SPV M500 PC Connection Frustrations

[Guest onlinelabrador]

Just recently upgraded to a brand spanking new Dell 1100 Dimension PC.

Installed the version of Activesync that came with my Orange SPV M500 but my phone refuses to connect to it. :roll:

My M500 sync'd fine with my last (and vastly inferior) PC on the same version of activesync.

After uninstalling that version of activesync, I went online and got Activesync v4.1, installed that and still no joy, I just get the same message about ensuring that my proxy settings are correct blah blah blah.

In frustration i went and purchased a bluetooth usb device, plugged that in and installed and whilst it lets me send everything i want to my PC it won't let me send anything back to my phone except for the PCs business card :evil: This is especially annoying when you consider both are Windows devices, surely I can send pics and MP3s to my M500?

It also won't sync through bluetooth :evil: :evil:

(I'm using Blue Soleil as my bluetooth transfer program).

Does anybody have any idea where I'm going wrong with activesync please? or perhaps have any knowledge on where I can obtain (for free) another format of bluetooth file share program.

Thanks in advance.

Lab

[Guest]

Just recently upgraded to a brand spanking new Dell 1100 Dimension PC.

Installed the version of Activesync that came with my Orange SPV M500 but my phone refuses to connect to it.  :roll:

My M500 sync'd fine with my last (and vastly inferior) PC on the same version of activesync.

After uninstalling that version of activesync, I went online and got Activesync v4.1, installed that and still no joy, I just get the same message about ensuring that my proxy settings are correct blah blah blah.

In frustration i went and purchased a bluetooth usb device, plugged that in and installed and whilst it lets me send everything i want to my PC it won't let me send anything back to my phone except for the PCs business card  :evil: This is especially annoying when you consider both are Windows devices, surely I can send pics and MP3s to my M500?

It also won't sync through bluetooth  :evil:  :evil:

(I'm using Blue Soleil as my bluetooth transfer program).

Does anybody have any idea where I'm going wrong with activesync please? or perhaps have any knowledge on where I can obtain (for free) another format of bluetooth file share program.

Thanks in advance.

Lab

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Just a thought, but has your new PC got any Firewall software installed (ZoneAlarm etc)? If so, you may find that the Firewall is blocking access from your phone to the PC.

[Guest onlinelabrador]

Now there's a thought.....hmm. Will check later.

Cheers Everton.

[Guest J-Foundation]

any joy with this?

i just bought a Tevion USB Bluetooth Dong(le ;) ), which comes with the Blue Soleil software, so i could active sync my Qtek 8100 and get my emails out in the garden.

except it only seems to let me use the "contact card send" and "dial-up modem" services, when i really want the file transfer and syncronisation deelies.

is it the software, my pc, or the phone?

(incidentally the drivers for bt were a bit of a pain in the ass to install...and stay installed)

just about to try WIDCOMM bt software instead, see if that works.

[Guest onlinelabrador]

Turns out it was indeed my firewall which was obstructing 1 aspect of Activesync. ;)

I too have Bluesoleil but no longer use it now my syncs working properly, I also could only use 2 of the options available so don't think it's all it's cracked up to be. <_<