Omnia on WM6.1 disconnects PC internet but Omnia remains connected to internet.

[Guest FabMaurice]

Hi, I am a new owner of an Omnia i900 (8GB / PDA i900DXIA5/DZIA5 / Phone i900DXIA2). I tried to use the phone as a modem for my PC to connect to the internet through Omnia's PROGRAMS > INTERNET SHARING (using the USB data tether cable for connection). It will at first succeed, but after some time of usage (between 5minutes and 30minutes), the PC cannot access internet although INTERNET SHARING on the Omnia remains in CONNECTED state.

I also confirmed that the Omnia can still access the internet at this point and so it seems to be some communication between the PC and Omnia. I have tried the same Omnia on 3 different PCs, all on WinXP SP3, and they all showed the same problem.

The only way I am able to recover the internet connection for the PC is to click DISCONNECT and then CONNECT again in Omnia's INTERNET SHARING.

I have tried many ways to fix this and have googled for a fix, and discovered that this ICS problem seems quite common among some users but the method to fix it varies from installing softwares to registry tweaks, and many were for WM6.0. I have tried some of these fixes but still didnt work. Yet there seems many didnt encounter this problem.

This is rather disruptive to my work. Hope that folks here would be kind to share with me a fix for this, or point me to the location to get this fixed.

Thank you.

[Guest kav]

Hi, I am a new owner of an Omnia i900 (8GB / PDA i900DXIA5/DZIA5 / Phone i900DXIA2). I tried to use the phone as a modem for my PC to connect to the internet through Omnia's PROGRAMS > INTERNET SHARING (using the USB data tether cable for connection). It will at first succeed, but after some time of usage (between 5minutes and 30minutes), the PC cannot access internet although INTERNET SHARING on the Omnia remains in CONNECTED state.

I also confirmed that the Omnia can still access the internet at this point and so it seems to be some communication between the PC and Omnia. I have tried the same Omnia on 3 different PCs, all on WinXP SP3, and they all showed the same problem.

The only way I am able to recover the internet connection for the PC is to click DISCONNECT and then CONNECT again in Omnia's INTERNET SHARING.

I have tried many ways to fix this and have googled for a fix, and discovered that this ICS problem seems quite common among some users but the method to fix it varies from installing softwares to registry tweaks, and many were for WM6.0. I have tried some of these fixes but still didnt work. Yet there seems many didnt encounter this problem.

This is rather disruptive to my work. Hope that folks here would be kind to share with me a fix for this, or point me to the location to get this fixed.

Thank you.

i had some issues as well in the matter of disconnection after some minutes.. try disabling the option " advanced network capabilities" in the settings-connections-usb2pc tab and give it a try.

Edited May 15, 2009 by kav

[Guest FabMaurice]

i had some issues as well in the matter of disconnection after some minutes.. try disabling the option " advanced network capabilities" in the settings-connections-usb2pc tab and give it a try.

Thanks for responding. That didnt help. Still the same problem. Besides, it auto re-enabled the moment I connected to INTERNET SHARING on the Omnia.

[Guest kav]

Thanks for responding. That didnt help. Still the same problem. Besides, it auto re-enabled the moment I connected to INTERNET SHARING on the Omnia.

sorry then, cant really help u in this matter. just gave u my opinion, but seems it didnt work out.

maybe u can try turning all the power savings off and give it a try?? maybe that might help?

[Guest FabMaurice]

yeah. did that too ... didnt work.

No one else here use their Omnia as a modem for PC to access the internet?

[Guest kav]

yeah. did that too ... didnt work.

No one else here use their Omnia as a modem for PC to access the internet?

it quite expensive for use as internet access via pc but for sure there are some people here that use their omnia as a modem, just some patience and maybe someone can help u.

[Guest FabMaurice]

thanks. i have an unlimited usage mobile broadband plan which don't cost much.

as i do more searches, i found this http://www.modaco.com/content/smartphone-g...g-every-5-mins/ and i am thinking it could be MS activesync that could be messing up the connection between omnia and PC. but if this was the cause, then why would my internet access on PC thru omnia can vary between 5-60minutes? anyways, a regedit to try out wouldnt hurt at this point.

[Guest FabMaurice]

nope. that regedit didnt help. i've also uninstalled activesync on winxp. but the problem persist. so the issue could perhaps be limited to wm6.1 or may even be my omnia phone itself.

hope someone here can help.

[Guest FabMaurice]

just bumping up my post. can anyone help?