[JHUK]

Hey guys, sorry if this has already been done somewhere else but if anyone has any news or updates on when Vodafones 3G USB modem is going to be compatible with Vista please let us know.

Works fine with Windows XP... but now have a new notebook with Vista loaded. I don't really want to load XP as well but it looks as though it might come to that if they don't update this to work with Vista sometime soon.

I keep checking all the obvious places - like with Vodafone themselves but still no news... website just has an announcement that they'll post details in March 2007. Running out of time.

Thanks in advance

[BoBaDoB]

it doesnt work at the moment, until the next version of the dashboard comes out.

no timescale at this time

[woodd2]

http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatc...206&tabIndex=2

Thats the link for the software, there is a zip file on there with the vista software.

[BoBaDoB]

that 9.1 does not work with the usb modem

Quote:

Windows Vista users:

Vodafone Mobile Connect cards on Vista, download Version 9.1. Please do not use on other versions of Windows.
Note this version does not support the USB modem (Huawei E220) – we will soon provide a version of the dashboard that works with the USB modem on Vista. The Option Dual Band 3G/GPRS Cards are not supported in this version of the dashboard. These cards can be identified by Serial Numbers (or SNR) on the reverse of the card beginning with the letters ‘CL’.
Note Dashboard v9.1 for Vista only works on the 32bit version. The 64bit version is not currently supported

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Last edited by BoBaDoB : 25-03-2007 at 11:25.

[JHUK]

Many thanks for your responses and for the link. I'll save it and keep checking for any updates.

[vinba]

Managed to get this piece of cr*p working for 10 minutes under Vista until I had to reboot the laptop.

This is the work around

Work-Around: You need another PC/Laptop and a USB Pen/Key Drive to do this:
1) Connect the E220 to your XP PC/Laptop
2) access the emulated CD Drive and copy all the Contents onto a USB Pen Drive.
3) Disconnect the E220 and the Pen Drive
4) Connect the Pen Drive to your Vista PC and install the software using the Autorun.exe file (Run as Administrator)
5) Connect the E220 - Vista will only recognize a USB Mass Storage Device and the emulated CD drive which it cannot access.
6) Open the Device Manager (in the Control Panel)
7) Look for the USB Mass Storage Device in the "Universal Serial Bus controllers" Section

If there are more than one USB Mass Storage Devices, right click each one,
select Properties, Details and then "Children"
If it says "Huawei" somewhere inside the Value, you found the right one.

8) Right click on the Mass Storage Device and select "Update Driver Software"
9) Select "Browse my Computer"
10) Select "Let me pick"
11) Uncheck "Show compatible devices"
12) Select "(Generic USB Host Controller)" in the Manufacturer Tab
13) Select "USB Composite Device" in the Model Tab
14) Finish installing the Composite Device driver
15) Afterwards, Vista will add another USB Mass Storage Device, and if you are lucky, also 2 "Data Interfaces"
16) If it doesn''t detect the Data Interfaces, disconnect and reconnect your E220.
17) Vista should now detect all the E220s Data Interfaces
18) When asked to insert the disk containing the drivers, choose "I don''t have the disk"
19) Enter the \Drivers\WinXP Subfolder of your USB Pen Drive
20) Repeat Step 18&19 for the second Data Interface
21) Start your Huawei Mobile Connect (Web''n''Walk Manager) Software, and connect

Just want to say that I gave up with this after a while and went to the T-mobile shop and bought a Z560 with the data tariff. Even though there are only XP drivers and t-mobile deny it will work, it does. Simply install the software, plug the phone in and when it asks for driver location point it to the '3' folder which is somewhere under program files -> samsung.

It works a treat and the phone is HSDPA