Hello,
I bought a new phone and doesn't want to sell my Xperia X1 (who will buy this anyway!?).
How can I use it as a WiFi Media center or mini Computer or Print server WITHOUT a SIM card?
I thought about using it as a media center with a USB hub where i can connetct:
printer
harddisk
usb stick
using Android maybe!?
and having access to it thorught my Laptop -> Wifi Router -> Xperia
Is this Possible? Will it overheat if I use it 2 -3 hours not every day?
thx and looking forward for your answers.
I don't have a direct answer to your question on how to use your phone without a SIM card .. but there is an alternative trick that will only cost less than 2 dollars.
You can find dummy SIM cards on internet shops, like dealextreme.com. It's worth a shot if you don't have another solution.
Well..i believe that X1 works without SIM card...You will not have access to the Mobile Network..thats all....
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Hi, my XDAIIi locks after a call most times I have upgraded the ROM to the latested on this site which is higher than the XDA repair centre can offer. I am getting to the point of using this as a PDA and sat Nav only and buy a phone to talk on. is there any golden rules that I should be doing to keep it from locking up all the time. I have also done a hard reset and used the code 0506 to not loag the O2 junk.
Any Ideas before I turn this in to a PDA only?????????????
yes
you need to get a faster sd card this is a known problem on the 2i
buy a transcend 80x card and you will be fine ...but it must be 80x, has been found to work well
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Hi I do have a 1G 60X card but we have two other XDAIIi at work both only running standard set up with no card and they have the same issues with locking up. My phone is now a Nokia 6310i currently until I can find a fix as again I have missed a number of important calls even know the phone was on my deskin the usb cradle. which is not what I wanted.
All ideas please.
So im pretty familiar with my AT&T tilt and have flashed/changed a few roms in and out but i cant seem to find an program for my needs anywhere.
I have currently just moved back home from college for the summer and we have a Wireless router which we use to connect our laptops to the internet. but my PC does not have a wireless card and i was expecting to be able to find a program that will allow my tilt to pick up the wireless internet from the router and transfer it to my PC over the USB cord. As of now i have been looking for days and have only found "internet sharing" applications which all use the Cellular Devices data plan as a substitution. but since thats not available to me ive hit a dead end when it comes to this issue.
maybe theirs an answer or program for my needs, or maybe their isnt. any help would be appreciated. thanks.
Why not just hardwire your PC to one of the ports on the wireless router?
Thanks JamesMB,
the distance where the pc is located isnt more than a few physical feet to the router through the ceiling , but if i were to run an ethernet cable to the pc it would have to take a rediculous path under carpet and up a winding staircase and across another room to access the PC. So its less of a matter of accessibililty and more one of practicality. good suggestion though.
Go on ebay and get yourself a used wireless b or g network card for 10.00 bucks. They are very cheap.
jeff
jeffla said:
Go on ebay and get yourself a used wireless b or g network card for 10.00 bucks. They are very cheap.
jeff
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Such as this one... WiFi's so cheap now...
thanks, i was just looking for a quick fix. maybe a program or something because running out and buying a card was more of a second option. its only temporary so i figured if i can take full advantage of the tilts capabilities then why not.
any other ideas? or anyone else heard of a program of this sort?
I have never heard of this. I can't see why anyone would take the time to write a program with how cheap the wifi. I also don't think you could even buy a laptop without a wireless card for about 4 years.
You should learn to search better.
By typing in 'internet connection sharing kaiser usb' into google, in link #1, I was able to find a post by blahmartinblah with a link to a link to what you're asking for.
Go do the same and you'll get your app...
I receive a telephone call from them:
They start of by asking me some generic questions about my contract like "how it is" etc then get onto the real reason they rang
Vodafone:"Would you be interested in buying our mobile broadband package?"
Me: "No"
Vodafone: "Oh, well you get get the internet anywhere you go with your laptop if you use our special dongle"
Me: "I use my phone to do that"
Vodafone: "But if you sign up to the dongle package you get a small usb stick that you plug into your laptop"
Me: "Why would I pay for another unlimited data plan when I already have one? Good Bye"
You Underestimate the power of the dongle side.
I don't think you can compare the net on a laptop with the net on the X1, it's much, much better on a laptop.
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I don't think you can compare the net on a laptop with the net on the X1, it's much, much better on a laptop.
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I think you missed the mark by a million laptops.
Heard of tethering using a phone?
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I think you missed the mark by a million laptops.
Heard of tethering using a phone?
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Of course. It's a good way to make your phone battery die before the day ends.
plug in the usb cable and kill the battery of your laptop xD
with a netbook u got after pluggin in the usb cable about 4,5 hours xD
so GL HF with ur secondary plan xxDD
I don't know for Vodafone UK but Vodafone Germany offers a so called "ultra card". This card is basically a copy of your current SIM Card. If you have a data plan on your SIM card, you can order a second ultra card for a usb dongle connected to your laptop/netbook. The ultra card costs only a one-time fee (here €30) so you're not charged for a second data plan at all.
I use this solution by myself. Former times I used my phone for tethering a lot, but it became pretty annoying when receiving calls while connected to the Internet and I also think it's not that good for the battery as the phone is constantly charged while operating under full load (it get's very (very!) hot). Another advantage of a usb dongle is the speed, as X1 can only reach up to 3,6 Mbit/s downstream when using HSUPA. Current USB dongles reach up to 7,2 Mbit/s no matter if HSUPA is used.
And the best thing is: You can use both SIM cards in parallel although Vodafone officially states different. So you still can receive mails on the phone while surfing on the Internet using a laptop connected to a usb dongle.
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I've been using HTC phones for years now, always been on O2 and I've always used my various flavours of XDA to connect my laptop to the internet. I am at this very moment using my Polaris via bluetooth to connect to this forum with my laptop, that is my problem.
It it the one function that the Polaris does that I can't make my HD7 do. Am I missing something here? Surely the HD7 can do this, it is a pretty basic function of a phone so I reckon the problem here is the user.
I am currently having to swap my sim card between devices whenever I need to connect to the net with my PC.
I little help here would be very appreciated.
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I've been using HTC phones for years now, always been on O2 and I've always used my various flavours of XDA to connect my laptop to the internet. I am at this very moment using my Polaris via bluetooth to connect to this forum with my laptop, that is my problem.
It it the one function that the Polaris does that I can't make my HD7 do. Am I missing something here? Surely the HD7 can do this, it is a pretty basic function of a phone so I reckon the problem here is the user.
I am currently having to swap my sim card between devices whenever I need to connect to the net with my PC.
I little help here would be very appreciated.
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Actually, at this time I dont believe there is any way to tether the HD7 to a PC and if I remember correctly, I believe at this time the bluetooth on the HD7 only works for a headset and nothing else. I may be wrong so Id do a bit more searching but I believe this is what I have read and heard...
Feeling your pain.... My PSTN telephone line is down (taking my broadband with it) so having to stick my sim back in my water damaged HTC HD2 and with a stroke of luck and with the awesome windows controller 'MyMobiler' I can use that as my modem... Was a bit shocked that this was missing with WP7 going after the business (and social) sectors...
Hi,
I was thinking about buying a second MIFI device and I have a couple of old windows mobile devices (TYTN 2) stuck in the cupboard gathering dust and i thought hey some clever person must be able to bake a MIFI ROM for these devices to make them really useful.
Its a shame that thousands of these are discarded and the same people discarding them go out and buy brand new MIFI devices for their wifi ipads and laptops when they could recyle these to give them similar functionality for nothing.
We have a microsd card for a bit of LAN storage as with the MIFI .. anyone interested or is it time to bin windows mobile devices completely
I have to say though I have never seen WPA wifi tetheringon a kaiser :-(
rgds
ian
Wifi tethering on a Kaiser is completely doable and has been for some time now, running Android.
Drivers and such have been a bugger to get (or make from scratch), but I can tether my Kaiser via USB or WIFI and use my mobile network for internet.
I think WM6.0 allowed sharing the mobile data connection, I just never tried it on my own device while 6.0 was still on it.
P.S.: I will take those Kaisers off your hands for a partly donation...lol.