Suddenly PIE doesn't browse to websites! Stuck "Locatin

[mobiler]

Enough is enough.

I had the same shit with my old PDA2K and now again with the Exec... I've spent 20 hours thus far on that shit. I just hard reset my machine yesterday and now again this shit happens and I cannot fix it.

I am surfing using UMTS/GPRS.. My definitions are FINE. There's only one connection. It was always fine that way on both the pda2k and the new exec.. but it stopped working now... it could be that some program messed up this shit, but i wouldn't know which.

Trying to browse to a site.. I get PIE saying 'Locating..." then after a minute or so saying "The page cannot be displayed or downloaded blah blah blah"... But the 3GUMTS is connected just fine.. Note that MSN Messenger doesn't work as well (I think that's because it's uses the core engine the PIE uses). Strangely, using networking utilities (vx) I can ping with the machine and even get HTML pages using web addresses. So the problem is not DNS and not a connection problem.. Just probably some damn problem with the operating system not recognizing something.. The 3rd party vxutilities for networking are bypassing that shit hence why they can browse the network just fine.

Tried deleting temp internet files and cookies nada... I also tried soft reset (about 20 times).. nada.... tried deleting the connection and recreating... nada... tried searchiong the registry for my connection name after deleted to see if traces exists.. nada...

Getting tired of this shit.. only hardreset solved it last time and i'm getting sick of becoming the machine's slave rather then the machine being my slave.

Help would be grately apprecaited..... I am sure it's fucked up registry entry or something like that... I don't have many programs isntalled on my machine as I just hard reseted yesterday and my machine is in rather clean condition except for must have apps.

Help...SOS..

[dikkyboy]

Check your proxy server info (in connections).

My XDA exec just loves to grab my work proxy server and try use that for accessing the web when wifi is active.

[dikkyboy]

Check your proxy server info (in connections).

My XDA exec just loves to grab my work proxy server and try use that for accessing the web when wifi is active.

[mobiler]

Check your proxy server info (in connections).

My XDA exec just loves to grab my work proxy server and try use that for accessing the web when wifi is active.

Thanks for trying to help...
but that's not the issue.. it's wwaayy deeper than that... ( i would have found it after 20 hours of trying had it been this easy ;)...

No proxy whatsoever. I never used Wifi. No work setup.. only "My ISP Setup".

anybody else? I'm offering $20 by paypal for the kind soul who can help stop my frustration WITHOUT hardresetting my machine or doing drastic moves. I need a permanent solution. If I solve it before so.. I will post my fix here...

[mobiler]

UPDATE:
It's working now, though I don't like the solution, I changed in 'Connections' to connect through 'My Work Network' although I don't actually have any work network and I'm using it the same way I used the "My ISP" connection. It may stop working again though. i'll update.. but I still don't get it why the normal My ISP which always worked stopped working.

[zormic]

Are you, maybe, using the SBSH Weather?Are you, maybe, using the SBSH Pocket Weather?

For me the same thing started after I installed SBSH PW…

[mobiler]

Are you, maybe, using the SBSH Weather?Are you, maybe, using the SBSH Pocket Weather?

For me the same thing started after I installed SBSH PW…

Thanks, but I'm actually using SPB Weather

[mobiler]

com'on someone please help me out here. i'll donate another 20 euro to this site if i find a solution... What I did yesterday (changed it so that it will use only the 'My work' profile both both internet and work worked fine.. but only for 24 hours. it now doesn't work again even after multiple softresets as well as deleting and defining the account again.. what a frustartion.

Now only that i cannot use PIE, I cannot use Terminal Server as well.. which is a bummer

[leek]

Toggle flight mode on and then off.

[wammy28]

Have ever try to remove check box of proxy in network tab? With mine it works.

[vagedis]

I noticed the same thing on my wizard, I think it may be caused by an internet explorer automatic configuration script. When I manually provide the ip address and port number of the proxy server, the problem does not appear. I changed this in Internet Explorer running on my PC and in the Work connection on my phone. I have also changed the setting in Active Sync to choose the Work Network setting by default instead of automatic.

The only way I got Internet Explorer back to work was after a hard reset.
It did not happen again in the past 1,5 week. I have been restoring the same backup after each of these hardresets so I had an identical install everytime. It seems to be fine now.

I don't know how WM5 handles Active Directory policies (if it handles them at all) that may change your IE settings as well.

BR

Vagedis

SPV M3000
ROM 2.16.91 WWE (2/6/06)
Radio 02.07.10
Ext Rom 2.16.9.101

[rob61280]

"Check your proxy server info (in connections).

My XDA exec just loves to grab my work proxy server and try use that for accessing the web when wifi is active."

My wizard does the same, it will work for a week or so and try using some random proxy for no reason!

I just uncheck the proxy tick box and the wifi connection works great with internet explorer. (well usually I tear my hear out for 5 mins and then realise its the proxy!)

R

[krismc]

i had same problem! but opera browser would work fine!
i am also using spb weather but i dont think its that

i tried a few things but iv noticed if u keep the ie cach setings and location as default it may be fine, after not changing the ie cache location iv not had this problem, where asbefre i always used my card for ie cache.

all working fine now inc spb weather

[harpooner]

Hi mobiler,

I hope you have found a more permanent solution to your problem. I own an MDA Pro with TMobile UK and recently bacame plagued with the same symptoms which you reported, i.e., pocket explorer and opera mobile stuck at locating and not able to browse the web. Through some helpful suggestions on this thread I managed to find a solution which you may or may not have already tried. Like most people, I use my MDA pro at home on my home wireless Wifi network, and while away at work I use its GPRS/UMTS capabilities. I had no reason to think that these two features of the MDA Pro had any interactions with each other. In fact, I seem to remember reading somewhere that separate pieces of internal hardware provide these features. However, to my surprise/dismay I discovered that somehow the Wifi and GPRS/UMTS settings on the MDA pro are linked together. For example, if you setup a proxy server in the GPRS modem settings, which I recently did, without notifying you the Wifi connection also tries to use the same proxy setting. Vice versa if you setup a specific IP address and Gateway in your Wifi settings the GPRS modem connection also tries to use those settings and failing. The solution for getting back to normal internet browsing was to remove the proxy in modem connection by using its automatic settings ,and to tick the server assigned IP address for Wifi. This is a less than satisfactory solution, however, at least things are back to where they were before. I remain very puzzled at the interaction between these features and am dismayed and frustrated that there is nothing in the step by step procedures in each setting that warn you about a possible impact on the other.