sync via gprs just sits on connecting...

I have a T-Mobile PocketPC phone, actually it's an unlocked Siemens SX56
flashed with the newest version of the T-Mobile software. Itt's Windows
Mobile 2003 Phone Edition or whatever they're calling CE now.

When I make a connection via the T-Mobile GPRS connection, it connects to my
PC. There is no firewall present on this machine or in front of this
machine.

I've entered the hostname in pockethosts, and I've made sure it's in upper
case (per a site I found where a guy had problems when it wasn't upper
case).

So anyhow, it connects, the wheels start turning. Both the PocketPC and
ActiveSync say Connecting...

And that's it. It never moves on to Syncing. Just spins and spins.

I've bumped my T-Mobile GPRS up to the full package, even though they tell
me at T-Mobile that I should be able to sync even with the basic free GPRS
connection. But I get the same results.

I have the newest 3.7.1 (the weird extra release ms did to fix the crashing
problem with this exact setup) and Windows XP.

Anyone else having this problem?

Hi,
Try installing vxutil from www.cam.com and confirm you can ping the PC by
name and IP address. If you can't then something is between your Pocket PC
and PC that's preventing access.


--
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http://www.cewindows.net
http://www.tabletpctalk.com

"Kurt Koller" <> wrote in message
news:%23Cr$...
>I have a T-Mobile PocketPC phone, actually it's an unlocked Siemens SX56
>flashed with the newest version of the T-Mobile software. Itt's Windows
>Mobile 2003 Phone Edition or whatever they're calling CE now.
>
> When I make a connection via the T-Mobile GPRS connection, it connects to
> my PC. There is no firewall present on this machine or in front of this
> machine.
>
> I've entered the hostname in pockethosts, and I've made sure it's in upper
> case (per a site I found where a guy had problems when it wasn't upper
> case).
>
> So anyhow, it connects, the wheels start turning. Both the PocketPC and
> ActiveSync say Connecting...
>
> And that's it. It never moves on to Syncing. Just spins and spins.
>
> I've bumped my T-Mobile GPRS up to the full package, even though they tell
> me at T-Mobile that I should be able to sync even with the basic free GPRS
> connection. But I get the same results.
>
> I have the newest 3.7.1 (the weird extra release ms did to fix the
> crashing problem with this exact setup) and Windows XP.
>
> Anyone else having this problem?
>
>
>

yes, I can ping fine.

and like I said earlier (maybe not clear enough), it starts up and says
"connecting" on the desktop when I initiate a sync via gprs. so it's
starting up the activesync, it just never proceeds to the next stage.

no firewalls, etc.

does activesync do connectbacks or something?



"Chris De Herrera" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Hi,
> Try installing vxutil from www.cam.com and confirm you can ping the PC by
> name and IP address. If you can't then something is between your Pocket
> PC and PC that's preventing access.
>
>
> --
> Chris De Herrera
> http://www.cewindows.net
> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
>
> "Kurt Koller" <> wrote in message
> news:%23Cr$...
>>I have a T-Mobile PocketPC phone, actually it's an unlocked Siemens SX56
>>flashed with the newest version of the T-Mobile software. Itt's Windows
>>Mobile 2003 Phone Edition or whatever they're calling CE now.
>>
>> When I make a connection via the T-Mobile GPRS connection, it connects to
>> my PC. There is no firewall present on this machine or in front of this
>> machine.
>>
>> I've entered the hostname in pockethosts, and I've made sure it's in
>> upper case (per a site I found where a guy had problems when it wasn't
>> upper case).
>>
>> So anyhow, it connects, the wheels start turning. Both the PocketPC and
>> ActiveSync say Connecting...
>>
>> And that's it. It never moves on to Syncing. Just spins and spins.
>>
>> I've bumped my T-Mobile GPRS up to the full package, even though they
>> tell me at T-Mobile that I should be able to sync even with the basic
>> free GPRS connection. But I get the same results.
>>
>> I have the newest 3.7.1 (the weird extra release ms did to fix the
>> crashing problem with this exact setup) and Windows XP.
>>
>> Anyone else having this problem?
>>
>>
>>
>
>

Hi,
Have you confirmed you can ping the desktop by name? This is the first
thing ActiveSync checks after the initial connection to talk from the Pocket
PC to the PC.


--
Chris De Herrera
http://www.cewindows.net
http://www.tabletpctalk.com

"Kurt Koller" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> yes, I can ping fine.
>
> and like I said earlier (maybe not clear enough), it starts up and says
> "connecting" on the desktop when I initiate a sync via gprs. so it's
> starting up the activesync, it just never proceeds to the next stage.
>
> no firewalls, etc.
>
> does activesync do connectbacks or something?
>
>
>
> "Chris De Herrera" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Hi,
>> Try installing vxutil from www.cam.com and confirm you can ping the PC by
>> name and IP address. If you can't then something is between your Pocket
>> PC and PC that's preventing access.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris De Herrera
>> http://www.cewindows.net
>> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
>>
>> "Kurt Koller" <> wrote in message
>> news:%23Cr$...
>>>I have a T-Mobile PocketPC phone, actually it's an unlocked Siemens SX56
>>>flashed with the newest version of the T-Mobile software. Itt's Windows
>>>Mobile 2003 Phone Edition or whatever they're calling CE now.
>>>
>>> When I make a connection via the T-Mobile GPRS connection, it connects
>>> to my PC. There is no firewall present on this machine or in front of
>>> this machine.
>>>
>>> I've entered the hostname in pockethosts, and I've made sure it's in
>>> upper case (per a site I found where a guy had problems when it wasn't
>>> upper case).
>>>
>>> So anyhow, it connects, the wheels start turning. Both the PocketPC
>>> and ActiveSync say Connecting...
>>>
>>> And that's it. It never moves on to Syncing. Just spins and spins.
>>>
>>> I've bumped my T-Mobile GPRS up to the full package, even though they
>>> tell me at T-Mobile that I should be able to sync even with the basic
>>> free GPRS connection. But I get the same results.
>>>
>>> I have the newest 3.7.1 (the weird extra release ms did to fix the
>>> crashing problem with this exact setup) and Windows XP.
>>>
>>> Anyone else having this problem?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>