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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...

[Q] Missing Contacts and applications on reboot

I have currently Fat Free Froyo with the only 2.6.32 kernel, I was able to make working with my Kaiser, KAIS130 with DATA on SD Card Partition and SYS on NAND
I configured contacts, added a music player application. Did some settings with ADW Launcher. Then activated wifi, tested it working, openned browser and KABOOOM, phone forces ever application as NOT RESPONDING. So, I just long pressed power button to turn it off and then turn on again. All of the stuff I configured is gone, except the Widgets I manually added on the homescreen.
So my question, in the endo is, How can I get my settings saved and not to lose contacts / installed apps?
My SD Card setup:
870MB Fat32 (for Android install, a number of music files and android apk installers)
520MB ext2
510MB ext2 (no idea on what partition its saving DATA)

Most of the time it goes on the last partition of the SD Card, now if you configured data using atools, then p2 would be partition 2 of the card, and p3 is partition 3.
Never heard of data corruption occuring on the SD Card.
Have you tried restoring your phone back to stock OS (WinMo 6.1)?
If not, try flashing the stock ROM back onto the phone so it flashes the stock radio as well back onto the phone. As long as you don't include KAISDIAG.NBH, the bootloader won't be reflashed even though the flashing process states it's being flashed.
Then reflash the kernel you're using, then reinstall your build.
Also you're stating you can only get one type of 2.6.32 kernel working? Have you tried the latest kernel under the Kernel help thread?
Make sure you use atools to configure the kernel for your kaiser.

Krazy-Killa said:
Most of the time it goes on the last partition of the SD Card, now if you configured data using atools, then p2 would be partition 2 of the card, and p3 is partition 3.
Never heard of data corruption occuring on the SD Card.
Have you tried restoring your phone back to stock OS (WinMo 6.1)?
If not, try flashing the stock ROM back onto the phone so it flashes the stock radio as well back onto the phone. As long as you don't include KAISDIAG.NBH, the bootloader won't be reflashed even though the flashing process states it's being flashed.
Then reflash the kernel you're using, then reinstall your build.
Also you're stating you can only get one type of 2.6.32 kernel working? Have you tried the latest kernel under the Kernel help thread?
Make sure you use atools to configure the kernel for your kaiser.
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Just recently installed my apps again without any re-formatting. Installed the widgets again. Rebooted. Now its showing everything fine.
Mine kernel is 2.6.32, Panel Type 1, Keyboard type: tytn II, 240x320 (This one is my first attempt in making an nbh and wifi works on it).
This release (Fat free Froyo) is hell slow while opening applications etc. What can be the problem? The previously used Eclair Polymod 2.1D wasnt this much of a turtle.
P.S: When I connected USD, disable debugging mode and enable USB Storage, the button "Turn off USB storage" turns back to "Turn on USB Storage" after 5 seconds. I can't connect my SD Card as USB Storage :/

dark_prince said:
Just recently installed my apps again without any re-formatting. Installed the widgets again. Rebooted. Now its showing everything fine.
Mine kernel is 2.6.32, Panel Type 1, Keyboard type: tytn II, 240x320 (This one is my first attempt in making an nbh and wifi works on it).
This release (Fat free Froyo) is hell slow while opening applications etc. What can be the problem? The previously used Eclair Polymod 2.1D wasnt this much of a turtle.
P.S: When I connected USD, disable debugging mode and enable USB Storage, the button "Turn off USB storage" turns back to "Turn on USB Storage" after 5 seconds. I can't connect my SD Card as USB Storage :/
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I have that same problem with USB Storage, I found that if I leave Debugging enabled in certain cases, I can enable USB Storage just fine. In Windows, no matter what you do, it won't connect, and in Linux it's still pretty buggy.
You've made your own kernel, sweet! Still trying to get mine to compile, but overall really haven't had time with the holidays, but will start up again this week.
Fat Free Froyo is a pretty decent build, but yes some apps do take awhile to load. I found that Gingerbones build is very stable, at least with my testing. You should give it a try, though it is pretty stripped down, so you might want to grab whatever apps you want and throw them in /system.

Krazy-Killa said:
I have that same problem with USB Storage, I found that if I leave Debugging enabled in certain cases, I can enable USB Storage just fine. In Windows, no matter what you do, it won't connect, and in Linux it's still pretty buggy.
You've made your own kernel, sweet! Still trying to get mine to compile, but overall really haven't had time with the holidays, but will start up again this week.
Fat Free Froyo is a pretty decent build, but yes some apps do take awhile to load. I found that Gingerbones build is very stable, at least with my testing. You should give it a try, though it is pretty stripped down, so you might want to grab whatever apps you want and throw them in /system.
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Right now on Gingerbones:
Radio version 1.70.19 (I'm sure about that)
Wifi Turn ON = ERROR
Installing Polymod 2.1D and checking if it works with 2.6.32 (though the kernel's tagged as Froyo's)
ALOT OF TEXT ROLLS REGARDING SOME SCHEDULE thingi, idk but hope that everything goes ok
Re-Partitioned SD Card and now Data is on 800Megs and FAT32 is on 900Megs
I loved polymod 2.1D but it had wifi error with 2.6.25
Edit: 2.1D says "Unable to Start wifi"
Back to the one and only Fat free Froyo
Edit3:Again settings are not saved :/ Battery is stuck at 15% (even I kept it connected for more than an hour)
Back to Windows mobile for charging fuss
http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/files/?C=M;O=D Follow this link if you need an NBH suiting your type. (use the only ones with prefix KAISIMG)

[Q] EVO to PC connectivity issues

So, I've played with this thing for 4 hours and I'm about to throw it at the wall.
This is my wife's evo. I rooted it like a year ago when she got it. Shortly after she settled on a CM7 ROM she liked and I haven't touched the phone for 6 months or more. She used my Epic the other day that has the latests ACS SyndicateFrozen ROM on it and she now wants an epic because she likes the ROM so much. I'm trying to appease her by putting ACS' Elite ROM on her EVO.
I started by trying to plug her phone in to my PC, the one I originally used to root it way back when. The drivers are already installed on here. My PC acknowledges that I plugged the phone in, but I cannot view the file directory in My Computer. I then go to the phone and it says USB Debugging enabled, and gives me the option to disable. Neither way allows me to read the phones files. I've tried 2 aftermarket cables (not the HTC one). I've tried updating the HTC Sync software, although she doesn't use it. I also tried installing the HTC Sync software and drivers on my laptop and using that PC, same problem. I've thumbed thru the phones menu for hours and haven't found anything that is turned off that shouldn't be. When I plugged the phone into my laptop after installing the drivers, it acknowledged the phone, said installing drivers, and then confirmed drivers were installed successfully.
All I want to do is access the SD card so I can drop a ROM on it and reflash her phone. This is turning into a nightmare! The CM7 ROM on there now has been giving her random issues for the past month, any chance this is the cause?
I'm hoping there is something stupidly obvious that I'm overlooking.
Thanks for your help!

Reboot into recovery, while connected to your computer, and then select the USB-MS option. Your computer should recognize the card as a drive and give you access to it.
Posting & replying from my EVO 4G

Some other alternatives would be to download the rom directly from the phone, pull the SD card out and put it in a card reader, or use one of the wireless file transfer apps found in the market.

I'm using King's Alliance ROM and have had that same issue on both 7.5 and 7.6 versions. I have one of those Sprint Battery Boost devices that allow you to put an SD card in them and use it as a jump drive, so I do that instead. I would use a simple SD adapter card but the sandisk adapter i have always says it's protected somehow and won't let me transfer ROMs to it. Sorry I don;t have a solution, but I feel for ya

bikewiz said:
So, I've played with this thing for 4 hours and I'm about to throw it at the wall.
This is my wife's evo. I rooted it like a year ago when she got it. Shortly after she settled on a CM7 ROM she liked and I haven't touched the phone for 6 months or more. She used my Epic the other day that has the latests ACS SyndicateFrozen ROM on it and she now wants an epic because she likes the ROM so much. I'm trying to appease her by putting ACS' Elite ROM on her EVO.
I started by trying to plug her phone in to my PC, the one I originally used to root it way back when. The drivers are already installed on here. My PC acknowledges that I plugged the phone in, but I cannot view the file directory in My Computer. I then go to the phone and it says USB Debugging enabled, and gives me the option to disable. Neither way allows me to read the phones files. I've tried 2 aftermarket cables (not the HTC one). I've tried updating the HTC Sync software, although she doesn't use it. I also tried installing the HTC Sync software and drivers on my laptop and using that PC, same problem. I've thumbed thru the phones menu for hours and haven't found anything that is turned off that shouldn't be. When I plugged the phone into my laptop after installing the drivers, it acknowledged the phone, said installing drivers, and then confirmed drivers were installed successfully.
All I want to do is access the SD card so I can drop a ROM on it and reflash her phone. This is turning into a nightmare! The CM7 ROM on there now has been giving her random issues for the past month, any chance this is the cause?
I'm hoping there is something stupidly obvious that I'm overlooking.
Thanks for your help!
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Did you turn usb storage mode

dougjamal said:
Reboot into recovery, while connected to your computer, and then select the USB-MS option. Your computer should recognize the card as a drive and give you access to it.
Posting & replying from my EVO 4G
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This worked after 7 or 8 tries of toggling USB-MS. It finally connected to the computer saying it was only a USB1.1 device instead of USB2.0. Got the files copied, gonna wipe it tonight.
Thanks for the help!

bikewiz said:
This worked after 7 or 8 tries of toggling USB-MS. It finally connected to the computer saying it was only a USB1.1 device instead of USB2.0. Got the files copied, gonna wipe it tonight.
Thanks for the help!
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You're very welcome, my friend.
Posting & replying from my EVO 4G

[Q] SPH-L900 no data via USB, need help

I've read through quite a few threads (but forgive me I didn't go through all 976), and searched for some answers on google, so I've done my research as best I could. Please understand that if this question's already been asked and answered, I just didn't know the proper keywords to find it.
so here's my issue. Got a note 2 dec. 12 loved it and eventually wanted to root it, but by the time that happened, my USB port started malfunctioning. to make a long story short, the port charges if i mess with the microUSB side a lot, and even then one small nudge and it loses connection. PC USB connection is completely out of the question. I've tested it on 4 computers with 15 different USB ports (both on machines that had USB drivers/other Samsung software installed, and machines that were Samsung-free) and the best I can get is an alternating on-off connection; you'll see the lightning bolt flash across the battery, then not, then on... etc etc.
Basically here's what I want to do:
I want to use ABD backup to completely image my phone: I have the new one, so I would like to simply copy it over to the new one and avoid setting all the countless system/UI settings.
If this is not possible, I want to use Rerware's MyBackup to backup whatever I can.... problem is, I've tried this and getting the backup files off the device is tricky. direct USB connection is not possible. I tried via Wifi file transfer and somehow the ZIP file (1.85GB) got corrupted, and when I used zip repair tool from recovery toolbox (nifty utility) it found nothing in the zip file after an hour-plus scan. When I tried copying it to the external card using samsung's stock explorer app, it only copied over 255MB and nothing else.
If all this is not possible, I would like to know what options or solutions someone could (please) offer as to how to get some data (at least pictures) off my device. When I get it back from amazon wireless, I'm going to try to sync them all retroactively to dropbox or picasa or something, but I want to know if there's something else I haven't (more than likely) thought of.
Also, I would also like to know if there's an option for root without USB. the problem is that in order to do ADB backup (my #1 hope) I need to be rooted. I saw a CFAuto root that says it works through ODIN download mode, but then I found another thread that said you have to have your phone hooked up via USB in order for that to work.
I've seen there're ADB via wifi apps on the market (if there's a root without USB possibility) and was wondering if these could be used somehow?
Lastly, this phone is getting returned to amazon wireless, so really, I want no evidence of any tinkering that voids warranties. If this is not possible, I just want my damn data.
To recap, since that seemed like a rant:
is there a way to image my entire phone to transfer to my new one? if not....
is there a way to backup most (if not all) settings etc to restore to new phone?
any other creative ideas on how to get data off the old device?
sorry if this seems frivolous, I'm just sick of this crap. I got a pretty advanced smartphone and in less than a month it somehow corrupted 80+ pictures, lost USB data connectivity, and now certain STOCK apps are malfunctioning. any help or advice would be appreciated.
I will continue researching.