yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
Im working on it :) It just happened to me, haven't been able to fix it yet though.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jwelch76:
Killed my data connection, too. I hard-reset and everything's fine, luckily I had just flashed Dutty's new ROM so not much harm done.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
I'm still trying to isolate what is causing the issue (for some reason the Wireless Zero Configuration service stops working). Can't find a fix either. Guess it is hard-reset time for those who got caught up in this mess :(

Apologies for the inconvenience.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] acem77:
i have just ran WMWifiRouter v83 on my friends AT&T Tilt and my HTC TYTN. now wifi will not turn on and it seems the phone cannot connect to the internet any more.

the TYTN worked for a while it just stopped. the Tilt had problems from the start.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tharris297:
This is the coolness of this program. Me an a few of my office staff is using my phone as we are in our "secure" location on our campus for a meeting. Cannot connect to the campus wifi, but the phone has 2 bars!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
I'm afraid I haven't been able to find a solution for this problem yet other than a hard-reset. Luckily it was discovered only a few hours after release so only a few people will have the problem (the download is disabled).

I have a new version that doesn't do this now, but I'm no closer to finding how to fix the bugged phones.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] ishkatar:
Broken link?

Hi Chainfire ... I think that the link to the zip file is broken, can you please check?

Awesome software by the way!

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marctronixx:
if you read up a few posts he says he blocked the link due to an issue with the latest version.. subscribe to the thread to stay up to date....

as a matter of fact, if you read the post just BEFORE your post you will see he states he deactivated the link....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thejipster:
I am doing a hard reset. thanks for letting us know. I will be looking forward to another release. Keep up the good work. The hard reset isn't much of an issue for me except the part where i need to resync with outlook. Now that is a pain in the ass.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kd5ftn:
I just wanted to chime in and say that wmwifirouter version .80 has been working beautifully on my new Sprint HTC Mogul.

I've been using it with static IP's and have had my iMac and Windows XP laptop both connected working well.

Chainfire, I wanted to thank you for making this software idiotproof. I enjoy hacking my registry as much as the next guy, but not having to makes it even better.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] edboston:
I understand that there has been some problems with versions after 0.80 and thus the download link has been disabled (just a friendly suggestion though - it would be helpful to note that on the page so people don't keep telling you the link is broken). But in the meantime, would it be possible to get v0.80 back up?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
Heh yeah sorry about that. I thought I would have it fixed really fast but the issue runs deeper. v0.84 will probably be up in an hour or so, though.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] edboston:
Thanks for the quick response. I look forward to testing it out. I just found out about the program and I am really hoping it will work for me.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
v0.84

Here it is, v0.84. The download is up again. Hopefully we won't see that nasty issue again :)

Changelog v0.84

- Fixed issue with internal backups that could corrupt registry

- Changed Crash Cleanup code to use previously saved backup

- Added a sort of setup for first run:

--- Notifies of backup and Crash Cleanup option

--- Optional start menu shortcut creation

--- Optionally let WMWifiRouter create the Ad-Hoc network for you (this is EXPERIMENTAL)

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I just tested this on a cleanly hard-reset device, it doesn't require any manual setup anymore (for the starters; advanced users will probably want to configure the Ad-Hoc network themselves). Just put the EXE on your device and run it. Works for me out of the box.

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Notes

Apologies again to those who needed to do a hard-reset because of v0.82. It was a bad mistake, and really hard to find the cause.

ICS

I still need someone to test the ICS installer I whipped up. I hope it'll work but I'm not too sure. See this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1782332&postcount=596

TalynOne, below are the changelogs for v0.82 and v0.81
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marctronixx:
chain, so im running v.81 or whichever version you implemented the animated icon...

with this latest version, do i need to delete anything i have already setup on my phone or will the program just use my already setup adhoc connection?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thejipster:
experimental creation of adhoc network

I tested it and it appears that it creates a hidden ad-hoc network. Was this intentional?

thanks

- J
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] TyTNic:
I'm running version 0.81 and everything appears to be o.k. as I've written previously.So, what's new in v. 0.84
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sanoy:
error when running v0.84

when i run the program, i always get this error:

FATAL ERROR

Connection sharing not found!

btw, im using O2 Zinc.

how to solve this?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marctronixx:
perhaps its intentional....
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] blackspawn2:
I am using version 0.81 with my Kaiser without any problem...I can share HSDPA at Home with my laptops.

The only problem is that I am not able to use it with WPA enc. (10 ex. digits).

The client connects itself to the Kaiser but then Internet doesn't work.

If I configure the Kaiser with an OPEN Ad Hoc connection then I can surf Internet.

Any suggestion? :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lennysh:
Why would you need WPA? To my knowledge, only one device can connect at one time, true? So once a computer connected, it would be secure. That is, unless more than one can connect, which I personally have not tried, but just know from experience with Ad-Hocs....

Please, correct me if I'm wrong.... Kinda hope I am... That would just be too awesome...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] blackspawn2:
I didn't know that only one device can connect at one time with Ad Hoc WPA connections...I just tried with OPEN Ad Hoc and it works.

But the problem is that I cannot connect neither only one laptop to the Kaiser with WPA.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lennysh:
How many can you connect to your phone on an OPEN connection? I think only one. So, why would you need WPA if this is true?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
Just click "No" at the question if you want WMWifiRouter to create the network for you, and all will be fine :) The option is just there for the not so technically savvy.

Don't know why it's hidden. Will be fixed in a later release. However, I didn't find any quirks with it being hidden.

Like 3 posts above your own is the listing. Do some reading.

Sorry can't help you there. I have personally not been able to get WPA to work on my Kaiser AT ALL (may be my windows box that is the problem there though), also when not using WMWifiRouter. Have you tried Open/WEP ?

Well the encryption for WPA is better. I don't know if you can connect multiple devices to it using WPA, and I can't test it (can't get WPA to work at all, and only have one other WiFi device laying around right now).

What do you mean?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lennysh:
I mean, I understand the WPA is stronger than WEP and/or OPEN. But, if you can't connect but one device to your phone at any time, then why would you even need encryption at all? Correct me if I'm wrong on the number of devices you can connect, I just didn't think an Ad-Hoc connection could support more than one connection at a time. So when one connected, no other device could connect anyway. Therefore eliminating the need for any encryption...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
Yeah you'd think that was the case. However, unencrypted WiFi signals are not hard to 'catch out of the air'. As for only one connection using Ad-Hoc, that is not correct. Someone tested 5 devices connected at the same time, and many other users have reported connected 2 or 3 devices. Don't know where the limit is. Also, as stated above, I cannot test this as I do not have multiple WiFi devices (gave away both my Wizards), so I do not know if this only works with "open/no encryption" or also "open/wep", "shared/none" and "shared/wep". If somebody could test this, I'd be very grateful :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] blackspawn2:
I confirm you that an OPEN (without encryption) Ad-Hoc connection could support at least two simultaneos connection at a time.

(Two laptops clinets, One Kaiser Router)

I did it...just try.

I will try WEP instead of WPA.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lennysh:
Thank you for resolving that. I luv ur product! Keep up the good work, and happy new year to you 2!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
Try doing what this post says: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1781377&postcount=587

Please report back here if that works :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] casouzaj:
Well, I'm using v0.81 (as it works fine, I plan to keep it for a while :) ). As I posted here some time ago, I can connect two PCs at the same time through WEP encryption (have not tried more PCs, through), because in my Exec, WPA is available for Infrastructure mode only. I'm not offered this option for Ad-Hoc mode, at all.

Just my 2 cents...

Cheers!

Carlos
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mike-:
Hi all,

I just discovered that project... WOW! :)

Quick question... what is the maximum range that que computers should be from the WMWifiRouter device? I currently own a TyTn II.

Many thanks,

Mike-
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] sanoy:
what shall i do with the dump files?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
DOH, sorry, I linked you to the wrong post!

I meant this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1782332&postcount=596
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
v0.85 - Zero Configuration

Well, we're starting to get places! This release introduces CAB (mobile) and EXE (desktop) installers and zero configuration.

Upgraders should read the download section on the webpage.

Changelog v0.85

- Added CAB (Windows Mobile) installer

- Added EXE (Windows XP/Vista) installer

- Modified the icons (the small icon is still not perfect, but getting close)

- Moved creation of Ad-Hoc network to the installers

- Moved creation of shortcut to the installers

- Ad-Hoc network is no longer hidden

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I'd like to point out yet again, that with the newer versions, no WiFi configuration is necessary at all.

I think next up, unless some big bugs are found is to first create a new user guide / webpage :)

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TalynOne, changelogs for v0.84, v0.82 and v0.81 are in this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=1784903&postcount=617

EDIT: Note to self, add auto ping to keep connection alive when you press power button.. guess there'll be a v0.86 after all :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Rongara:
Hey Chainfire,

just did a hardreset of my TouchCruise and tried the 0.84 (will test 0.85 soon) and what shall I say: Working well, only the damn 0.82 crashed everything ;)

Thanks for that tool!

For the future I've got one wish: Maybe its's possible to set encryption in WMWifiRoter itself, that would be much easier.

Have a nice weekend!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] thejipster:
.85 worked flawlessly for me (kinda)

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WOW!

I been testing this for a couple of days starting from version .80 and this is the one that worked for me. I used the .exe install just to see if it would work, and it did. Great work. I will donate some dough for this for sure.

Keep up the good work. Although bluetooth ICS worked for me, I still like the flexibility to use my phone as a modem for any other wifi enabled device that can do Ad-hoc.

Just out of curiosity, how difficult would it be to make this an infrastructure AP instead of ad-hoc. I don't know any of the technical details, but would like your feedback on what it would require.

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update:

after changing the adhoc settings on the mobile device to use WEP. I fired up the application and it hung my phone. I then did a soft reset. I started up the application and did a "Crash clean up".

I am not able to get WEP working yet, but will continue testing. Now, I am trying to get it to work again.

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Thanks

- J
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] JRC:
On my Samsung i780 the program crashs when I want to start it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] orangegator:
Great work. Great program. Version 0.84 works great on my Sprint Mogul. I tried 0.80 briefly, but didn't have much luck. I'll give 0.85 a try soon on my mogul and my friend's WM6 8525. Keep up the good work. Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] blackspawn2:
Just tested with "shared wep" and it works at the same time with two client laptops.

Only WPA doesn't work.

As somebody wrote would be great to configure an Infrastucture connection in the PDA instead of Ad Hoc but this is just a wish.

In fact I now only use shared HSDPA at Home and WEP is not secure enough.

Thank for this great program! :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] edboston:
Man I love this program! I just installed 0.85 and it is working like a champ. I removed .84 and cleaned up everything, including the old ad-hoc settings so for the most part, the system was clean. Installed the CAB, turned on WiFi, started the program and in less than a minute, I was online on my laptop.

THANKS!!!!

(And you should see my donation coming through soon too)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] blackspawn2:
How to turn OFF the display without dropping the connection?

If it is not too complicated I suggest for the next version to include that in the "Options" menu. :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marctronixx:
what device do you have? chain implemented the ability to turn the screen off on your device without dropping the connection. chain did this a few releases ago. it works on the mogul from sprint. just turn off the screen on the mogul and the connection stays...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] anilkuj:
download link for 0.85

hi , where can i find the link for 0.85 ,

i only see the link for 080 everywhere, sorry if i have overlooked .

Thnx
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marctronixx:
look in chains signature. go to his site and there are the options to download.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] anilkuj:
when i click the link in his signature it takes me to

http://www.jongma.org/WMWifiRouter/

and there the only link i see is

WMWifiRouter.zip +- 80kb

and the link doesnt work anyways, i dont see any link for 0.85

Can anyone pls post it as an attachment here ?

thnx
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
The function in question seems to work only half the time (depending on device and config). I think I have the solution for it though, will try to get it online for 0.86 sometime this week.

You activate the function just by pressing the power button :)

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replies to other posts above will come tomorrow, gtg!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] marctronixx:
when i click on chains "wmwifirouter" in his sig, i get the following page w 3 options. clear your cache or refresh your bookmarks...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] anilkuj:
thnx marctronixx for the quick reply,

when i click on the link even in a diff browser and diff pc

i still get the same old page and not the 3 options u are talking abt ,

thats really wierd

finally i tried accessing this page from my mobile and i was able to see the link,

thanks marctronixx for the link

and thnx to chainfire a gr8 app !!!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] anilkuj:
i am not able to connect the WMWifirouter access point, the client either my old T-mobile Dash or my friends iPhone keeps disconnecting evey second and again connects , am i missing something ?

thnx
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] grypho:
I don't know what's happening here:

Have just d/l'd the latest version from jongma's web and installed it to my Mogul (it's not in Sprint but Iusacell Mexico and EvDO sharing over BT/USB works fine) and it connects to WMWifi and my iBook connects to it via ad-hoc but when I try to visit any website the internet connection doesn't works... my computer and Mogul has no internet after they connect. It's like one expects the other to have net access. Anyone willing to help here?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] gregoryx:
Man... first attempt didn't work, so I waited until I could play with it a little more (it's Friday and the boss is out). Still no luck.

I get "cannot connect" when I hit the "connect" button after using this.

Let's make sure I'm doing this right: I install the above, restart, connect USB cable (which makes ActiveSync connect), then load IntShrui.exe and hit "connect". I assume it should dial the cell carrier at that point and do something fancy to the USB / ActiveSync connection. It doesn't.

Thanks SO much for taking it this far. I am - of course - committed to whatever further diagnostics are necessary.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] edrider82:
Using my Verizon XV 6800 I have been trying to conect to the internet through WMWifiRouter, but have been getting an error saying "Fatal Error - Connection Sharing not found!" The network seems to be set up correctly and my laptop can get onto the network, unfortunitly no internet connection is made. Any suggestions?

Edit: (UPDATE) This problem was solved by downloading the ICS installer. but now the program seems to hang while staring ICS. ...That is, until I tap the screen. Then it all goes again and says waiting for connection, at which point the program seems to close. What am I missing?

Edit 2: (Update 2) I guess persistence pays off. I've solved both these problems throughout the night fiddeling with settings. but now I find myself stuck with the same cannot connect issue listed above. I can't see what setting I would need to change, I hope someone has a suggestion.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] cheavannara:
Work like a champ :) Very useful tool. Many thanks.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] shizzle1122:
Problem!!!....waiting for connection...crashes (WMWifirouter v0.85)

I installed wmwifirouter v0.85 on my O2 xda exec (WM5).

First it did not detect ICS?

So I followed the steps and installed intshrui.exe etc. But for some reason when I tried to run intshrui.exe it didn't work????

Then downloaded ICSinstall.exe plus .bin and installed as described in previous post.

Now wmwifirouter crashes when waiting for connection???

(I have tried to run intshrui.exe from \windows but to no avail)

Please Help!!

Also please note I am a 'newbie' so if I've made mistake (technical error) in my post forgive me.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] getwilde:
If you have QuickMenu installed, go to Start > QuickMenu > Screen > Close. This turns off the screen but keeps my Mogul still powered on.

BTW, QuickMenu is one of the best apps I have installed on my PPC. It offers cascading menus (sub-menus) in the Start Menu, a task manager, alt-tab functionality by holding the start-menu icon, flipping screen portrait to landscape, battery/memory meter in the titlebar, and more. And it's free.

Only app that is better than QuickMenu is WMWifiRouter! Excellent app, guys. Thanks for developing and sharing it with us all.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] GrandMstrBud:
Does anyone know of a way to get the new Sprint Touch phone to tether? I have seen some posts about a registry hack to disable multi nai but I didn't find to much on it. The only way to get the DUN bluetooth service on my laptop was to install PDANet and let that install the service and then uninstall it. If anyone has any suggestions that would be great.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lennysh:
Try launching ICS seperatly after you start WMWiFiRouter. Sometimes, it doesn't tell ICS to connect. After launching ICS, just hit connect... Then try it..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
NOTE: This is a reply to many people in one post.

I might implement this in a version or two :)

It's not easy to make an AP out of it. I'll reply to that in-depth below to another post.

As for WEP, others seem to get it to work. I'll see about testing this myself sunday.

What's your WM version? Haven't seen this specific problem before.

I don't think anyone has been able to get this to work on a Dash yet, needs more investigation :(

I have found when using DHCP mode, the gateway sometimes isn't set correctly. Have you added the WMWifiRouter network on your iBook manually? If so, try removing it from your iBook. Then add the network by searching for it with the iBook and connecting to it. Alternatively, you can try editing the IP settings for your WiFi adapter to use IP 192.168.0.2, Mask 255.255.255.0, Gateway 192.168.0.1.

Seems something is still missing in the ICS Install. I think you did it as right as can be, IntShrui.exe should indeed let you use the computer to browse the internet over that USB cable. Look at it more in-depth when I'm back home sunday.

Same for you as the post above. ICS Install doesn't work correct it seems. We'll have to try more :)

And the same as above is for you too. The problem is that your phones do not come with ICS for some reason, and we first need to get that to work before WMWifiRouter will work.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] lennysh:
What all files are you including in the ICS install...?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Chainfire:
Well what you put here is certainly possible to do. BUT, there are also several problems:

- An infrastructure network doesn't work without an Access Point. So if you'd use your phone and PC both in infrastructure mode, with your phone using DHCP, you still wouldn't have a network because there is no AP present. (though for your setup I guess it could work)

- Removing the networks and putting them back may be troublesome. Sure it can be done, but if for example the program crashes and you have to reset the device, you cannot then put the networks back. Aside from dangling pointers (which could possibly be solved), WM uses a different security seed on every boot (security measure), so if you put the networks back, the encryption settings would be all wrong (according to MS... haven't actually tried this tbh)

As for putting the device itself in Access Point mode, I am still looking at that (for handyness, as well as ultimately removing the ICS requirement). First, the drivers must support AP mode. Then I must find a reliable way to turn WZC on/off (WZC is Wireless Zero Config, it's the WM subsystem that controls all your WiFi stuff). Then everything has to be done manually by working with the drivers, which is a daunting task. If that all works, the IP NAT engine has to be rewritten inside WMWifiRouter itself, which would be a piece of art in itself.

Possible? Probably. Doable for a hobby project? Not really. This stuff would require probably two months of full time development, to get a beta working.