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Mac & WM6

how do I upgrade? and will I lose functionality with missing sync? would there be another way to connect to the laptop usint something else if missing sync isn't compatible yet, or should I just wait?

You lose missing sync It doesn't work with WM6 unfortunatly. There is no other way to connect, unless you (like me) have an Intel Mac and can use Parallels or Bootcamp

A solution for WM6 and MAC
I have been a PDA and Markspace user for many years and always have the same problem when upgrading form 2003 to WM5 to WM6. Markspace tries to keep up but there seems to always be a delay.
FINALLY I have stumbled across a solution that works really well to sync both iCal and Address Book.
Here is the link.
http://james.manners.net.au/2006/11/13/free-windows-mobile-activesync/
Give it a bash and see what you think.
To transfer files use BLUETOOTH EXPLORER.

defy said:
how do I upgrade? and will I lose functionality with missing sync? would there be another way to connect to the laptop usint something else if missing sync isn't compatible yet, or should I just wait?
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You lose compatibility with MissingSync, which is stupid, since the phone uses the same protocol. For whatever reason, the phone detects MissingSync and refuses to continue.
I gave up on MissingSync a few months ago. It was just too buggy -- sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't. Luckily I use my phone with an Exchange server, so 99% of my data is synced over the air with the server (man, that's nice after ROM updates). For moving over files, I just use bluetooth --- as far as installing applications, I ended up moving almost all of the CAB files over to the SD card since I ended up reinstalling things 2-3 times a week due to new ROM's.
ActiveSync just works; it's really a shame that M$ won't build a Mac ActiveSync client that interfaces properly with iSync and Entourage. Hell, it'd be nice if they'd give all of the specs to Mark/Space so they can build a sync client that's actually as reliable as ActiveSync. It really seems like Microsoft doesn't realize that they could make tons of money if they'd throw more support at Macs -- they make most of their money on Office and other programs, not the operating systems. Heck, if they made a Linux version of Office, they'd sell tons of copies -- and it wouldn't be that hard to recompile it, since Office Mac is already running on Unix -- they'd just have to substitute some of the Carbon libraries.
Anyway... that being said -- when I need to flash ROM's, etc; I use Parallels. Make sure you turn "Auto attach USB" and don't plug your phone in before starting Windows. It works very well - I haven't had a problem yet. But I would strongly recommend using HardSPL and not flashing radios or SPL's via Parallels, just in case -- you can easily recover from a failed OS flash, but a failed radio flash can be very bad. Use a PC for those... or even the SD flash method described in the wiki (altho the stupid .DS_Store and .Trashes files seem to mess with that and prevent it from working -- so you have to slide the card into your phone with the OS running and delete those before restarting).

jmat said:
Anyway... that being said -- when I need to flash ROM's, etc; I use Parallels. Make sure you turn "Auto attach USB" and don't plug your phone in before starting Windows. It works very well - I haven't had a problem yet. But I would strongly recommend using HardSPL and not flashing radios or SPL's via Parallels, just in case -- you can easily recover from a failed OS flash, but a failed radio flash can be very bad. Use a PC for those... or even the SD flash method described in the wiki (altho the stupid .DS_Store and .Trashes files seem to mess with that and prevent it from working -- so you have to slide the card into your phone with the OS running and delete those before restarting).
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actually i had issues with the "auto attach USB" feature on parallels. It would tell me that the USB device is being used by the mac os...
other than that i flash everything through parallels and haven't had a problem yet.

AndyInParadise said:
I have been a PDA and Markspace user for many years and always have the same problem when upgrading form 2003 to WM5 to WM6. Markspace tries to keep up but there seems to always be a delay.
FINALLY I have stumbled across a solution that works really well to sync both iCal and Address Book.
Here is the link.
http://james.manners.net.au/2006/11/13/free-windows-mobile-activesync/
Give it a bash and see what you think.
To transfer files use BLUETOOTH EXPLORER.
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hey, thats whats in my sig )
Also is anyone having problems sending files to their macs with resco file explorer?

I have an intel mac. i just use parellels for almost everything. I use bootcamp for flashing roms. For installing programs i just transfer .cab files over with a card.
How do i send files over via bluetooth? That would be easier.

Wow the solution was right under my nose!
fone_fanatic said:
hey, thats whats in my sig )
Also is anyone having problems sending files to their macs with resco file explorer?
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Hey fone_fanatic I wish I took a bit more notice of your sig.
If anyone wants a great solution - this is it!!!
Have been using it for a couple of weeks and have upgraded and hard reset at least 20 times and it syncs perfectly everytime.

Flashing my device while on linux

Is there any tool or software that will allow me to update my devices and flash them while I am on the Linux platform? The Linux platform is my os for my laptop; I do have windows running in at virtual box however I have no luck actually syncing the device through it. So I have quit trying however still would like to flash my roms and etc to my device because the laptop is just so convenient vs sitting at the desktop (keeping my ol' lady up).... Does anyone have any ideas for achieving this

since you did not say wat device you were using, this may or may not apply to you.......some devices can be upgraded using the sd card.

Yea sorry about that I am using the Xda Flame, Tilt, and Treo750 (have flashed from memory card before on the treo only: However lately it won't due it for some odd reason (worked before the first leaked WM6), But I found the ATT update off the comp worked fine). It's wierd I guess I am gonna have to study it a little more and figure out how to extract cabs. from my programs which require being synced to the comp (I think it can be done using WINRAR). Looks like I will have to buy an spare micro SD for flashing roms via the flashcard becuase I have my sd cards set just right for each device with minimal use of the computer (have a folder with alot of the needed software cabs). But hey thanks for the help I will give it a shot and see how it goes. I pulled out my bluetooth usb last night and will begin to figure out a way to sync my device with that. The install went good over on the virtual box. Will be able to see if I can get it to actually sync tonight since the old lady will be working late...

Ubuntu ActiveSync

Hi! I figured out how to file transfer to the phone through ubuntu .BUt, Is there anyway to flash the t-dash with ubuntu? I'm just wondering. Is there a linux version of ActiveSync? I tried searching google and I had no luck.

howardshowered said:
Hi! I figured out how to file transfer to the phone through ubuntu .BUt, Is there anyway to flash the t-dash with ubuntu? I'm just wondering. Is there a linux version of ActiveSync? I tried searching google and I had no luck.
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Hey. How did you manage to do that? got an HTC tytn and been struggling long. I got ubuntu 9

when you say ubuntu 9, i assume you mean 9.04?
what i believe you want to use is a program called wm5torage i believe. it has just come with all the roms i have been using so i'm not sure where to find it. it sets up your phone as a flash drive with your sd card.
as far as active sync, there is a project that would provide some of the activesync functionality. but it doesn't allow for flashing
as far as i know you still have to use windoze for that.

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[Q] HTC One X not seen as disk after JB 4.1 OTA

Hi,
I have a rooted One X on which I was running Team Venom viperX rom and few days ago I recovered the stock nand backup (original ICS rom) and then updated my HOX with the JB 4.1 OTA that was released few time ago... now, when I connect the phone to my mac, it is not seen anymore as a disk and it doesn't ask me if I wan to simply charge or mount as a disk... on windows I noticed that it doesn't ask too, but is used as a disk by default (allowing me to see sdcard content both on windows and on the phone with a file manager, which I find very strange..)...
Any idea about how to re-enable the feature that asked me to mount or not to mount the phone as a disk? It only shows me a disc with a link to HTC Sync download page and even after installing it on my MAC, nothing changed.
Any suggestion would be really appreciated!

Mass storage mode isn't available on jb sense roms yet.

nitrous² said:
Mass storage mode isn't available on jb sense roms yet.
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Tech support said it should be automatically detected by the PC, but this is not true at least on OSX platforms:
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Thank you for contacting HTC.
With regards to your inquiry, kindly be informed that on android 4.1 the option to
choose what kind of connection you want between your PC and the phone has been
removed. This software support "Plug and Play" connection witch allows all those
options without being necessary to choose an option from phone's screen.
If you have any other inquiries, don’t hesitate to contact us again.
This is my reply:
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Hi, I understand that the option has been removed, but it is not true that it
works automatically, expecially on OSX platforms (like my MacBook pro).
So, you removed a useful feature for people like me that used to connect their
phones to a Mac laptop and this is not correct. I'd like to be able to choose
if I want to mount the storage or not when I connect the phone to my MacBook Pro.
They should definitely re-introduce the option to choose to mount or not to mount the storage as an external disk.

HTC:
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If your connection is not done after update i suggest you to install on your PC
"HTC Sync manager" and "Android file Transfer (AFT)". when you done you
should be able to connect your phone to PC.
My reply:
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Thank you for the quick reply. I'll try android file transfer, but this is not the
correct way of accomplishing this task. Before the upgrade I could mount
the phone as a disk, and this was one of the features that made me choose
this phone comparing to other ones, so it is not correct to remove such a
feature with a software upgrade. Even if HTC Sync Manager + Android File
Transfer solve this issue, I should install them on every platform on which I
connect the phone, such as my work laptop, and I'm simply not allowed to
install additional software. Is there any plan to re-introduce the possibility to
choose to mount or not to mount the storage as a disk?
HTC:
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I am just give you the options for now, I am sure that our engineers will
come with an update for this connection.

The JB update enables Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) and disables the USB Mass Storage (UMS). One advantage of this is that both the phone and the computer can access the memory simultaneously. MTP has its pros and cons, but many newer phones have it, like the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Galaxy S3. The Galaxy S2 also had this enabled in its ICS update. Maybe in time the devs will find a way to reactivate UMS mode and probably even toggle between UMS and MTP, but I don't think anything of the sort is available now as JB is freshly out. One of the main cons of MTP is flaky compatibility on Linux and OSX.
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I am getting the same problem and tbh it is really pissing me off. Sometimes my windows 7 finds it, I start to transfer a file and then boom, connection goes. Previously I could just mount and be on my merry way. Totally unimpressed. If I had known this I would never have updated!
They say to do download HTC Sync Manager, why is it 107mb?!? I would expect it to be some sort of lightweight app but now, 107mb

[Q] Help me, please! How to recover deleted photos in windows 8 rt?

Were removed family photos on the tablet ASUS VIVOtab RT (windows 8 rt). History files has been disabled. ONE DRIVE is not working. What should I do?

Were they on internal storage or on a SD card?
Are you running RT 8.0 or 8.1?
EDIT: Fair warning: you probably can't, unless something like OneDrive was backing them up somewhere. RT can't run file recovery software much better than an iPad could.

Were they on internal storage or on a SD card?
Lost files were on the internal storage.
Are you running RT 8.0 or 8.1?
I use RT 8.0.

As the X86 emulator, you can run the program to restore the photos? Installation program X86 is successful, but when I run an error peloader(

Yeah, the x86 emulator probably doesn't support the APIs required for such programs; they're pretty obscure and surely weren't the dev's first priority. I really, really wish that tool's source code would be released so people could continue working on it...
Since you're on 8.0 (and already jailbroken, even) the question becomes "what open-source undelete utilities for Windows are available?" Typing "open source file undelete" into Bing gives http://kickassundelete.sourceforge.net/ as the first hit. What's more, it's entirely written in C#, as far as I can tell, even supports Mono. It might not even need to be recompiled and should be trivial to recompile if needed.
Obligatory reminder: Don't use the tablet (any more than absolutely necessary) until you have a chance to run the undelete tool. There's a pretty fair chance of the data getting overwritten, or even just getting TRIMmed out of the SSD, if you do so.

After the program kichkassundelete warning popup window appears. Even as an administrator program does not see the internal and external storage. What should I do in this case? How to get full access to the device with windows RT?

tank6662005 said:
After the program kichkassundelete warning popup window appears. Even as an administrator program does not see the internal and external storage. What should I do in this case? How to get full access to the device with windows RT?
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On my Surface RT, this program also cannot detect the internal C: drive. However it can detect and scan USB drives (fat32 & ntfs) if it's run as Administrator (it prompts for this during load). So the program does seem to work to some extent. I have no idea why the C: drive is hidden/blocked.

May need to look for another program then, damn. Post-Vista, the system drive is *slightly* more protected against such access... but it's easy to work around if the developer knows what they're doing. Maybe KAUD only fully works on XP? I'm not sure; I haven't used it.