Develop Bugs

Controlling GPRS settings from withing a program

Hi,
I'm writing some software that needs to send data over the internet using GPRS.
The problem we've had in the past is that users of our software would play with the gprs connections settings or fire up the wap browser or something and that would prevent our software from connecting properly.
What I'd like to be able to do is manually connect to gprs from within our program but specify our own settings for GPRS rather than leaving it up to the connection manager.
I've been exploring TAPI and the lineXXXX functions, but I get the feeling this is a dead end....
If it makes a difference, our original software was written for the XDA1 but I'm writing the replacement for the XDA2 and have access to all the new fancy stuff in PPC 2003
Cheers in advance for any help you can give,
M

Problems after o2 Rom Upgrade

I have had a couple of problems with the upgrade to the new o2 rom.
1) I can be actively connected to a wireless lan network, but connecting to the internet will always default to the 3G option even though I have a good wireless lan signal. O2 data support now want me to do a hard reset...so prefer to see if there are any other options available.
2) My Pocket Plus icons will occasionally revert to the traditional windows icon so that one cannot determine which program is behind the symbol. Soft resetting may clear this, but not always...Yet for all this I have plenty of memory, both storage and program.
I am therefore wondering whether there are some conflicts with the new rom and my applications such as Pocket Plus...Also there is apparently no option on the exec to prefer the wireless lan as a default way of connecting to the internet...
Any advice much appreciated before I do another hard reset.
Thanks.

I've had issues with the Connections in both 2003 and 2005 - my solution to the problem you describe was to:
1. Setup the "My Work Network" to use the settings from "My ISP" rather than the "O2 Active" settings.
2. Ensure that it has the "This network connects to the Internet" enabled, and "This network uses a proxy server to connect to the internet" disabled.
3. Select "My Work Network" for both options under "Select Networks".
This should basically give you a system that will use Wireless if available, or 3G if not.
Cheers,
Steve.

Thanks, sorted wi-fi connection
Yep, had the wireless network connected to 'work' rather than 'the internet', so its back working as it should. Disappointingly O2 data support could not have told me that and with your help I was saved a needless hard reset. Just need to sort out the icon situation, but perhaps that is more of a software conflict...

WM6 VPN dialer

Hi,
I have S710 - Hermes - DASH. Windows Mobile 6
I have setup the VPN profile with appropiate my personal vpn server ip at home and information in 'Settings' --> 'Connections' --> VPN --> New.
I connected to Wi-Fi or using Cellular data, I could browse the Internet but I could not find where I can launch, or execute this VPN profile.
Any Help please.
Thanks,
Please also shoot the reply msg threat to my email. very appreciate your help.

Hi timolthy,
in WM 2003 there was a link in the menu that opens when you click on the G or 3G icon in the taskbar. For some reason we less minded will never understand Microsoft decided that this practical feature was redundant.
They did the same with the WIFI button from WM5 to WM6.
So the only way I know to dial VPN connections is either to rely on that buggy automatism, that might dial it, when you access a certain IP range (you can specify that range in the vpn settings) or you can go to control panel, connections and edit that vpn connection. Right click on the connection, there's a item called "dial".
These are the only possibilities I know of :-(

Deactivate GPRS on WM6

Hi, I will use Wlan to go online and not gprs, is there a tool to deactivate gprs permanently on Windows Mobile 6 ?
greets

well i don't know about permanent deactivation,
if i didn't want to use GPRS ever,
I'd probably just delete my access point name from the settings or something...
...or have you tried MoDaCo_NoData.CAB
http://www.modaco.com/FREE-Utility-t246171.html
Edit - just saw something in the Elf forum;
NOGPRS.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1550802#post1550802

[Q] Wi-Fi & Apps

Hi there,
I am using my friend's old HTC Touch Pro 2 as my phone decided to jump into a glass of water.
I have set everything up but my apps (facebook, marketplace, ...) don't seem to use my wifi. I have tested this by turning off my 3G connection and trying the apps. They report, that I have to check my internet connection.
Under Wireless controls > Menu > Connections > Advanced > Select Networks there is a choice of what connection should be used for programs that connect to the internet automatically. But as I go further into these settings it only allows changes for the 3G connection. I'm not sure if this is even the correct settings.
Can anyone shed any light on any kind of solution?
Thanks in advance.

In 2015 still no answer - and I have the same probleme on my HTC TOUCH PRO2 (RHODIUM100).
Hopefully there is a genius that can answer this now
JBJ

In connection manager - did you check if wifi is turned on?

Hi B-44, yes and i have no probleme connecting and surfing the net with opera or IE.
I looked further in to this, so when I go to settings>All Settings>Connections:
In advanced Network I have turned OFF both HSDPA and HSDPA/HSUPA by choosing disable - Don't like extra charges, since I don't have data plan on this number.
In Comm Manager, only Phone and Wi-Fi is ON
In Connections, there is only these options:
Add a new modem connection
Add a new VPN server connection
Set up my proxy server
Still in Connections>Advanced>Select Networks>Network Management> "Programs that automatically connect to the internet should be using:" The options are:
Lebara MMS
Lebara Internet
My Work Network
My ISP
Lebara is my phone company.
- Dailing rules
- Exceptions
-- None that I can see has anything to do with Wi-Fi. Its mostly modem or VPN. I can't add a Wi-Fi connection here unless its something cryptic as setting up an VPN or Proxy server.
Facebook, wAppstore, Windows Live, Youtube, twitter - can't connect.
Opera, IE, Bing, GetJar - can connect without trouble.
I can login to Facebook through Account Manager, but the App installed won't connect to the net.
I'm a bit lost here How is your phone set up?
JBJ

Will take a look.
btw- which system is your Rhodium running with?

WM 6.5 Professional - CE os 5.2.21887 (Build 21887.5.0.86)

I had asked just to be shure...
Now- i don't really have a solution.
As your browsers work using wifi it may be the apps.
On my wm phones i used to install SPB weather.
Some months ago on all of them SPB data update started to fail
and never ever worked again. No matter if on wm5, 6.0 or 6.5.
I couldn't find any hint or solution.
If you search the web "windows mobile facebook supported" you'll find
some entrys which won't please you.
I presume there's no solution to us using wm.

Hi again, actually I'm not so concerned about FB since I hardly use it - its more the other apps that concerns me. Like the Wappstore, Omarket, and so on, I just added FB because its built in. It would seem that there are programs that cannot, use Wi-Fi - but rather want to use 3G.
Is there someone in this forum who know how to make a registry fix or program(.exe or .cab) to re-direct programs to Wi-Fi instead of always going for the 3G net? I would be nice with a switch where you can flip between 3G and Wi-Fi, just like the Curvefish 3G On/Off widget for android http://curvefish.com/widgets/2g3g-onoff.htm
With kind regards
JBJ

I'm still searching When I have a solution I will post it here
Thanks for you effort
With kind regards
JBJ

Hi, I never found a solution - so I guess you need a data plan to use this phone with the FB and other apps that don't like to use wi-fi.
With kind regards
JBJ