Nokia 6101 - terrible PC sync connection??

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stevesnz

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#9587 28-Sep-2006 15:50

I've got a Nokia 6101 (wonderful phone) !

It's got a huge issue though - it seems to have *dreadful* PC connectivity

I've got one of those fake chinese CA-42 cables and it sorta works, it properly finds the phone about 1/3 of the time and often drops mid transfer. I've got the latest Nokia PC Suite software so it's that's not an issue.

What really drives me nuts though is it seems like the IR port on this thing is broken - I've tried using a USB to IR dongle + a laptop IR port, both of which find the phone then drop almost instantly. I've tried sticking the speed down to 110k as Nokia website recommends but doesn't seem to work.

Anyone else having these sort of issues? Any advice?

johnr

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#47073 28-Sep-2006 15:52

First of all get rid of the fake cable

BrentR

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#47115 28-Sep-2006 22:32

johnr: First of all get rid of the fake cable

I concur

stevesnz

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#47138 29-Sep-2006 09:10

ok lemme rephase - forget about the cable - anyone managed to get the IR Port on this this to work properly?

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#47180 29-Sep-2006 22:50

stevesnz: ok lemme rephase - forget about the cable - anyone managed to get the IR Port on this this to work properly?

Yeah, it was always intermittent with me as well. I think I had moderate success running it at 9600 I think.

I've moved on to bluetooth now.. Not a help in your case though.