But.. trust no one Hope he will not follow the Marlboro Man..
And by the way.. After few hours it still seems to be working. Thanks guys!!
Out of a month of use it has happened to me only once. I just turned off wifi then turned it back on. I believe the tytn is not recognising that it has a valid Internet connection.
After a while the Internet Explorer comes back with the msg: The page cannot be found. Check the name and try again.
Goodlink stays operational, so it can't be the GPRS connection. Tried several ROMs and am now on faria v5.0/2.18.0.0WWE. Still with the same problems.
Usually it happens when connecting with the PC through ActiveSync (4.5).
However it has happened without connecting to the PC too.
Solution till now is: cold reset and reinstall applications. But am wondering:
* is this a common problem? (met another person with a Trinity running into the same problem)
* is there another workaround, i.e. registry setting which locks up?
Thanks,
Johan
problem ?solved?
identified the problem to be with the laptop, not quite sure why, but it has to do with the USB port in the laptop. Even after exchanging the harddisk and re-imaging the laptop the problem still occurs. When I hook my pda's up with other PCs/laptops (after cold booting - reinstall apps) to run sync, there is no problem and Mobile-IE keeps working normally.
Don't know why, but at least its reproducable.
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After a while the Internet Explorer comes back with the msg: The page cannot be found. Check the name and try again.
Goodlink stays operational, so it can't be the GPRS connection. Tried several ROMs and am now on faria v5.0/2.18.0.0WWE. Still with the same problems.
Usually it happens when connecting with the PC through ActiveSync (4.5).
However it has happened without connecting to the PC too.
Solution till now is: cold reset and reinstall applications. But am wondering:
* is this a common problem? (met another person with a Trinity running into the same problem)
* is there another workaround, i.e. registry setting which locks up?
Thanks,
Johan
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This is very common. I'm sure everyone has gotten this message sometime or other. If the website has a broken or bad link, this will pop up, or if a link wasn't tapped properly on the touch screen. No fix...
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This is very common. I'm sure everyone has gotten this message sometime or other. If the website has a broken or bad link, this will pop up, or if a link wasn't tapped properly on the touch screen. No fix...
8125
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THANKS for your reply.
It's a bit more complicated than that. After connecting to the laptop there is no url accessible what so ever. Of course the msg is seen on other occasions as you said when not tapping properly or broken links, but after connecting it to the laptop directly it will give this msg continously.
I hooked it up to the laptop through a docking station/port replicator and then the internet connection keeps running. With the current laptop I have I simply musn't hook it up to through direct USB connection.
I also get the same error, but only over GPRS when I'm receiving an email and thus ActiveSync is going.
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THANKS for your reply.
It's a bit more complicated than that. After connecting to the laptop there is no url accessible what so ever. Of course the msg is seen on other occasions as you said when not tapping properly or broken links, but after connecting it to the laptop directly it will give this msg continously.
I hooked it up to the laptop through a docking station/port replicator and then the internet connection keeps running. With the current laptop I have I simply musn't hook it up to through direct USB connection.
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If you're getting a good and steady internet connection, and still get this message, I'm assuming the problem lies in the laptop itself.
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Hi folks,
I have noticed an irritating, intermittent connection problem with a couple of XDA phones I've had. Specifically, I now have an HTC Touch Pro, and most of the time the internet works fine. Sometimes though, when I try to connect, nothing happens for a very long time, and eventually an 'unable to connect' message is displayed. Usually, I use Opera 9.5, which was pre-installed. But the problem also exists if I use the standard IE and also with Skyfire too. The message is different depending on which browser I'm using of course. But if one won't connect, none of them will, so I don't think it's a problem with one of those browsers. I should point out that when the browsers do connect, they stay connected. this problem only occurs when I open the browser and it tries to connect. I did have the same problem on my previous XDA device - O2 XDA Trion. I have found that if I perform a soft-reset, the internet will then start up nice and quickly on the first attempt, which I'm guessing suggests it isn't a network problem. Does anyone else have this experience? Does anyone know what might be causing it? Of all the pieces of software I've installed, there are few, if any, that I've had installed on both devices, other than the programs which are preinstalled. The only commonality between my previous device and my current one is the OS and the SIM card.
Are you speaking about your HTC PRO Wifi connnection or the EDGE/GPRS/HSDPA connection?
I also have issues with the data line not being connected or running the way you would think. I then pop over to wifi and all is good. I normally just turn off the data connection and reconnect.
Also, do you keep the connection permanently on data mode or do you let the phone log on for you?
My theory (this happens to me sometimes too) is that my phone connects to the tower and then gets timed out because of no data activity. The phone doesn't figure it out and simply shows a connection still. Then when you try to get data the phone is confused as to why the digital connection it thought it had was no longer active.
Props to me for making up **** and having it sound 2Legit2Quit.
I am talking about my EDGE/GPRS/HSDPA connection, and, now you mention it, yes, I think wi-fi works when EDGE/GPRS/HSDPA is not working. I'm not sure about that though. I'll have a go when it happens again. Which it will, very soon, because it happens all the time. It's annoying.
Thanks for your ideas!
PS: I didn't respond to your question about data mode. I'm not really too sure what you mean by that. I didn't know there was a data mode! In the Touchflo3D settings, under communication, there is a switch labelled 'Data connection. Turn off data connection.' But if I do turn that off, it just turns it straight back on again. I'm not sure that's what you meant though.