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[Shift Development] link68759:
I too cannot get wifi to work. Post 69 has allowed windows to see that there is a wifi adapter, but the adapter cannot start (code 10). Same with the SD reader.

In regards to touchscreen, the instructions could be better. It says to "right click run as admin". Sorry, that's not going to do squat- it's a self extracting executable. Wow, an admin extracted your files for you! Then the installer is started as a standard user. It's a good idea to have an administrative account to install the drivers in to avoid this sort of thing.

Another issue I'm running into (8 pro RTM) is the shift control center hardware buttons. They weren't working, then they randomly started working. Then I tried installing the latest version of synaptics (because the packaged one triggers 3 separate UAC prompts on boot), and oddly enough synaptics saw both those buttons as a hardware left click. Since uninstalling that version of synaptics (which did not provide a consistently smooth experience), once again I cannot get the shift control center to respond to the buttons.

edit---

I ended up deleting my user account, then creating a new one, which solved the issue with the hardware buttons not working.

Wifi randomly worked once- I toggled it from the shift control center and it started. I toggled it again and it's back to being broke.

edit2---

So... once in a blue moon wifi will randomly work. If you toggle it from shift control center, it will break again. If you don't touch it, it keeps working across reboots. No idea what got it to start in the first place, but some advice- if it turns on, never turn it off.
[Shift Development] shadyx7:
that perfect function (with New file

If you upgrade from within windows on DP or CP to RP, it still doesn't work.

Therefor you need 2 files from the old releases, sdbus.sys and dumpsd.sys. You need to put them in this path: c:\windows\system32\drivers\

Files needed,

To replace them in release preview, it's tricky.

1. Have them on an sd card from the old version, i'll upload them for those that want when I get a chance.

2. right click on desktop, new, shortcut. type cmd, click next, ok.

3. right click on the shortcut, hit run as administrator

4. type: takeown /f c:\windows\system32\drivers\sdbus.sys and hit enter

5. type: takeown /f c:\windows\system32\drivers\dumpsd.sys and hit enter

6: type: cacls c:\windows\system32\drivers\sdbus.sys /G jay:F <note that jay is my username and you will have to replace ONLY that portion with your login name.

8: type: cacls c:\windows\system32\drivers\dumpsd.sys /G jay:F <same as above, replace jay with your login

9. you should now be able to replace the old files when you drag them over and click overwrite/replace
[Shift Development] shadyx7:
replace 2 file ( c:\windows\system32\drivers\dumpsd.sys ) ( c:\windows\system32\drivers\sdbus.sys )
[Shift Development] jinxmeistr:
Marvell wifi driver

I am trying to get my wifi running again but now getting access denied - when I try to update the driver. Any clues on how to fix it?
[Shift Development] shadyx7:
driver

for me it worked
[Shift Development] shadyx7:
fingerprint

is this for fingerprint ;) ttp://download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/lr3f25a2_32.exe
[Shift Development] shadyx7:
link

http
[Shift Development] Bradaland:
WiFi on 8.1 Pro still not able to start

I'm in the same boat with WiFi not working.

I have Windows 8.1 Pro on the X9500. I installed Win8.1 fresh install to avoid issues.

Does anyone have any suggestion as to what steps to take if you have already done all the setup steps per the blog post, and post #69, and all the other steps between #69 and #96?

My device can see the WiFi and SD card hardware, but can not start the WiFi device.

I've tried enabling/disabling via Control center a few times

I've tried restarting a few times

I've tried disabling/enabling adapter via Device Manager

I've tried manually updating driver and selecting the exact driver from the local drive.

end result: WiFi device seen, but not able to start.

Any suggestion as to what to do? (I really am not looking forward to wiping drive and starting again, but a wifi-less Shift is kinda bummer)

Thanks in advance!
[Shift Development] shadyx7:
fix wifi problème

replace file ( c:\windows\system32\drivers\sdbus.sys ) restart after doing the update driver :good:
[Shift Development] Bradaland:
Wi-Fi now working

Big thanks!

Yes, my WiFi now works.

I might have had a secondary issue that caused this. I noticed I copied sdbus.sys into.. c:\windows\system32\ in an earlier attempt

and even after updating driver in c:\windows\system32\drivers\, wifi still failed.

So my assumption is having that 2nd driver (even though it was the correct driver) in the wrong folder, caused some interference.

It now works...Thanks!
[Shift Development] jinxmeistr:
Let me take a look if I see another sdbus.sys somewhere. I would LOVE to get WIFI to work. I've been on a mission the past couple of weeks since I picked up the shift again. I'm curious though - I know the Shift doesn't pass the 1 Ghz requirements...how did you go around that and get 8.1 pro on the Shift? I'm still using the enterprise edition eval (build 9200) that has now expired.

UPDATE The sdbus.sys. s8686.sys, spaceport.sys, dumpsd.sys, were all under my system32 directory. I removed them but still getting access denied when installing the wifi driver. I tried a lot of things even messing with the local security policy but to no avail. I had this working once months ago. Then for the life of me I reset it to factory settings- and it went back to Vista (Italian) - which I updated language pack to English. Sometime after that, I liberated the snapvue side as well, before reapplying the window 8 enterprise eval. I think in all this - somehow it is stopping me from getting the wifi to work. or maybe it has nothing to do with these at all. Regardless, I'm stumped! :(
[Shift Development] shadyx7:
Windows 8.1 pro

windows 8.1 faster and lighter. http://www.t411.me/torrents/windows-8-1-pro-vl-x86-dvd-french
[Shift Development] jinxmeistr:
Where can I find an English version?
[Shift Development] TRoN_1:
Windows 8.1 Enterprise installed. Device Manager does not see a network adapter(toggled on/off several times with SCC) I replaced the 2 sys files in system32. I followed the procedure from distant-earth site until I got to step 5. Toggling wifi does not produce an unknown device.

Anyone?

Thanks

TRoN
[Shift Development] shadyx7:
c:\windows\system32\drivers\
[Shift Development] TRoN_1:
Yes the files are in system32/drivers. I skipped to step 7 and installed the Intel graphics drivers and NOW it shows me unknown device(wifi) and I was able to update driver.

Do we have to install Windows Mobile Device Center?
[Shift Development] jinxmeistr:
Downloaded the 32bit windows 8.1 enterprise evaluation version. Got the WiFi up and running again. 8.1 is definitely faster! Happy with this one:).

Oh and Happy Thanksgiving!
[Shift Development] link68759:
I have 8.1 pro working with WiFi. However, as with 8.0 there's a problem with the WiFi driver- when trying to put the shift to sleep, the screen goes blank and will never actually enter sleep mode. After some research I discovered that the cause is- WiFi drivers aren't entering a sleep state when sleep mode is called, thus preventing the shift from properly sleeping.

Once this happens it's essentially frozen and I have to hold the power button down to restart it.

Anyone else experiencing this, or have a solution?
[Shift Development] ramaeder:
It seems that every one has a working touch. I do have Problems get it running since I went from preview to win 8.1. I did all and tryed for weeks can you or anybody help.
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
I am getting a Shift soon, and I was wondering if anyone that has windows 8 fully working (wifi, SD, touchscreen, etc) would be able to create an image of their setup and upload it somewhere?

I also have some general questions about the Shift:

1. What is the best version of Windows 8 for the Shift?

2. Will installing an SSD substantially increase speed?

3. Can I install a regular SATA drive or what kind of drive?

4. What sized SIM card will this use, and can I make phone calls (I have AT&T)?

5. What kind of car charger would be best?

I am getting this for my job, but since I travel so much, I fear I may not have the time to all the tweaks and stuff to get it working.

Also, does anyone have a good guide to liberating it? If I liberate, could I use GPS? That's a major reason I want the shift.
[Shift Development] B-44:
Win8... dunno. I use win7 pro.

Sim normal size, no micro.

SSD speeds device up a bit, better is raising RAM.

But you reduce temperature and battery drain.

Liberated shift GPS and phone will work, depends on rom u use; to me ThaiHugo.

If Shiftpack doesn't work do it manually as told in thread here-

Car charger has to be 12v

never try to charge via usb port.

Before asking again first search Fora;

if you don't find what you are looking for-

sit back, think, bate breath and if necessary then post question in right thread.

Nearly every problem has been solved here twice ;)
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
I already did search, and not all my questions were answered in all the forums/threads I looked at, but thank you for the reply.
[Shift Development] B-44:
oh, really?

Makes me wonder why i found all solutions right here... :rolleyes:

btw: me myself have posted some files that had gone hard to find here...

As i frequently am brought to post- please read carefully, search, read again...

resolving the same problem again and again makes a thread more and more foggy,

once posted solutions harder and harder to find.

There is no Thread called "Solution to all your problems".

But solutions are there.
[Shift Development] ryu1:
It's good to see that htc shift is still been used.

I have been used windows 7 ultimate on this thing since I bought it. A few days ago I decided to try windows 8.1 pro, and the result is...

... I wild never return to windows 7. The most impressive thing is internet explorer 11 that makes the browsing experience better than on ipad.

and with windows 8 there is kinetic scroll almost everywhere including the file browser. On windows 7 in file browser you had to touch the scroll bar to navigate, but with win 8 is very natural. It seems like htc x9500 was designed for windows 8, the overall performance is way better than windows 7 or vista or even xp. I did not experienced lag or slowdowns.

The only drawback is that if you want to use metro apps you have to change the resolution to at least 1024x768. It's no big deal you can use that resolution for metro apps and for browsing, or reading or any other program, set it back to the native 800x480. I use a program to change resolution called hot key resolution changer, search it on Google.

If you want to install win 8 the biggest challenge will be to make the WiFi to work, but if you follow the instructions posted on this thread (post 54 I think) you'll make it :) also make sure that you install angelic tears drivers for intel gma 950 (shift's video card), you'll find them on google.

About hard drive I change the default 40gb with an 120gb one. You'll have to search for a 1.8 inch zif, pata 6 I think hdd.

On the windows mobile side I use a normal mini-sim card mostly for internet, but I also make phone calls from time to time. unfortunately no headphones are compatible with the shift, so you'll have to use tablet's built in speakers and microphone, and everybody will hear your conversation :)) for sms on the other hand, is perfect.

For the car charger, any charger that output 12v and 3amps will do the job.

About liberation of the windows mobile side, i'm not sure, becase my shift was already liberated when I bought it, but you'll find the instructions on this site.

Most of the time if I have to travel and don't have acces to a charger, I rely on windows mobile, with windows 8.1 hibernating, so it won't consume power. The battery last 2 hours (at the best) in windows 8, and a few days (even a week) with windows mobile on moderate use (without turning on windows 8 of course). For gps I use only google maps on windows mobile, becase there is no memory space for maps, to use other programs.

Good luck and take care of this unique tablet!
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
Thanks for the response, guys. I got my Shift for $50 off of Craigslist, and surprisingly, it came with an extended battery, car charger, two HTC USB Ethernet adapters, two full keyboard replacements, a stack of clear plastic case protectors, a full case replacement, and even a 2gb memory module! It came with Windows 7 installed, but I want to try Windows 8.1 (what version is best for the Shift?), since it seems to be made for devices like this.

I will be using this thing for work as a GPS, and tablet for document reading, as well as light web browsing. If I could figure it out, I want to also make phone calls, since my AT&T SIM card fits in it.

Does anyone know of a tutorial for installing a new memory module? I searched here and Google/YouTube, but no luck...
[Shift Development] ryu1:
I have windows 8.1 pro with media center, and it works perfectly. I think any version of windows 8.1 is good on the shift.

To add that 2gb memory module, you'll have to open the tablet. search on google for "htc x9500 opening guide". in results look for "Here's the Shift disassembly guide" from xda-developers. Sorry but i am not allowed to post links directly for now since i'm new member :(

Be careful, you can damage your tablet if you do something wrong.

For gps, document reading and light browsing windows mobile is more than enough. And with that extended battery you'll get more than a week without charging on the windows mobile side. To liberate windows mobile search on google "Liberate your HTC Shift!" in results look for "Liberate your HTC Shift!" from modaco website. Try to read and understand those instructions, it's not that hard.

After you liberated windows mobile make sure you install on it documents to go, opera mini, google maps and youtube, to get the best of windows mobile.

Good luck
[Shift Development] B-44:
Some pretty good collection of how-tos:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=786610
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
Sweet, thanks! I have run into a roadblock though - my Shift doesn't recognize any of my USB sticks in Windows 7, nor will it let me USB boot from my USB stick with Windows 8 (my desktop does, so I know it is not my USB stick). Do I need to update my Shift's BIOS?

Should I liberate it first, or load Win8?
[Shift Development] ryu1:
No, liberation is only for the windows mobile side.

To boot from usb, plug your stick in usb with the shift powered off, turn it on and when "htc smart mobility" appear press fn+f10 key and your boot menu will appear. From there select your usb stick. That's it! :)
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
I used 2 different USB sticks that I also tested OK on my desktop. Nothing USB seems to work on my Shift including a floppy disk drive. My only boot option is the hard drive.
[Shift Development] B-44:
Hope it will help him, as the Win7 side of his Shift should recognize his USB sticks anyway, no matter if WM side is liberated.

Reminds me of some other case with hdd not found, even in boot menu...

ooops- came a bit late.

Maybe it's really some corrupted usb driver or bios mistake.
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
My shift doesn't recognize any of my USB sticks even in the BIOS. My USB CD-ROM isn't recognized either.

Does my BIOS need an update?
[Shift Development] ryu1:
Ouch, that's not good.

Do you have windows 7 running now on the shift? If yes, connect an usb mouse and see if the light of the mose is turning on.

I hope is not a hardware probelm.

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There are very few options in bios, i don't think you can set something wrong there. I had a problem a few weeks ago with my hdd - when i poewered on the pc side, it would not see my hdd at all, neither in bios - so i opened up the tablet and fortunately the ribbon cable connecting the motherboard with hdd came out. i put it back in and everything came back to normal.

So his usb problem might be becase the usb port lose contact with the motherboard (this thing happened once on my nokia n900, but i managed to solder it back and even modified the phone by adding a normal pc size usb port - you can find more detail on maemo.org site keyword "my modified n900").

If this is the case on his tablet, it's relatively easy to fix, but if the port is soldered ok to the motherboard, he is in trouble.
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
Yea I will crack my Shift open again. Strangely when I connect my USB sticks to it, I can see see the light on them on that tells me they are at least getting power.

Should I liberate my Shift first, then load Win8? There are so many ROMs and liberate guides that I don't know where to start.
[Shift Development] ryu1:
USB has nothing to do with the liberation. You can liberate whenever you want, but that will not fix your usb port. So the usb has power, but it seems no data. Open the tablet and carefully check the port to see if there is any small crack on the tin that connect the port with the motherboard.
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
Well I opened up my Shift and looks like the USB is soldered to the board. I am at a loss, so I am at a loss as to why USB us not working.
[Shift Development] B-44:
Take a look at device manager / USB controller... are they installed properly?

You could try a driver update or re-install all the packages you installed when installing win7

Hardware- your USB Port generally has got four pins, try to check if one of the two datapins isn't connected properly.

Ryu1 possibly is right and you may not be able to see if one of the soldered connections is a cold one.
[Shift Development] ryu1:
Usualy there are fuses that protect the usb port on its way to the southbridge controller of the motherboard.

I'll try to find the schematics and redraw the usb circuit to check it. However if the southbridge is damaged, no connection will ever be made with you tablet's usb :(

You can also contact the seller of your shift and ask him if the usb worked (hopefully he will tell you the true), and if not what happened exactly.

It's easyer to repair if you know what cause the damage.
[Shift Development] link68759:
the official site's mediafire links 404

This is the first I've heard of angelic tear's driver- any alternative links to it so I can see for myself?
[Shift Development] B-44:
Some days ago my marvell sdio card refused to work.

Reinstalling drivers was impossible, networkadapter error#10

Found out the night before my shift had some critical win update.

Took a restore point 2 days before and: ta-daah! network connection

was running again.

If your shifts' USB port ever worked, this could be a solution.

---------- Post added at 06:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:43 PM ----------

try this one:

http://droid-dna.blogspot.de/2013/04/modded-graphic-drivers-for-intel.html

http://www.mediafire.com/download/y80co837x8qhh86/Sherry+1.3.rar

( If this post may have been useful to you, don't withstand instantly pressing "thanks" button. ;) )
[Shift Development] ryu1:
In my opinion sherry are the best video drivers for htc shift. You can play almost any game or app that requie opengl.

Note that sherry will not work on windows xp. Not sure about vista, but with win 7 or 8 they work great
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
I got my Shift second hand with Win7 installed, so I didn't know I had a USB prob until I tried to install win8 from USB. My sticks are working fine on a laptop and 2 desktops. The fact that my Shift's BIOS can't see my USB sticks makes me believe that there is an issue with the USB port, not drivers.

Too bad I can't load windows from my network or SD card.
[Shift Development] link68759:
thanks, I'll be adding those to my folder of shift things. I had actually found sherry 1.3.2 beta, but it doesn't hurt to have stable releases.

With what /how would I benchmark this? I installed 1.3.2 beta and at the very least it didn't break anything or make things worse.

Aside: some users say the 2GB ram module increases performance, but my shift with 8.1 only has 60-70% ram used with the 1GB module. Aside from caching, does windows handle more ram differently? Or will I now just have 30-35% used after installing2GB, but same performance?
[Shift Development] ryu1:
Well, I use sherry 1.3.2 beta since I installed windows 8. I didn't noticed problems. Also i used them on windows 7 for one year and everything was ok.

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Eastbayarb, did you tried to connect a USB mouse, or only those sticks? I read somewhere that not all sticks are visible with the shift.

Try to connect more different USB devices to be sure that it is a hardware problem.
[Shift Development] eastbayarb:
I tried a USB moose, keyboard, and external USB DVD burner, but the BIOS and Windows7 doesn't recognize any of them.
[Shift Development] ryu1:
Than, unfortunately, it is a hardware problem :(

Although your USB port give power, since the led of your devices turns on, the data pins seems to be dead.

That can either be a small crack in the tin that hold the port soldered to the motherboard, or the circuit that goes to the controller(southbridge) is interrupted, or in the worse case scenario, the Southbridge controller itself is damaged - there is little you can do than.

If you can contact the seller, ask him what happened, if he tried to charge the shift on USB port, or he connected a faulty device that directed power on the data pins of the USB.
[Shift Development] B-44:
You seem to be quite right, and somewhere here is a post bout it.
[Shift Development] ryu1:
i think this is the post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6802286&postcount=1

But in that case the tablet didn't turn on anymore, so maybe here it is not that bad since the tablet is working.

However, eastbayarb, i draw a scheme on the motherboard picture from the service manual so you can check with a multimeter and a simple cuted usb cable plugged into the port, the 4 pins on the motherboard and the 4 wires from the cable to make sure it is making good contact, becase even a small crack on one of the pins may go unnoticed, but this is the way to check it.
[Shift Development] B-44:
Here the thread about a harddisk not appearing in bios, though it seems to be powered.

Maybe a similar mistake?

Unfortunately we didn't find a real solution...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2548454
[Shift Development] ryu1:
There it can be the "j2" port you can see on the picture above. It might have been overheated and bend, so it doesn't connect properly with the zif cable(if the cable is ok), or one or more pins disoldered from the motherboard. - that's the best case scenario

Worse case scenario is the Southbridge controller (will try to identify it on the motherboard) since that's responsible for all connections in a pc (sata, ide, zif, USB, lan, etc).

However the last resort is to attempt to reflow the Southbridge controller with a hot-air station.
[Shift Development] B-44:
Cable and disk have been tested on a pc using an adaptor and seem to be o.k.

so i came to a similar conclusion concerning J2 port.

The worst case scenario you give would be frustrating...
[Shift Development] ryu1:
I found that the htc x9500 uses for Southbridge the " Intel 82801 GBM ICH7-U" controller.

The problem is that I cannot identify it on the motherboard (I only looked at the picture, I'm not going to open my tablet now, because I have some work to do on it).

So if any of you can open up the tablet, look for a chipset with "South Bridge: Intel 82801 GBM ICH7-U" printed on it ( or at least a part of that name).

It's good to know what kind of chipset is, (bga, fine pitch, etc)