HTC Charmer/MDA Compact II WiFi SDIO [Archive]

funkus

24th February 2006, 06:17 PM

Hello im desperately looking for someone with the expertise to develop a .dll and registry settings that will enable wifi card use on The MDA Compact II (or HTC Charmer).

[go to page 2/3 for solution]
It looks like T-mobile have developed the rom for this phone to stop any wifi SDIO Cards from working! They have missed out certain .dll files that link the driver software to the card reader. This is obviously their attempt to force people to use GPRS rather than using wifi. This is annoying since i was planning to use wifi and T-mobile dont say anything about this in the product details, in fact the device is described as fully SDIO compatible!

Im told the main file missing is called HSDCard.dll (not case sensitive)

Also missing are the registry settings in [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Drivers\SDCARD\HostController\xxx\xxx

I really hope that someone can help me and the many other people out there buying wifi cards for this ppc, only to find them secretly barred!

Aparently the cpu and SD card reader on the Compact II are the same as the HTC Prophet so maybe files from a prophet might work.

I know this is alot to ask but im really fed up with this, I tried four different cards before finding out about T-Mobiles secret wifi blocking, and now it seems like it is impossible without help to hack the device from you guys.

I am willing to try and rom's that might work and even prepared to dissasemble the device (and get my soldering iron out) if nessisary.

Any ideas at all will greatfully accepted.
Thanks in advance

fUNKUS

PS: Heres links to other forums where i am researching this issue:

1. http://www.modaco.com/index.php?act=ST&f=180&t=237112&st=0
2. http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=237000
3. http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.pocketpc.wireless&tid=5da8dd90-4bfd-4fa2-a345-83911a1f322c&p=1

funkus

24th February 2006, 09:45 PM

Just about to try a different rom in my MDA Compact II to see if theses files and reg settings are present.

Wish me luck, better yet post the file and reg settings im looking for.

thanks
fUNKUS

funkus

26th February 2006, 09:13 PM

Heres the results of my tests:

Click Me! (http://www.modaco.com/index.php?act=ST&f=180&t=237112&st=0)

#This was done with files from various loactions so im still looking for those device specific dll's and reg's from a prophet.

fUNKUS

dave106

14th March 2006, 10:28 PM

The prophet roms work on the charmer so its possible to upload the unbranded Dopod 818 Pro OS portion onto the phone. You'll be left with no tmobile tinkering whatsoever and hopefully a fully function SDIO OS. I dont have wifi sdio card to check this out though. only 1 minus so far ive found is the prophets camera is different so the stuff to run the charmer camera isnt present. I got a complete registry and file dump from the charmer so would have all settings and files needed to solve that hopefully.

Look in uploads and the prophet folder on the xda FTP to download the dopod 818 pro rom. then you can use aWizard to upload the OS portion from that zip onto the phone.

funkus

15th March 2006, 05:35 AM

Im trying the process now....verry worried hehe i bet you anything i wont be able to make phone calls tomorrow..

OMFG!! I have a comm manager....and a few errors :(..but still!....trying the sdio wifi (obviously!)

OK.... I have a connection manager, and a few other new things. But i didnt hard reset before putting the new os in rom so i have spbpocket ect popping up with errors every 5 seconds lol.

I am sceptical to be honest, im still getting errors on startup even after hard reset and storage empty and the card still doesnt work.

As before it sometimes recognises it with the icon but it wont connect to wifi in the comm manager....i dont know where to go from here really.

Im going to try to replace the rom with the origional from t-mobile, just to check that im not stuck here hehe,

Then tomorrow ill copy the root of each device over to my pc, then sort throught the differences in files and registry keys.

With the two different installations and registries on my pc, side by side, maybe i can find out exactly what t-mobile have removed and add it to the standard t-mobile rom installation, as origionally planned. Thus keeping camera and other errors from occuring......we already have 1 problem hehe

Can you look into getting the camera working?....ie find out what files the t-mobile rom has and reg keys ect, Either that or we should do the above process to mod the origional rom.

QUICK THOUGHT: the dopod 818 pro has built in wifi...this may give us further problems :(

7 am here now and verry tired hehe, quick nap for funk but ill be keep trying this out and post any sucess or near sucess hehe

I'd love to email t-mobile a working rom update for the MDA Compact II....hehehe.....would say alot :shock: :D :D

funkus

15th March 2006, 12:24 PM

For anyone else wishing to try this process, the Offiial t-mobile rom update .exe file will restore the MDA Compact II to its origional state after you play with the os rom, mine has restored perfectly. Even though i used CID unlock in the process.

Post your results

fUNKUS

dave106

15th March 2006, 04:04 PM

i used this program off buzzdev to get a dump or all the windows rom files and exported out the registry aswell. did a hard reset with the charmer rom minus customization, did a dump then installed the prophet rom, hard reset, stopped customization and did a dump.

So now using Beyond Compare 2, can see exactly what files are a different size or what files each rom has the other one doesnt. The camera does indeed use a different library and registry setting. so far i have only just changed that over, starting the camera, it goes to switch to landscape but then quits out and changes back to portrait, so a bit more than before. just a reg problem with that now i think since ive copied all the relevant files over needed.

My prophet rom is flawless, i get no errors what so ever. i did hard reset mine before with the charmer rom and then again after installing the prophet one so it was completely fresh and it works fine, (besides camera)

I'll see about uploading the files dump to the ftp so you can just download them to look for yourself. using the file dumper takes over a hour to do for one device!

dave106

15th March 2006, 04:48 PM

heres one

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/Charmer/Charmer%20OSDump.rar

contains all files in the windows directory from the charmer t-mob rom

dave106

15th March 2006, 05:11 PM

and the other

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/HTC_Prophet/Prophet%20OSDump.rar

using beyond compare, use the wizard to select the 2 extracted folders and uncheck the date/time check, you just wanna know by size to tell which files are different and it'll automatically highlight which are missing too.

funkus

16th March 2006, 03:56 AM

Here are the files that are present in the Dopod 818 pro and not on the Charmer....interesting reading hehe

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c381/Funkus/diff.jpg

So, pheasibly the missing drivers are within one of these .dll files ect (microsof has been known to combine all sorts of drivers from very diffferent devies into single files :( )

On a less encouraging note when i examined the reistry there are differences in almost every line. So getting the reg keys together is going to be a mommoth job and will probably be beyond my knowledge.

fUNKUS

dave106

16th March 2006, 04:12 PM

only HKCR of the registry is in a different order, for some reason exporting on the prophet put that section in alphabetical order but was completely different (random?) on the charmer. A lot of the later sections, HKCU and HKLM are fine and more obvious to whats missing.

dave106

17th March 2006, 02:26 AM

funkus, download this, re exported the registrys on both OS with another regedit. much much easier now!! all the keys are listed in perfect order with each other so its totally obvious whats different.

have updated the original files on the ftp aswell to include these new ordered regs for anyone else who wants to join in with 'the fun' :)

"So, pheasibly the missing drivers are within one of these .dll files ect (microsof has been known to combine all sorts of drivers from very diffferent devies into single files ) "

searching for files with different sizes should highlight any of these.

funkus

17th March 2006, 03:49 AM

aaaah nice youre being so helpful mate ill give this a go now and see what i can see.

Can i edit the registry here and then copy it to my ppc? that would be easier hehe EDIT: exported edited on pc and imported using Resco Registry and Notepad...very nice :D

Plus im not sure but i think we'll need the hardware id of the card to replace this:
'MANF-0001-CARDID-0000-FUNC-1]'

I cant find this..

These are all the key entries from the propet that are not in the charmer
(not including some unrelated stuff but im not positive on some of it)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\HTCCP

L\Applet2]
"CmdLine"=""
"Name"="Wireless LAN"
"Path"="WLANSettings.exe"
"Title"="Wireless LAN"

#### charmer already has applet2

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\ClientDrivers\Cu stom]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Drivers\SDCARD\Cli
entDrivers\Custom\MANF-0001-CARDID-0000-FUNC-1]
"Dll"="TNETWLN.dll"
"Instance0"="TNETWLN:TNETWLN1"
"Prefix"="SIO"

####

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\Wireless LAN]
"Group"=dword:00000002

####
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETWLN]
"DisplayName"="SDIO WLAN Wireless

Adapter"
"Group"="NDIS"
"ImagePath"="tnetwln.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETWLN\Linkage]
"Route"="TNETWLN1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETWLN1]
"DisplayName"="SDIO WLAN Wireless

Adapter"
"Group"="NDIS"
"ImagePath"="tnetwln.dll"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETWLN1\Parms]
"BusNumber"=dword:00000000
"BusType"=dword:00000000
"dot11DesiredTxRate"=dword:00000000
"dot11ShortPreambleInvoked"=dword:0000

0001
"dot11SupportedRateMask"=dword:0000000

1
"HTCPowerMode"=dword:00000000
"HTCPowerSaveRxDataThreshold"=dword:00

000002
"HTCPowerSaveTimeout"=dword:0000003c
"HTCPowerSaveTxDataThreshold"=dword:00

000001
"PAType"=dword:00000001
"PrivacyMode"=dword:00000002
"RateFallBackThreshold"=dword:00000080
"ResetOnResume"=dword:00000001
"Sysintr"=dword:00000023
"Testmode"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Comm\TNETWLN1\Parms\Tcpip]
"DhcpMaxRetry"=dword:00000015
"DhcpRetryDialogue"=dword:00000008

####

I have tried adding the above reg keys and these files:

WLANSettings.exe.0409.mui
WiFiTray.exe (brings comm manager link to today screen on execution)
WirelessLAN.htm
WirelessService.dll
WLANSettings.exe (part of the commmanager prog for assigning ip ect)
Wireless LAN.lnk (a link)
tnetwln.dll (i think this is the wireless driver)
CommManager.exe (the comm manager program)
CommManager.htm
CommManager.exe.0409.mui
CommManager.lnk
CommManager_Help
S5K3BAFX.dll
TiwlnapiCE.dll

So far the card seems no more responsive.:( The 'i' icon comes up but only once every reset as before (ie if you unplug it you need to reset to get the icon back)

But i do now have a connection manager next to my battery bar, it runs in the tray if you execute WIFITray.exe but the wifi option in it crashes the device. The other options seem to work (Blootooth on and off, vibrate mode on off, and Active sync) wifi settings runs but wont recognise card...if we can get it working it looks like a useful program to have

Maybe i have missed something, perhaps the manufacturor code in the sdio keys needs changing what do you think? Maybe some files refer to the built in wifi in the prophet rather than any clientdrivers? Perhaps i have missed an important file, is there anything in the jpeg that you think i might need?

any ideas?

I wish some one else was trying this process, im trying to be thoughrough (resetting alot ect) but im likely to make a mistake with the reg keys or something and miss a possible fix.

fUNKUS

dave106

17th March 2006, 03:13 PM

am still looking into the camera settings. puzzling! i can tell by the charmer reg in HKLM\Drivers\Active, that the cameradriver.dll and DirectXs Directshow capture is loaded up but in the prophet, despite having the exact same cameradriver.dll it isnt loading into memory. if i can get that to start up i reckon that solves the problem, the cameradriver.dll is also linked to directshow capture somehow. have already changed the camera program and swaped s5k3bafx.dll with ov9650.dll in the registry.

dave106

17th March 2006, 04:11 PM

try this out, it includes a new OMAP850_SDHC.dll and sdbus.dll as recently posted on modocos prophet forum

i added the dopod818 pro ext_rom to my device and let customization run on a hard reset, it added a new pair of these dlls and now another new pair have surfaced.

i reckon dopod are updating these pair because maybe the older versions have issues with some cards or bugs that theyve now solved.

funkus

17th March 2006, 05:27 PM

I have tried the cab file but it doesn't seem to have helped. Do you think i have missed important files or reg settings?

The camera settings seem strange, how can they use the same files and reg keys if they use different hardware? Bizarro!

fUNKUS

Ps: thanks again for your help!

PPS: Recieved another email from T-Mobile re. the update. They will confirm that the people developing the rom update are 'aware' of the issue but refuse to confirm that they will attempt fo fix it. Basically i think theay are trying but untill they have finished testing the rom they will not confirm its contents. That way no-one can complain if they cant fix it. Could be good news or bad, the udate is due this month. But since they are only recenly aware of the problem im worried it wont be in the update. I really dont think we can rely on t-mobile to fix this problem.

Heres the link just in case: http://www.t-mobile.co.uk/Dispatcher?menuid=phones_im_wnw_how

dave106

20th March 2006, 02:19 AM

well i have rifled through all the files and registries of both devices and i cant see anything major that could of been overlooked. I have so far created a charmer rom that incorperates alot of missing registries and dll,exes etc from the prophet rom so ended up with a debranded hybrid of the 2 with added extras like the soft key applet and reg tweaks for speed, plus those latest omap850_sdhc and sdbus.

The camera issue is very strange, i dont see why the prophet rom refuses to load it like the charmer does on startup. I may do the opposite and cook the prophet rom with parts of the charmer so that the new settings are defaulted into the rom rather than fiddle with the registry and dlls after uploading it. see if that makes a difference.

funkus

21st March 2006, 06:59 AM

Thats a good idea perhaps you could load the rom to the ftp site so i can test it too.

Also: I have recieved an email (god knows how they got it!) about the MDA Comapct II suggesting that perhaps the Charmer has wifi (as the propedt version does) built in but with a disabling function (hw/sw) so.....I took it to peices :)

Ill write full details and do diagrams when i have little more time, it seems possible to dissasemble the device fully. I couldnt see any obvious missing parts or dodgy soldering but boy do they want to keep you out of there, even after taking the entire device to peices most of the main chip board is encased in soldered metal enclosures!

Here are details from all visible chip though (digram on its way)
[This is a list of codes read from any visible chip]

1.
SDIO Reader:
Panasonic SDIO OS1112P
XA29200933
4053BS4809935
0320-02M B01 A0B

2. BHS TIW 5975 (?)

3. 5559 378 (rectangular metal with small hole)

4. BBJ S9K (?)

Dunno if any of that is important, if there is a wifi chip it could well be locked within the meatal casing with an external ariel, but the full details of the SDIO reader might help reveal something. Ill take photos of the interior if needed i just forgot that my mobile camera is my only one!

funkus

PS: My device still works after dissasembly but i did break off the knob of plastic that the sliding volume controll moves so if youre gunna try it, watch out for that!

dave106

26th March 2006, 12:40 AM

posted my debranded rom up

http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=255657#255657

dave106

31st March 2006, 02:28 AM

so to conclude i guess, we've looked at the differences in the registry and rom and going on the basis that TMobile somehow messed up their rom and stopped wifi cards from working. but there is very little difference between them and combining the differences doesnt solve it.

so we're only left with, either WM5 doesnt natively support wifi sdio cards or there is a hardware reason in the mdac2 why it wont work with wifi sdio. t-mobile assures us they are looking into it.

funkus

1st April 2006, 05:23 AM

yeah youre probably right, were out of ideas at the moment anyhow lets just keep our fingers crossed for the new rom. Im probably going to try to change devices if it isnt sorted by the time my contract ends, hopefully someone will have released the prophet by then. That would negate the issue of swapping out SD cards. Ho Hum :(

[there are still alot of reviews out there claiming wifi sdio's will work, it's iritating cos i checked these before i bought my Compact II and i expect others still are :evil: ]

levani

3rd April 2006, 12:24 AM

I Have t-mobile MDA compact (charmer)
cpu: OMAP850
geschwindigkeit: 195mhz
RAN-grobe: 64MB
Flash-grobe: 128mb
Flash-chip-typ: m-system G3
Date-bus: 1
------------------------------------
Rom version: 1.12.2.21 GER
ExtROM version: 1.12.21.106

if someone know how can i change GERMAN with ENGLISH??
plz write me what i mast to know thanks a lot.. :oops: :cry:

zoky

3rd April 2006, 10:40 AM

Go to http://t-mobile.iris-global.com/download_manager_mda_com2.html, download english ROM and flash it to device.
8)

levani

3rd April 2006, 11:45 PM

dave106

3rd April 2006, 11:51 PM

i Try it but it's not working
i have error: INVALID VENDER ID
"these error messages will appear when you use the wrong RUU to do the upgrade. RUU will check if the Model ID and Language ID are compatible with the device. Make sure you use the appropriate RUU tool to upgrade." :cry: :cry: :cry:

use

ftp://xda:xda@ftp.xda-developers.com/Uploads/HTC%20Wizard/Wizard_RomUpgradeUtility_noID.rar

instead of the exe file in the package

levani

4th April 2006, 11:10 AM

TAHNX a lot gyes.. now my mda is english and i can use it... i'm so happy :o :o 8) :lol: :D :wink:

funkus

7th April 2006, 05:07 AM

hmm ADMIIIN? can we have a charmer section? cos when people are browsing for info anyone who knows that the Charmer is not a magician will skip our posts... is that possible?

Anna@MDA

5th May 2006, 12:25 AM

Hi all,

(I might post this twice, because I think this message could be very helpful for others too, but please report your experiences before).
My device is a German T-mobile MDA compact II with Windows Mobile 5 (install 14.11.05)

The further posts in this thread are a little bit beyond my IT-knowledge - I am a blonde... I found you when I completely resetted my MDAc and the Sandisk 256MB WiFi card dit not work anymore. (Although I installed the correct driver (Sandisk Support Site: WM2003).

To understand this workaround you have to read the history of it - as weird as it might sound:

After I got the MDAc I also bought a GPS-SD-Stick from GlobalSat SD-502 - great device - I am an expert in getting lost...

I have not read the compatibility list carefully enough before purchase, the piece did not work but I kept drivers and SW on the MDAc and sent the item back to seller. Now I use the T-mobile bluekit in my car with the t-mobile navigate-SW.

---

I bought the Sandisk 256MB Wifi later, installed the driver, and this worked perfectly. - I come home, change Sandisk 2 GB with my music with the Sandisk Wifi - changed the network - everything´s fine.

After the complete reset I installed all software I wanted - EXCEPT the SD 502 - and the personal files and started the MDAc: NO WIFI anymore!!! Thats why I found this thread...

This morning I reinstalled the SW of GlobalSat SD 502 again, made a soft reset - et voilá: It is working again! Stable and perfect!

In my opinion the reason is: The SD 502 driver makes changes in the registry and/or installs additional dlls which do not make the SD 502 work but other SD-IO(NOW!)-devices! (As a very experienced Mac-User all those hidden secrets in the registry of windows - as small as this Win Mobile 5 is - make me crazy!)

I am sure that GlobalSat would not like that I provide their software OnWeb but I think it is possible to download from their site.

If anyone can reconstruct this workaround (or not) - please let me know.

CU

AnnaOnWeb (@MDAc2, @dbox2, @W202, @R1100R)
PS: @admin: A special Charmer section would be really helpful...

funkus

5th May 2006, 04:59 AM

:!: Anna :!: . Giant e-hug for your invaluable help!!!

As far as i know you are one of the only people who has sucesfully used a wifi card with the charmer. Im guna try this myself even though mine is a different card

Blonde or not you may have cracked it, mebe you should tell t-mobile! . :D

EDIT: tried installing both my wifi card drivers and the gprs ones but it seems no more responsive, but mine is the Spectec SDW 820 so this method might only work with your wifi card.

Please try if you have a card and a charmer, if it works again on another sandisk card ill go buy one :D . (still no news on the rom update form t-mobile 'due March 2006' )

Anna@MDA

5th May 2006, 06:10 PM

Hi Funkus,
Try the sandisk driver on the spectec card - as I´ve heard Spectec and Sandisk use the same drivers.
Did you really downloaded the right SW from GlobalSat? It was a software called GPS info. If you can´t find it at GlobalSat let me know.
Another offer I can make - if you trust me - send me your wifi-card (GB_>D would not cost much), I will try it, give appropriate information about its performance, and send it back. (my ebay rating is 100% and as smart as you are you will be able to find me "OnWeb"...)
Otherwise: try to get a sandisk 256MB Wifi card, sell the spectec card and try the workaround exactly as I described. I can provide telephone support via skype but please excuse my bad English...
I just watched weather channel on my device... :-)
CU - I cross my fingers 4u
Anna
P.S.: Tell it t-mobile? No way, they don´t want customers using WiFi except with their GPRS - but if I got paid for this?...
P.P.S: If anyone wants to correct my Englisch - GO! I am in an application process @ Time Warner. EVERY hint does help me!

funkus

6th May 2006, 01:55 AM

The file i downloaded and tried was this 'GPSDisk.v133.armv4.CAB' (the latest driver is this the 'Gps info'?

http://www.globalsat.com.tw/english/download.php?level_id=3

/\ WHere i got it from. There a GPS info files there but only for other devices. Is this a new vesion? Do you have the old one?
it might be here:
http://www.usglobalsat.com/downloads/
Also:

what program are you using to serch for and connect to wifi networks? it might help if i use the same software

thanks again

ag0w

8th May 2006, 03:08 AM

P.S.: Tell it t-mobile? No way, they don´t want customers using WiFi except with their GPRS - but if I got paid for this?...!

This is getting a bit annoying - I think we've pretty much proved that it is something with this being a Jamin without wi-fi that causes the problem - not a move by T-mobile to block it - if it was don't you think they'd do the same to other phones.

I personally think I got a phone that would have cost me £400 (Jamin) for £0 so I can hardly complain something doesn't work that isn't part of the deal!

Funkus - I think you're been sent on a wild - goose chase here .... I'd be suprised if you are being given all the facts here (sorry to be a mega-synic .... I'd love for it to work too!!)

jonajuna

8th May 2006, 10:59 AM

i dont think anything has been proved ag0w!

the charmer is NOT the jammin at all, wifi or not, they are two seperate machines.

there is no hardware reason that a sdio card should not work, it will come down to driver/reg/dll type issues as the hardware for the wifi is in the sdio card innit!

so please stop being so negative, if you dont like the fact that people are trying to find solutions for this issue, especially as tmob dont seem to give a crap about us, then dont read the thread.

simple aint it?

oh and by the way, you didnt get your mda for £0, you are paying for it with the contract, dont know what you are on, but the cheapest you could get the mdac2 was £15pm for 18months from what i have seen that makes it £270 that youve paid for it

as for AnnaOnWeb, a quick google shows shes not some troll

>funkus, there is a gpsinfo file for wm5, its here > http://www.usglobalsat.com/downloads/GPSInfo_WM5.zip

Anna@MDA

8th May 2006, 10:17 PM

Hi -
that with t-mobile that was a sarcasm - in fact I am very content with their service and after 10 years with Vodafone I now have a lot of benefits because I am a T-com (how do you say?) landline customer also.
Not a troll? I feel honored again, in the morning I look like one ;-) but it is getting better during the day.
---
@funkus: To find a wifi network I can use a small programme which is called "SanDisk WiFi" and this shows you wifi-Parameters in the right corner of the screen and includes an AP-Browser. It is annoying to see my neighbours network always...

I can not exactly remember what version of gps info I installed - the cab file was: gps info.2577.cab.

CU - have a nice evening!

AnnaOnAir

ag0w

8th May 2006, 10:33 PM

Anna@MDA

8th May 2006, 10:59 PM

--- "don`t play the woman" --- I like this saying - found it on dict.leo.org... and calm down. This is not a contest.
I got so many helpful hints on internet forums and I am very happy to be give some hints to others too. @all: Do Not Google Me! - I have nothing to do with this Italian woman who stole my name! My server - IF - and only IF - look at "MachFlottDenSchrott"

Lets get back to the topic again - @ funkus - got it working? Others too? Need a hint how to connect a Neutrino-dbox stream via WIFI? Have not tried it on the MDAc yet...

Have a nice evening,

Anna

jonajuna

8th May 2006, 11:29 PM

I disagree with everying you've said - after spending about 20 hours of hacking and ROM changing myself including installing JAMin ROMs.

Make a mental note - if people aren't saying what you want to hear it DOES NOT mean they are being negative - simple aint it?

Except for the AnnaOnWeb bit ... I'm not suggesting she's a troll just that something MAY be getting lost in translation

with your extensive experience of hacking the roms, could you please enlighten me on what (missing)part of the hardware is not allowing a wifi sdio card to function then?

according to the wiki on here, htc and tmobile, the slot supports sdio. the wifi card is just an sdio card so other than a software issue, it will work. anna reports to have a workaround, i believe her english to be good enough to have not lost anything in translation, its certainly better than my german.

and starting a post by saying This is getting a bit annoying tends to make most people think you are being somewhat negative

ag0w

9th May 2006, 12:53 PM

The bit that is "getting annoying for me" - is this notion that T-Mobile are taking the piss cos wi-fi doesn't work. - An inovative company that now even does bargain unlimited data access.

To clarify my 'opinion'

I pay £239 for the contract to get 1800 free minutes and 720MB of data - a value of £990 on a lot of the networks - the phone was just a bonus - an it functions well in all areas that you would expect (Allowances made for poor Windows products).

To my knowledge T-Mobile do not have a wi-fi issue with any other phone.

It will allways be my opinion that a charmer is a modified Jamin - Camera, memory and wi-fi and the process has rendered the wi-fi SDIO in-operable ... Maybe not even checked by T-Mobile and HTC.

Now I'm 'not being negative' but I suspect that there may be no software solution to this and I would be suprised if it is resolved in T-Mobiles imminent (March :roll: ) update

funkus

10th May 2006, 03:43 AM

Wow! it a storm in a tea cup! wth!

The MDA Compact II is a HTC Charmer

The Jamin is A HTC Prophet (orange M600)

this is the only HTC device that uses the same internal components, differing only in internal wifi and a 2mpixel Camera.

installing JAMin ROMs. <--this we tried long ago! Me and Dave 106 studied the roms and he even made a downloadable q-tek stlye rom (availlable in the ftp section) you could have read this and saved yourself some 'Hacking'. We tested this in many ways but decided that verry few people would design a wifi sdio driver for a device that has onbord wifi, so if its not in the charmer rom its definitly not in the prophet rom.

The most likely situation is, Prophet is designed for orange/Jamin/dopod with cheaper charmer version perhaps made to order for T-Mobile enabling them to offer the devices for free.
But since the prophet uses the same Texas Instruments TiOAMP Processor, perhaps the rom for the Propet was used in the charmer only with camera soft changed and the wifi software stripped off...maybe leaving fragment that interfere with the sdio \ or / wifi SDIo capability was ignored completely in the origional rom because of the prophets onbord wifi and t-mobile have run to HTC asking for a driver or reg settings. Perhaps both but i doubt that they actually took Prophet devices and removed the wifi chips, that would be a huge waste of time and money!

The hardware/software probability is undecided since the charmer is idntical to the prophet with no built in wifi, perhaps the software designed for the prophet is still used in the charmer, upsetting sdio wifi performance. Mebe charmers have the wifi hardware points diabled in a manner that also causes wifi sdio issues. If we stop arguing we might find out :P

Thats why we're here, the fact that T-mobile seem to be doing a poor job, especially on the infamous 'march' update, is irrelevent and can be discussed elsewhere and forwarded to t-mob themselves, i know i rant but ill try to stick to the subject in hand from now on.

Lets just help each other fix this, im sure anna wouldnt be asking for a dedicated charmer section if she had a different device, so the translation is fine...although
-- "don`t play the woman" --- Should say 'stop acting like women' ...and to be honest if they were acting like women they would be finding workarounds to my wifi sdio issues..lol

Havent had any success yet but thats probably cos i use a Spectec card, ill buy a 256/wifi one when i see one pop up on ebay, then post of course, this is good news guys! stop looking so down!, sceptical or not she has it working . . . :D

So let me confirm it, if you need confimation from a second user and as soon as youre satisfied you can join us and slap a big fat Bow on this Puppy! That would be nice wouldnt it!

rishi2504

23rd May 2006, 01:51 PM

Hello All ,

I was a happy user of my I-mate JAM using a SOCKET SDIO Wi-fi card until a got to see the T-mobile MDA compact II.I fell into a false belief that it is an improved version of the i-mate JAM and is equivalent to JAMIN.I bought it and struggled to make even my SDIO Wi-fi card work on the new phone.

However, the workaround provided by Anna@MDA has worked for me.

But , there was an additional bit I needed to do.The Windows mobile 5 drivers for this card are not available on the website.So, I had to ask SOCKET team to mail me the same.They were very prompt in their response and I got the same on the next day.

Thanks Anna@MDA for your help !!

Funkus , please let me know if you need any help for your research.I can mail you the drivers I received from SOCKET as well as the GPS driver.I can also mail you the dump of my ROM.

cheers,
Rishi

jonajuna

23rd May 2006, 11:28 PM

please please do post the drivers etc up on here.

also can you say what make and model of wifi sdio card you are using?

the one anna has is pretty hard to come by nowadays in the UK

im guessing you have this one?

http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=125130

cheers :)

rishi2504

23rd May 2006, 11:43 PM

Unfortunately , as per the forum rules ; I am not supposed to post those drivers here.Pls. give me your mail id, I will mail them across to you.

The model you have provided is not the correct one.Here is the link to my model :
http://www.expansys.com/product.asp?code=WLAN6060

jonajuna

24th May 2006, 06:36 PM

of course, sorry to encite you to break rules! my bad

mail is jonajuna at hotmail dot com

(dont worry about me posting addy in the wild, im inundated with spam at that address anyway! ;) )

shame to see your card is discontinued :( im not going to invest money unless i can make 100% sure im completely replicating a known working setup.

the search continues, but the files will be useful thanks :)

rishi2504

25th May 2006, 09:53 AM

have mailed you the drivers.....

tomtomtim

31st May 2006, 04:39 PM

My MDA II (T-Mobile with WM5.1.70 build 14409.1.1.2) with Sandisk 256Mb+Wifi card cannot find my access point and as far as I can tell, it's not working with the MDA at all. The light flashes, but there is nobody home.

I already had the Sandisk 256Mb+WiFi card (F/W version 1.08.04.128) and I had tried the Wm2003 driver (version 3.01.04.03.0037) when I first got the phone - without any success - That was when I found the threads that led me here and I discovered how difficult it is to get this to work. So I unistalled the Sandisk drivers, threw the card (not literally) in a drawer and waited for the mythical march update from T-Mobile...

I've been following all the hard work being done by Funkus and Dave 106 through this forum and MoDaCo (awsome dedication guys! 8) ) so I was very excited when Anna@mda posted her fix for the MDA Compact II with Sandisk Wifi 256Mb card... :D

Following Anna's post, I have now reinstalled the Sandisk driver and also installed the GPSinfo file (the one that Anna@mda said she'd used) and I took care to install them in the same order as Anna too.

I am using a Linksys WRT54G access point and I have reset the wireless "basic rate" to 1-2mbps as advised for older 802.11b devices. I have not enabled encryption and the SSID is being broadcast.

Still nothing. Has anyone else managed to replicate Anna's success on a UK phone? Anyone got *any* idea how to get this working?

TomTomTim
--

Manchester, UK

Anna@MDA

1st June 2006, 01:44 AM

@rishi2504 - cgrtltns.wm5 -

sorry you have to be a mac-addict to understand this. (When Windows 95 was issued, Steve Jobs or whoever was CEO of Apple at that time placed a double sided advertisement in a lot of famous magazines - must have cost him $$$ - containing only this word: cgrtltns.w95 ...

Windows has slaves, Apple got addicts. (Oder was heißt "Jünger" im biblischen Sinn?)

I am very glad, that my work-around-around could help you! I can not see your post right now when writing this answer but let us make the "how to" be as helpful to others as possible and help me please with exact information when I post this in a new thread. ---

@tomtomtim

I am very sorry that this workaround did not work for you.

Did you really make a complete fresh install, and then installed the "workaround" files and AFTER this you installed the WiFi-Card-driver?

Might be the reason of your failure is, that you only de-installed the Wifi-Driver and it has left some understandeble traces in Bill Gates´opaque universe? It would take me some time to check the release of my files and compare it to your release state .... As I was told in this forum I am not able to understand English very well :-) To use "regedit" on a Mac means to perform a open heart surgery - regedit on Win seems to be a minor cut - but... I don´t like doing sth I don´t understand.

If you like I can provide you by Email with the original 3 files I used. And I also have to write a professional "how to" in a new thread to make it straight and clear. Every hint will be of help and I am not the person who does not dare to write a letter to t-mobile´s CEO in this matter - in perfect German - promised.

What I/you have to do for this: I have to make a backup (spb backup is very recommended) and a fresh install of all software I need. My hint: As an owner of a HTC Charmer - keep yr fingrs away from .net applications: The processor does slow down VERY much.

Install the "workaraound files" and every SW you want. And then restore via spb backup your personal data.

After that install the wifi-driver. It should work - but sometimes I also have to restart my pda after inserting the card. You should NOT make any alterations (speed, cahnnel) - just try out what you find with AP-Browser.

---

I can not stop making comments - woman, blonde - you know - but after 2,5 yrs of using OS X I only had once a Kernel panic after a hardware failure - this is called BSOD - I´ve never heard of this - I had to ask a Win-User what this abbr means - got some comments on being blonde... It took me a long while to like this WM5-device...

But I feel very comfort in this forum - uh-oh - among Windows-Users ;-)

CU on WLan!

AnnaOnWeb

P.S.: Apple now uses Intel Chips - might be in 2008 it would be AMDs - I dont mind - if somebody wants to switch: I did - in 1985 - and it took me 2 days - "ich habe die Dose mit dem Arsch nicht mehr angeguckt, und ich hatte den damals "State of the art computer - compaq portable III - Lieferzeit 6 Monate"" - and I never regretted this. Could somebody give me a translation for the"xxx" please? :-)

Good Night!

Anna@MDA

1st June 2006, 02:17 AM

@ag0w
"nichts für ungut" as we would say in German.
English translation please? :-) You can´t imagine how difficult it is to get translation for "common language".

But have you tried my workaround already? Did it work? I really would appreciate your comment. When I post an official workaround it should be perfect.

I did not want to kick off a discussion about tariffs or hw-prices - you are right - Lets us start a new thread about values of "long contract+high value device" vs. "cheap and short")

In fact I got my Mda compact II/HTC Charmer very cheap (25% of normal price with a small contract) and with excellent support - the t-mobile-people learned a lot. They won a 10-yr-customer from vodafone.

I am also customer of T-Com (land-line) in Germany which give me a lot of advantages in combination to t-mobile: Common use of net-based answering machine... etc.

As I interpret your comment: You have to weigh everything up before you buy. And I got an optimal solution.

Please let us start a new discussion about tarriffs/value of device - this may be of great interest to others.

And don´t forget: What did "nichts für ungut" mean?

Good Night,

Anna - blonde, Troll, Mda-User, W202Driver, R1100RDriver - Mac+Unix-addict

funkus

3rd June 2006, 07:45 AM

Ok i have purchased one of the 256 wifi cards, i should have it to test soon, but its not a perfect solution since they are soo rare right now, so alot of people cant get hold of them. (ebay had 1 left by the looks)

Having said that the extra 256mb may come in handy since ill be swapping out the 2gb sdio to use it. If it works ill be verry happy and hopefully someone will have sucess using the workaround with another card.

Ill also try the card using the 'Qtek style unbranded rom' that dave put together including the workaround. The comms manager is nice to have on the desktop for easily turning wifi, bluetooth, sync and sound on/off.

Thanks again everyone, :D

Ps Anna can u email me the drivers ect that you use to
funkus at hotmail.co.uk

PS: Is it 'March 2006' yet? :lol:

Anna@MDA

5th June 2006, 02:23 AM

Hi Funkus - and @ others: Let me know if you want to try them too,
the mystery files are on their way.

BTW: I already contacted the manufacturer of this special GPS card to work on a driver for our device if this is possible - after all it helped with another GPS receiver.
I also will contact T-mobile in this case. In my opinion they "forgot" to equip the MDA compact II with this feature but I gave up to be surprised of(/about?) what Windows programmers produce ;-)
Have a nice bank holiday tomorrow,
AnnaOnWeb

tomtomtim

5th June 2006, 10:32 AM

Anna

Sorry I have not posted a follow-up yet - I had to go out of town for a while.

I have now tried this:

1. Hard-reset the device so there was nothing on it at all apart from T-Mobile S/W
2. Installed GPS Info.2577.cab and soft-reset
3. Installed Pegas.2577.CAB (Sandisk WM2003 Driver) and soft reset again
4. Didn't work :(

So I tried this:
1. Hard-reset the device so there was nothing on it at all - I then reset with the stylus during the 3-second countdown to prevent the T-Mobile script from running.
2. Re-installed GPS Info.2577.cab and soft-reset
3. Re-installed Pegas.2577.CAB (Sandisk WM2003 Driver) and soft reset again
4. Still didn't work :evil:

I also tried installing the Socket Communications WiFi + 256Mb driver - but it would not install an a WM5 device.

I'm fresh out of ideas now - Wondering if anyone else has been able to replicate Anna's success? Funkus perhaps?

P.S. Thanks for the tip about SPB Backup - What a life-saver :)

TTT

funkus

5th June 2006, 05:20 PM

I will hopefully have my card to try tomorrow, will post asap

funkus

6th June 2006, 05:36 PM

Can everybody say the words 'Multiple wireless networks detected' ?

Anna's workaround works, i can confirm this, we owe her many thanks.
-hard reset-('clear storage' in system settings works)
1 installed gps info,
2 installed the sandisk driver
-restarted ppc-
3 selected sandisk in network cards
4 set andvanced netwok connections to 'my work network' in both
5 Plugged it in
6 IT WORKED

@ Tomtom tim are you sure you followed these steps?

Thanks again anna :D

kolsch

6th June 2006, 08:15 PM

Hello all, first off.
great news, for those with a sandisk card.
As one of the many who thought a nice small spectec card would work (and was completely disappointed), I am wondering if a similar methodology might work with either the spectec drivers...

funkus

6th June 2006, 08:33 PM

(apologies for Copy n' pasting form nother forum but i just answered the same question on modaco so im not gunna retype it)

1. The 256/wifi card from Sandisk works with the workaround

2. Socket Wireless LAN SDIO Card Reportedly Works using the workaround (see details on page 2 for more info)
Link

3. The Spectec sdw820 does not, i have tried the workaround but it wont seem to work.

However, my Spectec card may be faulty, as could anyones, SDIO's are infamous for being unreliable and easy to break so people should keep trying the workaround on xda with different cards including the spectec ones, and im positive that a few more will work, hopefully some that are more readily available, and maybe smaller.

(That being said the Sandisk 256/wifi may be large/less available but it does give me extra storage space in absence of my 2gb sdio. Lots of things to consider.)

Please post any questions you have, and we'll do our best to help you out also any success stories will help others.

Ive been asked for the files anna gave so here they are:
(Registered users only)

(@ admin/mods:these files are unedited drivers for devices that are alread available to the public to download, i have checked the forum guidelines and cannot see any reason why posting theses files would be wrong, but if this is against the rules i will remove the files)

Anna@MDA

10th June 2006, 01:43 AM

@ funkus: cgrtltns.fun - I mean congratualtions, Funkus.
I am very happy that this workaround worked for you!
Thank you for providing the files here - you must have done some rechereche and I did not dare to publish them here without being sure not to be sued by the manufacturers.

@tomtomtim - sorry that it did not work for you. Why did you make restrictions to the connect rate? I only removed the encryption on first attempt to be sure to get it working and afterwards I switched to encrypted comm again. Sometimes I need to soft reset the MDA to get the card working after insert.
What was annoying too: You have to set preferences in the Wifi Driver itself AND chosing the right network - both should be set on "company network" - In German "Firmennetzwerk" I don´t know how it is called in the menue on an English device. And you have to set "company network" to be able to connect to the Internet. Why does Bill Gates want preferences to be set for the same purpose in different menues? Tz, tz I will never understand this.

Good, that spb backup was helpful for you. I am now trying "missing sync for winmobile" for syncing between a Mac and the MDA. It helped me a lot because I have more than 700 addresses which get lost or doubled sometimes.

Have a good nite and good luck with surfing on WaveLan!
Anna

windmillhills

11th June 2006, 12:34 AM

I can confirm the good news that this evening I have got my t-mobile MDA II compact to connect to my home WIFI network.

The access point is a 3COM 3CRWE754G72-A. It works when set on all modes (ie 11b, 11g, both and long range).

The SD WIFI card is the Sandisk SDWSDB0000 (without memory) which I picked up on eBay for £25.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8825011837

I followed the instructions given in this thread and the similar one on Modaco http://www.modaco.com/WiFi-SDIO-on-MDA-Compact-II-charmer-t237112.html

I did need to turn off the wireless encryption first to get the connection but was then able to turn it back on.

Many many thanks to FUNKUS, German Anna and everyone else for all their work here. We now know that WIFI is possible on the MDA Compact II. I will now follow up some earlier e-mails to Spectec (makers of the SDW820 WIFI SDIO card) to see if they can get a fix from this also.

Thank you.

Anna@MDA

19th June 2006, 10:53 PM

Hi all,

today I istalled the ROM-Update for the German t-mobile MDA compact II. It has a comm manager again, which I need to make syncing with my Mac much easier. It seems to be faster than the older release too.

Find it here:
http://www.t-mobile.de/business/downloads/start/?area=34&handy=291&product=27000592

I only installed the WiFi-Driver pegas.2577 - and it is working flawlessly!

Be careful when installing the Update - I tried to use spb-backup for restoring my data, but this does not work - right now I am busy installing my software "by hand"... And with this WindowsM5-piece I already got used to BSODs.. and restarts...

If somebody is interested: There is a new beta-version of activesync #4.2. I have not tried that yet, I will wait for one which supports WiFi (as <4-releases did).

Have luck with the new ROM update - cu on WLan!
Anna

smou

19th June 2006, 11:28 PM

hi anna!

about the new rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=51057

gruß :wink:

Anna@MDA

19th June 2006, 11:37 PM

... I missed the ROM update and did not care about it - "never change a running system"
Because of the sync prob with my Mac I tried it today and found out htat this WiFi-workaround is obosolete now.
@t-mobile´s SW developers: Thanks a lot!
Cu + Gruß
Anna

funkus

21st June 2006, 03:53 AM

Can you confirm the lanuage of the rom anna?, I presume German because there is no news on the english t-mobile website
http://t-mobile.iris-global.com/download_manager_mda_com2.html <-- Uk site

Although
'Next Release:
March 2006 '

Now says

'Next Release:
TBC'

<-insert specuation here

ie. surely if its using .net libs translating it would be simple enough so they probably will release a uk version.[/url]

Anna@MDA

21st June 2006, 12:29 PM

Hi Funkus,

my ROM update is a genuine German only, I could not chose a different language. I did not remove the German t-mobie branding because I like the smart dialing function and it is convenient to have the device pre-configured for t-mobile/t-online.

I tried the link in your post and the file and the instructions for installation and they looked much alike to mine. You should try that, but be careful when restoring your data - with spb backup it did not work.

Have luck with it - cu
Anna

dave106

22nd June 2006, 12:29 AM

funkus

29th June 2006, 05:21 AM

no i didnt see that!

:oops:

Ill try SDIO compatability tomorrow, i cant believe i missed that!

smyrosnik

1st July 2006, 12:29 AM

Any news about the compatibility of the Spectec sdio card and the Charmer?

The card works fine in WM2003se but no news about that.

Another problem is that I am living in a residence hall with MAC address specific access. So , I can't conect to the internet with my Spectec. Is there anyway to change the mac address of the WIfi card?

funkus

23rd July 2006, 01:23 AM

I believe changing the mac address on normal network cards is possible so in theory it should be on an sdio.

However its probably better to begin a separate thread on that especially since it is frowned upon. (have you spoken to you're uni it support group and asked if an ecception can be made for you're mobile device? they might understand and saves you the hassle)

Will post on new roms abiilities tomorrow, I've been living in a hell of 56k modems and expensive dialups

funkus

24th July 2006, 04:10 AM

(apologies for copying my reply from the brother thread to this one on modaco, I know two threads on the same problem is awkward but readers should check both threads as they are not identical )

As far as I can tell, the sdw820 spectec card will not work on the new t-mobile rom, infact the small 'i' icon that i sometimes saw on the old rom has now stopped appearing altogether.

Ill attempt to borrow another device to check that my spectec card isn't faulty as this seems odd. but I doubt the spectec card will ever work on this device.

However

As anna has said the older Sandisk 256 & wifi now works fawlessly (without annas workaround), so any card that worked with the 'gpsinfo' workaround should now be fully compatible.
Good news for some, but still not a perfect solution since these sandisk cards are expensive, large and getting rarer by the second.

Keep trying and Post details on any working cards to help those who cannot find the older models.

Anna@MDA

24th July 2006, 11:50 PM

@smyrosnik + funkus

afaik it is not possible to change the MAC-Address of a network device. It is bound to the hardware. I you want to get admittance to a network only via MAC-address the admin has to authorize you.

Sorry, funkus, that your Spectec-Card does not work... You did a good job to keep this thread alive - to give others at least a hint to solve the prob. At least, I am very happy with my solution now, and if I had another card I would try it. Again - how about my offer to send it to me, and I´ll try to get it work.
At my new freelance job I got a nickname: "The Sorceress - at least better than witch" - when I am around, computer-probs dissolve in haze anyhow ;-)

Have a nice evening,

AnnaOnWeb

garyeuph

28th July 2006, 06:05 PM

So, all i need to do with a samsung SDIO WIFi card is to put it in with the new ROM and it will work? Or do I still need to download and install some other drivers?

Many thanks in advance

Gary

Anna@MDA

8th August 2006, 08:17 PM

Hi Gary,
thats what happend to me: I installled the new ROM and the original WiFi-Driver, and it worked. Give it a try.
If you still have the older ROM (Nov. 2005, 1.13 or so..I forgot) try my workaround.
---
Got my new HTC Charmer today (had a hardware defect) an just restored my data and system files with spb backup - that took me 3*3 Minutes for saving and another 5 for restoring. (As I already said: When you install the new ROM, this software did NOT work). Be careful.
Have luck with the installation,
Best regards
Anna

garyeuph

12th August 2006, 04:55 PM

Wow

I have my wireles connection working (New Rom and just the pegasus drivers) - unfortunately, I cannot get it to work with WPA-PSK, only when I unsecure my wireless router.

Actually, when trying to insert my passwork via the 'AP browser' it insists that I must use a Hex key - but my password isnt in Hex..........

Will keep trying, but thnks for all the hard work in this forum!

Gary

kyle_mda

10th October 2006, 03:14 AM

Dear anna@MDA+MDA MOB

I am writting in response to your extensive forum topic on " MDA + wifi " with it been pages long anf bit here n bit their its hard to pick ip clearly...
Ill just intraduce myself then ask you my question...
Im kyle blythe-white from Leeds/UK and i have just saved ages for a unlocked MDA Compact II and desperatly wish to have WIFI due to mass of wifi connections in my city...
May i ask you a quick forum favour. could you write or even add images ( upto you ) , write a almost tutorial or step by step guide on what to buy and what to download and HOW to install everything to work..

This would be most appreciated by me and im sure 100 of other bidding MDA users missing out on T-MOBILES lazy selfish arse actions...

Thanks alot your a true legends..

Kyle

p.s what card is cheapest and works with what you tell me :) thnx

rishi2504

19th October 2006, 11:07 AM

Please refer to my earlier posts in the same thread.

I have downloaded the latest ROM update from T-Mobile and I do not need the GPS driver file anymore.

1. I am using the Socket SDIO Wi-Fi card
2. WM5.0 Driver for this card( got it directly from Socket as they supply only WM 2003 drivers with the card)
3. Wi-Fi Companion.

That's it .No tweaking required.If you can manage to get the card, contact me.I shall mail you all the relevant software.Here is the preview link for this card - http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/socket-sdio-wifi.php

Cheers,
Rishi.

jamesMDA

19th October 2006, 06:26 PM

rishi2504

20th October 2006, 04:45 AM

May be the first one...am not sure though....but definitely not the second one...

I am presently away from home...shall send you the model number after 25th of October.....

jamesMDA

20th October 2006, 01:42 PM

I contacted socket about this and this is what they said:

James,

Thank you for your enquiry and its good to hear that you are a fan of Socket.

Our P300 card will work perfectly with the HTC device running WM 5.0. The p/n for your reference is: WL6219-666.

Kind regards

Anna

Anna Meens

Regional Sales Manager, UK & Ireland

Socket Communications Inc.

Is this to be believed? Has anyone got the P300 wifi card?

smyrali

2nd November 2006, 09:33 AM

I contacted socket about this and this is what they said:

Is this to be believed? Has anyone got the P300 wifi card?

Hey James, have you informed them about Charmer's known wifi sdio problems ?
I think tha their answer is very typical "...will work perfectly with the HTC device running WM 5.0..". I think that they don't know anything about Charmer's incompatibility.

P.S: this wifi card is very nice though...(like spectec)

rishi2504

12th November 2006, 02:45 PM

Is this a discountiued card like this:

http://www.socketcom.com/support/support_discontinued.asp?Type=WiFi
(scroll to the last card)

Or can I still buy one directly form socket like this one:

http://www.socketcom.com/product/WL6217-664.asp

I would be really grateful for the help with this, also can you give me the exact model number of your card so I can hunt around?

Cheers,

James

Hi James ,

Here is my model number - Socket SD Wi-Fi card , 8510-00215A.
Let me know if you can find the card( you may get it cheap as it is discontinued now), I shall mail you the software and driver.

Cheers,
Rishi

alen

24th November 2006, 02:43 AM

hey...i see that you've been able to change your phone from German to English..I've have my phone for about a month now and I can't seem to change it to English and it's hard for me to use it..so if you can help me and know how to change it Please let me know on this site. THANK YOU!:)

rishi2504

28th November 2006, 06:24 AM

Hi ,

I have a 6 month old Charmer with SD Wifi card and 1 GB Sandisk Memory card for sale.Pls. PM me if anyone is interested, with an offer price.

All accessories will be supplied, the phone is in completely working condition.

Cheers,
Rishi.

MP-Cyber

30th November 2006, 12:09 PM

HI.
bought am sdio wifi card and card me in MDAc II malfunctions.Will advise somebody?Thank you.

jipof

2nd December 2006, 01:26 AM

Hi all and thanks for putting this forum together, that's really helpful.

I bought the Socket P300 after reading rishi2504, and I confirm that it works. I have the WiFi connection working perfectly.

The only problem that I see is that I can not enable or disable it other than by unplugging it... Not really convenient. The WiFi icon don't appears in my CommManager, and the wifi companion can not do the job either. I guess there is something wrong with the registry, but could not figure out what...

If you have any idea, it is welcome...

Jipof

compactII

10th January 2007, 08:16 AM

Guys, hi to all.

Because I bought the MDA Compact II with the prospect of using a wifi sdio card and then I found out that there are some incompatibility issues, I 've found all the info in this thread very useful.

I'm upon deciding which wifi sdio card I should buy. In fact, I am thinking about this one (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WiFi-SDIO-PDA-Wireless-LAN-adapter-SD-Wi-fi-Card-11g-WG_W0QQitemZ150076909880QQihZ005QQcategoryZ58542QQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) and I want to know if anyone of you has actually tried it. Furthermore, if you have any other working suggestions, I'm all ears! (if you can't provide link here, please send me PM)

Thank you all in advance! Keep up the good work in the forum! :)

compactII

12th January 2007, 07:17 PM

FulesMacko

20th January 2007, 09:13 PM

Hi all,

I have a HTC Charmer, (T-Mobile Compact II HUN), ROM: 2.6.2.27 WWE, and I bought a WiFI card. That: http://www.mobis.com.tw/sw-02.htm I put the card in SDIO and the card do nothing. I don't no why.

Install:
Install driver from CD.
Soft reset.
Put the card. (and do nohing :( )

Than I did a hard reset, and did it again and nothing. :(

Do they have any idea?

Bye, from Hungary

Anna@MDA

23rd January 2007, 11:46 PM

Hi,
I have not been on this forum for a while because the probs have been solved so far.

As far as I understand your prob: You have to configure your card under menue "Preferneces" (my own is German - I have to guess - should be right below "Programmes") and then via "Connections". Add a new connection there with your WiFi-card. If there is a special menue point installed with your WiFi card follow the instructions there too.

This requires basic knowledge in configuring (WLan-)Networks and I can not be of further help. The configuration depends on the router´s address range you want to connect to.

If you are not experienced in this I can not help you anyhow, but otherwise:

If you insert your card (possibly after restarting) and the power LED on your card is not blinking there must be a hardware failure.
The only thing I could do for you is: send the card to me, I will try to configure it in my own network and give you the appropiate steps and settings to get it running, send it back. (Send PM if interested and 1x postage expenses :-)

Because a "blonde ...itch" as I was called here already has some ambition to get everything running here including the washing machine, etc. it would be a pleasure to be of help to get your card running.

Have a nice evening,
CU,
Anna