[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sagggas:
Activesync, Opera, Pocket PC networking errors

Hi,

This is a long one, so please bear with me. I installed this awesome set of cabs yesterday. I followed all the instructions on the first page.

Running ATT Fuze with updated Stock 6.1 ROM released at end of May minus the bloatware. Since the TF3D2 is all cabs, I installed on top of a working phone that I had hard reset about 2 weeks ago. I don't have a data plan, but use the phone to sync calendar and contacts with outlook and gcal/gcontacts (google). I also do the equivalent of reverse tethering (pocket PC networking - using my PC to provide internet to the phone). I occasionally use wifi as well.

I followed the instructions but wasn't sure if I needed to do the soft reset prior to installation of the Optional items, so I installed them before soft resetting the device. Installed the Album and SensorSDK along with the 0409 language pack for the album and then performed soft reset. Everything seemed to working pretty well. Prior to install, stock TF ran at about 29% from fresh boot. GenY was running at about 39% and a little slower, but the new features were pretty sweet. Phone activesync'd with no problems. At this point, I hadn't checked to see if weather was working.

I noticed Opera running in the background and its associated error, “You tried to access the address file://localhost/at,...,” and read the post about disabling push and/or older version of Opera. I’m running an older version of Opera than recommended, and noticed while trying to update Opera with 9.7beta that the new files don’t overwrite the old 9.5 files, so it didn’t fix the problem

9.7 files load to:

Program Files\Opera Mobile\opera9-ml.exe.

Program Files\Opera Mobile\operaL.exe.

9.5 (Manila Internet tab launch from)

Windows\Opera9.exe

Windows\OperaL.exe

Because of this, I opted to install the recommended cab, T-Back Disable Push Internet.cab, as everything else was working fine. Opera stopped running, but I also noticed:

1. New pop-up error on occasion: Pocket PC Networking: Cannot obtain a server-assigned IP address. Try again later or enter and IP address in Network settings. I use DHCP so i shouldn't have to enter any IP address.

2. activesync wasn't connecting anymore. PC would throw a notification that the device had connected, but acticesync couldn't find it. However, if i changed USB to PC setting from 'activesync' to 'disk drive' my pc would find the portable drive and allow me to move files around.

3. In settings>>connections>>connections>>Network Management, I had two connections (My ISP for programs that automatically connect to the internet, and My Work Network for programs that connect to private network). I knew that the activesync issue was related to this, but no matter what I did, I couldn’t fix it.

4. With wifi, I noticed stock was working, but weather never did. I recalll seeing a post about a registry key for weather, but it didn't seem like the same problem when I read it...

I decided to try to re-enable Push via a cab. Couldn’t find one, so I enabled it again via the Internet tab’s Data Settings. The phone froze, so I soft-reset, but my issues persisted. I went back to network connections removed the My ISP configuration and re-added it. Activesync started to work again before I even hit the ‘OK’ button.

I soft reset the phone and got the Opera error again, “You tried to access…” I am also continuing to receive the Pocket PC Networking error. I decided to turn off Push Internet settings again via the Internet tab’s Data Settings but it hasn’t made any difference. At this point, everything is working great except Weather updates, Opera error, and the PPC Networking error.

Anybody got any ideas?