Anyine having connection problems between SPV_C550

[Guest ihatetech]

Hi

I've been trying to sync contacts etc between desktop and my SPV_C550 and also copy music to it but the connection keps dropping out.

ActiveSync seems to start when I first connect the phone and starts syncing, but seems to die after anything from 20 seconds to a minute or so, saying device not connected. Smetimes pulling the USB cable out and sticking it back in re-establishes the connection, but sometimes I have to reboot the phone.

The same connection dropping out is making it practically impossible to save music to the phone. After experiencing problems with WMP I gave up in case there was still an incompatibility (having read some previous posts) and was just using drag/drop in explore windows sessions on my desktop. In the last 3 hours I have managed to copy one track successfully.

Big woo-hoo. Not.

Any help would be much appreciated thanks.

[Guest hotphil]

File transfer/syncing seems to, in a nutshell, not work either via Bluetooth or cable.

I've given up and use a USB2 card reader. Much quicker. Oh and it actually works.

Was quite surprised that it was actually released with the functionality so obviously not working.

[Guest davejerome]

It's interesting that you say that because mine sync's like a dream. However I have only ever found 3 problems.... ...First and second of all i was trying to send something to a Nokia / Sonyericsson (a JPG to the Nokia 6230 and a (sonyericsson) theme to the sonyericcson k700i). Lastly I got trouble recieving a file from a Nokia 6230i... ...both by IR or BT it was not happening!

Are you guys using Activesync 3.8? Thats what I use and seems ok. Also have you tried version 4? I found a copy that was "floating around" and tested it, didn't seem to be any different to 3.8 but could make a difference to some machines / Operating systems I guess. Also have you got every connectivity update for windows?

I also have XP professional which could make the difference.

[Guest hotphil]

Yep, XP Pro SP2, fully updated, ActiveSync 3.8 and no silly antivirus that might be stopping it. Activesync is fine for transferring tiny, useless files, but anything useful like a photo or a mp3/wma and it bombs out.