I'm running ansar's Tango ROM currently and I never noticed this 'feature' before. I do NOT have any reception at work.. and I barely can get a 1x connection if I put my phone 46 degrees NNE of the window beside the stockroom(just saying here... no signal at all here lol). But anyway, I was connecting my HTC Trophy(Verizon) to the computer to sync some apps through ZUNE. Tested an app and noticed that I could get on the internet with my phone while connected to the computer. In otherwords, Reverse USB Tethering I guess. Like my phone was pulling internet from my computer here at work. Make sense?
Is this a standard WP7 Feature? or is this something ansar put in the Tango ROM? I was just wondering because this is an OMFG BEAST feature to have due to bad reception(and I do mean BAD) at my work area. Thanks.
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Might I add this as well.. If you disable the 'sync' screen in the WPTweaks app, you can download apps WAY faster by connecting USB then then downloading the app.
My phone has always pulled internet from my phone when connected via Zune, even on stock software
Thanks, I never noticed. I wonder how it works? is it the driver on the kernel or something?
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Sorry if this has been covered before but it's so hard to find what you're lookign for with search sometimes.... anyways...
I got a nice lil cradle thing for my xv6800 and want to have it hooked up to my laptop when I'm in the office. I seem to be having a problem though when the device is connected it kills all regular VZW connections over EVDO... I have the device in sync with exchange server 24/7 so need to make sure it keeps the connection to VZW even while connected to the PC. It seems PC connection is trying to override VZW for some reason?
I went through the connections settings and removed all but Verizon Wireless in there but USB still doing some kind of an override....
am I missing something? Anyone have any helpful hints to allow my device to stay connected through EVDO while docked to PC?
Thanks
still cant find anything on this... activesync over bluetooth doesn't affect data connection but USB kills it.... no one has a solution?
oh come on.. all the ppc geeks in here and no one has any clue?
maybe I posted in the wrong forum for attention?
Hey, I have a Mogul through sprint and actually pay the $40 a month for the PAM feature. It works great most of the time by USB tether, which I prefer because it keeps the phone charged. My problem is that after a random amount of time, sometimes a few minutes, sometimes an hour or so, the connection no longer sends or receives packets. the phone still reads connected, but the vista network connection status screen says (not responding) in the title bar. I've made sure my NDIS driver is up to date, and I've searched for other people who might have had the same problem, but all I can find are people troubleshooting methods to avoid paying for PAM. WMWifi and pdanet and stuff are great, but i need a hand with the legit PAM if anyone has any experience with it. (Oh, and my phone is running 2.17 rom and 1.47 radio that came on it)
Ok, so it seems to be that when I plug in the usb cable, even if I've already started the phone as modem connection, ActiveSync still starts, and vista doesn't always seem to give the pam connection priority. Is there any way to disable auto-start of activesync on the device? there is no activesync on vista, its their windows mobile device center junk and it has no options or preferences at all.
Mantaray52 said:
Ok, so it seems to be that when I plug in the usb cable, even if I've already started the phone as modem connection, ActiveSync still starts, and vista doesn't always seem to give the pam connection priority. Is there any way to disable auto-start of activesync on the device? there is no activesync on vista, its their windows mobile device center junk and it has no options or preferences at all.
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I think there's an option where you can disallow USB connections. I'd try that. I've been using PAM on vista since we figured out how to beat the tethering charges using the reg hack with no problems. I have noticed that activesync tries to connect to it though, and usually what I do is have an active connection first, plug it in while I'm hitting connect and it usually works fine. You might try that too.
Good luck!
BTW, you might try updating your ROM to one of DCD's releases...they work much better than the stock rom IMO.
Has anyone seen this problem?
My HD2 disables the PC's WiFi each time I sync.
When I take the cable out of the HD2 the PC's WiFi network will go down and I have to go into device manager and re-enable the WiFi network card, sometimes even this won't work and I have to reboot the PC.
It also very often happens when I connect the cable but usually a troubleshooting of the network problems will restart the WiFi and fix without rebooting.
The thing is that my TyTN II works perfectly and always has, it is only the HD2 that I have the problems with.
I have tried several HD2 ROMs and I'm using Windows 7 Ultimate on my PC.
I did a search of the forums, (not easy when you can only do one search each 30 seconds) but could not find anything, searches for 'disabled pc wifi' only bring up the good old connecting to router problems.
Any ideas anyone?
ian
I'm having the same exact issue. It's driving me crazy. Every time I plug my HD2 to the computer, my wireless internet goes down. Anyone know what's going on?
I've kind of fixed mine. I tried different USB ports which re-installed the drivers each time. One of the ports at the back of my PC seems to be fairly stable although I do still lose WiFi occasionally but it's tolerable.
ian
A little more digging and I've found these two threads, which were helpful.
http://www.modaco.com/content/leo-leo-modaco-com/301268/serious-hd2-wifi-issue/#entry1171848
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5336748&postcount=11
Hi Guys,
I've got a question with WP7.. usually with 6.5 when i plug the USB cord to my phone i can do internet sharing from my pc to my phone. For some reason I cant seeemed to get internet access when i plug the usb to my phone.
Did anyone manage to get this working on WP7?
please help
it does it automatically, assuming you have zune installed, setup and connected and not blocked by a firewall
dazza9075 said:
it does it automatically, assuming you have zune installed, setup and connected and not blocked by a firewall
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How do you get zune to do that? I just tried it on my laptop, turned of my wifi nad plugged in my phone, let it sync, etc. No internet connection though. I looked around on zune for a tethering option but the only thing I found was a "linking" option, and when I clicked it, it said my phone is not compatible with that software.
Edit: Nevermind, I read the first post wrong, I though it said to PC from Phone.
Hey Gus sorry to say but it is not working on my HD2. I have WP7 on HD2. My device is not activated. I want to use PC's internet on my HD2 so that i can save the data charges on 3g connection. Please help me to share PC's internet connection on the phone.
Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.
mohitsheoran said:
Hey Gus sorry to say but it is not working on my HD2. I have WP7 on HD2. My device is not activated. I want to use PC's internet on my HD2 so that i can save the data charges on 3g connection. Please help me to share PC's internet connection on the phone.
Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.
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you must activate device so that Zune will recognise it.
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you must activate device so that Zune will recognise it.
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Nope, the method doesn't work. Phone activated, recognised by Zune etc etc. But the internet connection is not shared. For example, if I were to download free apps, they will get installed using my 3G connection and using my data. Same with Android. For those of us without home Wi-Fi and expensive 3G plans it gets quite pricey to flash or hard reset every time. I get 100Mb for $10 a month.
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Nope, the method doesn't work. Phone activated, recognised by Zune etc etc. But the internet connection is not shared. For example, if I were to download free apps, they will get installed using my 3G connection and using my data. Same with Android. For those of us without home Wi-Fi and expensive 3G plans it gets quite pricey to flash or hard reset every time. I get 100Mb for $10 a month.
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If I connect phone to PC and run Zune, go to settings turn off wifi, go to settings/ mobile network and switch off Data connection and 3G connection. Then I can use internet in IE9. What else can it be but the PC's connection?
For Android, you need a ROM with internet pass through, or try http://www.connectify.me/ (i haven't tried it) it might help.
I hope this works for you and saves $
I'm interested in connecting PC through mobile's internet.
I've seen that Mango have mobile hotspot function built in, but it's dependent on mobile provider.
Is there any cab to switch on wireless hotspot?
One day I can use it with no problems, then another my laptop will not recognize the phone is connected via usb. I'm sure someone will ask why not just use the hotspot feature, but because of T-Mobile putting a cap on the data, using the tethering option when I need to use my laptop stops them from sending me the text saying I've been slowed down. I have HTC Sync installed, but when I go to open that to make sure the drivers are still ok, it just sits saying no device is connected. Maybe because I'm no longer on the stock rom? I don't know. Basically in order for me to get it working again I'd have to restore my laptop to a date when it was actually recognizing the phone via usb. With all that I've written here hopefully I can get a resolution.
T-mobile bases their data caps on your total data used. Whether your using it over USB or WiFi doesn't matter. If you regularly go over 5GB you're going to get throttled.
As for your tethering issue, I'm unsure. It sounds like there would be a driver problem if the computer can't recognize it, but if you're sure that you have the proper drivers then I'm not sure whatsup.
I installed drivers using the HTC sync before.. can something happen after that to where they would stop working?