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Everything you need to know about USB networking in WM5 - UPDATED!

By Werner Ruotsalainen, Submitted Friday, September 15, 2006
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I’ve just updated my article on the USB networking model of WM5 originally published here with the latest AKU2.2+-related information.

To summarize the changes for people that aren’t interested in the technical details: in the latest, AKU 2.2 (or later) WM5 upgrades available for many HTC (i-mate, Qtek, T-Mobile, Cingular etc.) Pocket PC phones and some unconnected PDA’s like the Dell Axim x51v, it may be preferable to deactivate the, by default, enabled "Enable advanced network functionality" checkbox in the newly (in AKU 2.2) added Start / Settings / Connections / USB to PC applet. It’ll result in a (in cases, far) faster USB connection when you cradle your Pocket PC and will also get rid of the numerous firewall incompatibility problems.

Submitted by Werner Ruotsalainen on September 15, 2006 - 10:00pm.

Dunno why it's saying so, my x51v + A12 has swicthed to the old networking model w/o problems.

As far as the A12 speed is concerned, many x51v users at AximSite reported pretty visible speed increase. Of course, these are subjective reports only and not objective benhcmarks.

Submitted by Werner Ruotsalainen on September 21, 2006 - 5:01am.

Mokubai, do you too have a Dell Axim x51v?

I've given it a try (backed up and restored a complete system on my A12 x51v); it didn't result in switching problems, but, based on my previous (very bad) experience with the Data Backup tool, I'd say it's highly probable it is the culprit. NEVER use it for backing up / restoring.

Submitted by Werner Ruotsalainen on October 10, 2006 - 4:14am.

I have exactly the same problem with the 0.50 Widcomm BT stack "hack" (x51v A12) - can't switch back to the "old" mode.

I'll try to find the registry entry (hope it's "only" the Registry, and not a DLL file in the file system)problematic regkey / value that causes this.

However, there is a quick hack to avoid this: disable advanced networking functionality before installing the 0.50 Widcomm BT stack. Then, the disabled state will "stick".

The same should also work with other third-party apps that make the checkbox not work.

Submitted by Werner Ruotsalainen on October 10, 2006 - 4:34am.

Cool, thanks for reporting :)

Submitted by Werner Ruotsalainen on December 12, 2006 - 2:33am.

Thanks for the tip :)

Submitted by Werner Ruotsalainen on December 16, 2006 - 7:18am.

AximSite will be up in a few hours; see this

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