Hi, I am planning on changing the ROM from the factory T-Mobile WM5 to a cooked ROM, and was wondering if anyone knew if this can be done with a Bluetooth connection to ActiveSync, rather than the normal USB.
The phone is in factory condition (except a couple of progs), and has yet to be CID unlocked.
Cheers,
No, you have to use the USB cable for this.
What ROM have you in mind? I'm using the Vanilla 2.0.
dam. my USB doesnt work, something to do with charging in the car, and i've had it apart to replace the screen (broke that too lol), so i cant really ask t-mob to fix it.
I was going to go with Vanilla 2.0 as well, sounds good!
To bad
Vaniila 2.0 is really very fast and stable.
i know i'll take it to a T-Mobile shop and try to blag it...
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Hello Universalowners!
I got a really big Problem. My Universal falled down 4 month ago. Because of that the USB-Connector broke out. Till yesterday that was no problem. My Universal worked pretty good. Under Windows, I was able to connect to my device by Bluetooth.
No here comes my problem.
Yesterday I booted up my device and I dont know why, it came up in bootloader mode.
I tried every key combination, but it does not reboot back to windows. Even Both softkey+reset does not work.
My friend owns an universal too, and we tried to back up his rom to sd card with mtty. The d2s command is locked on his device. There is no chance to backup his rom to sd card.
That would be my only chance to get my universal back to life.
The change of the usb connector would cost me a lot Euros.
I really don´t need the usb connection if I have a running system.
I charge my batteries by an external device and everything else I can do by bluetooth or infrared.
So please tell me, what I can do, to get my problem solved. I heared something about the tool itsutils.exe with rapi enabler on my friends device. But I really do not know, how I have to handle this.
Could someone send me the image, which I can write to sdcard with my laptop?? Please help me. I need my universal like the air to live!
Hope I will get a soon answer from you!! Thank you in advance!!!!!!
Don't o2 Germany do an insurance plan like o2 UK?
If I were you I'd buy the connector for the Euro or so it will cost, and solder it in myself. But of course, if it goes wrong you'll have fried your XDA with no backup. Can't you just call o2, take out insurance, then about a month later, "Lose" it?
After trying all types of tricks, I am still unable to get my USB port on the Artemis to do anything but charge the phone. I am dying to stick a Tom_codon firmware on the thing but without a USB port I am pretty much dead in the water. Anyone have any experience with PPC Techs repair service? They seem like they are pretty fast at turnaround time. I am curious how much a mini-USB port repair might cost. Don't they just open the case, de-solder old port, solder in a new one, close it and run some diagnostics or does it go deeper than that?
Any experience or pricing info for this type of repair would be appreciated. Thanks!
Really wish we had some news on the HTC Polaris...might be vaporware!
Dubhead
No one has ever used PPC Techs??
Looks like everyone has a perfectly functional Artemis all the time?! I would love to get mine repaired if it is worthwhile, especially since the WM6 upgrade is out from HTC. Anyways, please weigh in with your thoughts/experiences in getting a repair done either from PPC Techs or HTC themselves. Thanks!
~Dubhead~
Hi,
my Problem is exactly the same. But I cant send it to t-mobile because i've flashed an WM6 for O2 and without USB I can't update to the original German T-Mobile ROM.
Greetings
Ali
I had a minor probelm with the USB connector where the headphones would crack and splutter on playback.
I used some good contact cleaner and it seems to have done the trick.
Aligator said:
Hi,
my Problem is exactly the same. But I cant send it to t-mobile because i've flashed an WM6 for O2 and without USB I can't update to the original German T-Mobile ROM.
Greetings
Ali
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if your device is CID-Unlocked you can flash any rom with micro-sd-card and bootloader. go to wiki
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here the link to wiki: Artemis SD Card Flashing
I cant get my darn s621 too sync via active sync 4.5 for XP ibm home tablet labtop X-Series, i just upgraded from 4.2 which wasnt working either, anyone think they know whats going on wrong? thanks.
what ROM do you have? If you have the 3vo, while its connected, press start and click on active sync.
no im on 6.1
kavana i wanna go to the new 6.5 Evo, my usb cable isnt my origonal maybe something too do with it ?
HTCS621Smartphone said:
no im on 6.1
kavana i wanna go to the new 6.5 Evo, my usb cable isnt my origonal maybe something too do with it ?
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Have you tried in another computer?
Nope just my ibm x-series tablet labtop, is there anything beside active sync, also i cant get into the phone thru my computer either, anyone else not useing the origonal s621 usb cable ?
HTCS621Smartphone said:
Nope just my ibm x-series tablet labtop, is there anything beside active sync, also i cant get into the phone thru my computer either, anyone else not useing the origonal s621 usb cable ?
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Just one more shot, go to active sync/windows mobile device center and see if you have "enable usb connections" box checked? that's in archive>connection settings
Its possible its a faulty wire. My mom and I had regular USB, and they were horrible. We got docs for them and they sync alot better.
Herox said:
Its possible its a faulty wire. My mom and I had regular USB, and they were horrible. We got docs for them and they sync alot better.
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But docing stations smoke your battery like charging your phone over night ViA Usb will ruin your batts charge hold when you use it, is ur docing station plug in via usb ? on another close note this is for everyone dont ever charge over usb ive done with a few batts and kills them in a month but back on topic im going to see if i can get er to sync, i think its cause i dont have the origonal htc usb cable will report tho soon.
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HTC S621 (Made In Taiwan)
Overclocked stable at 288 Mhz
(Do not try this above 264Mhz) on a made in China s621.
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Anyone else with the taiwan verson?)
HTCS621Smartphone said:
But docing stations smoke your battery like charging your phone over night ViA Usb will ruin your batts charge hold when you use it, is ur docing station plug in via usb ? on another close note this is for everyone dont ever charge over usb ive done with a few batts and kills them in a month but back on topic im going to see if i can get er to sync, i think its cause i dont have the origonal htc usb cable will report tho soon.
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HTC S621 (Made In Taiwan)
Overclocked stable at 288 Mhz
(Do not try this above 264Mhz) on a made in China s621.
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Anyone else with the taiwan verson?)
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Bruv, I have your same phone (made in taiwan) HTC s621 and I don't use the original USB cable, I use a motorola cable...I even used sometimes a digital camera phone usb cable (since some of them are standard) and sync everytime with no issue at all. Try what I posted before, if not reinstall activesync in your PC.
I have no idea what's going on, but I can't get my Tilt 2 to tether, sync, or even see my PC. It was working fine one day, then it stoped working only to start working again. Today I spent over 4 hours trying to get it to work. I looked on all the forums to try to get help without any luck. I even hard booted (reset the firmware) and blew out everything in my phone. That didn't do anything other than to lose all my settings and configurations. Anytime I plug the USB cable into the phone (I've tried 2 computers and 3 different USB cables) it just charges the unit.
Would anyone have any ideas or tips I can use to get this darn phone tethering again or seeing my PC in general?
Thanks!
Nathan
Had the same happen to me. I had to use task29 to erase everything on my phone, then my computer recognized the phone as a storage device. I flashed a new ROM and ActiveSync worked again.
Yeap .. I Had This Happen ...
Had This Happen To Me to..
I had to bend the connector on the tp2 .. so the usb cable "fit" better
autonomous-inc said:
Had the same happen to me. I had to use task29 to erase everything on my phone, then my computer recognized the phone as a storage device. I flashed a new ROM and ActiveSync worked again.
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How can you use task 29 when you're phone is not connected with the computer?
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How can you use task 29 when you're phone is not connected with the computer?
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Ahah. I don't know. I never bothered figuring that part out. My Tilt 2 suddenly became very problematic, not connecting to the internet, or connecting via Active Sync, so I just used the program tool and task 29 and it worked out.
I just checked out the USB port on the phone. I got a pin that you would normally get when you buy new shirts and poked around in the port. I pulled out a bit of lint. Saw one gold pin was crossed in there and fixed it. Since it was on the bottom though it really didn't make much difference with tethering and such since a regular USB port seems to only use the top.
Plugged in the computer USB into the phone and nothing. Same thing. To think I started all this because first I need to sync my phone with Activesync and second I wanted to flash the ROM with the new AT&T ROM that's out. Doesn't seem I'll ever be able to do that. I think a call to AT&T is in order and maybe I can get a replacement unit. This one is really pointing to a hardware problem.
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Plugged in the computer USB into the phone and nothing. Same thing. To think I started all this because first I need to sync my phone with Activesync and second I wanted to flash the ROM with the new AT&T ROM that's out. Doesn't seem I'll ever be able to do that. I think a call to AT&T is in order and maybe I can get a replacement unit. This one is really pointing to a hardware problem.
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AT&T was no help whatsoever. They didn't even know what I was talking about when I said tether. Their suggestion since I didn't have insurance was to buy a new phone. Sigh. I saw that AT&T has the phone for 1 cent but I'd have to change my data plan to 2GB with tethering from my current plan of unlimited with tethering for the same price (damn Apple who made them do that).
Anyone have a suggestion on getting the phone I currently own to work? I'm not really inclined to buy software as someone mentioned (sktools). Someone mentioned replog.exe but they never specify if it's on the phone or the PC. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Nathan
Silly question maybe, if so I am sorry but,
have you checked through the Active Sync settings on your phone and, if you have settings for the USB to PLC connection, check those. Also start up Active sync on your PC and check how that is set up.
Again, sorry if you have done this.
Seems to be a TP2/Tilt2 issue that's ongoing, the connector on the bottom of my touchpro2 stopped working as a USB connection a couple months back. Lately I've even been having trouble charging it in the car (since the cable bounces around). I'm using a non-stock ROM so I have to find a way to re-lock the phone (after re-flashing OEM ROM) without connecting to my computer.
tjhawkes said:
Silly question maybe, if so I am sorry but,
have you checked through the Active Sync settings on your phone and, if you have settings for the USB to PLC connection, check those. Also start up Active sync on your PC and check how that is set up.
Again, sorry if you have done this.
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Hi, not a silly question. I tried the phone on 4 different computers that had activesync on it and the phone wouldn't even recognize that a USB for data was plugged in. It worked fine for charging though.
I couldn't find any configuration for the USB port, so I may be SOL.
I was going to just buy a new Tilt 2, but thinking back the USB connector has been pretty flaky to begin with. Sometimes the unit will work when plugged in and sometimes I had problems. It could be that my phone was failing all this time and that's why it's been flaky, but others have had the same problem. Since I need tethering I might still buy a new HTC phone (I hate to do that since I'm not too thrilled with the way they design the phone) but just not the Tilt 2.
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AT&T was no help whatsoever. They didn't even know what I was talking about when I said tether. Their suggestion since I didn't have insurance was to buy a new phone. Sigh. I saw that AT&T has the phone for 1 cent but I'd have to change my data plan to 2GB with tethering from my current plan of unlimited with tethering for the same price (damn Apple who made them do that).
Anyone have a suggestion on getting the phone I currently own to work? I'm not really inclined to buy software as someone mentioned (sktools). Someone mentioned replog.exe but they never specify if it's on the phone or the PC. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Nathan
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The phone hasn't been out for even a year, so you must have had it for less than a year. So its still on warranty, unless you bought a refurb. All ATT's phones are warrantied for one year. Refurbs are warrantied for 90 days.
http://telephones.att.com/telephones_ui/support/dsp_limited_warranty.cfm
Also, assuming you bought the Tilt2 at the subsidized price, you will not be eligible for the 1 cent discount price. You only get to purchase one phone "upgrade" at the subsidized price every 2 years. You will have to pay full price ($400) minus the $250 discount they have right now, so it would still cost you $150.
Try calling ATT again, it seems the rep you talked to didn't know much about smartphones or their company's data plans (since they didn't know what tethering was), or about their warranty policies.
Unless your phone is very different to my UK version it will have settings to allow it to use USB and maybe you should look further into the set-up on the phone itself.
The settings I have are in
Start/Settings/Connections/USB to PC.
Also,
if you run Active Sync on your phone and select Menu the connection needs setting there for USB.
Bluetooth
Have you try teether with Bluetooth? It is not a fix but at least this would be a work around plan. I can teether with Bluetooth or USB connection.
Thanks for all the help and suggestion everyone. They've been very helpful.
tjhawkes, I've been using the USB to PC for as long as I have had the phone. I guess that's what was meant when it was suggested I configure the USB?
chompx2 - I don't have have bluetooth on my desktop PC.
Redpoint - my phone was a refurb so I guess no warranty for me. I would be happy to pay $150 to get a new one though if that's what it cost. I tried to get the representative on the phone to do it but she refused(!) thinking I could get it cheaper somewhere else. I looked on ebay and everyone seemed to be selling it for $250. So, if $150 is what it cost, then I'm game for that.
That said, I have an old Tilt with a broken screen. I was going to take the USB port from that phone and install it on the Tilt 2 and see if perhaps that was the problem all along. I just looked at the USB port in my Tilt2 and one of the bottom row has a pin missing. Must have broken off. However, I can't imagine that being the problem though since a regular USB on a computer only uses the top row. Sigh. Technology.
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Redpoint - my phone was a refurb so I guess no warranty for me. I would be happy to pay $150 to get a new one though if that's what it cost. I tried to get the representative on the phone to do it but she refused(!) thinking I could get it cheaper somewhere else. I looked on ebay and everyone seemed to be selling it for $250. So, if $150 is what it cost, then I'm game for that.
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Appears I was wrong about having to wait until your contract was up to get the 1 cent deal (check out posts 13 and 14 on the following thread):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739606&page=2
I say go for it, since it sounds like you have a hardware issue (pins on USB port damages).
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I was going to just buy a new Tilt 2, but thinking back the USB connector has been pretty flaky to begin with. Sometimes the unit will work when plugged in and sometimes I had problems. It could be that my phone was failing all this time and that's why it's been flaky, but others have had the same problem. Since I need tethering I might still buy a new HTC phone (I hate to do that since I'm not too thrilled with the way they design the phone) but just not the Tilt 2.
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You will need to buy a phone that works on the AT&T high speed network. I don't think a "world" HTC phone will work with anything except EDGE.
I had the same no USB problem with my phone. Would charge fine via the cable, but no transfers, PC's wouldn't recognize it, etc, etc.
Took it into an AT&T store and they accepted it on the spot for a warranty exchange. They did the usual inspection for damage, water/moisture contact & such, but were happy to replace the phone for me.
I had a non-standard ROM on the phone, and changing the ROM and Hard-SPL back to stock via the MicroSD card was a bit of a challenge, but I did get it done in the end.
I was still able to sync via Bluetooth and use the Wifi Router on the phone for internet access for my PC, so overall, I would say that the lack of USB functionality wasn't a game ender for me, but I agree that it is annoying!
Cheers and good luck.
Because I like beating a dead horse with a stick, I thought I'd let you know what I ended up doing. I went to the AT&T store as suggested and they wouldn't exchange it. I called AT&T warranty and they wouldn't do it. The USB port's right audio pin got pushed into the phone so any type of USB damage would have ended up costing me over $300 for a new phone. I bought what I thought was the right port from a cellphone parts company in Hong Kong. Turned out the USB port was soldered onto the motherboard so I couldn't use the part. However, while the phone was open I pushed the pin back out and now the audio works again.
Syncing and tethering, however, is still dead. What's interesting was that it was working reliably, especially while on vacation just a week beforehand. Not sure what caused it to die.
So, I've basically given up. I fixed my old HTC Tilt (Kaiser) LCD screen and now I'm just going to tether with that phone instead. Sad because that phone is more reliable than the Tilt2. Too bad it didn't have the nice screen and a nice music interface.
Ouch, I had similar problems but with my Kaiser not my TP2 so I hope the same doesn't happen. I did some research and it turns out that the reason that micro USB connections are now the standard are that they have a much more reliable life cycle than the mini USB connectors the TP2 and Kaiser use (and lots of other Kaiser users complained of the same failure).
In brief, we're all doomed.
I first bought the Samsung brand MHL adapter, and the moment i plugged it into the phone, it simply reboot without displaying anything on the TV. I figured it might be the adapter, so I returned it and bought a 3rd party Menotek adapter only to find the same problem.
The power cable is connected to the adapter, and the adapter to the phone and HDMI cable. I even tried a different power cable, and wall charger and same problem occurs.
Is this a problem with anyone else, one that has a fix? If not I might have to exchange my phone, since this is a feature I really wanted.
Could it be perhaps that the Docomo (Japanese) version uses different electric current that it has to convert, but the adapter can't convert?
i have the exact same problem.
at first i thought it was the cable, so i exchanged for another one... it rebooted.
then i thought maybe it's the tv, so i tried a friend's tv... it rebooted as well.
so i figured it must be the phone. but then since everything else was working perfectly on my phone, i couldn't be bothered to go exchange it... i thought i'd hardly use the mhl if at all. guess you should go exchange yours while you still can though.
I'll contact newegg about it, see if I can get a hassle free exchange.
My biggest guess is that is has something to do with the 110v/220v electrical current that it either doesn't receive enough, or too much, causing it to restart.
I am not sure what a good solution is. At least I am not the only one.
hmm i doubt it's got anything to do with electric currents.
it's my understanding that standard usb power is 5v.
anyways japan uses 110v same as US, and i'm in asia 220v and we're having the same problem.
I had same problem as this but the jelly bean update fixed it....
Sinfamy said:
I'll contact newegg about it, see if I can get a hassle free exchange.
My biggest guess is that is has something to do with the 110v/220v electrical current that it either doesn't receive enough, or too much, causing it to restart.
I am not sure what a good solution is. At least I am not the only one.
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110/220 is AC, which is converted to DC before it even gets to the usb cord, let alone to the phone. Most chargers will support 110 & 220, so there shouldn't be any issue there.
Are you rooted? Have you tried any other ROMs?
live-evil said:
I had same problem as this but the jelly bean update fixed it....
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i have the same problem and the jelly bean update doesn't fix this problem, any solutions?
I9250 suffers from defect as well
I have problem. Using i9250 original international version. MHL worked once upon a time, jelly bean didn't fix it, started in 4.0.4, last worked in 4.0.2, dont care about downgrading just to examine, but going back to stock 4.0.1 or 4.0.2 might fix it
Please star issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=34048
Ahh forgot about this thread. Using bigxies deodexed rom got it working for me you can find it in the dev forum here.