Please help: E220 problem

[haxxor]

hello all...

I have, what seems to be, a strange problem.
There was a power cut in my area while connected to the net using my e220 modem on vodacom.

When the power came up again, I hooked up the modem and the problem started.
I have two flashing lights.
Windows registers a drive letter (G: ) but the Vodafone icon doesn't appear.
Clicking on G: asks to insert a disk.
The modem cannot pick up my Vodacom sim but picks up an MTN sim.
An hourglass icon continually flashes next to the mouse icon.

Has my modem died?
Or, is possible to save it

Any help would be great appreciated.

 

[ginggs]

I have two flashing lights.
Windows registers a drive letter (G: ) but the Vodafone icon doesn't appear.
Clicking on G: asks to insert a disk.

Some people here would consider that a bonus!

The fact that you have flashing lights and Windows seems to detect the device is a good sign, you might be able to get away with just re-flashing a dashboard upgrade.

The modem cannot pick up my Vodacom sim but picks up an MTN sim.

What do you mean by this?

 

[haxxor]

What do you mean by this?

I was wrong there.... When I insert my vodacom sim, the modem recognises it but I cannot change to the 3g profile with your MDMA app.
With my MTN sim, I change between gprs and 3g.

The MDMA app is awesome BTW

Where can I get the software to reflash, any links perhaps?
I'm hoping that will work.

 

[ginggs]

When I insert my vodacom sim, the modem recognises it but I cannot change to the 3g profile with your MDMA app.

What happens?

The MDMA app is awesome BTW

Thanks!

Where can I get the software to reflash, any links perhaps?

Sure, Huawei Mobile Partner (choose the file with 'UTPS' in the name) or VMCLite 3.2.1.
Remember, at this stage you are just looking to flash the dashboard, not the firmware.

 

[haxxor]

the issue definetly not the mdma app, it may be my modem or windows itself. ill investigate further.

 

[haxxor]

Thanks for the links... is the huawei modem partner, in any way, better than vmclite? apologies for the way these posts are coming out, im type from my cellphone.

 

[haxxor]

its strange... in windows xp, the cd drive icon shows up but does not change to vodafone icon. i am connecting to the the net but issue has me worried.

 

[ginggs]

is the huawei modem partner, in any way, better than vmclite?

Some guys here swear by it, I just use it to view SMS messages.

its strange... in windows xp, the cd drive icon shows up but does not change to vodafone icon. i am connecting to the the net but issue has me worried.

And still if you click on the 'cd drive' does it ask you to insert a disk?
Have you tried one of the dashboard upgrades yet?
Have you tried plugging it into a different PC?

 

[rurapente]

flash it with huawei software. the vodafone software is an epic example of how to distribute rubbish code and make people think they're getting something useful

 

[JimM]

flash it with huawei software. the vodafone software is an epic example of how to distribute rubbish code and make people think they're getting something useful

Agreed Huawei Mobile Connect isn't a lightweight, but compared to the Vodafone Connect software it is superb! But for everything else there is MDMA!

 

[haxxor]

And still if you click on the 'cd drive' does it ask you to insert a disk?

Yes.... Right clicking on the drive and clicking properties shows 0 used space and 0 free space.

Looking in the details pane in "my computer", it's continously refreshing itself or changing between "CD Drive [G:] and 20071007_131019

Have you tried one of the dashboard upgrades yet?

Yes... I've upgraded using vmclite 3.2.1. Still the same
Would upgrading with Mobile Partner yield better results?

Have you tried plugging it into a different PC?

No, I haven't, will try that later today.

 

[haxxor]

@rurapente and JimM.... Totally agreed.

Since I started using MDMA, I've haven't looked back.
Love the app

 

[ginggs]

Looking in the details pane in "my computer", it's continously refreshing itself or changing between "CD Drive [G:] and 20071007_131019

That is just weird. Do you hear the sound of a device being detected when that happens?

Once you've concluded it's your modem and not your computer, you could disable the drive letter in Windows or disable the virtual CD-ROM completely in MDMA. Of course this is just hiding the problem, but shouldn't cause any harm.

 

[haxxor]

@ginggs... tell me about i have connected a flash drive, bluetooth dongle and mp3 player without the same issue. the little green icon pops up in the taskbar and windows make the sound associated with usb device connected to my pc... uh, how would i disable the drive letter in windows?

 

[haxxor]

And disable virtual cd-rom in mdma?

 

[ginggs]

how would i disable the drive letter in windows?

See here.

And disable virtual cd-rom in mdma?

Run MDMA from the command prompt like so:

mdma /enablecdrom:0

You only have to do this once. You could also add the command line switch to the shortcut, but remember to remove it again.

 

[haxxor]

Thank you so much ginngs, for the help, its much appreciated. i will those try suggestions a bit later. thanks again