How to plug and pray with desktop - Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General

Is there a way to ply the TP2 into a desktop USB running XP and have the ability to access the storage card or the device? Do not want to Install Active Sync. Maybe just want to copy some files or something without having to remove the storage card.

If you plug the device into your computer, you should see a selection screen that gives you the option for ActiveSync, Disk Drive, and Internet Sharing. Simply choose the second option and the MicroSD card will be mounted in Windows as a removable disk. If this dialog does not pop up, go to Start>Settings>Connections>USB to PC and choose the Disk Drive mode. The only limitation of this is that your PC can only access the MicroSD (not the internal NAND), and the device cannot access the MicroSD while it is mounted in Windows. However, file transfers will be noticably faster than with ActiveSync, and ActiveSync will not actually be needed to access the device. HTH

......Amen

Thanks. I had forgotten about the USB Connections settings and I had it set to always ActiveSync. Changed it to "ask" and I can access the storage card. Would love to look at the file on the device, but guess you need activesync or some software on the desktop for that. thanks again.

thebrenda said:
Is there a way to ply the TP2 into a desktop USB running XP and have the ability to access the storage card or the device? Do not want to Install Active Sync. Maybe just want to copy some files or something without having to remove the storage card.
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You meant to say "Plug and Pray" instead of "Plug and Play"?

I've tried checking and unchecking the ask option, but I do not get the popup when I plug in my usb cable. I can't activeSync. The only hints that the computer even recognizes it is the ding of plugging it in/out and "PocketPC USB Sync" shows up under Mobile Devices in device manager.
EDIT: I can get it to work as Disk Drive, just not as ActiveSync.

forehand said:
I've tried checking and unchecking the ask option, but I do not get the popup when I plug in my usb cable. I can't activeSync. The only hints that the computer even recognizes it is the ding of plugging it in/out and "PocketPC USB Sync" shows up under Mobile Devices in device manager.
EDIT: I can get it to work as Disk Drive, just not as ActiveSync.
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do you have activesync (windows mobile device center?? for vista) software installed on you desktop?
i run xp and have activesync 4.5 on my desktop. i had problems but then noticed my mini usb cable was not secure. i have my device set to charge when connected usb and the charge light was not always amber. found a better cable and used a different usb on my computer (the problem was with the connection to the desktop). that has fixed all my activesync problems.
but i have had problems in the past with the dialog box not popping upasking if i want active sync or disk drive. some people say there tp2 has a third option os internet sharing, mine does not. try a soft reset, check the cable, uninstallin and reinstall the desktop software and see what happens. oh yeah, what are your setting under activesync on your device, in programs?

forehand said:
I've tried checking and unchecking the ask option, but I do not get the popup when I plug in my usb cable. I can't activeSync. The only hints that the computer even recognizes it is the ding of plugging it in/out and "PocketPC USB Sync" shows up under Mobile Devices in device manager.
EDIT: I can get it to work as Disk Drive, just not as ActiveSync.
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Which OS are you using?
Also, there is a setting in the communications setup - USB to make the Activesync connection slow or fast. Try the slow setting.

stevedebi said:
You meant to say "Plug and Pray" instead of "Plug and Play"?
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Aaron McCarthy said:
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And so it is ...

u be hattttttttttinn activesync when it comes to tethering...it alwaysssss try to mess it up..lol..even if selected to stay off...lol
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at some point when you plugged in your device, did you happen to select the option that says "never ask again" if so, you will get no notification that it's plugged in. Active sync page wont even open. That's how I got mine set up 'cause I got tired of always having to select whether I want to do Active sync or disk drive.

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Lost all usb

Running Schap's 4.01
It was syncing perfectly and for some reason it wont do anything via usb other than charge!
There is no connection notification from windows when I plug the unit in, in hard reset mode the coloured RGBW screen says serial not usb as other times.
It syncs fine via bluetooth.
I've unticked "advanced" in usb sync options and still nothing.
Any ideas?
A windows driver maybe?
eat this:
http://www.thbi.de/de/downloads/killassetupde.zip
Peer guardian blocks all USB connections
Are you running Peer Guardian on your comp by chance?? If so, it blocks the phone from syncing via USB but bluetooth still works. If you are running PG2 jsut run Task Manager and close it then connect
No I'm not running peer guardian.
I am running vista though. Thanks for the replys guys, appreciate it.
Anyone else?
sounds like a driver problem then. Go to Device Manager and When you connect your Hermes see what appears and delete the driver for it, then disconnect then reconnnect and itll install a driver for it, then check for updates with windows update and there should be an updated driver for it..download and install it, reboot and try again.
I'm running Vista and had to do that a couple of times when I had the same problem you are.
make sure also that you have usb connection enabled in in device settings in windows mobile device center.
Well bugger me it was the cable!
It was a car usbcharge cable and guee what....... it had no tx-rx connections!

Active Sync Problems with Tmobile TP2

I have ActiveSync 4.5 on my laptop and set my TP2 up to Sync with my work's Exchange Server OTA and it's working fine. I then went to setup AS (USB) on my laptop so I could drag files over but it won't connect. It just keeps trying to connect then just stops and I get an error on my PC saying it couldn't connect to the device.
Anyone else have this problem or know how you might fix it? I looked at the other AS threads and didn't see anything that worked for me. I have killed AS and Soft Reset my phone but to no avail. The computer recognizes that the TP2 is plugged in but won't connect. The Allow USB connection is checked on the phone's AS too.
Thanks,
Had the same problem and deleted MS active sync then reinstalled it and it worked now if I can only figure out how to change the soft keys I'll be happy
Well I uninstalled and reinstalled but to no avail. Does / did your TP2 automaticlaly make a network connection when you connected it via USB?
Lance
When you connect your phone, just choose the File Transfer mode! It's faster and doesn't use ActiveSync. You should be asked that when you connect USB.
I think something is up with the laptop as I connect my phone now and it doesn't even charge. I'm going to remove active sync again, and then reboot and see if that fixes anything.
I'll look for the file transfer mode. My 16GB MicroSDHC doesn't come until today (if I'm lucky) so i'm still ahead of the curve on most of this.
Thanks,
Lance
Robertsonland said:
I think something is up with the laptop as I connect my phone now and it doesn't even charge. I'm going to remove active sync again, and then reboot and see if that fixes anything.
I'll look for the file transfer mode. My 16GB MicroSDHC doesn't come until today (if I'm lucky) so i'm still ahead of the curve on most of this.
Thanks,
Lance
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Try a new USB cable. My USB cable broke on me a few days ago. Or try a new USB port, or a new computer. It should be charging. That means that your USB connection is bad, not ActiveSync.
Go to your Device Manager on your computer.
Look in Mobile Devices.
Find your phone
Right click on it.
Uninstall the driver.
Unplug the USB cord.
THen plug it back in.
It will go thru the installing process again.
I know this b/c I have done it too many times. hth.
Simple fix
Goto the start menu>Setting then to the Connections tab at the bottom.
Select USB to PC
UNCHECK Enable faster data synchronization.
ActiveSync should work with your PC again.
johnreden said:
Goto the start menu>Setting then to the Connections tab at the bottom.
Select USB to PC
UNCHECK Enable faster data synchronization.
ActiveSync should work with your PC again.
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I'm going to try this with the issues I've been having, seems like it might work.
Activesync has been randomly losing connection to the phone and sometimes the phone will stop charging. I've tried 2 different usb cables including 1 I've used for a long time with no similar issue.
Once, I've even been connected to Activesync and seen the phone stop charging. This phone seems to be similar to the MDA in that the hardware has to go through the operating system to charge the battery. Ugh, once my MDA battery was so dead that I couldn't start the OS and thus couldn't charge the battery, that was fun manually connecting wires to the battery terminals to get enough charge that I could start the OS.
cabranscom said:
Go to your Device Manager on your computer.
Look in Mobile Devices.
Find your phone
Right click on it.
Uninstall the driver.
Unplug the USB cord.
THen plug it back in.
It will go thru the installing process again.
I know this b/c I have done it too many times. hth.
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Yup agreed, that works, I have the similar issue my ActiveSync sometime disconnected itself. Performed the above steps, then it never happened again.
I can't find "Mobile Devices" in Device Manager on XP. Is that tip just for Vista?
Also I have unticked the "Enable Faster Data Synchronisation" but still I can charge but not get a USB data connection.
Any other tips!

Unable to connect phone to computer

Hi everyone
For the last couple of days I've been having trouble with getting my computer to recognize my phone. When I connect it, the usual red/orange LED starts glowing, but there's no reaction from the computer. Neither does the phone show any signs of having connected. The usual "choose which connection type you want box" doesn't pop up, and there really aren't any signs of having connected, other than the charging LED.
I've tried reinstalling Windows Mobile Device Center, tried switching cables, I've checked the connection settings on the phone, but can't find any irregularities there, so I'm a bit lost here. Do you have any thoughts?
For the record, I have a Rhod100 and I'm using Win7 64-bit, as well as Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit.
Have you unchecked the faster connection?
Start > Settings > Connections > USB to PC. Uncheck the enable faster connection. My win7x64 didn't wanna connect until I did that.
By "the faster connection" you mean the Storage Card mode right? If that's what you mean, then yes, I have unchecked it.
I have chosen the ActiveSync option, and have also enabled the option to always ask which connection type I want upon connection, however the box never pops up :/
Thanks for your reply
SindreHansen said:
By "the faster connection" you mean the Storage Card mode right? If that's what you mean, then yes, I have unchecked it.
I have chosen the ActiveSync option, and have also enabled the option to always ask which connection type I want upon connection, however the box never pops up :/
Thanks for your reply
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Activesync is the one that uses faster data sync, not storage card.
I know that the USB has a problem of going out for some people, so it could be an issue with that....have you tried to connect via bluetooth??
burtonsnow8 said:
Activesync is the one that uses faster data sync, not storage card.
I know that the USB has a problem of going out for some people, so it could be an issue with that....have you tried to connect via bluetooth??
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If the box isn't popping up, there is a problem with the USB connection try a different cable; if that doesn't work, take a magnifying glass and examine the phone USB connector - them may be some bent pins in the connector. If so, GENTLY straighten them out.
ActiveSync is picky anyways even if you have a good usb connection. On my xp compuer, if I want to connect without doing the setup (which I usually do, if I dont then it forces a push email account onto my phone if I sync), I have to hit the connect button in the activesync window. It flashes roms flawlessly, but disconnects often while file browsing. On my dads vista pc, it browses files perfectly but I have tried everything possible but cannot flash from it using wmdc. I would definitely try it on a different computer if I were you, your computer might just be acting funny
I just had the same problem and i tried all the fancy things you people are talking about.Its a manufacturing fault and needs warranty replacement of the board.noting else will work.
SindreHansen said:
Hi everyone
For the last couple of days I've been having trouble with getting my computer to recognize my phone. When I connect it, the usual red/orange LED starts glowing, but there's no reaction from the computer. Neither does the phone show any signs of having connected. The usual "choose which connection type you want box" doesn't pop up, and there really aren't any signs of having connected, other than the charging LED.
I've tried reinstalling Windows Mobile Device Center, tried switching cables, I've checked the connection settings on the phone, but can't find any irregularities there, so I'm a bit lost here. Do you have any thoughts?
For the record, I have a Rhod100 and I'm using Win7 64-bit, as well as Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit.
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start the phone up in bootloader mode (powering on the phone with the volume -down pushed). The tricolor screen should come up with the word "serial" in blue in the white area. Then plug in the USB connector,that will tell yuou if your port is really bad. If not it will change "serial" to "USB"
Still if you haven't flashed it then send the thing in now, HTC honors warranties based on serial numbers so you don't have to deal with tmobile, but only if your phone is NOT hardspl'd or flashed with a third party custom ROM
I had the same problem on an htc diamond. It needed to go back and have the board replaced.
The fault is caused by connecting the phone to an in car charger and then starting the engine.
Took a while to happen.

Problem with USB connection

My phone is always loosing connection USB connection to my PC after 3 or 4 times...then I need to reinstall the drivers. My PC finds the phone but the "USB connection" pop up on the phone doesn't appear...it's like that for a few weeks now, before that it always workd fine...
PC is Windows 7. Phone is HTC desire. "Question" is enabled, standard is "just loading". I changed the USUB cable already, that was not the fault. PC is recognizing the HTC Desire as "Android Phone", that works ALWAYS. I just can't access the SD-Card from my phone because the phone pop up is missing. Setting the "mount as HDD" doesn't help either. The phone is loading though.
In Windows 7 have you tried locating the SD Card (usually F:/ Drive) in Windows Explorer? Sometimes, depending on settings, the pop up window may not appear (you may have accidentally selected a default action for it, for example).
EDITED: I'm guessing you have debugging selected if the PC is recognising the phone so, just a thought, have you tried putting the SD Card in a reader to see if the PC can recognise it at all?
No, debugging is not activated. With "pop up" I was referring to the missing "pop up" (in the status bar) on the phone, not in the PC, sorry for that. I just found something out however: Plugged in the phone, same as ever, it's loading but no USB connection detected on the phone side. Restarted the phone WHILE it's still plugged in and directly after the restart the "ask me" notification pops up. Mounted the SD card and it works...
Activate usb debugging.
Swyped from Oxygen with Transparent XDA App
I did. Currently it's working, but that's just a workaround, not a fix, isn't it?
Sephi said:
I did. Currently it's working, but that's just a workaround, not a fix, isn't it?
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There is no disadvantage in activating usb debugging (At least, I do not know anyone), so I think one could call it a "fix".
It's not a fix because it's not working anymore...again! It shows USB DEBUGGING CONNECTED in the status bar but the "ask me" notification isn't coming so I can't mount it as HDD. Man, that's getting real annyoing...
After a restart of the phone while it's connected it's working again..."ask me" popping up right after launch. -.-

[Q] WMDC connection to Win 7 x64

I have a HTC Touch Pro 2 (US Cellular) and trying to connect via USB to Windows 7 Ultimate x64 OS. I have several times to install, uninstall, re-install and still no go. I found a few posting searching Google and nothing specific has help.
When plugging in cable, the phone is recharging. Unable to recognize or show up in Device Manager. I have successfully connect phone to PC by using Bluetooth but not able too at all with the USB cable. Tried several other cables and still same issues of not connecting.
I am sure it has something to do with drivers. however can't find any specific driver for the OS and Phone.
I have tried other combinations such as other USB ports, unchecking the box "Enable faster data synchronization" Reinstalling WMDC 6.1, uninstalling, rebooting, hard-reset, soft reset, etc.
So I am at the point of just throwing the phone across the room. I seem to recall about having problem another time and same issues, but was able to find solution. Unfortunately, not able to now. Please HELP!!
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First, I edited your email out. That will surely get picked up by spambots, and you'll have a LOT of spam in your inbox.
Second, when you plug it in, you should see a popup on the phone in WinMo. Should give you a few choices, depending on ROM - choose "ActiveSync". If you don't get these choices, simply unplug-replug.
If you set it to "always" do something - like USB mass storage mode or something, you might have to modify the registry. I haven't used WinMo in so long, I don't even remember how to get it back to that menu which gives you the choices... I never check that box anyways, I always want to choose.
Thanks
Thanks for the email protection.
I receive nothing when plugging in the phone via USB No popup on phone nor PC
PyracyPyrate said:
Thanks for the email protection.
I receive nothing when plugging in the phone via USB No popup on phone nor PC
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It's on the phone.
Did you unplug/replug? If it doesn't pop up for me at first, I do this and it ALWAYS pops up...
UNLESS of course you've told it to "always" do something like USB mass storage - this is the piece I cannot remember how to setup...
What ROM are you on?
arrrghhh said:
First, I edited your email out. That will surely get picked up by spambots, and you'll have a LOT of spam in your inbox.
Second, when you plug it in, you should see a popup on the phone in WinMo. Should give you a few choices, depending on ROM - choose "ActiveSync". If you don't get these choices, simply unplug-replug.
If you set it to "always" do something - like USB mass storage mode or something, you might have to modify the registry. I haven't used WinMo in so long, I don't even remember how to get it back to that menu which gives you the choices... I never check that box anyways, I always want to choose.
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PyracyPyrate said:
Thanks for the email protection.
I receive nothing when plugging in the phone via USB No popup on phone nor PC
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Go to the Settings Tab in HTC Sense and click on the right softkey and select All Settings. Then select Communications and select USB to PC and check the box that says ask me what I want to do when I connect.

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