i have 2 02 XDAs (don't ask!).
They both are at the same ROM revision (2.17.03), both PW10A1s. I have several problems (see subsequent posts) which may be related.
This post refers to a problem on one of the devices. The USB connection from the cradle has stopped working. I know the cradle is OK as the other device can use it.
Is there a soft setting to disable USB?
As much as i know, it's not possible to disable USB.
You can try a hard reset of the device, this makes a clean device....
(All data will be away)
Stefan
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Hi again!
Ok, my situation is a bit confusing:
I had a cool Toshiba e310 a year ago. It works fine and connecting to my PC using USB was no problem.
Now I have this wonderful XDA and I was banned to connect it to my System to update some stupid things like SMS-Names !! (whatever)
Windows says: "Ah! Nice an USB device.... [I have Active Sync installed] what about searching for nice drivers... Well cannot find one, so... lets deactivate it...." ??
???
ah-ha.. k. I would say: "Nice to have a good and new hot-PNP device." I really like the XDA but XP is everything but intelligent!
How can I fix this problem? Active Sync tries to find the device but says that there was no connected device. Please check calbel.
Ok, I pulled the cable off and... tada: windows-sound-signal
Pushed it back... tada: Windows says device found... but: No active sync. no connection, no data transfer.
Do anyone have a little driver for me? I have ever handbook, every CDROM and ... well you know what within the original package.
with regards
McNugget
Try updating activesync or removing and then reinstalling if you have the latest version.
Also try a soft reset if you haven't already.
HTH
This problem haunts me, I need to soft resent almost every time.
I'll try that!
ActiveSync should detect the device but I will search for a newer version anyways...
I'll report the results later this day
McNugget
My ActiveSync was too old
It works now!!
Thanks!
Had a similar problem, so switched from using front USB port to back one, and it worked.
Still the same problem if i use the front one.
Not a prob though.
Front usb works with everything else aswell, just strikes me as a little strange... :?
I'm just recently using tom tom for first time and TOM TOM tells me everytime that COM1 doesn't exist.
I'm able to downgrade back to plain old 2003 to try it , however I'd rather have a fix or work around before I do so....
any thoughts or experiences?
Hi,
This will happen if the GPS cable is not connected correctly. Disconnect the cable and reconnect then start TomTom. I get this now and then. Everytime i reconnect it works just fine. Also check within TomTom if it is configured to use COM1 via serial and not Bluetooth.
Cheers
Jay
Right, just been down to the car, everythings plugged in correctly, tried multiple soft resets but keep getting the message "cannot open COM1: Port Does not Exist"
I tried using the serial on USB option instead (just clutching at straws) and get no error messages, just GPS Position unreliable. As far as I can see TOM TOM knows something is being plugged in as the flashing disconnct icon dissapears when i plug in the GPS reciever.
Any further ideas? I want to try it having downgraded back to 2003 but I don't have any backup software apart from xBackup and I'm reall yfond of SE.
Solution to Com 1 problem
Hi,
Go to connections, and disable the IR search for other devices, and IR in total, then the COM 1 is released.
Took me quite some time to figure that out my selv when having the problem.
Cheers.
Esor
Missing COM1 Port
This happened to me too and I discovered that it was being caused by the IR Beam being on receive by default. This inhibits the use of COM1. Solution - Navigate through the System functions to find the IR Beam option. Disable that and this may solve your problem.
Cheers Hissing Syd, I was just about to try flashing my rom but this fixed the com1 issue, next to try it in the car..
Hello,
a friend of mine got his new Qtek 8500. He first installed the latest ActiveSync 4.2, then connected the Qtek with the provided cable to his notebook. Charging started, as expected.
However, nothing else happens. Device Manager can't find anything new, of course ActiveSync does not find the phone.
Tried already different USB ports, still the same. Charging yes, ActiveSync no.
Am I missing something? Like enabling USB on the phone?
8500 - not recognized
I had the same issue and was able to correct it by downloading and installng ActiveSync 4.5 Beta - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/activesync/default.mspx
Hope that works for you also
esackbauer said:
Hello,
a friend of mine got his new Qtek 8500. He first installed the latest ActiveSync 4.2, then connected the Qtek with the provided cable to his notebook. Charging started, as expected.
However, nothing else happens. Device Manager can't find anything new, of course ActiveSync does not find the phone.
Tried already different USB ports, still the same. Charging yes, ActiveSync no.
Am I missing something? Like enabling USB on the phone?
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Make sure all your firewall are off as well...
Try to turn off Spyware and Antivirus programs. It helped for me
A problem - activesync and qtek 8500
Yesterday I got my qtek. I immediately wanted to synch all my contacts, it didn't work however. The phone established only a guest relationship. Reinstall didn't help at all, neiter did a hard reset.
After about 4 hours of looking for a solution I finally found it. Its not mine but taken from
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/t-shootactivesync.htm
- really wonderful guide to active sync problems.
The solution: (a quote)
"Check and see of the registration key at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services and see whether a key named GuestOnly has a value of 1. If it does then change the value to 0 to allow you to setup a partnership."
after that - just one mean digit, it simply worked.
hope it helps anybody in any way
All,
My Hermes is able to charge via USB on the usb port of my pc, but the hermes is not seen by activesync. I tried soft aswell as hard reset, but nothing seems to cure the USB syncing....
Any suggestions?
Cheers
You may check in your desktop PC if ActiveSync got "Allow USB connections" checked. It's in File -> Communications.
VivaErBetis said:
You may check in your desktop PC if ActiveSync got "Allow USB connections" checked. It's in File -> Communications.
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Allready did that, it is checked, it happens with both my Laptop and my Desktop....
hellejoep said:
Allready did that, it is checked, it happens with both my Laptop and my Desktop....
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Oh, so it seems to be an Hermes problem (or maybe an USB cable problem)... If it's not solved with the hard Reset it may be an hardware issue . I hope that somebody can help you better.
active sync
did you by any chance did a backup restore?
i had once or twice the same problem.
if so try another time to restore it or else with an older backup
good luck
brooks.nl said:
did you by any chance did a backup restore?
i had once or twice the same problem.
if so try another time to restore it or else with an older backup
good luck
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Nope, no backup resores.....
try going to Start>Settings>Connections "USB to PC" and either check or uncheck the box
Same problem happen to my friend's dopod last a few week. I found out that activesync application was gone. Why not try to check your program folder, whether activesync shortcut still there or valid.
So I decide to reflash the roms. After that everything back to normal.
I had the same problem, what i did was to uninstall Activesync, then Reboot, Re-install ActiveSync.
It work after that.
Cheers.
hellejoep said:
All,
My Hermes is able to charge via USB on the usb port of my pc, but the hermes is not seen by activesync. I tried soft aswell as hard reset, but nothing seems to cure the USB syncing....
Any suggestions?
Cheers
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I've had this problem numerous times, but i think i stumbled upon a fix/workaround. Its seems lately within the past month my 8525 has been flawlessly connecting to activesync after i did a hard reset and installed the ext rom software manually, one by one. I left out all of the cingular custom crap, and its been good so far! Before this i used to all always get a dropped AS connection but it would still be charging, or my phone wouldnt sync upon the 1st connection, and i would have to unplug and plug again!
princeasi said:
I've had this problem numerous times, but i think i stumbled upon a fix/workaround. Its seems lately within the past month my 8525 has been flawlessly connecting to activesync after i did a hard reset and installed the ext rom software manually, one by one. I left out all of the cingular custom crap, and its been good so far! Before this i used to all always get a dropped AS connection but it would still be charging, or my phone wouldnt sync upon the 1st connection, and i would have to unplug and plug again!
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I'm currently only syncing via bluetooth, works excellent!
I'll try the hard reset some other time.
But thanks anyway!
oh yeah, bluetooth syncing always worked for me as well!
Firewallsoftware stops ActiveSync
ActiveSync 4.1 and up is IP-based instead of the standard USB-protocol. Some Firewall-software block any IP-based communication. If you're affected update your firewall-rules to allow ActiveSync to pass.
I had this today - my T-Mobile MDA Vario II would not sync with either home or work pc. It just kept saying "usb device attatched to this computer has malfunctioned"
I phoned tmobile, who told me to take out the battery and that they would send a reset signal to my phone. I took the battery out, put it back in, powered up, got a txt from t-mobile to say the reset had happened, plugged the usb cable back in and it synced properly right away.
Might be worth calling your provider see if the same works for you?
Howdy,
I have a 'jasjam' and am presently running WM6 Black. I decided today that I would upgrade to the new HTC ROM but almost every time I connect my phone to the PC here (Win XP) I get 'USB Device Not Recognized' on the occasion it does work, once the phone goes into the boatload when I try to upgrade (Hard SPL) I get 'A device attached to the computer has malfunctioned.' or something along those lines.
Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
Ben.
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The phone seems to initially recognized (XP installs driver for HTC USB Sync), but after a little while the charge light will turn off and the phone will not be seen. After reconnecting it it becomes an 'Unknown USB device' again.
I'm running Schap's 3.54c.
Hopefully someone's encountered this problem before.
Ben.
Managed to upgrade with SD card, which indicently I felt was rather an improved process over upgrading via USB.
In any case I'm still having no luck getting the USB connection to function even now with the new HTC rom.
I've tried various things including cycling 'advanted networking features' under the USB connection properties (I saw this mentioned in another thread).
Again, any help would be appreciated.
Ben.
Try a different usb cable...they have been known to go bad.
galaxys said:
Try a different usb cable...they have been known to go bad.
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Yep,
I have had 2 go bad so far.
I had thought the same thing, so I tried 4 different cables & purchased a brand new one to no avail. :-/
AussieBen said:
I had thought the same thing, so I tried 4 different cables & purchased a brand new one to no avail. :-/
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I got the same thing with my hermes...i think its a hardware issue. Do you have issues with slow bootup, lost BT etc?
do a system restore on your machine. select the time before you did your last flash. my pc at work does the same thing, system restore usually fixes it.
cyndication said:
do a system restore on your machine. select the time before you did your last flash. my pc at work does the same thing, system restore usually fixes it.
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That's a good idea, that's worked before for me also.
Another option, if you can find the phone under 'Device Manager' on your PC, is to remove it.
And then when you plug your phone back in to your PC it recognizes 'New Hardware' and reinstalls it.
Sometimes that works.
It's happening also for me from time to time.
- A restart of both machines sometimes helps.
- good usb cable is needed (I had a retractable and it was almost never syncing).
- reinstall activesync + delete partenrship on both tel & pc is the last thing you could try...
Still it happens to me sometimes.
PS1: I was almost never able to sync via usb cable when not connected to the Company Lan.
PS2: I found a Mobile Checkpoint VPN client was also "disturbing".