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Please read for this is no oridinary problem.....Unable to Activesync

I have AT&T 8925, live in United States, Run on a Dutty Rom and pretty much everything else is simple. No serious tweaking or reg hacks.
So Today, I go into work, plug in my PDA, and no sync. It is charging via the USB, but not syncing to Activesync. I need Activesync, it has all my contacts, appointments, etc etc. In the process of trying to troubleshoot this problem I have wiped my phone clean.
I have tried it all;
clearing storage on phone
deleting activesync off PC (4.5) and reinstalling, multiple times
Used Microsfts Troubleshooting guide
I have installed Activesync on three different PC's and all wont recognize the phone, as if its not there, but it does charge. I also have tried 3 different USB cords.
I don't know what to do, I even stumped the HTC troubleshooting tech guy. I also am screwed since if I send this phone back to AT&T under warranty to get a new one they will see the Dutty ROM and that will void my warranty. I would reinstall the original Windows/AT&T shipped Rom, but I cant get the Activesync up or don't know how to get a PC to recognize my PDA.
So.........I beg and plead, lend your advice for as long as this thread goes (hoping its in the right place) I will try your ideas, theories, and what nots.
IT seems like it would just be something so simple......is it? Where is my Data Connection.....
Thank you fellow XDA members for your time and assistance.
~b

Do you get the "connecting" sound on the PC when you plug the device (same one you get when plugging any USB device)? If not I'd go for hardware fault on the phone's USB port... maybe one of the connector's solder points got ripped or whatever. That's if the port isn't fried altogether... Done anything special between the last time it worked and the first one it didn't?

This may be obvious...but did you restart your computer and hard reset your phone, then try? Im using vista and ive had no problems with any roms...so it just maybe a temporary problem.
Also test this while using the back USB ports, the front ports do not connect the same as the back ports do.

When my new Tilt's screen died an untimely death, I spent all day restoring all my goodies to the replacement Tilt. The next day, went to ActiveSync, and NOTHING! Charged, etc, but no connection. I did all the steps you tried and a few more.
Then, after wasting an entire evening, I found the solution!
Go to Connections>USB to PC, and uncheck 'Enable advanced network". Plug it and let 'er sync.

jlmwrite said:
When my new Tilt's screen died an untimely death, I spent all day restoring all my goodies to the replacement Tilt. The next day, went to ActiveSync, and NOTHING! Charged, etc, but no connection. I did all the steps you tried and a few more.
Then, after wasting an entire evening, I found the solution!
Go to Connections>USB to PC, and uncheck 'Enable advanced network". Plug it and let 'er sync.
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ahaha yea i thought graff had already checked the software so i didnt bother going into that

I suggest u try to search, there is a search option - type there something like "cannot conect to activesync" - there are milions of threads with this problem, unfortunately I dont know if there will be a solution for u. Just try that out and read.

This happened to me and I had to send my phone in to at&t. I know this probably wasn't what you wanted to hear. They sent me another phone and gave me 10 days from the day I received the new phone to send back the old. I also had the same rom as above I couldn't even flash it via sd card, so I sent it as was and haven't heard anything since. This was two months ago. The problem turned out to be with the mini usb port, it was warped like it got to hot or something. Maybe from using in car for gps I don't know. I hope this helps.

answers and bump
As for searching........always someone has to say it, "why dont you try the search option" - my friend, I am a google allstar and beleive in the forum searching till you can no more then post theory. Now saying that, I am willing to bet the answer to my problem is buried within a post in some thread with some fabric of the entire XDA forum. Finding it though can be harder than removing bubblegum from buckwheats hair.
So I have tried a hard reset for the PDA and the restarted my PC, several times.
...no go
I knew something was wrong when I lost the "ding" every time I hooked up the PDA via USB to my computer.
I had tried the unchecking the Enable Advanced Network before but did again and reset the phone with hopes of glory today. No glory.
I feel I have lost the phone and am ready to move on. Its just so friggen hard since it charges. How can it charge, and not stream data! I fried just the right parts of the mini USB? Blasted! So so so so disappointing because I felt I really had it nailed this time with the perfect radio, ROM, Dialer, programs, software, it all.....well maybe not radio, but my receptions suck all the time anyways and I live in Charlotte NC, a major US city with great AT&T coverage.
Now.....I am still open to any ideas and creative thoughts......but how do I get a the original WM6 Shipped ROM back on the phone? If I cant get any PC to recognize my PC via USB? I am calling in the warranty people today and not speaking of my Dutty, but having a new phone shipped. I just hope not to see a nasty bill come one month or two.
Thanks so far, well done XDA forum friends,
~b

donroja said:
This happened to me and I had to send my phone in to at&t. I know this probably wasn't what you wanted to hear. They sent me another phone and gave me 10 days from the day I received the new phone to send back the old. I also had the same rom as above I couldn't even flash it via sd card, so I sent it as was and haven't heard anything since. This was two months ago. The problem turned out to be with the mini usb port, it was warped like it got to hot or something. Maybe from using in car for gps I don't know. I hope this helps.
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.....I am curious for you. Two months seems like your in the clear, but I hope not to jinx you. I have done the whole 10 days thing 6 times so far since the original purchase of my 8525 in August of 2007. Wasn't until the 5th time I complained and they offered me the 8925 as a replacement. The first five were all shipped back on time, with original ROM's and valid device malfunctions. Never have I been billed.....yet........
~b

graff40b said:
As for searching........always someone has to say it, "why dont you try the search option" - my friend, I am a google allstar and beleive in the forum searching till you can no more then post theory. Now saying that, I am willing to bet the answer to my problem is buried within a post in some thread with some fabric of the entire XDA forum. Finding it though can be harder than removing bubblegum from buckwheats hair.
So I have tried a hard reset for the PDA and the restarted my PC, several times.
...no go
I knew something was wrong when I lost the "ding" every time I hooked up the PDA via USB to my computer.
I had tried the unchecking the Enable Advanced Network before but did again and reset the phone with hopes of glory today. No glory.
I feel I have lost the phone and am ready to move on. Its just so friggen hard since it charges. How can it charge, and not stream data! I fried just the right parts of the mini USB? Blasted! So so so so disappointing because I felt I really had it nailed this time with the perfect radio, ROM, Dialer, programs, software, it all.....well maybe not radio, but my receptions suck all the time anyways and I live in Charlotte NC, a major US city with great AT&T coverage.
Now.....I am still open to any ideas and creative thoughts......but how do I get a the original WM6 Shipped ROM back on the phone? If I cant get any PC to recognize my PC via USB? I am calling in the warranty people today and not speaking of my Dutty, but having a new phone shipped. I just hope not to see a nasty bill come one month or two.
Thanks so far, well done XDA forum friends,
~b
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About the flashing original rom- u dont need a activesync for that, u can flash the rom via SDcard.

Mikulec said:
About the flashing original rom- u dont need a activesync for that, u can flash the rom via SDcard.
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True, but forst I gotta get my mini back in the full size adapter then find a friend with a printer that accepts my scandisk so I can transfer the file over to it. Right now at work trying to save the file to the storage card via wifi. Shall be interesting to see if it works. Didnt on phone, said not enough mem.
Thanks for the suggestion, was so hooked on USB, forgot the other various aspects of the all great HTC.
~b

Related software for Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5
Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.2 (updated) Java software allows you to run applications called "applets" that are written in the Java programming language. These applets allow
.NET Framework Version 3.0 The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is the new managed code programming model for Windows®. It combines the power of the
DirectX 9.0 Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications
ATI Catalyst Drivers The latest Windows XP drivers and software for the Radeon range of ATI graphics cards. Includes: * Catalyst XP Drivers
Thats just some of it, it is more to it. I use xp anyways. You mention reinstalling active sync but have you tried .NET Framework Version 3.0 ? If the device charge via usb I would suspect its software issues on youre pc. Could be bad version of some of the software aswell, try download again making sure its the latest and so on. Good luck
Edit: Why dont you back everything up and reflash from microsd and then see if it will connect. Should solve it.

raiisak said:
Related software for Microsoft ActiveSync 4.5
Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0.2 (updated) Java software allows you to run applications called "applets" that are written in the Java programming language. These applets allow
.NET Framework Version 3.0 The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is the new managed code programming model for Windows®. It combines the power of the
DirectX 9.0 Microsoft DirectX is a group of technologies designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying applications
ATI Catalyst Drivers The latest Windows XP drivers and software for the Radeon range of ATI graphics cards. Includes: * Catalyst XP Drivers
Thats just some of it, it is more to it. I use xp anyways. You mention reinstalling active sync but have you tried .NET Framework Version 3.0 ? If the device charge via usb I would suspect its software issues on youre pc. Could be bad version of some of the software aswell, try download again making sure its the latest and so on. Good luck
Edit: Why dont you back everything up and reflash from microsd and then see if it will connect. Should solve it.
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You are wise my friend. Thank you for the other software, I will try that. Funny thing about the PC, is I have tried three different PC's, all which it used to sync or try to sync with when I would just be charging. I would love to flash via SD card, but first I need the adapter for my computer, or track a friend down with a printer and correct slot. That might be done tonight. I am at work now trying to download the a rapidshare file of a shipped rom, free style, slow style, and prolly not going to work. But hey, its a learning experience.
Either way, my warranty is up in August, so I figure why not get one more nice new fresh 8925 before then. Ordered new one today, comes next week. I will still try and flash back to the shipped rom via SD tonight.
XDA and its members Rock, this is by far the most help I have ever received via my few threads.
~b

graff40b said:
You are wise my friend. Thank you for the other software, I will try that. Funny thing about the PC, is I have tried three different PC's, all which it used to sync or try to sync with when I would just be charging. I would love to flash via SD card, but first I need the adapter for my computer, or track a friend down with a printer and correct slot. That might be done tonight. I am at work now trying to download the a rapidshare file of a shipped rom, free style, slow style, and prolly not going to work. But hey, its a learning experience.
Either way, my warranty is up in August, so I figure why not get one more nice new fresh 8925 before then. Ordered new one today, comes next week. I will still try and flash back to the shipped rom via SD tonight.
XDA and its members Rock, this is by far the most help I have ever received via my few threads.
~b
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Post your results then.
Everybody knows that xda rulez.

Bluetooth cardreader?

Hi,
I've allready tried a google-search on it, but without success.
Does anyone knows about a battery-driven cardreader or memorystick, which communicates over bluetooth (or wlan) - in order to avoid the memory-limits of the diamond?
This should be not so expensive or complicated cause cheap bluetooth-gps receivers one can get for about 30-40€ in Germany, for example, a similar memory-solution should be even more cheap to produce, I think.
A device like this could be used in other ways too - perhaps as a mini-data server, even if it would not allow multiple connections, it could be used as some kind of postbox.

Thanks for the business idea.
brb - making millions.

buciuman said:
Thanks for the business idea.
brb - making millions.
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I hope someone else had this idea before and his products are only a little hard to find.
Otherwise - please send me a cheque, when you are finshed.

Searce for bluetooth storage:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/storage/news/2007/02/01/Seagate-Offers-Mobile-Bluetooth-Storage/p1
Isnt this so cool? Im not paying for the Touch Pro anymore.

buciuman said:
Searce for bluetooth storage:
http://www.trustedreviews.com/storage/news/2007/02/01/Seagate-Offers-Mobile-Bluetooth-Storage/p1
Isnt this so cool? Im not paying for the Touch Pro anymore.
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Thanks for the link - but D.A.V.E. (the name of this storage-device) has not found its way to the market, obviosely - only announcements from last year.

you may try to use an external case with LAN support, connect it to a wifi router and access it via the total commander LAN-Plugin
this is working quite well for me
i can access my whole audiolibrary stored on a external storage yonnected to my router

kikakeule said:
you may try to use an external case with LAN support, connect it to a wifi router and access it via the total commander LAN-Plugin
this is working quite well for me
i can access my whole audiolibrary stored on a external storage yonnected to my router
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Thought about that, but its not for the go. I think about a device, as small, or smaller than a GPS-mouse with built in li-ion battery. The battery would last very longand can be small, cause you only have to switch the device on for transfers.
p.s.: See what you mean - to receive data via IP-connection from home - but this can get slow and very expensive. My data-flat is only for my home-country.

Nice idea.
http://askwiki.blogspot.com/2006/12/bluetooth-storage-device-for-phones.html

teddyen66 said:
Nice idea.
http://askwiki.blogspot.com/2006/12/bluetooth-storage-device-for-phones.html
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As with D.A.V.E. - only announcemtents of last year. Perhaps industry needs some time to put out the final devices onto the market - perhaps marketing directors decieded to cancel productions because of most PDA's and phones have memory-slots and cards are getting cheaper and bigger every month.

or maybe the idea is not so good after all :-(

teddyen66 said:
or maybe the idea is not so good after all :-(
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For a diamond-user - it's a good one, I think.

I need help PLEASE. TILT FREAKING OUT!

I recently erased and reinstalled the rom (it just wasn't running as clean as I wanted to)which is the basic rom that came from ATT. Anyways. i'm having troubles as:
1) I get no response sometimes with the touch screen. Whether I touch hard or soft.After 3 seconds or so of constant tapping it comes to life but happens too frequently. I get so pissed I want to slam it the floor.
2)Another problem i'm having is I can't install many programs. I'm getting tons of errors. I can't install Kaiser tweak or advanced config. I can't install games.
3) when I'm in a wifi area (coffeeshop/restaurant) I go to activate the wifi card (wireless manager) and it gives me the 4 colored icon moving showing it's working for 4-5 seconds and it's still off. I can't activate the damn wifi card..
4)videos I converted with spb mobile dvd appear to play slow and have speech delays/synching, which they never did.
5) A wierd thing happened when I used "file explorer ex" to go to the storage card directory, all of a sudden I had tons of wierd files all having 3 characters only with numbers/letters with a windows icon and I couldn't erase it because it said it was a system file. something like 10-15 of them. I restarted the system and it went back to being normal.
DAMN TYTNII/TILT/8925! i'm fed up with slowness and problems with the phone. I'm considering the Touch pro2 but from what I see it has the same crap processor and so I'm wondering if they didn't include the video driver for that one (or any other model HTC has, and so I'm consider something besides HTC, maybe the xperia) as well. I want to be able to play full movies, skyfire, and a good keyboard not like the tilt. I want the UI to be very fast and smooth not like the tilt.And when I press the red button to hang up a call, I don't want to wait 2-3 seconds either. BTW, when is WM7 coming out cause this 6.1 aint doing it for me.
I AM NOT HAPPY.

That sounds bad.... When you say you reinstalled the ROM do you mean that you reflashed it or that you did a hard reset?
Have you tried a hard reset? (again)
Settings-> system -> clear storage
You could also try the official WM6.1 ROM that can be found on the HTC web site.

if the purpose of the thread was to rant/vent, i'll leave it at that
but if you want help to see if you can improve on some or all of your complaints, we will need more information, particularly:
A. was it fine before? when did each of the problems start? please go back to your original post and describe which problems existed from the beginning and which ones popped up later
B. describe your configuration. which version of windows mobile are you using? 6.0? 6.1? 6.5? is it an official ROM or a "cooked" one? whats your SPL version? which radio ROM are you using?
C. which software are you using for video playback? granted, the kaiser lacks proper video drivers (as do most of HTC's newer models), it can still be tweaked quite nicely to give very acceptable video playback...i play divx/xvid videos at FULL framerate with no lag on my set up, after appropriate tweaks of course
D. maybe the wifi networks you are trying to connect to are SECURE and/or MAC filtered...have you tried connecting to a network that you are certain is open-for-all?
E. have you tried a hard reset as suggested in the first response in this thread?
F. most of the problems you are mentioning sound like SOFTWARE and/or OS issues...hardware is quite a distant possibility to blame so considering moving to a new device based on your reported observations is uninformed. windows phones are windows phones and they are designed to be flexible and masters-of-everything and therefore require the user to be well informed and aware of what he/she is doing. if you can't keep up and don't desire and/or can't harness the uber-power that the kaiser delivers, move on to the iFart and be done with it
my advice is to provide answers to the above and/or perform a hard reset and/or change your ROM. OR, you COULD just have a lemon on your hands in which case a change of hardware is your only option. but you will only know for sure it is a lemon if you go through the motions mentioned here...
good luck!

Have you tried a hard reset? (again)
Settings-> system -> clear storage
No I haven't, but I will.
You could also try the official WM6.1 ROM that can be found on the HTC web site.
I will have to invest more time in learning in how to do that. I did try many months before to read up on how to do the rom stuff but (not to offend the website) the info is all over the place and not esthetically pleasing to read, I gave up. Plus it didn't answer a simple question of:"If you've cid unlocked your phone do you need jumpspl or just do hardSPL"
if the purpose of the thread was to rant/vent, i'll leave it at that
At first it was to write the problems I had but more and more when I was into writing the post I was getting so Pi**ed so mostly help, part rant..
a)I've had the phone since Sept08. After unlocking it using an ebay service I used it as it was. a few weeks after that I did my first hard reset ( I forgot the terminology before) and then a week later found out about the 3 second reset to remove bloatware, so did that. About every 2-3 months it seems to have little problems (not run smoothly, memory full)and I do a hard reset. The last one I did was 2-3 weeks ago. I missed the 3 second opportunity and did a HR again, then did it. On my Mi-SD card I have most of the software I need to get it going. All TCPMP extensions to play flash, windows DLL's , kaiser tweak, memmaid, aflashlight app, skyfire, opera, minimo, fonts, ringtone, HTChome6, a dialer to replace the junk one included,and other stuff, you get the idea. The screen was fine before. never had the tapping problem i'm having now.
b)I can't install KTweak or the andvanced config, which I was easily able to before. I removed opera because it was bothering me with the XML part of the Ktweak, but still not able to..
c) I have WM6 PRO CEOS 5.2.1620(build 18125.0.4.2) just the regular att one I recieved when i bought the phone (ebay)
d)which software are you using for video playback?
TCPMP with all the drivers/DLL's. Btw, for the heck of it, all video's of WMV I converted using SPB dvd mobile I played in windows mobile, and it plays it much smoother than the TCPMP.
e)As far as the wifi is concerned, I mean that first I activate wifi through CONN manager, and try to activate the 2nd icon on the right side going down, the "I" with the the 2 "c's" on each side..that's what i'm talking about, it doesn't want to turn yellow. Then after I activate it, I go to the wifi, see the available networks available then connect to one. I don't even get to the 2nd stage since it doesn't want to turn the wifi on..I tried it this second it works fine. I guess it works according to how it feels that day.. Not that I net so much with the phone. WhenI can't activate the wifi card,, the square "E" icon at the top starts searching using GPRS (if I recall) and it shows the "E" with 2 arrows moving to the sides (like the wifi does) and a windows keeps popping up and won't go away!!! it drives me crazy..I press the hang up button but it doesn't stop it, till I can take it no more and pull the battery out..
maybe the wifi networks you are trying to connect to are SECURE and/or MAC filtered no, their all public wifi's, in restaurants, coffee places..places like that..
f)I'm having another problem I didn't post before. When taking photos, there is no zoom out/in icons like they're used to be. This problem started about 3 months ago. H-reset or S-reset won't bring back the 2 icons. In Video yes, but in camera mode no..
most of the problems you are mentioning sound like SOFTWARE and/or OS issues...hardware is quite a distant possibility to blame so considering moving to a new device based on your reported observations is uninformed. windows phones are windows phones and they are designed to be flexible and masters-of-everything and therefore require the user to be well informed and aware of what he/she is doing. if you can't keep up and don't desire and/or can't harness the uber-power that the kaiser delivers, move on to the iFart and be done with it
YOU"RE 100% right!(Iphone..OH,GOD NO!!)I lack some knowledge as to how to work it properly, you're right about that. I don't want a phone that I buy to have to flash it it, and to do this and that, and blah blah blah. I want something that will work right out of the box. Will be quick, not lack drivers(which btw, HTC back stabbed everyone, and for this reason I'm not sure i'll go with HTC again) and be able to do it all. I'm willing to put down $1k for this phone, even $1400, but fo some reason or another no one can make one. Why I don't know. Why can't 1 smart manufacturer, look at all the flaws of the top phones and produce a perfect phone. People would jump all over it. I also feel like giving up with the TILT, only because it doesn't satisfy my needs. i'm not to happy with the TILT. At first I was extremly excited, but now, I want to slam it to the floor. The software lacks many things, and it can only do so much. The market and tech is there for many years, can't they make a perfect pda phone, and why the hell is taking M$ so long to make an OS that has it all? If they can make a great OS like Windows 7, why can't they implament that tech to PPC's? LAZY IMO!
I'm looking at all the phones on GSM arena, and none of them has it all, none. Considered the xperia, but crappy rez and small screen. The new Idou, only good because of the 12MP camera, but nothing else, and don't want symbian OS..fed up with Nokia..nothing normal out there. All HTC's. all the same..can't find something normal..
I will do the reset and i'll et you know in a few hours.
Thanks for all your help, I extremely appreciate it..

I should have posted the topic" I NEED HELP PLEASE. TILT AND OWNER FREAKING OUT+RANT"

amitsivak said:
Have you tried a hard reset? (again)
Settings-> system -> clear storage
No I haven't, but I will.
You could also try the official WM6.1 ROM that can be found on the HTC web site.
I will have to invest more time in learning in how to do that...not esthetically pleasing to read, I gave up. Plus it didn't answer a simple question of:"If you've cid unlocked your phone do you need jumpspl or just do hardSPL"
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jumpspl is needed ONLY AND ONLY to CHANGE your HardSPL...it is also needed to put on the HardSPL in the first place. it may not be a very intuitive read and certainly requires some effort on the reader's part but if you read it all carefully, your concepts will become rock solid and all further steps and conclusions will flow logically...the pieces will fall into place.
if the purpose of the thread was to rant/vent, i'll leave it at that
At first it was to write the problems I had but more and more when I was into writing the post I was getting so Pi**ed so mostly help, part rant..
a)I've had the phone since Sept08...On my Mi-SD card I have most of the software I need to get it going. All TCPMP extensions to play flash, windows DLL's , kaiser tweak, memmaid, aflashlight app, skyfire, opera, minimo, fonts, ringtone, HTChome6, a dialer to replace the junk one included,and other stuff, you get the idea. The screen was fine before. never had the tapping problem i'm having now.
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its a good idea to keep all installables on your micro sd card. BUT, you should install ONLY the stuff you TRULY need. also remember to clear up browser caches and temporary files that are dropped on the device internal memory from time to time. skyfire, opera, minimo...thats THREE browsers in addition to the builtin IE...i just stick to the latest official beta of opera 9.7 in addition to the latest IE built in to my winmo6.5 ROM. my point is, windows mobile (pre 6.x, 6.0, 6.1, and 6.5) is somewhat delicate and sensitive in terms of the specific versions of applications you install. i've had my kaiser (my FIRST winmo device) for just over a year...i still use pretty much the same applications as i did the first couple of months, i've abandoned some in favor of better ones, and nearly all of them are newer versions that i am certain are compatible with the winmo build(s) i am using at any given time. your stock ROM is quite an OLD build and quite a few corrections and improvements have been made to the OS, so much so that the build number is now in the 21xxx range (compared to your 6.0 build of 18125) and still going further (a bunch of new bugs and issues are inevitable as the OS moves forward). my point is, perhaps you have accumulated some newer installables that don't quite play well with your old OS build 18125.
b)I can't install KTweak or the andvanced config, which I was easily able to before. I removed opera because it was bothering me with the XML part of the Ktweak, but still not able to..
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thats odd...once again, kaisertweak and advanced config have both progressed to newer versions...if you have an old installable, try a new installable. if you are already trying the new installable, try the old one from the era that your build belongs to.
c) I have WM6 PRO CEOS 5.2.1620(build 18125.0.4.2) just the regular att one I recieved when i bought the phone (ebay)
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i'm not saying you should try att's newer official winmo6.1 ROM but some people have reported great improvements, but your milage may vary. i, on the other hand, SWEAR by "cooked" ROMs and there are some particular cooked ROMs that will impress the $H1T out of you
d)which software are you using for video playback?
TCPMP with all the drivers/DLL's. Btw, for the heck of it, all video's of WMV I converted using SPB dvd mobile I played in windows mobile, and it plays it much smoother than the TCPMP.
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i never used TCPMP and i quickly moved on to coreplayer, even when i was on winmo6.0. so far, the BEST video performance i have gotten was with the following configuration:
1. Sakajati's HyperDragon IV Rhodium ROM (April 10th, 2009)
2. chainfire's gfxboost v1.1
3. coreplayer 1.3.2 build 6909
4. coreplayer configured to DISABLE QTV mode, and video mode set to DirectDraw @ medium quality
on a side note, the ROM mentioned in item 1 above is STELLAR if you're looking for a good cooked winmo6.1 ROM.
e)As far as the wifi is concerned, I mean that first I activate wifi...I guess it works according to how it feels that day.. Not that I net so much with the phone. WhenI can't activate the wifi card,, the square "E" icon at the top starts searching using GPRS (if I recall) and it shows the "E" with 2 arrows moving to the sides (like the wifi does) and a windows keeps popping up and won't go away!!! it drives me crazy..I press the hang up button but it doesn't stop it, till I can take it no more and pull the battery out..
maybe the wifi networks you are trying to connect to are SECURE and/or MAC filtered no, their all public wifi's, in restaurants, coffee places..places like that..
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make sure your wifi is set for "Best Performance" as opposed to the default "Best Battery". you might want to look into changing your radio ROM as well, making sure to match the radio version with your winmo MAJOR version. that is, some radios are made ONLY for winmo6.0, others ONLY for winmo6.1 and winmo6.5. same concept applies to the particular HardSPL version you use. finally, quite a few senior members and cooks here claim that wifi is the ONLY radio that is NOT AFFECTED by your radio version but my experience has been different.
also, you need to understand how windows mobile "picks" an available connection and uses it. if your data connection is set up and enabled, it will almost always be picked and forced to connect, even if your wifi is already connected. you'll have to read up some more about the concept but here is what i do. i have my data connection DISABLED all the time. i force windows mobile to always pick "My Work Network" (which is usually the wifi). note that windows will NEVER force the wifi to connect and won't be able to connect the data connection because i have disabled it. this way, i have TOTAL control over how it "dials out". so when i am in a wifi area, i connect my wifi manually and when i am not in a wifi area, i enable my data connection and i let windows dial out onto Edge/GPRS, etc.
f)I'm having another problem I didn't post before. When taking photos, there is no zoom out/in icons like they're used to be. This problem started about 3 months ago. H-reset or S-reset won't bring back the 2 icons. In Video yes, but in camera mode no..
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errr i think the zoom level is controllable in the camera ONLY in non-3-megapixel mode. that is, if your camera's picture taking mode is set to 3MP, you will NOT get any zoom control. set it to anything lower and you should get zoom control. you must have inadvertantly set the resolution to below 3MP and 3 months ago, either you or the hard reset must have caused it to revert to 3MP, hence your inability to zoom in picture mode.
most of the problems you are mentioning sound like SOFTWARE and/or OS issues...hardware is quite a distant possibility to blame so considering moving to a new device based on your reported observations is uninformed. windows phones are windows phones and they are designed to be flexible and masters-of-everything and therefore require the user to be well informed and aware of what he/she is doing. if you can't keep up and don't desire and/or can't harness the uber-power that the kaiser delivers, move on to the iFart and be done with it
YOU"RE 100% right!(Iphone..OH,GOD NO!!)I lack some knowledge as to how to work it properly, you're right about that. I don't want a phone that I buy to have to flash it it, and to do this and that, and blah blah blah. I want something that will work right out of the box. Will be quick, not lack drivers(which btw, HTC back stabbed everyone, and for this reason I'm not sure i'll go with HTC again) and be able to do it all. I'm willing to put down $1k for this phone, even $1400, but fo some reason or another no one can make one. Why I don't know. Why can't 1 smart manufacturer, look at all the flaws of the top phones and produce a perfect phone. People would jump all over it. I also feel like giving up with the TILT, only because it doesn't satisfy my needs. i'm not to happy with the TILT. At first I was extremly excited, but now, I want to slam it to the floor. The software lacks many things, and it can only do so much. The market and tech is there for many years, can't they make a perfect pda phone, and why the hell is taking M$ so long to make an OS that has it all? If they can make a great OS like Windows 7, why can't they implament that tech to PPC's? LAZY IMO!
I'm looking at all the phones on GSM arena, and none of them has it all, none. Considered the xperia, but crappy rez and small screen. The new Idou, only good because of the 12MP camera, but nothing else, and don't want symbian OS..fed up with Nokia..nothing normal out there. All HTC's. all the same..can't find something normal..
I will do the reset and i'll et you know in a few hours.
Thanks for all your help, I extremely appreciate it..
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i said it before and i'll say it again and i don't mean to sound harsh but windows mobile is powerful...and with great power comes great responsibility...the user HAS TO BE AWARE of what he/she is doing and what is going on in the device to be able to tweak it and customize it and to get it to do EXACTLY what is desired.

working bluetooth and phone on cdma

ok boys and girls i got some good news and some bad news
thanks to all the hard work done by xda on the gsm shift
i was able to to get the phone working as it should with bluetooth
what i did was took my cdma shift along with the files for the gsm shift
up to a computer guy i know in tampa he was able to use the gsm files to
get my phone send and get calls like it should
as for the bluetooth that was a bit harder first you need to understand there
are not only two os systems but two main boards one for the computer and
one for the cell phone and are linked with a date cable
the two programs that join them are communication manager
on the vista side and snap view on windows mobile side
the key is this on the wm side you have the bluetooth program but htc did not
put any bluetooth hardware on the cell phone board it self
the pc board has both but no link was set up to the wm bluetooth program
what we ended up doing was creating a short cut much like a desk top
short cut that links the wm bluetooth program with bluetooth hardware
on the vista board
this has two down sides one now i can not use bluetooth for any thing on the vista side
small price to pay but im sure it could be made to share with some work much like two
different programs are able to use the same cam or printer
the other downside vista has to be running at times to keep the link so after disabling sleep and hibernate modes
i have about a 3 hr talk time and about 5 hr standby time
i my self don't care about using bluetooth on the pc side and i got two more chargers one for the car and
one for the office so its nothing more than a tiny speed bump for me one i can live with for now
now for the bad news
i had my guy making up cab files to share i reset my phone back like new did the hard spl
and got my phone back to were it was when i first brought it to him and when i installed the cab it
screwed up my phone it took many trips to tampa and countless hr's but she's up running again
with buying the phone tech fees and gas i have well over $1200 in a phone i bought on ebay for $550
i just cant justify putting any more time or money into working cab files sorry
don't give up hope it can be done and who knows hopefully my post will put the
programmers at xda the right path to get it done for you guys as well

sunjin5231 said:
ok boys and girls i got some good news and some bad news
thanks to all the hard work done by xda on the gsm shift
i was able to to get the phone working as it should with bluetooth
what i did was took my cdma shift along with the files for the gsm shift
up to a computer guy i know in tampa he was able to use the gsm files to
get my phone send and get calls like it should
as for the bluetooth that was a bit harder first you need to understand there
are not only two os systems but two main boards one for the computer and
one for the cell phone and are linked with a date cable
the two programs that join them are communication manager
on the vista side and snap view on windows mobile side
the key is this on the wm side you have the bluetooth program but htc did not
put any bluetooth hardware on the cell phone board it self
the pc board has both but no link was set up to the wm bluetooth program
what we ended up doing was creating a short cut much like a desk top
short cut that links the wm bluetooth program with bluetooth hardware
on the vista board
this has two down sides one now i can not use bluetooth for any thing on the vista side
small price to pay but im sure it could be made to share with some work much like two
different programs are able to use the same cam or printer
the other downside vista has to be running at times to keep the link so after disabling sleep and hibernate modes
i have about a 3 hr talk time and about 5 hr standby time
i my self don't care about using bluetooth on the pc side and i got two more chargers one for the car and
one for the office so its nothing more than a tiny speed bump for me one i can live with for now
now for the bad news
i had my guy making up cab files to share i reset my phone back like new did the hard spl
and got my phone back to were it was when i first brought it to him and when i installed the cab it
screwed up my phone it took many trips to tampa and countless hr's but she's up running again
with buying the phone tech fees and gas i have well over $1200 in a phone i bought on ebay for $550
i just cant justify putting any more time or money into working cab files sorry
don't give up hope it can be done and who knows hopefully my post will put the
programmers at xda the right path to get it done for you guys as well
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Hi Sunjin. Thank you for the great post. This shows that still everything is possible. Just when I thought the Shift has since been placed in the history books you come with this glimmer of hope.
One or two issues that are not clear though, mainly about the bluetooth issue:-
1. How do you create the bluetooth shortcut exactly. Do you do so on the windows side of windows mobile side. How exatcly do you do it.
2. It is not very clear from your post whether the bluetooth on winmo side is only active with the vista side powered up. Please clarify this.
3. And finally did your tech guy look into the sd card issue. Of course as we all Shift owners know enabling sd card winmo side is the absolute necessity that we cry for every day. If he looked into the issue perhaps the matters surrounding sd card are the same as those of bluetooth that the hardware can be shared but there is no programme to link the two sides.
I know there is a way of sharing the sd card between vista and winmo but as of now the vista side has to be on to access the sd card. Of course all these efforts of unlocking winmo completely is for the purposes of getting the battery to last longer coz with vista on you must be next to a power source to do any meaningful work. same reason i believe why you have a car charger and extra power adapter in the office. I do have a car charger too but sometimes I want to go hiking with the Shift in the backpack......

[Q] would like some help please from members

hi to everyone on this excellent wesite' im glad i joined'
two problems realy'
ive just purchased a brand new in the box XDA LL. HIMALAYA on o2 its never been registered and never been on line' they wanted £25/ 40 pound to unlock this from o2 so i could use this on orange, but they could not promise it would succeed, so i came home and googled this and found this excellent forum and unlocked it my self even though im using windows 7, a great big thanks to all members that contributed to the unlock thread.
now i would like to update my operating system from windows 2003 to a much more pleasent and nicer one, perhapes windows mobile 6.55 or later so i can use the internet and put some up to date ringtones mp3 ect' i have a sd card 1gb and also a sd wireless card but this is all new to me about this phone.
im running windows 7 and have a cradle with a good usb and windows device centre 6,1.
i just need a bit of help from you excellent forum members'
to upgrade my OP system
conect my wireless card
i know this is not the latest phone out, but i like the look the big screen and its new.
so sorry for being a bit long on the thread but there is no short way to do this.
rgds basicbri

I also have a new/old 'nether been used' Himalaya, all boxed up and wrapped up nicely, but on Orange....Yucky! M1000 they called it. i Payed £38 for it on the market, locked to Orange and i have not yet unlocked it. i plan to tho.
I like it, it is a nice phone full stop, nether mind for its age... i also have a HTC Jade and i much prefer the Himalaya, big screen, more solid and more tactile.
The only problem with it is its tiny ROM size. but it can and will run WM 6.5.
Anyway. i had a problem in that it would not upgrade through windows 7, because the active sync on the Himalaya's driver CD is old and not compatible with WIN 7.
I got around that by manually installing the needed USB driver into windows Device Centre 6.1.
You have to do that by going to- Device Center - Portable Devices - HTC Himalaya 'or what ever its called on you PC' Hit the Update Drivers Tab - Let me pick...from computer - Have Disk - Browse, and use the file i attached. (after unzipping it)
To install a new OS on the phone you need to be in boot loader mode.
Press and hold, power + the two buttons on the let side 'camera/record' and the navigation button at the bottom between the call and hang up buttons, and then use the stylus in the little hole on the left bottom, hold all that together for a couple of seconds. then, on an unlit screen you should see 'serial'. Place it in the cradle, then that will change to USB. Your ready to upgrade
This would be easier if you had 4 hands but it is possible with just the two, and gets easier with two after its been done a few times....
Now i'm not by a long way an expert here, so i could be wrong, and if i am i'm sure an expert will come along and correct me but all that works for me.
As for a WM 6.5, this one seems to work on mine http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741800
This one is very nice http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745718 tho the home screen does not up date for me.
And before you do anything you might have to read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332215
I don't know is its needed. i have done it tho you should know
As for conecting the Wirless Card.. i don't know as i don't have one. but i think it goes in the SD slot at the top. someone, i'm sure will tell you how to instal it

many thanks for the info
hi les'
thanks for the reply' as like you im a big screen man' this came about when my wife bought me a mobile from hong kong' with a 3.5 screen also it had a zoom lens that you could add on if you wanted to take a picture far away.
had that for about a year and half then the software chip messed up' and i lost all my emails and such.
cant get on with small phones' you get a much better quality camera but im not bothered about that' because i have a digital cam anyway.
if i can help in any way in unlocking you mobile for you les just pm me and ill do my very best.
thank you again mate
rgds basicbri

WOW!!!
A BRAND NEW HIMALAYA!!!!
I did have an unlock tool for it.
I will look for it.

unlock sim for hima tool...
try this from our dear xda dev...
just run it on hima and follow prompts {i advise to run nothing else at the time,take out sim before running and take out any sd cards}
posted file is - xdadev_all_unlock-v1.6_138.exe