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Could anyone tell me how to do this? Currently iv flled this method and it comes up with "Error 692 hardware failure in modem"
Get ready for some essay lol
Well, I made it work after some hassle.
First of all, the SonyEricsson DUN setup wizard is useless. It first expects you to have your smartphone already installed as a modem (you can download P800 modem scripts from their site, I attached the same ZIP here). This is not much of a problem if you connect the P800 using a USB cable:
1. on the P800 go to control panel, Connections, Cable, and there select that you want to use it for modem, not PC connect.
2. Secondly, in the system tray, on the Phone connection link right-click on it, go to properties and disable the port on which the phone communicates.
3. Go to Control Panel (of the PC, not P800), Phone Monitor Options and, under "COM ports" tab enable that same port (that you disabled a moment ago in a different place).
4. Go to Control Panel, Phone and Modem options (under Win2k/XP) or Modems (under Win 9x) and add a modem. Win2x/XP won't let you add a modem on the proper port (the one you enabled under 3) unless it is enabled. Then you click on "select from list", then "have disk", then point to modem scripts downloaded from
www.sonyericsson.com.
5. NOW start the SonyEricsson wizard and let it create a DUN entry.
6. Unfortunately, it is stupid, so it can't copy proper username and password for login into GPRS connection, you have to test, it depends on your GPRS operator's settings. It may be an actual username and password you received, it may be all blank, or it may be, like in my case, a dummy username and password that all GPRS users use, and that is already entered into your P800.
This same procedure functions also if you use P800 as an IrDA GPRS modem. You also must set up IR for modem use on your P800 (Control Panel, Connections, IR), activate IR, put it in range so your laptop detects it, then follow from point 2 from above.
Of course, if you later wish to synchronise P800 with Outlook across the same connection, you have to reverse the settings, from 3 back to 1 in order to re-enable it.
And now comes the bluetooth...
I haven't succeeded in setting it up using SonyEricsson drivers and wizard because
it simply won't recognise the bluetooth modem on any port regardless of what I do.
Anyway, I did it using a bluetooth modem driver provided by bluetooth manufacturer (I use a MSI BToes bluetooth USB adapter). I simply created a DUN connection using this bluetooth modem, disabled (unchecked) software compression for PPP protocol and IP header compression for PPP link under advanced IP settings, put a *99***2# for a phone number to dial and the dummy username and password that my provider uses.
If you ommit or miss the username and password, or the dialling number you will not get a proper error message! Instead, you'll get a message (that someone already mentioned) - something like "IP error 718, TCP/IP address not received".
Remember! In your case, the dial number may *99***someotherdigit#. The digit after the triple asterisk actually signifies the connection number in the P800 Control panel / Internet connections setup. So, if you, like myself, have 2 GSM-data connections and a GPRS connection defined, starting from zero, the GPRS connection turns out to be number 2. If I put one, it also connects, but not via GPRS, rather via GSM data, on 9600 bps (slooooow - this is, in effect, same as mephistocat did).
Anyway, when you manage to start it properly, you'll see on your P800, with the flip open, on the status bar in the bottom, that GPRS icon merrily blinks.
Of course, it goes without saying, before any bluetooth operation works, you must properly pair the devices and, preferably tell the P800 to always accept communication from that (your) laptop (under Control Panel / connections / Bluetooth / Settings first turn the Bluetooth on under settings, then pair the devices, and then, on the P800, under Control Panel / connections / Bluetooth / Devices tap the laptop and in the dialog that opens, check the "Always alow this device to connect").
So basically can anyone shed some light onto why my P800 wont connect
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Posted: 2005-03-12 18:31:27
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Posted: 2005-03-12 19:43:00
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Well, I am yet to attempt connecting via Bluetooth or infrared, but USB modem connection works excellently at my end.
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Posted: 2005-03-12 20:29:00
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Want to know how i did it? installed the IR port, download the IR drivers for my phone. Send a file from phone. Now go to file manger and look under modems, you will find, standard modem over IR. update it with drivers you downloaded. Now go to net work connections and create a dial up connections and choose the new modem you installed. Now find out the external ID of your "data profile" and use the dial up number *99***x# where x is the external ID.
This message was posted from a K500
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Posted: 2005-03-12 21:17:54
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Iv had the pc connect to the phone but it just wont connect. It says dialing......but nothing happens
Might have to try it all over again tomorrow
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Posted: 2005-03-12 23:44:11
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