No. Hadn't found that one yet. Thank you. OK. Here is the current status. Powered down the laptop - left if off for a couple of minutes and then restarted. Powered down the 8525 and removed the battery for a couple of minutes. Powered up the Vista laptop. Reinstalled battery in the device and powered up.
Connected the 8525 device to a USB port on the laptop and this time it found it and made some kind of connection and indicated that it was synchronizing. Funny thing is that I can't find where the sync occurred to. I thought it was supposed to go to Outlook (like it does on my XP desktop) however it is not in Outlook and it is not in the Windows Contacts that is native to Vista. I'll keep looking in a bit. I can browse into the device and see my folders there with the data files on my MicroSD cardin the device so communication IS taking place. Now, it's on to find the data and get the sync to occur from the device to Outlook. or maybe I want it to go to the Windows Contacts list. Well, try to find what happened first. Thanks for the help. Len On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Rod Trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You saw this? > > > http://forums.cingular.com/cng/board/message?board.id=cingular&message.id=45316#M45316 > > > > *From:* Len Hammond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:13 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: smart phone sync with Vista > > > > I have tried rebooting the device and the laptop. No joy. I did not perform > a hard reset of the device, presumably wiping out all data. > > > > As for the device operating system. Windows Mobile 5. Cingular did invite > me to upgrade the device to WM6. I did download WM6 but as their > documentation for that upgrade indicated that it was a "one-way" trip from > WM5 to WM6 and that not all devices would work with WM6, I elected not to > perform the upgrade. As I use this device as my primary phone for my IT > business, their notes did not give me warm fuzzies on the success of the > upgrade. At the time, as now, the device is working fine and syncing fine > with my XP desktop. This is not a mandatory change for continued > functionality. My Cingular (AT&T) contract is in the last 3 or 4 months so I > would be eligible for device upgrade with contract renewal almost anytime. > However, I like the device well enough that I would be willing to not spend > the money to upgrade a device if I don't need to. > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Jon Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On mine it did not work but I would have hoped that Len had tried that > already. There is a note of what OS versions will and will not work in the > documentation I was referring to. Our device was too old to and did not > have all the necessary software to make it work it was a 5+ year old PDA. > It was also not upgradable. You are right though Len never implied that he > had tried a reset of both my bad. > > Jon > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Rod Trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Have you tried resetting the device itself? That helps sometimes. > > *From:* Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:40 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: smart phone sync with Vista > > I have found that it depends a lot on what OS the mobile device is running > if you will get a connection or not. I am not the brightest bulb but I > ended up having to replace the mobile device because of that issue. Some > OS's just plain will not connect. The Mobile device center also needed a > download from Microsoft just to get it to work as well but that is > documented on the Vista site some place. > > Jon > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Len Hammond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Afternoon All, > > Recently I replaced my XP laptop with a Vista laptop. I have been syncing > my Cingular (HTC) 8525 with both my dek computer and my XP laptop for a > couple of years. Only have the occasional time when the connections is not > made. usually fixed by rebooting both devices. > > Anyway, the real question is how do I get this same phone to talk with > Vista. I have the Windows Mobile Device Center for Vista installed. The > device makes contact with the laptop and charges and says that it installs > the software but remains "unidentified" as a device. WMDC also makes no > connection with the 8525. > > So far the googling I have done has not yielded an answer; just more > questions. Ayone have a process that works to make these two devices talk? > > Thanks in advance > -- > Len Hammond > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
