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Posted by Todd Allcock on July 17, 2008, 11:02 am
Please log in for more thread options At 16 Jul 2008 23:04:57 -0700 leeannabanana wrote:
> I'm trying to sync a T-Mobile Dash to a Vista computer and having the
> same issue. At first I thought it was the phone, so I had T-Mobile
> send out a replacement phone, which worked for a while, but now won't
> sync via USB again. I can sync through Bluetooth, but that doesn't
> help me when I want to use tether the phone for use as a modem.
Why not tether via Bluetooth as well?
(I realize that doesn't "solve" the USB connection issue, but it might be a
less frustrating solution...)
> For
> me, that was the whole point for getting the data package in the first
> place, so I'm quite frustrated. The techie at T-Mobile said the USB
> ports may be timing out/shutting down to save power and indicated that
> there was some setting that could be changed to make it work again.
I think the tech was "passing the buck" by laming equipment he wasn't
responsible for troubleshooting.
> Does anyone have any idea what that might be, or if it
> might actually work?
I know what it might be, utnot how to fix it... :(
The Dash, and all WM 5 and 6 smartphones connects to the PC as a network
adapter, not a USB serial device like older smartphones. Some PC
firewalls, other installed netork drivers and cards, etc. really don't
along with that for some reason. On touchs reen WM phones there's a "USB-
to-PC" menu in the "Connections" settings that lets you disable "Advanced
Network Functionality" and make the phone's USB port emulate the older,
less problematic USB serial connection method.
Unfortunately, the Da h doesn't seem to have that setting, at least not in
WM5 (the version of WinMo on my wife's Dash.)
> I still have a year left on my contract and
> don't want to keep doing hard resets or getting new phones every other
> month, especially since the Dash is so buggy. (Thank heaven for
> SKTools, otherwise I'd be driven mad by the incessant alarms!) I keep
> hoping that if it worked once, there has to be some way to make it
> work again.....
Probably, but tethering via Bluetooth is more likely an easier solution, if
possible.
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