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Cellular Phone Forum / Manufacturers / Nokia / March 2006Getting 6680 to work with a laptop (UK Voda Contract 3G)
Neil Monk wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've got my first laptop today and I'm at a loss as to how to get my > 6680 to work with it. > > I'm wanting to use the laptop and mobile for web browsing (I know it > will be slow and expensive, but that's not an issue). > > I've installed the Nokia PC suite that came on the cd that I got from > Vodafone when I got the phone and there's a number of problems: > > Windows (XP Media Centre Edition) keep "finding new hardware" (the > phone) and trying to install the software for it. My home pc (XP Pro) > was doing this too when I tried it some time ago at home. > > Windows does see the phone (as in it says "new hardware found" then > "Nokia 6680") but PC suite doesn't. > > In one of the screen in PC suite (modem settings I think) it asks > for something like a GPRS gateway...? > > HELP - PLEASE!!! I should also add that the phone is on contract and [at work] I am within a 3G coverage area. -- Neil - www.neilmonk.com - - Change the colour to Blue to email me - > Neil Monk wrote: >> Hi guys, [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > - www.neilmonk.com - > - Change the colour to Blue to email me - Hi Neil, how are you trying to connect the phone to the laptop?  SignatureRegards Steve G >> Neil Monk wrote: >>> Hi guys, [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Hi Neil, how are you trying to connect the phone to the laptop? USB Cable that came witht he phone (genuine Nokia one) DKU soomething or other it's called! SignatureNeil - www.neilmonk.com - - Change the colour to Blue to email me - > >> Neil Monk wrote: > >>> Hi guys, [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > USB Cable that came witht he phone (genuine Nokia one) DKU soomething or > other it's called! Sorted now, the software from the cd didn't work properly so I downloaded it from the nokia site, it works a treat! SignatureNeil - www.neilmonk.com - - Change the colour to Blue to email me - [snip] > > I've installed the Nokia PC suite that came on the cd > > that I got from Vodafone when I got the phone and > > there's a number of problems: Best of luck, you'll never, ever, ever get rid of all traces of it when you finally decide it's useless and "uninstall" it. Ivor > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Ivor Well, first impressions are that it is fantastic. I was connecting at just over 450KBps so I'm VERY happy with it. SignatureNeil - www.neilmonk.com - - Change the colour to Blue to email me - >> [snip] >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Well, first impressions are that it is fantastic. I was connecting at just > over 450KBps so I'm VERY happy with it. Pleased to see you resolved the problem. Like you I think the Nokia PC Suite is pretty good and the connection is reliably fast too :-) SignatureRegards Steve G [snip] > Pleased to see you resolved the problem. Like you I think > the Nokia PC Suite is pretty good and the connection is > reliably fast too :-) You haven't tried uninstalling it yet. It leaves bits of itself all over the registry and even with Nokia's own removal tool it still keeps coming back. Manually editing and removing the remaining traces from the registry doesn't work either, 24 hours later it's back. It's almost as bad as AOL software..! Ivor > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Ivor I'm not bothered by this tbh, as I won't be uninstalling it. SignatureNeil [snip] > > You haven't tried uninstalling it yet. It leaves bits > > of itself all over the registry and even with Nokia's [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I'm not bothered by this tbh, as I won't be uninstalling > it. Yet. Ivor > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Ivor This is more likely to be MS problem than Nokia. Almost every application I've ever installed and then uninstalled has left bits in the Registry ... it's a Windows thing. SignatureRegards Steve G [snip] > This is more likely to be MS problem than Nokia. Almost > every application I've ever installed and then > uninstalled has left bits in the Registry ... it's a > Windows thing. So how come that when I manually remove the remaining traces from the registry, 24 hours later it's back again..? It may well be a MS problem but it was the Nokia software that caused it, I have never had this problem with any other software I've installed. Ivor > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Ivor It's not the software you install that's the problem ... only the stuff you uninstall. Whether applications show any signs of their presence after being removed, or not, doesn't mean that the Registry isn't full of references to them. For anything to "return" in the way you describe then it can't have been removed properly - and that's a Windows function - and you are either missing a Registry entry when you manually remove the traces or there's something set in the start-up routine. Think about it; you uninstall the application, delete the application folder and shortcuts, remove all traces from the Registry (assuming you can find everything), reboot the computer (thereby flushing the system RAM) and the app return on power up - it has to be an OS problem. SignatureRegards Steve G >> In one of the screen in PC suite (modem settings I think) it asks >> for something like a GPRS gateway...? It will expect to be told which GPRS APN to use. This should be internet for Vodafone. You may need to ask for adult content bar to be lifted by Vodafone for all ports and protocols to work properly. SignatureBrian Morrison please observe reply-to address |
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