Making a serial cable?!?!

[Anonymous]

Your guide to making serial cable is a bit iffy! You say we shall call this pin number 1 but we haven't got any confirmation about this... Is it pin 1 or not - doesn't fill me with confidence ;)

Is it possible to make a USB to serial adaptor cable? I assume not as there arn't enough wires on the USB cable but I'm not familiar with this at all - yet!!


I've searched the web for a guide to serial cable pin layout but I can't find anything anymore.

Might just go and buy one and hope for the best.

Cheers

Fud

[Anonymous]

Can see anywhere if you can use a laptop to connect via IR com1 and unlock the xda with Manipulator.

[Anonymous]

IR port is not active.

So no this is not possible.
:cry:

[Anonymous]

I still cannot get this to work. I have made my serial cable using a null modem cable and the board inside the O2 cradle. I have used a circuit tester to find the continuity between the actual XDA connector and the power connector for the cradle (con2 i think) - It has all the relevent pins for the serial connection.

Manipulator sits on the scanning ports screen and ActiveSync seems to be stuck in a loop but does not connect. I have obviously disabled ActiveSync b4 trying to connect with Manipulator and vice versa.

I have also attempted to rewire this as advised by one of you on another forum - using just the TX RX and GND pins as I am only trying to unlock the phone. This still does not work.

If somebody could send me a diagram of the serial connection it would help because the instructions here are a little vague. With just TX and RX connections I have wired up as so:

Com Port------------XDA----------------Con2

2-----------------------8-----------------5th connector from left
3----------------------10----------------7th from left
5-----------------------2-----------------1st from left

Also looking down on the circuit board with con1 away from you and con2 toward you. Con1 Pin 1 is on the right - right?!

I could go and buy the cable but to be honest I would probably just go and get a new phone on O2 to use that sim. I would really like to get somewhere on this coz it's now annoying!

[Anonymous]

Sweet, Sweet, Sweet.

Didn't work with Manipulator but works with terminal prog??

I am now unlocked :)

Radio 4.06

Wallaby 5.15

Dunno if there is a prob with it - but just to let you know...

THX