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VISTA BUILD 5600 WITH WMDC

hello!
i just installed a fresh new copy of Windows Vista x86 Build 5600 and I've realized that Windows Mobile Device Center isn't installed.
I've searched and at Microsoft I've downloaded a file: drvupdate-x86.msi which appears on Control Panel as Windows Mobile Device Center Driver Update!
Well, It's not the program, is it??? I instalde Driver Update but I don't seem to install the Program at all!
I've searched on XDA and I've found some tips, which I've tried with no result!
Add Key to registry at HKLM\Software\Microsoft named WHOS. it's supposed when I plug USB cable to PC and Universal, appear on Windows upgrade saying there is a new upgrade available. Doesnt appear!
I've seen a topic saying:
"...Yes I have it working with both USB / BT :=)
Try this procedure.
1. Download this file.
http://www.download.windowsupdate.co...bc9 4587a.exe
2. Extract it using winrar.This will give you a file "wmupdate.msi"
3. Now be sure to logon to Vista as the built in admin and run "wmupdate.msi" and after that reboot and again login as built in admin, let it complete the install.
4.Login as your regular user, connect you phone and all should work:=)"
Downloaded the file and done all right but I dont seam to make it work!
I've ONCE installed WMDC with no errors but the device appeared "NOT CONNECTED".
Now, after a NEW fresh instalation, I cant even install WMDc!
Please help!
I would like to keep vista installed, but without sync there's no way!!!!
Deiota

8525 sync with vista

Im having a big headache here, I have windows vista enterprise edition (the release version) and i downloaded Windows Mobile Device Center from microsoft. My problem is when ever I try to connect the device, windows installs HTC usb sync and after that I get another message saying I need to install drivers for a "unknown device" I went to device manager and sure enough somehow this "unknown device" is related to my phone, It askes to look for drivers and can not find any. Anyway, this is somehow creating a problem because I can not connect the phone with WMDC.
Thanks for your help,
Chris

Similar problems here with Vista Ultimte RTM. You can also watch here for some answers.
Ninja1

A couple weeks ago I tried to sync my Cingular 8525 but had no luck, Vista managed to find and install some HTC drivers, but I couldn't get active sync to work (mobile device center now in vista). But I could browse the files on the device. Then just today I went into device manager and manually told it to look for new drivers online, it did, found some, and installed them, then mobile device center started working and I could sync. Wahoo!

usarmy2008 said:
Im having a big headache here, I have windows vista enterprise edition (the release version) and i downloaded Windows Mobile Device Center from microsoft. My problem is when ever I try to connect the device, windows installs HTC usb sync and after that I get another message saying I need to install drivers for a "unknown device" I went to device manager and sure enough somehow this "unknown device" is related to my phone, It askes to look for drivers and can not find any. Anyway, this is somehow creating a problem because I can not connect the phone with WMDC.
Thanks for your help,
Chris
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This just happened to me today after using wmdc on vista business for 2 months. now my device comes up as "uknow device" in the device manager and then a few seconds later I get a popup window telling me that my USB device is unknown.
Damn annoying. im trying to figure out what happened and if i cant, then ill reinstall windows vista. bloody M$ crap.

when Vista prompt u for installing the driver, you have to manually select the driver location! Select driver directory to the Windows directory... Then Vista will be able to locate and loaded the device driver... i tried it works...
good luck

ctho24 said:
when Vista prompt u for installing the driver, you have to manually select the driver location! Select driver directory to the Windows directory... Then Vista will be able to locate and loaded the device driver... i tried it works...
good luck
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it was working fine for 2 months so I assume the correct drivers were installed. nonetheless, i will try update the driver for "unknown device" if I can find the inf file in the windows directory.

i tried it,
it says that my "Unknown Device" in the USB controllers category has the latest drivers installed.
this is too funny.
not sure what went wrong here.
Ive also uninstalled wmdc and reinstalled it many times and still no luck.
hrrrmmmmm, i feel a format and image coming up soon.

OK, i have solved the problem.
who would have thought I had 2 faulty sync-charge cables. They worked on Sunday and stopped working on Monday.
I noticed this happened after I used WM5torage. This is strange.
Anyways, things are back to normal

I have been sync with Windows Vista Ultimate both USB and Bluetooth for weeks. Especially the Bluetooth works great both sync and install software!!

8525 Tethering in Vista - USB Modem Unknown

Setup: Stock Cingular 8125 WM5, Vista Home Premium 32bit
I've had no problem with in the past getting my Cingular 8525 to tether with any XP machine. However, Vista is proving to be even more worthess than XP as I imagined it would. WMDC works fine a side from it too being even more worthless than it's predecessor, as I can't even remote sync over a secure VPN anymore.
I have read and installed the drivers located both:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=288753
and
http://www.terranettech.net/DisplayPg.aspx?codeid=1128
Neither works solution...
With WMDC disabled I activate the Wireless Modem connection. Vista detects a new USB device at that point and starts looking for a driver.
It comes back saying it could not find a driver, and I click a button to specifically tell it what driver to use. I've tried both drivers listed in both URLs. Neither are accepted. I'm told "The folder specified does not contain a compatible software driver for your device."
For the record, the driver on the CD didn't work either (different message, something along the lines of "failed to install driver").
If I go into Device Manager and "Update Driver" (no driver is installed, Update is used whether no driver yet or really updating) and let Vista try to find it itself it says "The best driver for your device is already installed.", which is "Unknown Device".
Any ideas? I've seen people claiming they got their 8525 to tether with Vista using the modified driver. On my end it does not work though.

No ideas? Is there another place I should post this instead?

this may help
For anyone having trouble getting their laptop to recognize the 8525 as a modem this may be the solution.
http://www.terranettech.net/DisplayPg.aspx?codeid=1128
my phone was working fine but when I tried to set my wife's up to tether it wouldn't show new hardware found when plugged in and when I tried to manually install the driver the process box just kinda stalled out and wouldn't go forward with the driver even though I had browsed to the right one. I had to uninstall the driver which was viewing the phone as a serial device. if you're having this trouble then try following the link above...

Internet Sharing with HTC diamond2 (WM 6.5) and windows 7

Hi, i had problems syncronizing my phone and laptop. When i plugged in the laptop failed to install drivers and recognize the phone as "Generic RNDIS". I solved it by unticking "advanced functions" on my phone. Now i can sync it with windows mobile center. Unluckily when i try to use internet sharing it gives me the same problem. The laptop doesn't install the correct drivers (remote NDIS based internet sharing device) and recognize the phone as Generic RNDIS. I already installed windows mobile device center 6.1 and every kind of drivers.
Any help?
Thank you.

Active scync
Hey bro u need to install active scyn on ur laptop hear is the link download & install
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/microsoft/activesync-download.mspx

thanks for answering. Active Sync works only with windows XP or earlier. I have windows 7 and i have windows mobile center. By the way, i can't connect to internet.
Any other idea?

It might have been a failed driver install... Go to device manager and un-install the driver but make sure the "DELETE DRIVER" box is UNCHECKED. Once it is uninstalled, reboot PC and plug the phone back in. Happened to me once and this fixed it.

CM7 usb tethering

Hi,
Has anyone been able to do usb tethering in CM7 on Windows xp? I am getting issue of unknown drivers. I have htc sync (latest) installed. Not sure where else can I find the drivers.

Anyone please.
Usb tethering worked fine for me on stock eclair rom. Couldn't get it working on cm :-(
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Swyped from my legend using xda app.

Used build in tethering in cm7 - worked like a charm..
Sent from my Legend using XDA Premium App

I am also trying built-in tethering but usb drivers are missing in windows. I shall try in linux though.
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Swyped from my legend using xda app.

I'm having the exact same problem. Under winxp it says that no driver has been found.
HTC Desire Gsm
Android: 2.3.3
Kernel: 2.6.37.4-cyanogenmod-gd307828 [email protected]#13
Mod: cyanogenmod-7-03262011-nightly-desire
Hope the info is relevant
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Isnt there the Message:
Windows XP users: For details on setting up USB tethering on Windows XP, see http://www.android.com/tether
And if you go there you can find the tetherxp.inf file
Windows XP contains the drivers you need to take advantage of USB tethering, but you must install a configuration file before connecting your phone to your Windows XP computer, to instruct Windows XP how to configure itself to use those drivers.
Download the following configuration file (tetherxp.inf) to your Windows XP computer. Typically, you can right click on the link and choose "Save As". (If your browser appends .html to the file name, you will need to edit the name to remove the .html extension.)
Use the USB cable that came with your phone to connect your phone to your computer.
On the Android phone, press Home, press Menu, and touch Settings to open the Settings application.
Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.
Check USB tethering.
When Windows XP’s New Hardware Wizard opens, select No, not at this time and click Next.
Select Install from a list or specific location and click Next.
Click Browse to browse to the directory where you installed the configuration file you downloaded in Step 1 and click Next. Windows XP uses the configuration file to configure itself to support USB tethering with the Android phone.
When Windows XP finishes installing the software for Android USB Ethernet/RNDIS, click Finish.
You can now use the new Windows XP local area network connection provided by your phone via USB tethering. For more information about configuring networks in Windows XP, see the documentation that comes with Windows.
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Thank You!
It worked for me on GingerVillain (can't remember which one, but i think 2.3c) so I didn't think it was a general android issue. Thanks again I'll try it out!

fabi280 said:
Isnt there the Message:
Windows XP users: For details on setting up USB tethering on Windows XP, see http://www.android.com/tether
And if you go there you can find the tetherxp.inf file
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Thanks a lot man. This solution worked flawlessly.

Thank A lot
It Worked Fine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

XP does not even register USB Tether mode.
Storage mode works fine, so USB is being detected.
I restored the system files back to the original to no avail.
How do I get the system to register?

fabi280 said:
Isnt there the Message:
Windows XP users: For details on setting up USB tethering on Windows XP, see http://www.android.com/tether
And if you go there you can find the tetherxp.inf file
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Thanks. This help me a lot.

USB tether in WinXP
Here's what I learned trying to USB tether my HTC Incredible with CM7 and my netbook with WinXP. WindowsXP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Linux, and Apple all have the USB android RNDIS drivers needed for USB tethering. However, WinXP is not ready to go out of the box and needs a configuration file, teatherxp.inf, to configure WinXP to install these drivers. When the Android USB drivers are installed they are found under Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Network Adaptors > Android USB Ethernet/RNDIS.
Follow the instructions on http://support.google.com/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=182134 and it shows you how to install the drivers. This works fine and dandy and WinXP will try to install the Android USB drivers when you start USB tethering according to the directions as long as your phone is contained in the configuration file on this web site.*
If you phone is not in the inf file it will not recognize the inf file. If this is the case, you need to modify the inf file to include your phone. Do not modify the tetherxp.inf file in the Google link. Use the XDA Developers tetherxp.inf from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419159 as it is configured in a more readable and understandable way and perhaps more timely. This tetherxp.inf is configured for only some models of Google Nexus, HTC, and Motorlola and did not work with my HTC Incredible.
Open tetherxp.inf in a text editor and you will find the phones are listed twice, both under [AndroidDevices] and [AndroidDevices.NT.5.1]. You can add your own phone but obviously the syntax has to be exactly correct and you need to find the information to include. If you start USB tethering and you were not able to install the drivers then go to Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager and you will find Other Devices > RNDIS with a yellow question mark. Right click and go to properties > details > device instance ID and you will find the information that needs to go in the file. My Incredible had USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C03\HT05GHJ09289. You don't use the final slash and following text which is he USB ID of the phone. It is no coincidence how similar the information on the Incredible is to the other HTC phones.
At the end of [AndroidDevices] paste the following 2 lines:
; HTC Incredible without adb
%AndroidDevice% = RNDIS, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C03
At the end of [AndroidDevices.NT.5.1] paste the following two lines:
; HTC Incredible without adb
%AndroidDevice% = RNDIS.NT.5.1, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C03
Now save the file and go back to Other Devices > RNDIS and update the driver by pointing to your now updated tetherxp.inf file and the drivers will be installed and your phone will have USB tether on WinXP. If you follow these general principles you should be able to put any phone into tetherxp.inf.
Hope this is helpful to someone. It took me awhile to figure it out. BTW, when you are using USB tether on WinXp and you are done using it, don't uncheck the USB tether box in the Android settings, just unplug it. Otherwise something hangs and you will have trouble starting it up again and your computer can't complete the shutdown.

The solution doesn't work.
I have HTC Desire GSM with CM7.1.0 (stable) and when I try to connect device to pc (win xp sp3 32-bit), OS can't install any driver (I've tried to install google usb drivers, htc sync driver and google tether drivers)
Disabling USB Debug, drivers are correctly installed... but I don't like this solution (I prefer this option enabled)