Take the pain out of WinMo WiFi with WeFi |
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 Apr 17 2008, 15:05
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,799 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III  |
 Particularly valuable if you don't have a flat rate data plan or if you are roaming, WiFi is supremely useful but - undoubtedly - something of a nightmare to use. Case in point: When I was away on business recently my wife and daughter were on holiday in sunnier climes. My wife wanted to keep in touch with her mail etc. while she was away and she didn't want to spend a fortune on GPRS, so WiFi was an ideal solution. She uses a Touch Dual normally (non WiFi!) so I gave here an Eten X600 to take with her too (also handily loaded with navigation software for the hire car!) That was the easy part, the tricky part was explaining the intricacies and oddities of WinMo connection manager, all the different places the setup and settings live and so on. She's very Windows Mobile savvy, but it just is an AWFUL experience. Enter WeFi. At it's heart, WeFi eases this pain. It provides a single UI for turning WiFi on and off, discovering networks, determining which networks have internet access and automagically connect to the best one at any given time. It's a brilliant concept, and it works great... i've been testing it on my Pocket PC, my Mac and my WiFi's Vista laptop even! WeFi also has some interesting social networking features built in, but I think the real gem for us Windows Mobile users is the simple connection management ability. Best of all, WeFi is completely FREE, so why not head on over and grab a copy! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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Apr 17 2008, 16:19
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 Come on you Horns!  Group: News Team Posts: 187 Joined: 22nd May 2004 From: Wheathampstead Member No.: 44,098 Device(s): T-Mobile Vario 3 |
And for those of you who did what I did and installed the pc version, here is the link to the page where you can download this for windows mobile:
http://www.wefi.com/app/downloadmobile.html/page/Download Thanks Phill -------------------- www.watfordfc.com
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Apr 17 2008, 16:50
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Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 308 Joined: 31st August 2007 From: Edinburgh Member No.: 294,928 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
your WiFi's vista laptop? surely your wifes...
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Apr 17 2008, 17:16
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,799 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
Well done, you spotted the deliberate mistake
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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Apr 17 2008, 18:47
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Regular  Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 134 Joined: 11th July 2006 From: Sunny Island Member No.: 197,771 Device(s): HTC TYTN II |
Does this software manage WEP keys itself? Sometimes my TytnII with plain WM6.0 forgets keys I use regularly and I have to re-enter them again for some reason. Would this software help fix that?
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Apr 17 2008, 20:28
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,799 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
No, for that use Devicescape, another of my favourites
 P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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Apr 18 2008, 08:26
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Newbie  Group: Posters Posts: 4 Joined: 2nd February 2005 Member No.: 108,198 Device(s): Orange SPV C500 |
I tried this out, and after installing it my home WiFi connection would sometimes just not connect (wee tower icon with no arrows around it, like it wasn't even trying to connect). I don't know why this would happen, but I had to do a hard reset to get WiFi working properly again, and this program seems to have been the only culprit.
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Apr 18 2008, 09:10
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 Regular Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 105 Joined: 5th November 2007 From: Warwick, UK Member No.: 318,879 Device(s): Kaiser |
Has anyone else got this running on TLR's Kaiser CAB?
When i run it i get the error message ".NET framework 2 SP2 is required" Please download and install Wefi for windows mobile 5 through your PC". (i have downloaded the WM 6 CAB...) When i look in CA the version of .NET i am running is Compact Framework 3.5.7283.0 any ideas? Cheers SF -------------------- Got a MobilePhone and a GPS? Make Money Click Here!
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Apr 18 2008, 09:24
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 18,799 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): MDA Vario III |
At a guess, you could download the .net CF2 CAB and install that on your device, then use my .net cf config app to apply a 2.0 policy to the WeFi application?
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Read my Blog or get your own on MoDaCo! Free 2.25GB online backup from Mozy... Click here for details! MACHEIST IS BACK! Click Here to check out the uber-bundle of apps for you Mac! Check out MUPromo bundle too :D |
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Apr 18 2008, 10:47
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 Enthusiast Group: Posters Posts: 166 Joined: 28th December 2005 Member No.: 164,678 Device(s): I-mate SP5m |
This stupid program made me fear I had to HardReset my device:
After having dealt with its utter uselessness and geological startup times, I went to uninstall it - surprise surprise: my network adapter disappeared upon reboot, and re-rebooting it was no help... Fortunately I had a registry backup, I imported it ... thanks god! -------------------- eye.kandy - free Smartphone homescreen plug-ins
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Apr 18 2008, 12:02
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Regular Group: Posters Posts: 128 Joined: 20th November 2006 Member No.: 214,896 Device(s): SPV C600 |
Seem to be a few problems with this software...just to add another to the list, I get the following message when trying to open the program
ERROR An unexpected error has occurred in WeFi.exe. Select quit and then restart this program (which i've obviously tried), or select details for more information. (The details page shows the message below again as well as 'at Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr() at System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show() at WeFiEngine.CrashReport() at WeFi.WeFiApp.Main()' An error message cannot be displayed becuase an optional resource assembly containing it cannot be found. Anyone have any ideas? Maybe it's something i've done rather than the software.. |
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Apr 18 2008, 12:04
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 26 Joined: 26th January 2007 Member No.: 224,868 |
Didn't work for me on my WM5 M3100. Sitting next to my WiFi router in kept trying (and failing) to connect to a neighbours open access point. When I told it to connect to mine it did, once, then dropped out and lost the WEP key. It then kept trying to connect to my access point and various neighbours, never once remembering my WEP key or actually connecting. Uninstalled.
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Apr 18 2008, 12:04
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 4 Joined: 29th October 2007 Member No.: 316,416 |
all seemed ok til it started connecting to an unsecured network instead of my own so i deleted it.now this morning my vario 3 wont find my own network(as mentioned above the little tower shows)then i can get it to connect but i have to keep going into settings.iv put it back on to see if it auto connects and yes it does.seems like if i wanna use the com manager to connect to my wifi like before im going to have to do a hard reset.
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Apr 18 2008, 12:13
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Regular Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 105 Joined: 5th November 2007 From: Warwick, UK Member No.: 318,879 Device(s): Kaiser |
QUOTE(Paul (MVP) @ Apr 18 2008, 10:24)  At a guess, you could download the .net CF2 CAB and install that on your device, then use my .net cf config app to apply a 2.0 policy to the WeFi application? P Wow... since i posted up there seem to have been a few issues with Wefi... i guess i won't be using it then... but if anyone wants .net CF config you can find it Here!. Took me a while to find it... SF -------------------- Got a MobilePhone and a GPS? Make Money Click Here!
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Apr 18 2008, 20:50
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 Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 28 Joined: 26th May 2004 Member No.: 44,556 Device(s): Atom Life |
oh jees! now i cannot connect to any network
 no reg backup! unistalled, not working. will keep trying before hard reset.nonetheless, it looks like a good piece of s/w. only if it worked 1st time  also, Devicescape looks good. -------------------- Orange SPV -> Orange e100 ->SPV c500 -> c550 -> c600 -> e650 -> Atom Life
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Apr 19 2008, 11:19
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 Addict  Group: Posters Posts: 617 Joined: 18th September 2003 From: Staffordshire Member No.: 16,458 Device(s): MDA Vario III, SPV C500 |
seems to be ok for me but it starts up everytime i turn it on!!
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Apr 19 2008, 11:23
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 Peanut Brain Group: MoDaCo Plus Posts: 5,618 Joined: 10th September 2004 From: Surrey, England Member No.: 56,072 Device(s): Athena, Qtek 8500 |
I managed to install the PC version and the uninstall program just tries to re-install it again - how do I get rid of it?
I managed to uninstall it from my Athena as it just tried to connect to a neighbours unsecured network and not my secured one. -------------------- He who asks a question looks foolish for 5 minutes. He who doesn't ask a question remains foolish forever.
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Apr 21 2008, 14:51
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 AKA 'jlowap' MoDaCo Old Skool Group: Moderator Team Posts: 3,428 Joined: 12th February 2003 From: North Devon, UK Member No.: 2,777 Device(s): E-ten glofiish X500 + X800 |
tried it but cant get it to connect to my home network using WPA2 PSK encryption. :/
oh well :/ does it support WPA? -------------------- James Lovell
Microsoft Windows Mobile Specialist 2008 And ive got a certificate to prove it :P |
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Apr 21 2008, 18:53
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AKA 'jlowap' MoDaCo Old Skool Group: Moderator Team Posts: 3,428 Joined: 12th February 2003 From: North Devon, UK Member No.: 2,777 Device(s): E-ten glofiish X500 + X800 |
DOH! just removed it and now i cant connect to any networks! (as reported above)...
looks like a hard reset is required  -------------------- James Lovell
Microsoft Windows Mobile Specialist 2008 And ive got a certificate to prove it :P |
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Apr 22 2008, 11:50
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Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 3 Joined: 22nd April 2008 Member No.: 381,262 |
Hi all, my name is Galia and I work at the Support desk at WeFi. I'll try to answer you all, if you need to contact us please write to WeFi Support at support@wefi.com. Please keep in mind that the mobile version is still in beta phase so we're improving as we go.
stuart_f - WeFi does manage wep keys by itself so the information shouldn't disappear. It actually solves the original zero config bug you're talking about. hamishmacdonald - I'm sorry but I don't have enough info to diagnose what happened but if you send us your model details to WeFi Support I could take it from there. Shodowfixeruk - You can download the MSI file directly from here - http://www.wefi.com/download/client/WeFi.msi It includes the .net compact framework 2, just install it on your pc and then sync your mobile up, you should be good to go. thenext1 - It's not clear why this happened but if you send your model details to us I'll be glad to assist. mstephenson - It seems that you have a Smartphone. Sorry but we aren't compatible yet. Check our site for details, we should have a compatible version out in a couple months. But just to let you know, with the next version release Smartphone users receive an incompatible notification, so this can be avoided. T39andcounting - This is an old bug that we had already fixed so please try to install the latest version. However, we'll try to recreate the problem on your model phone in any case just to make sure. nokiaguy - Your profiles seem to have been reset. Could you contact the support team so we may help you get it back asap. In any can I advise NOT to do a hard reset. James - We do support WPA and WPA2. However it seems that you have an older versions of Windows Mobile OS and WPA2 isn't supported. To get your settings back to tthe way they were - press the Off button for about 7 - 10 seconds and then you'll be prompted to turn the device off. leonxki – Same fix as James, just press the Off button for about 7 - 10 seconds and then you'll be prompted to turn the device off. In any case if you need more assistance drop us a line. Confucious - To make sure that you've removed it correctly please go to Start-> Settings -> on the System tab go to Remove Programs choose WeFi and click Remove. Send an email to support if we can help with anything else. transform – To turn off the automatic use of WeFi just go to the Options tab in WeFi and uncheck ‘Turn Wi-Fi when started’. Thanks for supporting, --G |
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