I have had a kaiser for about a year. I just got a raphael. I am very impressed by the raph - everything about it is wonderful (well, 'cept the gps). I would like to use both.
Well, AT&T does not support multiple sims per plan - otherwise I could drop one in each phone, and have both to use.
So, here's what I see (in all cases with the SIM card on the raph):
1. set up wifi network sharing, connect to it via the kaiser. Still doesn't offer all functionality, but does let me use the internet.
2. Bluetooth pan internet sharing between the two. I'm not exactly sure how to set this up, though... it always gives me errors.
3. The ideal situation: SAP. If I could set it up so that the kaiser can think it has a SIM card, I would get all functionality on both sides, right? Is this possible? Would it be missing anything?
Some other thoughts:
1. is it possible to get just the GPS shared across bluetooth (use raph with kaiser's gps)? I'll figure out how to fix raph's gps eventually, but I see this as an interesting choice anyway.
2. what other profiles can I get working between the two?
I'd really like to see all of these things done in windows mobile - seeing as I only have one sd card for the moment, and it's for the raph. As soon as I fix that, I'll be more worried about leaving kaiser in android/other linuxes. Any ideas?
ATT's GPS runs via the data plan on my phone, so I tried what you're wanting to do and I had to pair the devices mapping the GPS on one of the unreserved COM ports, and on pairing enabled the outgoing COM, if you use Active Sync you should be familiar with the idea of mapping services through COM ports, on the 2nd phone that had the working data plan it would only show the shared gps service, but it wasn't called that port keys are named in the registry, and differ from phone to phone. So this isn't a pretty setup. I only got it working in google maps since you can define the gps settings manually. I would give specifics but I'm trying it with my old ppc where gps is on port 3, but has virtual serial ports mapped to 6 and 7. Again, get a good registry viewer/editor, port scanner etc so you can find out whats running where. I needed PAN to be enabled on the ppc for gps to work. I don't know if it's reporting exact locations or estimations etc. hopefully someone smarter than me can tell you.
You can get voice to work sort of, you can use handsets as headsets remotely just like any other bt headset, but thats all kind of pointless.
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I did the trial. It has a nice interface and looks slick, but it didn't find any connections I didn't already know about, but perhaps that was because I only tested it in two locations.
Socket Comm only gives you a 3 day trial before needing to pay $25 to buy the program, so I would like to hear that someone has found it useful. With that said, it ran fine on my T-Mobile MDA, unlike the other wifi sniffer programs I've tried, and never crashed the unit.
I terminated the trial early because I like to try software by first performing an SPB Backup, then installing and running the software, then, if I don't want to keep the software, doing a hard reset and restoring from my backup. Unfortunately, that limits the amount of testing I can do since I need the device. On the plus side, it makes for a worry-free uninstall and I can definitely say that SPB Backup is a full backup solution; the only thing it fails to do is delete the junk files like pictures that are automatically reinstalled from the hard reset.
I use it and like it
I could never get the built in WiFi to connect reliably or to even pick up my own WLan when sitting 6 inches aways from the router! I tried Wi-Fi Companion and have had no problems connecting to any wireless connection since.
I like the GUI, the way it distinguishes between multiple hotspots and enables easy connection to them. I also like the ability to choose to pick up email or browse the web directly from the interface.
The price is especially justifiable if you connect to several access points, set up wireless networks or do wireless security testing. If you only connect to your home AP, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it (assuming you have no problem connecting normally).
Fairly comprehensive review here
I tried it too, it works perfectly and does the job nicely. I am going to buy it, since I use WiFi to browse the Internet sites when I am outside, th search is great and the connect is really smart.
Thanks!
Those rousing endorsements got me to reinstall and purchase. Annoyingly, my unlock key hasn't arrived (choosing download on their website, which is what the email socket sent requested, doesn't produce a download click; I aleady have the software but this is how they say to get the key) so I'm still using the trial version.
Hi
Has anyone found a good wifi finder app for the wizard?
Scott
http://www.aspecto-software.com/rw/applications/wififofum/
Cheers,
Drifter
i second that... Wififofum is fantastic software! I use it all the time, i couple that with my gps reciever and then import all the open wifi spots to a map
Another great one is Kasuei Hitchhiker (freeware). It doesnt log GPS spots, but it WILL auto-connect to best level (more important to me).
http://www.kasuei.com/hitchhiker/
are you looking to connect, or just locate them??? if you are looking to connect to the hotspots, use the hitchhiker as posted by rubbercow, It is great software, but a little flaky at times.
I used to use wifigraph by the same developer as the hitchhiker, but the developer ceased development when he branched off to make hitchhiker.. It was great software that graphed the signal strength of the networks. It still works on older PPCs but it doesn't work with the wifi chip in the Wizard. I'm sure that if a liitle development was done on it, it would only take a few hours of work to update the database of compatible drivers for the software to use it on the wizard. I have reccomended doing so to the developer, but I understand people who write software in their spare time. They have a long list of things they want to get done but never the time to do it.
Okay, I've searched for several hours so I don't act like a true newbie and ask a dumb question that's been asked a hundred times, but I can't find anything definite on this, so here goes.
I have a new Cingular 8525 and have Cingular's PDA Connect Unlimited data plan. I am in a 3G area. I have an out of the box phone with Windows Mobile 5 with no ROM updates or hacks on it.
I would like to take my laptop in the car and hook my phone to it and have my laptop use the 3G connection that my phone is providing. I know you can setup a modem connection, and I've done that, but it only connects at 115k, which is the fastest setting the modem driver and bluetooth dongle have listed. I would like to be surfing on my laptop at the 3G speeds.
I know there are implications where Cingular may or may not charge me, because I am supposed to possibly have something called the Laptop Connect plan, but lets assume that's not an issue.
Also, whichever way is easiest, I can either use my USB cord to tether my phone and laptop together or use my Bluetooth on my laptop and connect that way.
Anyone have the steps on how to make this work?
Thanks
Did you ever get this working?
I have almost the same situation: a Tom Tom GO 720 device that will talk to the 8525's Handsfree service via Blue Tooth, but says that the phone is not advertising the DUN service.
Got it working
I did two things to make it work.
First, I got Internet Sharing working by using the cabinet called UPRREY-ICS[1].cab that you can find on this forum site. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1564979#24. This will install a link to the Internet Sharing application and show it under Programs.
That made my laptop able to use the GPRS connection. This uses the Bluetooth PAN to tether the laptop and the phone. (but be careful - your plan might not allow large data transfers).
Second, I found two files, also on this forum site, called WM6_DUN.zip (or separately as BT_DUN.cab) and MODEMLINK.zip.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/misc.php?do=showattachments&t=314371
MODEMLINK.zip has a .rgu file in it that I didn't have to mess with .. I just copied the other files to the windows directory and restarted.
Now my TomTom GO 710 finds the handsfree connection, the phonebook/object connection, and the DUN service so it can get on the internet when it needs to.
Thanks to URPREY, The.Drone, and MUN for their previous posts. You rock.
Hi
I have a tomtom gps 720 that I am trying to conntect to a HTC touch diamond, downloaded the software and have placed it into my windows directory etc.. which seems to have helped as it now shows on my tomtom that my phone supports wireless data transfers, the problem I am having now is when putting the setting in the tomtom for the wireless settings my mobile of phone does not appear so I am getting up to 65% through setting it up before I run into a wall....
any further ideas?
I would suggest using the data cable method without bluetooth headaches. Diamond has a ver poor battery, so when ised with USB cable it can stay alive but ultimately your laptop battery is drained
Diamond should have built-in internet connection sharing option. Does the prompt that appears when connecting to PC have that? If not try the HTCtoUSB PopUp cabs taken from Raphel.
Regards,
Carty..
I have no problem connecting the htc diamind or the tomtom go 720 to the PC, I'm just trying to get the wireless data to work so I can send and receive text messages through the TomTom.
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Two phones--HP IPAQ 910 (runs WM 6.1 Professional), and a Sony Ericsson TM506 (dumbphone). I could use either, with my T-Mobile (USA) SIM card. However, although the IPAQ has 3G, that will not work on T-Mobile, which uses a different band for 3G.
The TM506 works very well as a 3G modem for my laptops, giving me a fast Internet connection on the go, when there is no available wi-fi connection. It also works well as a phone. Of course, it has much elss PDA capability than the IPAQ, much worse keyboard for text input (just a normal phone keypad), and much smaller screen.
Therefore, two phones, one SIM card, the following looks like the best solution to me--leave the SIM in the TM506, and use that as a phone. (If the battery runs out, the IPAQ could be used as a backup phone.) Also use the TM506 as a 3G modem, both for laptops, and for the IPAQ.
Use the IPAQ as a PDA, and as a small internet device, connected via wi-fi or tethered through the Tm506.
The problem is--although tethering from a laptop to the TM506 works fine, I cannot get the IPAQ to tether through it. I set up the BT pairing, I choose the DUN service, I successfully set up a connection in the Connections tab, routed through the BT modem (TM506), using the same settings as on the laptop. Everything looks like it is set up correctly.
However, when I try to connect through that connection, I always get an error message very quickly, about "cannot connect for unknown reason".
I've tried so many things, over days now, and cannot get it to work. I've scoured the Internet looking for info, and found nothing that works for me.
Does anyone here have any suggestions? Has anyone here tethered with an IPAQ 910, or at least a WM 6.1 PPC, through a different phone? (I do not mean using the IPAQ or other WM 6.1 phone as a modem for a laptop--but the opposite--connecting to the Internet on the IPAQ 910 or other WM 6.1 phone, by BT tethering through another phone.)
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
I tried today to tether an old PPC I have, the T-Mobile (USA) MDA (HTC Wizard, stock T-Mo AKU2 ROM, WM5) through the TM506, and it worked!
So, the problem is definitely not with the TM506, which works for tethering a laptop, and for tethering the Wizard.
The question is then--why won't the IPAQ 910 tether through it? It has all the right settings to tether (DUN) through another device, but it doesn't work. I'm wondering if I have a defective unit, or whether it is a problem with the whole model, or even of WM 6.1.
Has anyone here successfully tethered a WM 6.1 phone through another phone? Has anyone done so using an IPAQ 910?
Anyone here curious to try, and see if it works with your phone?
Could it be a problem with the Bluetooth stack? Do all WM 6.1 phones now have the MS stack, or do some have Widcomm? If there is a problem with outgoing BT DUN on the MS stack, is it possible to install the Widcomm stack? Or would that create other BT problems?
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you in advance.
I looked at the BT specs, from systeminfo, on the 910. This doesn't mean anything to me, but I'll post it here, in case it means something to someone:
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Firmware Version A05U
Hardware Revision: BlueCore4ROM
Driver Version: BCHS_WINCE_MOBILE_4_7_3
Software Version: BCHS_WINCE_MOBILE_4_7_3
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Does that mean anything to anyone reading?
Interesting--no mention of Microsoft or Broadcomm-Widcomm in any of that. (Unless the BC at the beginning of driver and software version stands for Broadcom).
I still have not found anything in Internet searches. Although I am not very knowledgeable about the WM registry, I decided to look a little there, and see if I find anything.
I see a registry key, that to me seems like it would govern outbound BT DUN from the phone:
HKLM\EXTModems\bluetooth_dun\
(Being that this is under external modems, I assume this key has to do with the outbound DUN I was discussing-dialing with the PPC to the internet, through another phone.)
Underneath it there are three values:
string value: FriendlyName=Bluetooth
string value: port=COM5
Dword: DeviceType=7
I am wondering whether--perhaps altering the second or third value, could get this to work?
Anyone know what the third one means-DeviceType=7?
With the second value, could it perhaps not be working, in that that is the incorrect com port? How would I find out what is the correct com port for this?
IN setting up the pairing between the IPAQ 910 and the SE TM506 (initiated from the IPAQ), in the choice of services, besides the dial-up-networking service, I believe there was the serial port profile, where one could set up a particular com port. There was no mention of that being necessary for setting up DUN, so I just chose the latter. However, should I re-pair, and also choose the serial port profile, and set up a com5?
Any other ideas?
Thank you.
Edit--I forgot to mention, under ExtModems, besides the key bluetooth_dun, there is also a key called bluetooth_dcn. What in the world is bt dcn?
I came upon a post on Modaco from 2005, regarding tethering a WM phone through another phone, at:
http://www.modaco.com/content/blue-angel-blueangel-modaco-com/202751/bluetooth-dun-profile/
I think much of it is not applicable to my situation, as two very different phones, different version of WM, etc.
However, I found the following quote from it interesting:
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"BTW - You can't go into Settings...Connections to set up your connection. For some reason it doesn't work. Don't ask me why. I have to use the Bluetooth Manager to connect."
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Well, as described, it also doesn't work for me to connect, through Settings-Connections-Connections. However, on my IPAQ 910, WM6.1, there is no other way to connect.
The author of the post quoted above says he can connect through "Bluetooth Manager". Well, I have no applet, either in Programs or Settings, called "Bluetooth Manager". There are of course Bluetooth settings, under Settings, Connections-Bluetooth. One can set up the pairing there, but there is no way to initiate a connection from there. One has to go into the Connections-Settings-Settings screen to set up the actual connection, and try to connect. I still cannot get that to work. (And now I have tried adding a BT serial port with the same com number as the registry key, as described above. Still did not work.)
I'm wondering--if there is some way I could get the app "Bluetooth Manager", would it install and work on my IPAQ 910? Where could I get that applet? Or is that app for the other BT stack?
3G modem with TM506
No answers about connecting the ipaq with the tm506 but I was curious as to how you used the tm506 as a 3G modem? I can connect with my laptop using the GPRS network but not the 3G. I downloaded the PC software from ericsson website and everything loaded and functions smoothly but it will not connect to the 3G network. The software setup a modem connection that dials *99***5# and a long unknown password entry. Any idea of how to get this to work?
mjw54 said:
No answers about connecting the ipaq with the tm506 but I was curious as to how you used the tm506 as a 3G modem? I can connect with my laptop using the GPRS network but not the 3G. I downloaded the PC software from ericsson website and everything loaded and functions smoothly but it will not connect to the 3G network. The software setup a modem connection that dials *99***5# and a long unknown password entry. Any idea of how to get this to work?
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Sorry for the late reply, but I have not looked here for a while.
I found it to work also using that SE software. That sets up the connections on the computer, so they can also be used without the SE software running.
Nothing special necessary to use 3G. But of course, T-Mo 3G is not spread throughout the country. Of course if you do not get a T-Mo 3g signal where you live, you cannot tether 3G. Do you get a 3G signal with the phone by itself?
Hi,
I hope this fits on the xda-dev boards. I have a hx2110 running WM6.5 23016. This device only has a bluetooth radio, nothing more. But since the iPhone allows bluetooth tethering i would appreciate if someone had a solution for this.
I have a moving-map application for aviation on my hx2110 and would like to be able to download live weather onto the hx2110 for display on the map while flying.
I have tried the general bluetooth DUN and dialing *99# etc but no luck. Any1 have any ideas please? Maybe there is an app on Cydia that enables DUN which i haven't been able to find yet?
Edit 1: Yes, my iPhone carrier allows tethering.
Edit 2: I'm the commander of the aircraft and decide whether i can use a cell phone in flight or not
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...for your other Pocket PC's! - a full tutorial
Ok my iPhone doesnt provide the DUN profile as mentioned before All i have is PAN Networking which looks like its connecting but then just fails without any specific error message. Maybe there is a log?