Develop Bugs

ConnMgr GPRS / ActiveSync

Hi,
I've written an app which uses a GPRS connection to read from the internet. Now when the XDA is put into the cradle then the current active connection switches from GPRS to the internet connection that is active on my PC via ActiveSync. Now... don't know how many of you guys use All-locations traffic counter but that program goes insane when this happens. Upload and download go to 4096 MB (or something like that). it scared the hell out of me when i first noticed it the next day but it's caused when the XDA switches connection?
Any idea how to drop the GRPS connection when the ActiveSync takes over?
Other problem is that Pocket Internet Explorer doesn't start up a GPRS connection when an url is passed to it as parameter (using shellexecuteex function). so i have no idea how to detect when that application closes so i can shut down the gprs connection.
Any ideas are welcome.

Wlan G Hack?

Is this a viable option for the Exec
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=38898&highlight=
Basically a simple reg hack has enabled wireless g mode on the wizard

Ive just added the dot11SupportedRateMaskG=8 as a dword into tiacxwln1
rebooting now, lets see what happens

My breath is baited... any news Carnivor?

RE
I've added dot11SupportedRateMaskG=8 as a dword into tiacxwln1 too to my QTEK9000 but see no improvement in speed test at www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest
:roll:

FOSA: How did you run the test? Did you put it on your own webpage (hosted on a PC on your wireless network)? If not, you will only be testing the speed of your ADSL link and not the speed between your Exec and your router.

RE
I just ran if off from the QTEK9000 PIE connected wirelessly to my DLINK router
Is this correct?

Fosa, what result did you get?
Melty, thats what I thought too, but bandwidthplace seemingly allows you to specify your connection type...
Anyway, a test from my laptop, via lan connection to a 4MB internet connection yielded a return of 1.2mbps - from my M5000, via our wireless network (which admittedly is only 11b), the throughput was 605 kbps. I think the only valid test is to move a file via your wireless network to another machine on your lan - I guess there must be an app to measure this type of network activity?

RE
509.2 Kbps. Pretty slow.
Without that entry I got about 564 Kbps
So, no improvement

Theres two entries for the g hack
'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMM\TNETWLN1\PARMS: dot11SupportedRateMask=1
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\COMM\TNETWLN1\PARMS: dot11SupportedRateMaskG=8
All values are decimal'
But does it connect to your router on 'g' mode only?
I'm at work at the mo cant check, thanks

well, after the change im still connecting to AP's around town, but i cant tell if at b or g, im assuming b, as ive never seen documentation that the universal does g, the wizard has g as me missus got one 2 days ago, so i assume this reg change was to enable g.

RE
Quote
"But does it connect to your router on 'g' mode only? "
My router is a a/b/g DLINK router.
Is there any way to check the connection type 'b' or 'g' from my PPC?
Thanks

I just tested it from my laptop again, specifying ethernet as the connection type, and got a result of 583 kilobits per second! So, wildly varying results, which I don't really think can be classed as a definitive test.

RE
May be you can try this test site
http://www.numion.com/YourSpeed3/Select.php?Country=sg&Language=Chinese;English&Top100=0
It works on my notebook but can't on my PPC PIE. PIE will pop-up an error message saying the page exceeds more than 10 frames
May be you can get it done :roll:

Don't think this is gonna work. The hardware on the universal is differant than the vario.
The HTC service manual says:
WiFi 802.11b (manufacture option)
? IEEE 802.11b compliant
but the way you can test it is:
set your wlan router to G only (default value is Mixed mode). this way your phone will only connect if it is really G compatible. if it will connect than it works.
testing it with a internet speedtest doesn't say anything about speeds between router and phone.

Rockafello said:
testing it with a internet speedtest doesn't say anything about speeds between router and phone.
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Click to collapse
well said! i'm glad it's not just me who thinks WAN speed tests are not going to confirm whether it is working in 'g' mode ... and even if it is working in 'g' mode, the 802.11g standard allows for the rate to be adapted depending on signal strength, so you could be running at 12Mbps (or lower!), rather than the full 54Mbps.
has anyone timed a large SMB file copy from a local LAN PC server to the SD card with 'b' and then with 'g'???

Ok i am being a bit thick here, i found a 10MB file on my laptop then on Exec i used resco file manager and maped the drive, and over standard 11b i copy and pasted the file into my storage ( not storange card incase that slowed it down) it did the 10MB file in 48 seconds The laptop was ""docked"" and on a 100mbs wired conection.
I then set about to do the registery changes to enable 11g but my device )using resco reg edit) is a little different, am i trying to edit some keys or add new ones.
one i get that bit sorted i will delete the downloded file and fix my router on ""g"" only and transfer again
Than ks
John

Rockafello and ericblong: I was relieved to see that you also agree that the internet speed tests are not the answer here (as I posted earlier in this thread). I was beginning to wonder if I'd gone mad... :?:shock::lol:
I saw a link to this in another thread: IP Dashboard Network Monitor 1.9
Maybe it will provide the answer? (I'm at work so I can't test it right now).

I have aplied that reg hack to my exec, and I still can't connect to G only
WLAN networks... Only to B...
What should I do to enable G mode support on my Universal?
Big thx!

I'm 99% sure this hack doesnt enable 'G', it just allows connections to be made to 'G only' access points, although still at the lower 'B' speeds. However this doesnt seem to work on the uni

WIFI - O2 Orbit problems

Hi,
I can conect to my home wi-fi ok and it gets an ip address. i can ping an address but after 30 seconds or so it stops working. it still thinks its connected but cant ping or navigate to any websites
any help greatly apreciated

Hi
I also have a similar problem
I have a 802.11b broadband router (linksys) which works fine with my two wifi PC's and my Wifi XDA Exec to access the Internet and collect e-mail
I just got an XDA Orbit and although it "sees" and connects to the Broadband router it will NOT allow access to the internet or e-mail (apart from one very short half page of ntlworld.com home page on one occasion)
WORST than that - it HANGS the wi-fi router and I have to reset it before I can access the Internet from any other PC's !!
What am I doing WRONG ???
Any suggestions welcomed

just noticed there is another post about this problem

Take a look Here. This worked for me

I originally had trouble connecting to the internet. I connected to my router and added a device registering my Orbit MAC address and the other info required and bingo works a treat. I checked the other link from jamin100, personally didnt have to do this!!

SOLUTION!
Hi @ll..
i had the same Problem..
I connect per WLAN to my accesspoint, then i can open Websites with any Browser.. but after about 30seconds it seems, that the connection is down.
Here i have a solution, that works great at my XDA Orbit
Goto Settings->Connections
Change the Power-Settings of WLAN to Power optimized--> MAX
then the Problem should be solved ;-)

GREAT
This fixed it
Why ???
I should not need extra power - I am 3 feet from the WiFi router ??
XDA Orbit now get hot after 20 mins use onWiFi !!

Hi,
I Am Able To Connect And Browse The Internet At Home Perfectly well However When I Am at University I Try To Connect To The Wifi. It Will Connect but After A Bit It Will Not Load Up Any Pages although It Still Shows I Am Connected! Furthermore my Mate who Has A Mini S And P990i Is Able To Connect And Browse Perfectly.
Another Thing Is That When I Try To Search For Networks It Will Not Show Anything But When I Restart The Orbit It Will Show The Available Wifi!
Finaly I Cant Stop That "Message Sent" Notification, I Have Tried To Do All The Tweaks But Nothing Works
Any Help Will Be Much Appreciated

@eddieorz:
it´s the same at my orbit. it get very hot after some time "online" ;-)
i hope, this will be fixed at the new Update in summer 2007 (WM6)

I know I know, me digging in some old threads.....
Somebody has the solution already???
Thanks again.

2 minor problems with Wifi and WM6

First of all thanks to Schap. I am using schap's compiled WM6.
I have 2 small problems.
The first one is:
I setup a WIFI connection, than launch the application which will use Internet!
(I.Explorer or VPN, etc..)
When I do some request from any application, my PPC tries to dial a number to connect via EDGE, GPRS or HSDPA, even PPC is already connected to Internet!!
The internet explorer downloads the page without any problem but at the same time i always cancel dialing via gsm or umts line.
Is there any way to make PPC avoid dialing a connection when I connected wia Wifi???
The second one is:
I have the latest version of Trinitiy with 400Mhz Samsung and 128Mb RAM. But since i cracked and reinstalled WM6 instead of WM5, it works slowly. I clicked to Start button, menu scrolls in 3 seconds. It is like running vista on pentium III processor. Is it normal? or I made a mistake during configuration?
Is it possible to upgrade RAM?
Regards to everyone...

For your 2nd problem, can you try to disable cleartype and touchflo ?

Thanks..
Now it is working faster. But i have always the same problem concerning the wifi issue...
When I am connected to the internet via Wifi or activeSync the bottom of IE says "Connecting ... 0 KB." At the same time it tries to connect via 3G, GPRS or EDGE. Then I get a message saying "Cannot connect with current connection settings. To change your settings, tap Settings."
I have tried everything on connection->settings. But still tries to connect via cellular line even there is a connection to internet!

Rizzis said:
First of all thanks to Schap. I am using schap's compiled WM6.
I have 2 small problems.
The first one is:
I setup a WIFI connection, than launch the application which will use Internet!
(I.Explorer or VPN, etc..)
...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think i have the same problem, but in my case, it connects internally, so, when i click the internet button, i get a delay of like 15 seconds before to get any screen. this is happennig recently... it was working fine until 1 or 2 days ago... i have the proxy settings on the internet connection... im thinking that this maybe related.

BA like Modem GPRS [HELP]

Hi, first of all sorry for my english...
This is my problem: I have a BA Windows Mobile 2003 and I want to use it like a modem for my laptop (using gprs connection).
I read the wiki Blue Angel as USB Modem but something is not working.
My laptop OS is Microsoft Vista. I can see the "HTC USB Modem" in the modem list and the port selected automatically during installation was COM4 and I don't know how to change it if necessary. If I launch the "USB MODEM Dialer" in my laptop i can't see a modem available (Modem: <No USB Modem>).
The BA is connected to the laptop using the USB cradle.
Someone can help me?
Is there a way to connect the laptop using wifi with the BA and use the the gprs connection to reach internet? I tried WMWifiRouter but it is not compatible with Windows Mobile 2003.
Andrea

hello and welcome to the forum, there are several options for you:
- you could try -=HTC Wifi Router=-, which is much better than wmwifirouter, but might not work with wm2003, sorry i can't test that, i use wm6.5
- and that would be the next thing, why not try and use another rom, nobody forces you to use such an outdated OS, try wm5, wm6, wm6.1 or wm6.5, you wouldn't have any problems with incompatible software then.
- or, and that might just be the one you'd pick you make up an ad-hoc wlan connection.
the way to do it is:
1. make sure, your pc has all the drivers needed for wireless lan installed
2. ALL of them, forget windows zero config, when it comes to ad-hoc, install all the nifty little tools, you thought, you could live without, because from now on, you can't anymore.
3. then open the tools and make them the default program for managing wireless communication, so that then, when you take the windows wlan search, it does not search for networks, but says, "some other program is managing wlan, windows can't search for networks" or something similar, then you are right and coming closer.
3.a you might have realized, i can't describe all that in detail. i don't know, your wlan device manufacturer, your native language and many other aspects necessary to describe with more detail.
4. on your pc, go to "network connections" right click your wireless device and go to properties.
5. select TCP/IP v4 and click settings
6. set it on manual and choose the following, from top to bottom:
ip 192.168.1.101
snm 255.255.255.0
gw 192.168.1.1
dns 192.168.1.1
adns 192.168.1.2
7. go to your device and call up start->settings->connections->network cards, go to the 2nd panel, select the tiaxclwlan(or something like that) and set the ip config on manual and use these settings:
ip 192.168.1.1
snm 255.255.255.0
gw 192.168.1.1
dns 192.168.1.1
adns 192.168.1.2
8. having all these things set, you can now start your ad-hoc wlan on your pc, using the manufacturer's tools, which should provide you with an option to set up a new ad-hoc
9. select encryption wep and choose a key according to the regulations of wep keys (13 numbers are just fine i believe)
10. take your BA and start looking for wlans in range, make sure "all networks" is selected, and NOT "just accesspoints"
11. as soon as the network is found, connect and enter the key you picked in 9.
12. as soon as you are connected your gprs connection should be shared with the pc. since i am not an expert when it comes to gprs and i don't have my device with me, because i am at work and just can't re-create the conditions, i had to write this all by heart, maybe there are some inaccuracies, but, as always, there are small things to be determined by intelligent guessing or googling
nice work by the way, making your first post this hard to answer, because you looked up things yourself in before.
with best regards,
Chef_Tony

Post deleted,
double post

Thank you (a lot) for the long answer!
1) -=HTC Wifi Router=- is not working on WM 2003, i already tried before.
2) (try wm5, wm6, wm6.1 or wm6.5): i will do it in the future, but I need a fast solution in one/two days. I will try with wm6.5 after holidays
3) I followed what you suggested (not only the nifty little tools, I don't know what they are and where they are). At the end of all I have the laptop and the BA connected wireless, but I can't open gprs connection on the BA. To do it, i usually opened a web page with IE, but if i do it now, IE will try to find the page using wi-fi connection and not trying to open a gprs connection.

The edit button in the forum is not working, so i write another post:
if i go to "Wireless manager" i can connect to gprs and i can see the gprs button green. Then i go to "Wireless LAN management" or something similar (i don't know because I have an italian OS) and i click on "Wireless lan actived" to connect to the laptop. If I go back to Wireless manager i can see the gprs button becoming red and the wlan button becoming green. And i lose the gprs connection.

that is too bad, as mentioned before i am not an expert on gprs, in fact i never used it before, because it is hellishly expensive but i used the other way around often, connect via ad-hoc wlan to a pc, connected to the internet by lan, i even connected to a wlan router once that was not connected to the network, but another client pc, connected to the internet via lan and connected to the router allowed me to go through the router and then through the pc to the net, that was neat, those things are, where i recalled the ad-hoc informations, who would have guessed the BA was as "smart" as preferring the free and faster connection. there must be a way to force it!
i will continue to think about it and hope more senior members have a look into this and maybe advise you on how to do it (although i have to admit, at this point i believe, before a solution is found, more than one or two days might pass by, which makes upgrading a faster alternative again )

Thank you Tony. Tomorrow i will leave home for holiday, and without solution i will be disconnected from internet for 15 days... but when i'll be back i will try to upgrade the operative system.
If someone will be able to give me a hint for my problem... i remeber you that I will go in holiday tomorrow, not exactly now....